The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

 http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

 

Vol. 81, Number 9                                            March 5, 2009            Editor: John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com

 

Officers:                                                                      Directors:                              Committee Chairs:

President                    John Hennessy                  2009     Robin Jowaisas                 Administration Phil D’Angelo

President Elect           Doug Rutan                                    Umesh Patil                      Fundraising     Dale Zabel

Past President            Dick Kokosa                                  Lori Ruhlman                    Local Gov’t.    Robin Jowaisas

Vice President            Roberta Williams                           Bill Stevens                        Membership      Roberta Williams

Treasurer                   Sue Keefe                           2010     Lee Bennett                        Public Relations          Lori Ruhlman

Corr. Secretary           Art Fellerman                                 Phil D’Angelo                   Rotary Foundation      Dick Poppa

Rec. Secretary            Brad McLennan                             Todd May                            Service Projects         Doug Rutan

                                                                                       Dale Zabel                        Youth Exchange          Lee Bennett

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Of Note:  Roberta Williams circulated a signup sheet for our Rosalie’s March 12 dinner.  If you have not signed up and plan to attend, it’s important to sign up and be counted.  We also will need a count of the vegan and chicken meal options.  Please see Roberta with questions or comments.

 

Last Week’s Program:  Auburn Rotarian Mike Ferro spoke about his “Reva Rollerdrome”, its history, future and some amusing happening over the years.   

 

This Week’s Program:  Bill Conole will be presenting Lourdes Camp renovation plans.

 

Next Week’s Program:  March 12 we will meet at Rosalie’s Cantina while The Sherwood kitchen is being renovated.  A sign up for this meeting is necessary and there will be a menu option.  

Ward Vuillemot has asked to give us a brief update on “Books for the World.”  There will be no program as such; a relaxed “enjoy the evening” get together is in order.

 

Benediction & Atonement:  Karen Price will be our “Invocator” this week and Lori Ruhlman will try to keep everyone in smiles as she collects much money from the mumbling multitude.

 

Historical “SRC” Memorable Storage:  We are looking for a “service above self” volunteer and some safe, dry, storage space for our club’s memorabilia including display banners, old Skantarians, SRC charter document, etc. A member with a sense of our club’s history and a volunteer to be Historian would be perfect. If you have some closet space, a dry basement, or garage space and are able to help please contact Ward Vuillemot.   

 

March Board & Club Assembly Meetings:   A “change” to March 19, 5:00 p.m., & 6:30 p.m., Sherwood Inn.

 

Spring Service Project:  Through Peter Adams’ hard work, planning and coordination with Skaneateles’ town and village governments we are close to having a good viable spring service / work project. The plan is to improve safety fencing on some baseball fields near the Community Center. Town board and village trustee presentations are planned. Update at Club Assembly on March 19.

 

February 26th Attendance & Missing Faces:  There were “26” Rotarians at last week’s meeting (attendance 56%).  Missing:  Bennett, Gregg, Keefe, Kokosa, Langley, Lee, Moody, O’Sullivan, Patil, Poppa, Priest, Rademacher, Renner, Roche, Sardino, Stevens, Tarnow, Wisner, Zabel

 

March Birthdays:  Shannon (11th), Rutan (14th), Fellerman (27th), Bennett (31st)

 

March Rotary Anniversaries:  Rutan (3), Dorris (20), Whittingham (29), Renner (21), Rademacher (12)

 

February 26th Visitarians:  Mike Ferro – Auburn RC

 

February 26th Guests:  Bruno de Melo, Cheryl Silvestrini

 

Roving Rotes:  Vuillemot – Skaneateles SRC

 

Weekly Setup & Ticket Sales:  3/5 – Sales: Emmer & Feldmann, Set-up: Fellerman; 3/12 – Sales: Gregg & Hyatt, Set-up – Jurgensen; 3/19 – Sales: Hennessy & Jowaisas, Set-up: Keefe; 3/26 – Sales: Kokosa & Langley, Set-up: Lee

   (Be courteous & get a replacement if you won’t be available for setup & ticket sales, please!)

 

 

D7150 Books for the World -  A project to collect "gently used" children's books for distribution to children of the world who are without; and to provide an opportunity for Rotary clubs to work with community organizations to make a positive difference in our world.  A humanitarian, green and Rotary public awareness project!  I will brief the club on significant progress and successes of the BFTW efforts at our meeting on March 12.  In the mean time, you learn more about BFTW by going to:  http://d7150booksfortheworld.org/  

                                                                                                                    Ward Vuillemot       

 

 

 

“Ordinary men commonly condemn what is beyond them.”

                                                              Francois de La Rochefoucauld