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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the
Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized 2003) District 7150
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Wilfred
J. Wilkinson Marlene
Brown James
J. Gascon Marion
Krauter
RI President District
Governor Asst.
District Governor President
UPCOMING
EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
President’s
Message
I am pleased to be the 2007-2008 President of the
Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary. Although I have always preferred a backseat
position, I am willing to give Rotary leadership a try.
As a point of
interest, some colleagues and I created Wellsprings Leadership Camp on Wells
College campus. The camp was given for 10 years. It originally focused
on women but was soon modified to include both young women and men ages 12 to
18. Our motto was “Leadership is a Guiding Vision”. We attempted to
teach 7 skills: Listening, Empathy, Communication, Decision
Making/Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, Creativity, and Risk Taking.
We encouraged the campers to become leaders in their school, community, and
workforce. We were never very successful at fund raising which indicates
this must be my weak point!
Since I attempted to teach leadership, applying it seems
appropriate!
As the President of
Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary, my first goal is to get up and be at the Cedar
House by 6:50. My second goal (besides ending the meetings at 8:00!) is
to increase membership. With the needed assistance from all those who are
successful at arriving at our early morning meetings and others who hope to
arrive sometime, I hope to continue our increase-of-membership focus by
bringing in speakers who enhance our connection with the community.
Another focus will continue to be Club and community service through The Food
Pantry, Winterfest, community service projects, and offering assistance to the
evening club when asked.
Of course, fund raising efforts will
continue to support our International Service by sponsoring an Inbound
Rotary Exchange Student. We will continue encouraging the Fire Equipment
to be sent to El Salvador as well as supporting any other projects that seem
appropriate.
Finger
Lakes photo, video business
Those
of you who missed last week’s meeting missed an exciting multi-media
presentation by Marianne Angelillo.
In a multi-media presentation, Marianne explained how her business has
evolved from selling note cards at Pomodoro and the Sherwood to a successful
videography and photography venture.
Inspired by the beauty of
Skaneateles Lake and the Finger Lakes landscape, Marianne began selling note
cards in the village and in Aurora shortly after moving to the area in
1995. In addition, Marianne found
herself snapping dozens of pictures at her kids sporting events.
In
2003, Marianne upgraded to digital photography and later to Macintosh with
video. The latter upgrade led her
to begin using Final Cut, the software program used to produce The Sopranos and television advertisements, among other
things.
Using
John Paddock’s trusty laptop and projector, Marianne treated us to a sampling
of her work, including a sampling of her Finger Lakes photography, a tourism
video produced for the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce and 2006 Skaneateles
Varsity Football highlight video.
Marianne’s tourism video can be viewed by visiting either the
Skaneateles Chamber of Commerce Web site at www.skaneateles.com and click on Virtual
Tour.
Club Business &
Dates to Remember
Call
to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction of Guests/Visitarians
lHappy
Dollars & Fines
District
Major Events
August
1, 2007 –
Youth Exchange Welcome Home Dinner, Rusty Rail, Canastota, NY
Aug.
18, 2007
Membership/Foundation
Seminar Dibbles Inn, Verona
Sep.
10, 2007
Literacy
Golf Tournament, Cedar Lake GC
Sep.
28-30, 2007
District
Conference – Friar Tuck Resort
& Convention Center, Catskill, N.Y.
Nov.
3, 2007
RLI
Canandaigua, N.Y.
Committee
Reports
lClub Administration
President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Rooney
l Service Projects
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts – John Paddock
Programs – Toni Feldmann
Early Act – Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment – Chris Bruna
lMembership
(& Retention) – Mike Wahlrab
lSocial Chair – Paul Torrisi
lSergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering
Programs
THIS WEEK– July 19, 2007
John Hennessy from the Evening
Club will come to discuss a Joint Project with the Skaneateles Rotary Club.
Future Programs
July 26 – Dr. Megan Williams and
Dr. Linda Meier – Clear
Lakes Animal Wellness (CLAW)
August 2 – Club Assembly
August 9 – Erin Donohue –
Phone to support hard-of-hearing children
August 16 – Marlene Brown –
District Governor official visit
August 23 – Tom Seeley – Discussion
of law practice
Evening Club
TODAY – Club Assembly
July 26 – Interact Club Update
– Roberta Williams & Lori Ruhlman
August 2 – Baltimore Woods –
Patty Weiss
August 16 – District Governor’s
Visit
Officers
& Directors
Officers
President – Marion Krauter
President-Elect – Tom Seeley
Past President – Daryle Pickering
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms – Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Rooney
Committee
Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Mike Wahlrab
Program Chair – Toni Feldman
Rotary Foundation – John Paddock
Social Chair – Paul Torrisi
Youth Exchange – Doug Hill
Members
Christopher Bruna, Robert
DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, Michael
Krebs, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Patrick
Taylor, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab, Rhett Weiss
Our
District Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary
International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles
Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax: 685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
