The Rotator - Archive  Oct 9, 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... Cheryl Aparo, Ann Margaret Ferrante, David Kenney, Julie LaFontaine, Kevin McAveeney, David McCook, Jim Perry, Barry Pett, David Sullivan, Becky Sumner, and Sergey Semlyanski.   Today's attendance is 47 present with 4 makeups out of  57 members for an average of 88%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                         October 9 , 2007

Rotary Bird of the Week

Birds of New England ....The Bird of the Week

Visiting Rotarians

     No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

     No guests of Rotarians were reported today.

Interact Club

     Interact members present were,.Laura O'Shea and John Kadim.  John spoke about himself and his future college interests. 

Makeups

      David McKechnie made up at a meeting of the Rockport Rotary Foundation.  Roger Corbin made up in Marlboro, Todd Tanger and David Slade both  made up at Manchester/Essex

     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

     President Bruce, John Rando, and Greg Bover celebrated their birthdays today.  Matt Langis is celebrating 9 "wonderful" years of marriage.Charlie Foster is celebrating 51 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Joe Parisi is celebrating 24 "wonderful" years of marriage.  The endurance award this week goes to Di Parisi for being married to Joe for 24 years.  (What a sentence!) 

Vacations

    Josh Arnold went to Maine, David Babson went to Martha's Vineyard.  John Dugger spent 4 days in Vermont.  David McKechnie went to Fenway Park, 3 days in Cleveland, and 8 days in Florida. 

Happy Thoughts

    Bob Ryan was happy that after a fine, month long negotiation the CATA drivers agreed to a new contract.  Christopher Farmer was happy England beat Australia in a sports match. 

 Fines

     President Bruce fined all Rotarians who did not show up for last week's meeting with our District Governor.  Julie Geary was fined for not providing a fish dinner for the District Governor's visit.  Jim Marr was fined for trying to run President Bruce's meeting.  A Rotary pin fine was administered.

    Club News

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^{DG Phelps, ADG Brown &  President Bruce                   DG Phelps inducts 4 new members}

                  _{^{DG Phelps                                                        My favorite fall picture...whose grandchild is this???}}

Save the Date:     

Past President's Dinner, Thursday, October 18, 2007 .....See Jim Marr to sign up.   

 ABC of Rotary Moment

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

Winners and Losers...   George Roark gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.  David Stotzer  won the money, and no winner for the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Tracy O'Neil introduced our speaker today, Sue McDermott, who spoke about the HIDE School, a leading institution in teaching character development.  The co-ed school was founded in 1966, and has locations in Bath Maine and Woonsocket, Connecticut.