The Rotator - Archive  Mar 16, 2004

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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
			Don Sudbay Jr.-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... Dennis Acker, Joan Carbone, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Howard Frisch, Rudy Macchi, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Bob O'Maley, Jim Perry, Ruth Pino, George Roark, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Dave Stotzer, Sue Todd, and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 36 present with 2 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 70%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             March 16, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Assistant Governor Carole A. Elliott visited today. 

Guests of Rotarians

      Carole Sharoff's husband Bill was her guest today.  Greg Bover had his wife, Frances Conover Fitch, our guest organist today. Greg also welcomed his other guests,  Scott Ryder, Kathleen Adams and Steve Derek, all of C.B. Fisk.  Gaye Brown and Dave Stotzer had Lesley Cooney as their guest. Lesley works with the Interact Club at GHS.

Interact Club

     Interact members were not present today.

Makeups

     Herb Goodick made up in Florida, Cheryl Collins made up in Rockport.

Happy Thoughts

     Herb Goodick was happy to be back home after a month in Florida.

     Bruce Horne is taking a cue from Joe Parisi and Barry Pett and staring his spring diet and exercise program.

     Dave McArdle thanked  the Interact Club for helping sort out and tally the library's latest survey.  David is also happy that the Bookmobile is up and running again after a staffing and budget problem.

      Don Sudbay went skiing with his son, made 25 runs,  and could still walk the next day.

      Carole Sharoff was happy to be at C.B. Fisk to hear the new organ.

      David Slade was happy that March Madness is underway.

      Joe Ciolino was happy to have had the opportunity to attend the President Elect Seminar Training held in Nashua, New Hampshire last weekend.

      Carole Elliot, our ADG, was happy to tell members that great programs were scheduled for Rotary's Centennial year.

      Joe Paisi's son has made the Nation Honor Society at North Shore Vocational School.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

    Birthdays celebrated today were Catherine Henry, Jon Morse, and Sal Fronterio.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Fines

     No fines were issued today

Vacations

      No vacations were reported today

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Becky Sumner followed by Pat Thorpe and Sue Todd.

Club News

     The club will assemble on May 8th at the Stage Fort Park Band Stand for the annual fixer upper.  Please sign up with Joe Parisi.

      April 28th is the District Conference.  Officer of the club are asked to attend.  The conference is in Danvers and start at 4:00 pm.  Don Sudbay is putting together a van for a car pool.  Please contact Joe Ciolino to sign up.  The club will par all expenses for attendees.

      Greg Bover announced with regret  the resignation of Charlie Currier from our club.  Charlie was a Past President 1982-83 and a Paul Harris Fellow.  We all thank Charlie for all his past service  and wish him well in his retirement years.

      The club would like to thank President Greg for hosting our meeting at the C. B. Fisk Company.  I know that many members enjoy having our meetings off-site on occasion.  C. B. Fisk was a wounderful venue for our meeting, and experiencing  the completion of Opus 124 before it is shipped to its home in Christ Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Virginia, was spectacular.

      President Greg read a thank you from Hospice North Shore for our donation in memory of former member Auther Kaneles.

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice.  David McKechnie won the money, and no one won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  President Greg and his wife Frances Conover Fitch explained the workings of an organ, which Frances then played .  Greg gave a fine tour of the C.B. Fisk workshop.

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

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