The Rotator - Archive  Dec 29, 2009

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District 7930 Governor - Ingrid Brown  2009-2010

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 Happy New Year....2010

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                   December 29, 2009

                                                                Visiting Rotarians

Bob and Barb Ellis were visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Tony Corrao had his son Jonathan, wife Jo, office staff Judy Bergeron, and our speaker for today, Ha Tran, as his guests.  Rick Doucette had Shawn Crowley as his guest.

Interact Club

The Interact Club members were not present today.

Makeups

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

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Birthdays and Anniversaries

Becky Sumner celebrated her birthday this week.  President Ruth Pino is celebrating the 6-month anniversary of her Rotary Club Presidency.  Rudy Macchi is celebrating Mike Costello's one year retirement anniversary.

Vacations

Happy Thoughts

Ed Collard was happy to announce the engagement of his daughter .  The wedding will take place 11-11-11 at 11:00.  Christopher Farmer was happy to pay his guests lunch tab to the tune of $150.00 today.  Bob Ellis was just plain happy to be here today.  Barbara Ellis was happy to have her daughter visiting for Christmas.  Bruce Horne was happy to have a photo in the GDT's showing the members of the Junior Achievement Club.  Julie LaFontaine was happy to announce that 1200 turkeys were distributed  in the days from Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Tony Corrao was happy to have his son visiting.  Tony was also happy to get through Christmas as Santa without sustaining any injuries from all the little tots sitting on his lap.

Fines

Bruce Horne was fined for a photo in the GDT's.  Rotarians not wearing their Rotary pins were fined by President Ruth.  Jule Geary received a " where the hell is President Ruth's lemon meringue pie? fine.  Mike Costello was fined for being Mike.   

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

January   5    Fish cakes, beans, coleslaw, jello for dessert

January 12    Chicken rolled in prosciutto, rice, salad, peach cobbler for dessert

January 19    Pot roast, salad, apple pie for dessert

January 26   Turkey tetrazzini, salad and a pumpkin roll for dessert

February  2  Super Bowl Tailgating Party with chicken fingers, mozzarella salad,   chips and salsa.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  January are Howard Frisch and Kim Spanner

January   5  Business Meeting

January 12  Dave Cohen, entertainment, humor and motivation

January 19  TBA

January 26  Karen Keefe, Massachusetts Relay Community Relations Manager

Save the Date

January  5    2010 Board Meeting

January 15   Adult Holiday Party

January 26   Food Bank

ABC of Rotary Moment

Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Ray Lamont is first backup, Matt Langis is the second backup, and the third backup is David Marsh. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Julie LaFontaine gave the Rotary Moment today.  Bill Flygare won the $10.00, Shawn Crowley won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Tony Corrao introduced our speaker today,  Ha Tran.  Ha spoke about her experiences in  coming to the United States during the fall of Saigon, and her family fleeing Vietnam.

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· The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010

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