The Rotator - Archive  Oct 27, 2007

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	Bruce Horne Sinikka Nogelo Jon Morse, CPA   Rick Doucette   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Julia Phelps

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Shirley Conway, Tony Coraro, Rick Doucette, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Howard Frisch, Sal Frontiero, Tom Gatley, Marc Grenier, Steve Kaity, Dean Lavoie, David McKechnie, Jon Morse, Tracy O'Neil, Dan Ottenheimer, Marc Sandler, David Stozer,Todd Tanger, and Sergrey Semlyanski.   Today's attendance is 39 present with 0 makeups out of 57 members for an average of 69%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                           October 23 , 2007

  Pre-owned truck for sale, a one-owner vehicle! Plenty of life left in this gem,  truck warranty still in effect (manufacturer went our of business 70 years ago). Check out Sudbay's Value Pre-owned Motor Cars !

Interact Club

     Interact members present wereErin Kelly and Mike Sawyer.   

Makeups

      No makeups were reported today.

     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 & Anniversaries

    David Babson, Julie LaFontaine, Barry Pett all celebrated their birthdays today.  David Marsh celebrated 38 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Joe and Joan Ciolino are celebrating 19, John Dugger is celebrating 10, and  Julie Geary is celebrating 2 "wonderful" years.  Wonderful congrats to all!

Vacations

      Christopher Farmer was happy to take 3 1/2 days off.  David Kenney took some time off for some surgery.  Carol Sharoff went to New Orleans. 

Happy Thoughts

    Jim Marr was happy the Red Sox are going to the World Series.  David Slade was happy his daughters are all safe from the California fires.  Steve Dexter was happy the recent 18 month old Gloucester heart transplant recipient is coming home today.  Steve Dexter also donated his winnings in the card raffle to the boy's family.  Joe and Di Parisi were happy have to have their children going back to school after a weekend visit.  Joe brought up some Sebastian's Pizza to the Gloucester students going to Norwich.  Greg Bover was happy to have his family safely on 3 continents.  His wife is in Mali, his son is in Helsinki, and of course Greg is home.    Christopher Farmer was happy the Gloucester Educational Collaborative Golf Tournament went well. 

 Fines

    Barry Pett was fined for a photo in this month's Elk's magazine.  Mike Sarraf was fined for not having a Rotary Moment Ready.  President Bruce  administered a Rotary Pin fine. 

Club News

  Marc Sandler gave a Rotary Moment concerning women and Rotary a few weeks ago.  (The day Jim Marr came up with a dumb blonde joke)  Attached is an article which appeared in the Boston Globe recently about women in Rotary, but focusing on our District.   Joe Parisi - there will be a quiz!

               Women in Rotary

 ABC of Rotary Moment

    Mike Sarraf is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment,  Dave Stotzer is first backup, and Don Sudbay Jr.  is the second backup, third backup is David Sullivan. Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...   David Slade  gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.   Barry Pett won the money, and Sue Ellis won the flowers.  Steve Dexter won the card raffle today, splitting $2146 with the club.

Speakers....Dr. Richard Segal, Board Certified Physician, spoke about needymeds.com.  Needy Meds is a 501C3 non-profit founded in 1997 to help low-income people find the assistance with the associated costs of healthcare.