The Rotator - Archive  Aug 18, 2009

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	Officers
	Ruth Pino Josh Arnold Jon Morse, CPA Howard Frisch, CPA Leo Bergeron Rick Doucette Roger Armstrong   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	--  --  --  --  --  --  --    --  --	President President Elect Treasurer Auditor Sergeant At Arms 1st Alternate 2nd Alternate   Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Ingrid Brown  2009-2010

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

 Missed and Missing...  Leo Bergeron, Jim Cooke, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Sue Ellis, Christopher Farmer, Ann Margaret Ferrante, Meredith Fine, Julie Geary, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Dave McKechnie, Eric Noble, Steve Noble, John Rando, Marc Sandler, Don Sudbay Jr. and Becky Sumner. Today's attendance is 40 present with 3 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 76%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                 August 18, 2009

Visiting Rotarians

    Roger Hussey from  Vermont and John Jamison from the Haverhill Rotary Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

    Mike Costello had guest speaker Chris Shimkin as his guest. 

Interact Club

   The Interact Club is off for the summer.  

Makeups

     Three Rotarians had makeups today.

    Rotarians can now make up on line. Check out www.rotaryeclubone.org , allow yourself 30 minutes to complete the makeup and make sure you print off a receipt of having completed your on line makeup.  Please hand  your receipt to Carole Sharoff in order for the attendance records to be adjusted.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

     No birthdays were reported today.  Kim Spaner celebrated 22 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Carole Sharoff is celebrating 17 "wonderful" year of marriage with husband Bill. 

Vacations

     David Stotzer went to Moosehead Lake, Maine.  Maggie Rosa visited the coast of Maine. Roger Armstrong went to Florida  and Atlanta, Georgia.  Jon Morse went to Westport, Massachusetts.  Greg Bover spent 14 fun filled days and nights in North Magnolia. 

Happy Thoughts

     Mike Sarraf was happy to see Roger Corbin at our meeting today.  Mike was also happy with how well organized the pancake breakfast was this year.   Brad Pierce was happy to be manning the beer truck at this year's Waterfront Festival.  Brad's experience and fine tuned knowledge of a "pouring establishments" came in handy for the Chamber of Commerce. Charlie Foster was happy the Pancake Breakfast went well.  Rick Doucette was happy with how the sausage cooked up this year. Rick was also happy he found his cell phone which was lost during the breakfast.  Howard Frisch gave our first of many-to-come accountings of the breakfast.  So far, the totals reflect a profit of $5000 from serving over 346 breakfasts.  Tony Coraro was happy that only one parking problem surfaced during the breakfast and the problem was quickly solved.  Bob Ryan was happy to have had a "good day" at the Bass Rocks Golf Club.  Sinikka Nogelo was happy her brother in law went fishing with her grandson.  Sinikka was also happy to see the Rotary wheel chairs - in action  - on Good Harbor Beach.  Jon Morse saw the Rotary wheel chair also in use at Wingarsheek Beach.  Barry Pett was happy the Fisherman's Memorial Program went well.   Ed Collard was happy to have his wife back home after a hospital stay. 

Fines

    No fines were recorded today.

Club News

    President Ruth presented George Roark with a Certificate of Appreciation for all of George's work organizing the Rotary Track Meets.  Wilhelm Isaac is taking over the helm as the track meet organizer.  Thank you both for you service. 

    David Stotzer was presented a distribution check from our club to the Cape Ann Symphony. 

    Please remember, no meeting on the 25th, in lieu of the Summer Social on the evening of the 26th.

Save the Date

    The Summer Social  will be held on August 26 in lieu of a meeting that week.  The fun event will take place at the Long Beach Motor Inn.  Brad Pierce will once again be hosting the event.  A DJ will be present to play our special requests, just ask.  Rotarians attend free because the social is in lieu of a meeting.  Guests pay $20.00, children $10.00.

    September 17 is the date for the Past President's Dinner.  The dinner will be held at the Harbor Room, 8 Norwood Court off East Main Street.  Cocktails at 6:00 with dinner at 7:00 pm.

2009/2010 Speaker Assignments

Club Member	Month	Scheduled Speakers
Costello / Rosa	August  4	Business Meeting
	August 11	Dave Adams, Musical Director at GHS
	August 18	Chris Shimkin, "Global Village Engineers"
	August 25	No Meeting in Lieu of the Summer Social

ABC of Rotary Moment

 Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Rick Doucette is first backup, John Dugger is the second backup, and the third backup is Sue Ellis. Please have your  ABC of Rotary Moment  ready

Winners and Losers:    Chris Costello gave the Rotary Moment today.  Pat Thorpe won the $10.00, Jim Marr won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

Speaker today:  Mike Costello introduced our speaker today, Chris Shimkin, from the "Global Village Engineers."   

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