The Rotator - Archive  Nov 16, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogello Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity            at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi at-Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Leo Bergeron, Shirley Conway, Tony Carrao, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Catherine Henry, Bruce Horne, Bill Mantz, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Ruth Pino, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Dave Stotzer, Todd Tanger, Sue Todd, and Cayte Ward.   Today's attendance is 40 present with 8 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 85%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             November 16, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Rob Carver, John Thompson, and Earl Kishida were all visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

     Sal Testaverde was a guest today.

Interact Club

     Interact members  present today include Zach Trotsky and Chris Spreer. Chris Spreer spoke about his activities in school, his family, and his future college plans.

Makeups

     Joe Ciolino, Steve Kaity, Joe Parisi, Josh Arnold, John Morse, Jim Marr, Carole Sharoff, and Don Sudbay Jr. all made up at a Director's Meeting on Tuesday.

A Rotary Moment

    The next  Rotary Moment will be given by David Mc Ardle, followed by David McKechnie, and Jim McKenna.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     No birthdays were reported today.  Greg Bover was celebrating 24 "wonderful" years of marriage today.

Vacations

      Jim Perry went to Marco Island, David Babson went scalloping on Martha's Vineyard, John Thompson went to Florida, and Howard Frisch went to Sorrento, Italy.

Happy Thoughts

      Bob Ryan was jealous of Jim Perry playing in Marco Island. Julie Sidon was happy that her mother was celebrating her 88th birthday.  Howard Frisch was happy to thank the Ocean Optical group for his new glasses. Jon Morse was happy to have made it to the Pat's game after an incident utilizing "features" on his Mercedes rendered it immovable for 3 days.The moral of Jon's experience is to "understand your car's "features" before you try to use them." (The problem could have been fixed quickly by "On-Star"!) Steve Kaity was happy to announce that a former Rotary scholarship winner in 1964 gave back to the community with a $3,000.00 check for future scholarships.   

Fines

       President Joe fined David McKechnie and Rudy Macchi for not having a Rotary Moment ready today.New Rotarians who procrastinated taking their picture during the meeting also paid a fine.

    Club News

Thank You Mary Black for taking notes for this weeks Rotator!

      The  Holiday Party will be held at the Cape Ann Bowling Lanes.  Joanne Carbone and Alex Delis are Santa's Elves, planning this year's party.  The date is December 15, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM .   The Holiday Party will be in lieu of a meeting for that week.  

       Joe Parisi and his playground committee has picked November 27th and December 4th as the last dates we can go to Stage Fort Playground for a work party for this year. The time will be from 8 AM to 12 NOON.  The project has received its official DEP number, so we may proceed.  Please pencil in the dates and try to be there for the start of construction of the new Stage Fort Park Children's Playground.

 Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor of our Centennial Project - The Stage Fort Park Playground Sponsor Levels include - Gold Sponsorship, $1000 will purchase a picnic table, Sliver -$650 will purchase a bench, and Bronze - $400 will purchase a tree. All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers...Mary Black won the beverage of choice. Don Sudbay Jr. won the money, and Howard Frisch won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... A business meeting was held today. 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on butternut squash lasagna with salad and carrot cake dessert.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005