The Rotator - Archive  Apr 15, 2003

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		Officers & Directors		2002-2003
		President		David McKechnie
		President Elect		Greg Bover
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Secretary		Samuel J. Miceli
		Asst. Secretary		Bob O'Maley
		Directors	Bruce Horne	David Babson
			Joe Ciolino	Jim Marr
			Jim Perry	Donald Sudbay, Jr.
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor Victor F. Saldanha
Chartered 1923	"Where Route 128 Begins"	District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Mary Black, Tom Consolati, Tony Corrao, Alex Delis, Rick Doucette, Howard Frisch, Bruce Horne, Bob Kershaw, William Mantz, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Karl Muench, Bob O'Maley, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, Julie Sidon, Carole Sharoff, Dave Stotzer, and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 38 present with 0 makeups out of 53 members for an average of 72%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             April 15, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

      Paul Fhus was visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

      Rudy Macchi had Priscilla MacInnis from Citizens Bank as his guest. Greg Bover had Jim Knowlton as his guest today.

Interact Club

     Interact members visiting today are as follows:  Emily Donahue, Kristin Hoysradt, and Jordan Bragg.  Emily spoke today about her future plans.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today 

Happy Thoughts

     John Dugger was happy to report his dad is feeling better.  John was also happy to see his gardener show up to his house for the first time this year,  a sure sign of spring.

    Scott Chernov was happy that John Dugger's last happy thought made as much sense as many of his (Scott's).

     Mike Linquata was happy to back from wintering in Florida.

     Don Sudbay Jr. and his wife Jeannie were happy to announce their purchase of the Cape Ann Bowling Center on Gloucester Avenue.  Congrats to the Sudbays on their new venture.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

    A birthday was celebrated by Steve Dexter today.  Fran Mondello is celebrating 32 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Fines

    Ruth Pino got a meter fine.

    Steve Kaity forgot the "new member packets" for new members who were sworn in today.

    Scott Chernov was fined for not showing up for his assigned time at Shaws.

    President David fined all the bankers for sitting together.

Vacations

    No vacations were reported today.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Tom Consolati followed by the week after by Mike Costello.

Club News

    President David swore in two new member, attorney Sal Fronterio, and Standard Electric employee Neil Mathews.  Please take a minute to welcome Sal and Neil, and introduce yourself.

    Save the Date!  May 22 is the date for our own Chief Jim Marr to have his retirement party at Woodmans in Essex.  Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m., dinner at 7, and a presentation at 8.  Tickets are 40 dollars each and are available by calling Acting Chief Mike McLeod at 978-281-9775 or stop by W. E.  Blachards on Main Street.

Winners and Losers... No one won the beverage of choice.  David McKechnie won the money and donated it to the Big Brother Organization, and Joe Parisi won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Ruth Pino introduced our guest speakers today.  Jim Waddell and Tracy Stanley from the Big Brother, Big Sister Organization.  Jim spoke about what the organization does on Cape Ann, and Tracy spoke about the infrastructure that is in place to recruit Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on salad and pot roast.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested the meal was just fine.

Sow The Seeds Of Love The Rotary International Theme for 2002-2003