The Rotator - Archive  Dec 30, 2003

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		Officers & Directors		2003-2004
		President		Greg Bover
		President Elect		Joe Ciolino
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Secretary		Samuel J. Miceli
		Asst.Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Jim Marr- Club Service	Bruce Horne-Vocational Service
			DonSudbayJr.-CommunityService	Steve Dexter-At Large Mary Black -At Large
			Sinikka Nogelo -International Service	Joe Ciolino-Pres. Elect
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor Paul E. Nader Sr.
Chartered 1923	"Where Route 128 Begins"	District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Leo  Bergeron, Scott Chernov, Cheryl Collins, Tony Carrao, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Howard Frisch, Steve Kaity, Bill Mantz, Jim Marr, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Bob O'Maley, George Roark, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, David Slade, Dave Stozer, and Don Sudbay Jr. Today's attendance is 35 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 64%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             December, 30 2003

Visiting Rotarians

          Peter Anderson from the Rockport Club was visiting today. 

Guests of Rotarians

          Fran Mondello had Ann Banks, our guest speaker today, as her guest.

Interact Club

          Interact members were not present today due to school vacations.

Makeups

          No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

          Sue Todd thanked the Rockport National Bank for making the Child Development children's Christmas a little bit brighter by donating gifts to their families.

           Rudy "Santa" Macchi was happy to be along with State Senator Bruce Tarr when visiting the Shriner Burn Insitute in Boston to bring some Christmas cheer to the children.

           Fran Mondello wanted to acknowledge Rudy for his work with children during the Christmas Holiday.  Rudy is not the real Santa, but he is the best substitue around.

           Brad Pierce was happy to be sporting a new necktie given to and picked out by his 18 month old  grandaugher.

           Greg Bover was very happy to have received a new pair of cowboy (western) boots for Christmas.  Greg has had a secret wish to own a pair. 

            Rudy Macchie interjected that his wish is to die with his boots on.  Greg, do not let Rudy borrow the boots!

            Herb Goodick was happy to share with  us one of his Christmas presents.  Herb had a wonderful copy of a book on WWII.  Herb went thru a few pages about poeple and places he had visited during the war.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

             Becky Sumner celebrated her birthday today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Fines

             President Greg administered a pin fine today.

             Late fines were given to Dave Babson, Steve Dexter, and David McKechnie.

Vacations

             Charlene Glynn went skiing in Utah.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by George Roark, followed by the week after by Marc Sandler and John Succimarra..

Club News

             The club will be  meeting on January 13 at the Cape Ann Bowing Center.

             Judy, our Cameron's waitress, sent us a thank you note for her Christmas gift.

              The Open Door Food Bank sent a thank you for our year long support of the pantry.

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice.  Catherine Henry won the money, and Shirley Conway won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Ann Banks from the Siren Song Rowing Club at the Gloucester Heritage Center spoke about the program.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on fish and chips.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested it was just fine

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