Programs

TODAY

Membership with AG Jim Gascon

February 7 – Club Assembly

February 14 – Briel Computer, Cary & Chris Briel

February 21 – Orthopedic Massage, Jim Carranti

February 28 – Mustang Construction, Kevin Connors

Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Toni at tonicurt27@aol.com.

News & Notes

Winterfest wraps up successfully

Special thanks to all who made this year’s Winterfest a big success!

Final numbers are still being counted, but total sponsorship dollars were up, the Craft fair was overbooked and the EarlyAct Winter Carnival was a huge success. Meanwhile, the downtown venues reported consistent traffic throughout the day.

John Paddock will provide a full update that will be summarized in a future edition of The Sunrise, but suffice it to say that everyone’s hard work made this the most successful Winterfest ever.

Bill Gates’ $100 million challenge Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott has challenged Rotary Clubs worldwide to make the eradication of Polio a fund-raising priority over the next three years.

The challenge was presented to incoming governors at the International Assembly in San Diego.

“Rotary promised the children of the world that we would eradicate polio,” Scott said. “We must not forget our promise.”

Scott outlined Rotary’s $100 million challenge, a three-year fund-raising goal to match the $100 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded in November, to help the fight of polio eradication.

While tremendous progress has been achieved in eradicating polio since the efforts began in 1985, it is imperative to finish the job, Scott said.

At the Assembly Gates Foundation Co-Chair Bill Gates Sr. told the audience via a video message that Rotary is on the right path to a “stunning achievement.” Meanwhile, appearing also via video message, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon further encouraged Rotarians to continue the global fight to eliminate polio.

“Rotary’s leadership is more critical than ever,” Ban said.

For more than twenty (20) years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease through the PolioPlus program. PolioPlus is recognized worldwide as a model of public-private cooperation in pursuit of a humanitarian goal. Since the program began, more than two (2) billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.

To date, 210 countries, territories and areas around the world are polio free and 134 of these have been certified. As of June 2007, Rotary had committed more than $633 million to global polio eradication efforts.

Timeline – 1999: Rotary creates Centers for International Studies

Rotary establishes the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution to help prepare future leaders and diplomats.

In 2002, the first class of 70 students begins two-year master's-level degree programs at eight universities in Argentina, Australia, England, France, Japan, and the United States.

Club Business &

Dates to Remember

Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation

lIntroduction of Guests/Visitarians

lHappy Dollars & Fines

District Major Events

January 26 – Winterfest 2008!

January 27 – GSE Team departs for India

February 16 – District Leadership Training, TBA

March 14-15 – Multi-District President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) - Double Tree Hotel

April 5 – RLI, BOCES Verona

April 26 – District Membership Celebration, Harts Hill Inn, Whitesboro

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

Service Committee – John Rooney

lWinterfest & Craft Fair – Paddock/Krauter

lMembership (& Retention) – All

lSocial Chair – Paul Torrisi

lSergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering

Evening Club Programs

TODAY –Irene Stafford – Skaneateles Extended Learning Fund

February 7 – Clyde Ohl, Modernizing Local Gov’t

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 – All

Program Chair – Toni Feldman

Rotary Foundation – John Paddock

Social Chair – Paul Torrisi

Youth Exchange – Doug Hill/John Paddock

Members

Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, 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

Exchange Students

Sarah Bierbaum (Germany), Lucas Grob (Switzerland), Eddy Tasia (Belgium), Nico Avalle (Argentina)

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SUNRISE EDITORS

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The Sunrise

Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

District 7150

Bulletin #2008-04 Date: January 24, 2008

News & Notes

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