The Rotator - Archive  Jan 20, 2009

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	Sinikka Nogelo Ruth Pino 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 - Thomas R. Elliott  2008-2009

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Roger Armstrong, Josh Arnold , David Babson, Greg Bover, Jim Cooke, Mike Costello, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Howard Frisch, Julie Geary, Mark Grenier, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Mike Linquata, Rudy Macchi, Brian McCook, Dave McKechnie, Jon Morse, John Rando, Maggie Rosa, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, Mike Sarraf, Carole Lynn Sharoff, Kimberly Spaner, Becky Sumner, Todd Tanger, and Sergey Zemlyanski.   Today's attendance is 29 present with 4 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 59%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                          January 20 , 2008

Visiting Rotarians

      Eleanor Hoy was visiting from the Rockport Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

      Pat Thorpe's guest was our speaker, Ian Kerr.  Pat also had the winner of last June's scholarship, Stephanie Newman.  Tony Corrao had Steve Barry as his guest.  Sal Frontiero had Rick Moore as his guest.   

Interact Club

      Interact members were not present today.

Makeups

     Shirley Conway made up online, Kevin McAveeney made up 2 times at Interact,  and John Dugger made up in Rockport. 

     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 & Anniversaries

     No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today. 

Vacations

     John Dugger visited Rockport for the weekend.  Don Sudbay enjoyed 2 days skiing.  Tony Corrao spent 5 days in Arizona. 

Happy Thoughts

     President Sinikka was happy the Elks was kind enough to let us watch the presidential inauguration in their TV lounge.  President Sinikka was also happy to have survived cross country skiing in Ravenswood Park this past weekend.  Barry Pett was happy to report the Gloucester Fund dispersed $135,000.00 ( $6,428.57 each) to 21 victims of the Lorraine Apartment's Fire.  Barry thanked the community at large, and members of Rotary who have helped out financially.  Steve Kaity is still happy that Todd Tanger has been installed as the new Chamber President.  John Dugger was happy our country has a  president of color now.  Christopher Farmer is happy that all of our snow accumulation this year has been on holidays and weekends, and not closing schools.  Christopher also was startled and happy to see a white hawk fly by him in his yard.    Dave Stotzer was also happy to see the same hawk Sunday morning at his house.  (This bird certainly gets around.)   Don Ottenheimer is happy that this country's transition of power goes so smoothly.  Jim Marr was happy the rescue of the Hudson River plane victims went so smoothly; all of the responding rescue units worked so well together.  Ruth Pino was also happy about yesterday's rescue of two men just outside Gloucester Harbor.

 Fines

    President  Sinikka  fined all Rotarians who were wearing a tie.    Rotarians who were not wearing red, white and blue were also  fined. Members not wearing their pins were fined, and  John Dugger was fined for wearing a hat all during the meeting. 

    Club News

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 ABC of Rotary Moment

     Mike Sarraf is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment,  Kim Spaner is first backup, Dave Stotzer is the second backup, and the third backup is Don Sudbay Jr. Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...   David Slade gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.  Roger Corbin won the money, and Steve Kaity won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Pat Thorpe introduced Ian Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance, and developer of the Gloucester Paint Factory on Rocky Neck.  Ian spoke about future plans for the building and ongoing fundraising efforts.   

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