The Rotator - Archive  Dec 20, 2005

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	Officers
	Jim Marr Don Sudbay Jr. Jon Morse, CPA Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor and      Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - David Fionda

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Mary Black, Scott Chernov, Ann Margaret Ferrante, Julie Geary, Julie LaFontaine, Kevin McAveeney, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Jon Morse, Sinikka Nogelo, Joe Parisi, Marc Sandler, Tom Siemers, and Sue Todd.Today's attendance is 43 present with 1 makeup out of 56 members for an average of 82%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                                 December 20, 2005

Visiting Rotarians

    No visiting Rotarians were reported today

Guests of Rotarians

    Roger Armstrong had Hank Camille and Jim Nolan as his guests today.   Tony Corrao had Bob Viau as his guest today.  Charlene Glynn had our youngest guest today, her daughter Riley. 

Interact Club

    Interact members are on holiday vacation.

Makeups

    Brad Pierce made up Manchester/Essex.  Brad is finishing up another year with perfect attendance. Brad,congratulations - your tenacity puts us all to shame!

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

    No birthdays were reported today.  David Olson celebrated 12 "wonderful" years of marriage, and   Joe Ciolino celebrated the 18th anniversary of proposing to his wife, Joan.

Vacations

     No vacations were reported today.  

Happy Thoughts

     President Jim welcomed Bruce Horne back to the club.  Bruce is now feeling much better, and recuperating nicely.  Josh Arnold was one happy parent to have his daughter's dance team perform at the halftime break of the Boston Celtics.  Josh was also happy to have survived the same daughter's dance team sleepover at his house.  Josh was additionally happy the annual calendar project will have a higher net that previous years. Bruce Horne was happy to be feeling better.  President Jim was happy with our donation of $1,000 to help our own Julie Geary, recovering from her devastating home fire.  Ruth Pino was happy that her family Disney trip went well.  John Dugger was happy that in an accident on one of his construction sites, no serious injuries were had.  Rick Doucette was happy the Rockport Teen Center has broken ground. Rudy Macchi was happy to participate in Senator Bruce Tarr's  annual toy drive, Project Uplift.  Bruce, Rudy and friends collected toys during a day-long live radio broadcast on the Cape.  The toys will be distributed by Action Inc.

    Fine

     Mike Costello paid his seat belt fine in advance.  President Jim gave Roger Armstrong, Tony Corrao, and Mike Linquata key chains as a reminder to buckle up.  Brad Pierce was fined for making baby Reilly cry. Charlie Foster was fined for cruising past a stop sign on December 15th. ( Charlie, there are spies everywhere....)

     Club News

    President Jim inducted Christopher Farmer as a new member today. Please take the opportunity to welcome him. President Jim thanked the Christmas party committee for once again putting on a great time at the Cape Ann Bowling Center. The committee consisted of Don Sudbay Jr., Carole Sharoff, Brad Pierce, Joe Parisi and of course - President Jim.  

Winners and Losers...  No winner of  the beverage of choice. Dave Stotzer won the money, and Don Sudbay Jr. won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Roger Armstrong introduced Hank Camille and Jim Nolan, members of the WW II Memorial Committee.  Hank talked about the history of the monument and updated us on the present status of the project.