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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the Skaneateles
Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized June 18, 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
Programs
TODAY
John
Paddock ESGR
May 22
– Tom Seeley, Membership & Retention
May 29
– Christopher Wiles, NYS Attorney General’s Office
June 5
– Club Assembly
June 12 – Maggie & John Gilson, Business
Move
June 19 – Budget Review 2008-2009
June 26 – Seitz Building, Jeremy Gorelick
Suggestions for future
programs are always welcome.
Please forward your ideas to Toni at tonicurt27@aol.com.
Toastmasters’ four-step
formula for introducing speakers
Joe
Cole showed us a thing or two about introducing speakers last Thursday.
Joe,
a long-time member of Toastmasters International, offered a four-step formula
for introducing speakers. The goal
is to make both the speaker and the audience comfortable as you transfer
control from yourself to the new speaker.
It is imperative, of course, that you have information about the speaker
so you don’t end up introducing them by the wrong name, as Joe did in
introducing Ward as Wade many years ago!
It
is crucial that the group provide applause for the speaker to make it easier
for the speaker so he or she knows they have your undivided attention. He also counseled us that the place
where the speaker stands is the lecturn, not the
podium.
Joe’s
four-step formula, as best as I was able to jot it down, is as follows:
1.
Ho
Hum Crasher. This is where you
recite the individual’s credentials to make it clear that the speaker is a high
up mucky-muck
2.
Wake
Up. To grab attention. Example: He might look a little leery because if he doesn’t do a good
job he knows we’re going to throw him in the lake.”
3.
Why
Here. Explain that
speaker was invited by us, asked to come, etc.
4.
So
What. What he is going to talk
about.
Joe also advised that it is key to shake the speaker’s hand before
they speak. This signals the
transfer of control.
To conclude, Joe provided us of an example of his formula by
introducing our second speaker of the day, Dave Penfield, who discussed the 70th
annual Lightning Regatta coming up this summer.
Lightning Regatta seeks
volunteers for summer Regatta
The organizers of the 70th annual Lightning Regatta are
looking for a little help this summer.
Dave
Penfield, assistant chairman for grounds for the upcoming event and commodore
for the 60th anniversary visited our club to update us on the event. The Lightning is the most successful
one-design class sailboat and is very popular internationally with about 15,400
boats built worldwide and about 500 active fleets. The Lightning was designed in the 1930s as an affordable
family day sailor and racing boat.
The
chairman for the event is John Henry, Jr., commodore at the Skaneateles Country
Club.
Organizers
are looking for support from volunteers, including directing traffic
shore-side, driving passenger vans, providing ATVs, providing water and/or
snacks and, for those with a boat, spending a few hours on the water providing
assistance where necessary.
Club Business &
Dates to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of
Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction of Guests/Visitarians
lHappy Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
May 29
– 91st Annual District Foundation Celebration, The Beeches,
Rome, New York
June 6 –
Literacy Golf Tournament, Lakeview Country Club, Auburn
June 23
– District Changing of the Guard with Rotary International President Wilf Wilkerson.
Committee Reports
lClub Administration
President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Rooney
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
Winterfest & Craft Fair – Paddock/Krauter
Membership (& Retention) – All
Social
Chair – Paul Torrisi
Sergeant
at Arms – Daryle
Pickering
Evening Club Programs
TODAY – McLennan - American Red
Cross Blood Drive
May 22
– Chuck O’Neil’s Classification Talk; Janice Rosbrook
& Susan Horn – Overview of Hiscock Legal
Aid Society Services
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
– Daryle Pickering
Program Chair – Toni Feldman
Rotary Foundation – John Paddock
Social Chair – Paul Torrisi
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock
Members
Sidney
Beckwith, 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)
Our District
Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary
International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax:
685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
