The Rotator - Archive  Nov 3, 2009

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	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...  Shirley Conway, Tony Corrao, Sheree DeLorenzo, Rick Doucette, John Dugger, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Roger Hussey, Julie LaFontaine, Mike Linquata, Eric Noble, Steve Noble, Pat Thorpe, and Tony Verga.  Today's attendance is 54 present with 0 makeups out of 68 members for an average of 79%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                              November 3, 2009

Visiting Rotarians

Jim Major, District Giving Chair, and a member of the Woburn Rotary Club.

Guests of Rotarians

 John Morris, Ray Lamont, and Steve Kaity all had guests today.

Interact Club

The Interact Club members present were seniors Sandra Morris, Kaitlin Vittands and Megan Keegan.  Kaitlin spoke about her goals and her high school activities.   

Makeups

    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 and Anniversaries

 George Roark celebrated his birthday today.  No anniversaries were reported today. 

Vacations

Jon Morse spent 7 days in California, Howard Frisch went to Orlando for 7 days.  Becky Sumner spent 5 days in Bermuda.  Brad Pierce went to the Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts. 

Happy Thoughts

Roger Armstrong was happy with our lunch of roasted turkey with all the fixin's.  Sinikka Nogelo was happy to have Meredith Fine hosting the election coverage for Cape Ann TV.  Move over Katie Couric,  Meredith could be a contender!  David Marsh was happy the Gloucester High School Alumni Directory is done.  About  6,000 alumni responded to a questionnaire. Christopher Farmer was happy that a school principal, who has been out due to illness,  is back.  Ray Lamont was happy to pay for  a happy thought to all the Rotarians who had voted on Tuesday.  Maggie Rosa was happy to have the Bananas Fashion Show scheduled for City Hall, with profits going to the City Hall Restoration Fund.  Dan Ottenheimer was happy an article he wrote appeared in a national publication. 

Fines

     President Ruth fined Steve Dexter for not telling his fellow Rotarians about the Bananas Fashion Show.  (Steve is on the City Hall Restoration Committee.)  Mike Costello was fined about voting today.  (Mike lives in Rockport, no election there.)  Marc Sandler and Rudy Macchi were given a tie fine by President Ruth. 

Club News

Here’s Lunch for the next several weeks

November 10 Soup and sandwich.  Lemon meringue pie for dessert (This meeting is in City Hall Auditorium)

November 17 Chicken Picatta with rice and salad.  Apple crisp for dessert

 2009/2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for the Month of November 

 November 10: (1) Rick Muth from ROTC at GHS
                        (2) Michael Linquata regarding Veteran's Day
 November 17:  Rachel Williams will be speaking regarding international programs that we are       supporting in Pakistan
 November 24:  Dianne Wood from P.A.C.E.

 Save the Date 

Family Holiday Party will be on Saturday December 5.  Details will follow.

ABC of Rotary Moment

 Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Sal Frontiero  is first backup, Bill Flygare is the second backup, and the third backup is Julie Geary. Please have your  ABC of Rotary Moment  ready

Winners and Losers:    John Morris gave the Rotary Moment today.  Todd Tanger won the $10.00, Mike Sarraf won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

Speaker today:   Jim Major, Giving Chair for our District, spoke about the Rotary Foundation. 

The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010