The Rotator - Archive  Dec 28, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogello Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity,           at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi, at-Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Dennis Acker, Cheryl Aparo, Mary Black, Gaye Brown, Scott Chernov, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Charlie Foster, Sal Frontiero, Charlene Glynn, Catherine Henry, Steve Kaity, Bill Mantz, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, David Slade, Todd Tanger, Pat Thorpe, and Sue Todd.Today's attendance is 33 present with 1makeup out of 56 members for an average of 58%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             December 28, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Rob Carver from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

      No guests of Rotarians were reported today.

Interact Club

      Interact members were not present due to vacation.

Makeups

      Dave Stotzer made up at Interact last week.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Donna Morris, followed by Bruce Nicholls and Sinikka Nogelo.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Sinikka Nogelo celebrated a birthday today.  Mike Costello celebrated 34 "wonderful" years of marriage.  David McKechnie was happy that his in-laws celebrated 50 years of marriage.  Dave Stotzer celebrated 4 "wonderful" months of marriage.

Vacations

     Sinikka Nogelo spent 2 weeks in Florida.

Happy Thoughts

     Jon Morse was happy that the Pat's are back on their winning streak.  Ruth Pino was happy to see three agents from Carlson Real Estate at our meeting. David McKechnie was happy to have been involved in the building of a playground in Jamaica.  President Joe had the happy surprise of finding that a guarding angel plowed out his driveway after this last storm.  (The guardian angel's  name - Brad Pierce.Thank you Brad!) Joe Parisi was happy his truck did not receive a scratch during a fender bender today, but could not say the same for the car that hit him.

Fines

      Rotarians featured in a Chamber of Commerce retreat photo in the Chamber newsletter were fined.  Members who have not proposed a new member in 2004 were also fined.

    Club News

Thank You Greg Bover for taking notes for this week's Rotator!

 Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor of our Centennial Project - The Stage Fort Park Playground Sponsor Levels include - Gold Sponsorship, $1000 will purchase a picnic table, Sliver -$650 will purchase a bench, and Bronze - $400 will purchase a tree. All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers... No winner of the beverage of choice.  Jim Marr won the money, and Jim Perry won the flowers.  Ruth Pino split $163.00 today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  No speakers today.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on clam chowder  and sandwich wraps.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005