The Rotator - Archive  Oct 24, 2006

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	Officers
	Don Sudbay Jr. Bruce Horne Jon Morse, CPA Roger Armstrong Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor and      Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Donna Jean Wayman

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Bruce Bain, Leo Bergeron, John Bjorlie, Mary Black, Shirley Conway, Tony Corao, Ann Margret Ferrante, Sal Frontiero, Mark Grenier, Bruce Horne, David Kenney, Brian McCook, Fran Mondello, Jon Morse, Bruce Nicholls, Dan Ottenheimer, Barry Pett, Marc Sandler, Tom Siemers, Carole Sharoff, Dave Stotzer, and David Sullivan.  Today's attendance is 40 present with 0 makeups out of 60 members for an average of 67%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                         October 24 , 2006

         Happy Halloween  2006                                           Visiting Rotarians

                                                                                    No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

   President Don had our  guest speakers as his guests - Al Johnson, Maggie Rosa, Cathy Leahy, and Sandy Ronan.

Interact Club

     Interact members members were not present today.

Makeups

   No make ups were reported today.  

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Todd Tanger celebrated his birthday today.  Mike Costello is happy that the Cape Ann Chamber Women's Business Collaborative is 20 years old.  Julie Geary is celebrating her one year wedding anniversary.  John Dugger is celebrating 9 "wonderful" years of marriage, and Joe Ciolino wins the "most time put in" award for this week, celebrating 18 "really wonderful" years of matrimony.

Vacations

    President Don vacationed in Longboat Key, Florida.  Mike Sarraff went to New York City, Joe Parisi went to Jackson, New Hampshire, and Jim Marr went to Belington, Massachusetts.

Happy Thoughts

    President Don was happy the Past President's Dinner went so well, and thanked Jim Marr and Joe Ciolino for putting the dinner together.  Don was also happy  he started working out at the Manchester Athletic Club.  (The last time he was there in the mid 70's he remembered seeing Brad Pierce in a hot tub.)  Matt Langis is happy after a recent illness, his wife is feeling much better .  Scott Chernov was happy the Interact Lobster Roll promotion went well.  A report will be given later.  Greg Bover was happy to be elected to the Board Of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce.  Cheryl Collins was happy to have won a bid supplying Varian with its safety glass program.  Christopher Farmer was happy to have David Marsh involved in amassing a data base of the alumni of Gloucester High School.  Christopher is also happy that a city wide music program is starting to take hold.  Ruth Pino was happy she won a medal for her garden from the Gloucester Garden Council.  Ruth is also happy that Todd Tanger has agreed to become the Vice President of the Chamber.

  Fines

     Ruth Pino was fined for the reoccurring ad which appears on the back of the Chamber of Commerce newsletter.  (Word is the photo is a litter bit on the old side - unlike Ruth of course.) Pat Thorpe and Becky Sumner were fined for talking bank business while in line for the buffet.  Members who did not order a lobster roll from the Interact Club were fined. 

    Club News

             Pam & Jim Marr & Steve Dexter 

     Save the Date:

December 13, 2006 - Holiday Christmas Party to be held at the Cape Ann Bowling Lanes. 

     Save the Date:

April 14, 2007 -  Rotary Second Annual Spaghetti Supper at the Rose Baker Senior Center. 

Rotary Moment 

      Bruce Bain is up for next Tuesday's Rotary Moment, Leo Bergeron is first backup, and John Bjorlie is the second backup.  Please have your Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...   David Babson gave a Rotary Moment.  Rudy won the money, and Joe Parisi won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....President Don introduced the Committee representing the Community Preservation Act -  Al Johnson, Maggie Rosa, Cathy Leahy, and Sandy Ronan.  Al talked about the committee's efforts to put the CPA on the November 2007 ballot.  The CPA, if   voters pass it, would add to tax bills but would enable Gloucester to apply for money from the state to preserve historic sites in our city.  Rockport, Manchester, and Essex already participate in the CPA.