The Rotator - Archive  Mar 23, 2010

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Club Number 6613	Officers
	Ruth Pino Josh Arnold Jon Morse, CPA Howard Frisch, CPA Leo Bergeron Isaac Wilhelm Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	--  --  --  --  --  --  --    --  --	President President Elect Treasurer Auditor Sergeant At Arms Alternate Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Ingrid Brown  2009-2010

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

 Missed and Missing...  Roger Armstrong, David Babson, Jim Cooke, Sheree DeLorenzo, Charlie Foster, Ray Lamont, Brian McCook, John Morris, Jon Morse, Steve Noble, Sinikka Nogelo, Dan Ottenheimer, John Rando, George Roark, Don Sudbay Jr., Todd Tanger, and Isaac Wilhelm.  Today's attendance is  45 present with 5 makeups out of 60 members for an average of 75%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 March 23,  2010

Visiting Rotarians

Bob Phelps was visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Barry Pett had attorney Mark Nestor as his guest.  Bob "" Ryan had former City Councilor Gus Foote as his guest.  Julie LaFontaine had Dave Sudbay,  Bill Stevens, and speaker Sue Gabriel as her guests today.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present are: Victoria Hilshey and Arica Aiello.  Victoria spoke about Interact fundraising activities.

Makeups

Roger Corbin has made up 2 times in Boca Raton, Florida, and 1 time in Savannah, Georgia.  Julie Geary and David Slade both made up at Interact.

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.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

David Slade celebrated his birthday today.

Vacations

Roger Corbin was fined for vacations in Boca and Savannah.  David McKechnie went to Dayton, Ohio. Bruce Horne went to California.  Mike Sarraf spent 3 days in Canada, and 3 days in Washington DC.  David Marsh went to Mexico. President Ruth went to the Bahamas for a vacation.

Happy Thoughts

Due to time constraints, President Ruth did not ask for Happy Thoughts.

Fines

President Ruth fined all Rotarians who did not wear their Rotary pins. Rotarian who have not sent in their voter registration were also fined.

Club News

                                     ^{_{The Docksiders}}

                                             _{^{Linda Amero sings to Howard Frisch}}

        ^{_{Tony and President Ruth                                      Tony Verga and Vito Calomo}}

The Paul Harris Committee announced the selection of David McKechnie as the Paul Harris Fellow for this year.  Interact Club announced that David Slade will be their Paul Harris Fellow this year.  Congrats to David and David for being selected Paul Harris Fellows. 

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

March       30  Baked fish, roasted red potatoes, salad, strawberry shortcake

April            6  First Lunch at Cruiseport!  Buttermilk fried chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, fruit with creme fraiche

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  March are: Terri Jones and Don Sudbay Jr.

March      30  Last meeting at the Elks.

Save the Date

March  30   Food Bank Collection

April      8    Interact will hold a Pizza-Off at Cruiseport to determine who make the best pizza in town!

April   10    Spaghetti Supper, Saturday April 10th at the Rose Baker Senior Center, the time is 4:00 to   6:00 pm

April    25   Pride Stride 2010

April    27   Paul Harris Luncheon

May      1   Paint and Scrape the Band Stand at Stage Fort Park - Saturday starting at 6:30 am till12:00 noon

May      6  Thursday evening at 5:30 pm.  The 30th Anniversary of Cape Ann Television.  The evening will be honoring Sinikka Nogello.

May      8  First Parish Cemetery Cleanup 8am

May      11 Today is "Significant Other" day at Rotary.  Take the opportunity to take your "Significant Other" to Rotary for lunch.  A day to share your Rotary experience with your "Significant Other."

ABC of Rotary Moment

John Rando is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Marc Sandler is first backup, Mike Sarraf is the second backup, and the third backup is David Slade. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Bob Ryan gave the Rotary Moment today.  Bruce Horne won the $10.00, Jim Marr won the flowers, Gus Foote won the 2 tickets, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Julie LaFontaine introduced our speaker today, Sue Gabriel, from the North Shore Hunger Network.

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