The Rotator - Archive  Oct 28, 2003

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		Officers & Directors		2003-2004
		President		Greg Bover
		President Elect		Joe Ciolino
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Secretary		Samuel J. Miceli
		Asst.Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Jim Marr- Club Service	Bruce Horne-Vocational Service
			DonSudbayJr.-CommunityService	Steve Dexter-At Large Mary Black -At Large
			Sinikka Nogelo -International Service	Joe Ciolino-Pres. Elect
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor Paul E. Nader Sr.
Chartered 1923	"Where Route 128 Begins"	District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Dennis Acker, Tony Carrao. Steve Curcuru. Alex Delis. Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, John Dugger, Charlene Glynn, Bill Mantz, David McKechnie, Donna Morris, Bob O'Maley, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Don Sudbay Jr. , Pat Thorp, Sue Todd and Cayte Ward.Today's attendance is 38present with 1 makeup out of 53 members for an average of 73%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             September 28, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

      Lisa Martin from the Rockport Club.     

Guests of Rotarians

      Lisa Martin had Terry Segal as her guest today.  Josh Arnold had Peter Watson, and Mayor John Bell, our guest speaker for today, as his guests.

Interact Club

     No Interact members were present today.

Makeups

     One makeup was reported today.

Happy Thoughts

      Dave Stotzer was happy to report the Interact's Lobster Roll Fundraiser went well, taking in $6400 for the event.

       Howard Frisch was happy to successfully complete his 4th Peer Review  with "high recognition".

       Mike Costello was happy that Northwestern won last week.  (Northwestern lost this weekend. Mike,  I can give you some consolation though, Nebraska lost also!)

       Joe Paris  is still surviving week 2 of wife Di's "vacation".  Joe, has the thought crossed your mind that Di might be laying the foundation for her escape? Worth considering.

       Greg Bover was happy his son received a 780 in English on his SAT's.  Greg was also happy to have his son's portfolio accepted at New York's Pratt Institute.  The Bovers had a good week.  Congrats.

       Ruth Pino was happy that Carlson Gloucester hit the  mark of $100mil. worth of real-estate sold in Gloucester.

        Jim Marr was happy to have Peter Watson and John Bell at our meeting today.

        Lisa Martin was happy to have Terry Segal as her guest today.  Lisa was also happy to have been named North Shore Women of the Year.  Congrats to Lisa!

Anniversaries & Birthdays

      No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today

Fines

      Jim McKenna was fined for phoning in last week's Rotary Moment to Sinikka Nogelo.

      John Morse was fined for helping Jim McKenna with his Rotary Moment today.

      Joe Parisi was fined for another of his woman comments.

Vacations

      Carol Sharof went to Florida, and Steve Kaity went to Atlanta for two days of business.

A Rotary Moment

      The next Rotary Moment will be given by Bob O'Maley, followed by the week after by Joe Parisi and Jim Perry.

Club News

       President Greg read a resignation letter from Karl Munch today.  Karl has been transferred out of Gloucester by the Eagle Tribune.  We all wish Karl continued success in his career and look forward to the day when he will be available to join us again.

Winners and Losers Howard Frisch won the beverage of choice.  Steve Kaity  won the money and donated it to the Food Bank collection, and Charlie Foster won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Josh Arnold introduced our guest speaker today, Mayor John Bell.  Mayor Bell talked about his first two years in office and what to expect in his second term.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on chicken Florentine.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5+ stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners  had no suggestions.

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