The Rotator - Archive  Apr 29, 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, Tony Carrao, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Howard Frisch, Bob Kershaw, Rudy Macchi, Bill Mantz, Jim Marr, Neil Mathews Jr., Dave McArdle, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Karl Muench, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, and Julie Sidon. Today's attendance is 32 present with 1 makeup out of 53 members for an average of 75%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             April 29, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

     Debra Gigliotti was visiting from New Hampshire, and Peter Anderson was visiting from the Rockport Rotary Club.

Guests of Rotarians

      Mike Gigliotti has his wife, Miriam, as his guest today.  Ruth Pino had Jeff Richon and Nancy Silva, our guest speakers today, as her guests.

Interact Club

     Interact members were not present for today's meeting

Makeups

     Cheryl Collins made up at the Rockport Club

Happy Thoughts

      Steve Kaity was happy the Pride Stride took in $37,000 for the day, and $47,000 year to date.  Steve thanked all the Rotarians who came down and worked the event or made a contribution.

     Mike Gigliotti was happy to have met a new Gigliotti at Rotary today.

     Scott Chernov was happy to have survived making a hundred balloon hats for Pride Stride.

     John Dugger was happy he and daughter Sam received a ride back during Pride Stride.  John Dugger's daughter Sam had the expectation of riding her bike the 5.5 miles, but tired quickly.

     Sam Miceli was happy to be back after a four month stint in Fort Lauderdale. Steve Kaity paid for the Happy Thought.

     Ruth Pino was happy to have gone to "Dining on the Rocks" this past Sunday, and had a wonderful time. Cayte Ward paid for the Happy Thought.

     Barbecue Chef  Joe Ciolino was happy to have lost only one hamburger during the grilling of 1000 hamburgers for Pride Stride.  The one flying hamburger was eaten by John Dugger's dog, and not wasted. 

     Cheryl Collins was happy to have the local bowling alley opening up soon and newly remolded.  Don "Ed" Sudbay Jr. paid for the Happy Thought.  

      Bruce Horne was happy to have received a clean bill of health from his oncologist this week.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today

Fines

    Acting President Greg Bover had a Rotary pin fine today.

Vacations

     Jim Perry went to Marco Island and Joe Parisi went to visit Mickey.  David Babson went to St. Kits,  Carole Sharoff went to France and Switzerland, and Tom Consulate went to Biloxi, Mississippi.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Alex Delis, an attempt for the fifth week, followed the week after by Rick Doucette.

Club News

    Shirley Conway has given me a list of guest speakers for May; they are as follows:  Kathy Bliss on May 6, Business meeting on May 13, Nancy Schwayer on May 20, and ROTC on May 27th.

     May 10 and 17 are the days to paint the bandstand.  The 17th will be the "cleanup day"

Winners and Losers... No one won the beverage of choice.  Shirley Conway won the money, and nobody won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Ruth Pino introduce our guest speakers today,  Jeff Richon and Nancy Silva from the Gloucester Maritime Center located on Harbor Loop.  Jeff talked about the history of the center and what plans are for the future.  Nancy talked about the "Pocket Aquarium" being built for use this summer.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on salad and chicken parm.  The dinners at my table gave the food 4stars.  When asked what would improve the meal, the dinners suggested larger portions.

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