The Rotary Club of Peabody, Massachusetts

District 7930

Service Above Self

 

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Thursday April 29, 2010

The Ripple

The Newsletter of the

Rotary Club of Peabody - District 7930

P.O. Box 94, Peabody, MA 01960

WWW.ROTARYPEABODY.ORG

Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA

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April is Magazine Month! (the Rotarian)

 

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 April Birthdays:

April 8 - Bob Wood

 

April Wedding Anniversaries:

April 26 - Steve and Lori Morad

April 26 - Peggy P and Jody

 

  TO ALL MEMBERS: IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS WITH THE BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATES, PLEASE NOTIFY GARY EPSTEIN.

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    NEXT BOARD MEETING:

Tuesday June 2 - 5:30PM at GraVoc

E-mail President Cathy (Cathyg@Gravoc.com) with agenda items

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CITIZENS FOR ADEQUATE HOUSING

Thursday, May 6, 2010

CATHLEEN WARDLEY (Meal Pickup), GARY EPSTEIN (Salad and Cookies)

Arrive at 4:45 P.M at 42 Washington St., Peabody

    

  Look at NEWS and Citizens For Adequate Housing Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities.

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MEETING NOTES

 

Today's visiting Rotarians: None

 

Guests: Dr. Michael Stare - Spectrum Fitness Consulting, LLC

Located in the Cummings Center in Beverly.  Offering private health and fitness consultations. 

 

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  We discussed sending a student to Camp Rotary this summer.  President Cathy contacted the Camp's management to see if we could focus our donation to make sure it went to support a Peabody student.  Camp Rotary will work with Peabody middle schools to find a deserving student!

District 5300 - Las Vegas West - is selling raffle tickets for $50 each to win a trip to Vegas!

Bob Wood confirmed that the District installation dinner will be Wednesday June 30.

Soon to be President Martha will be coordinating our clubs annual dinner - probably the week prior to the districts dinner - more info to come!

We discussed the planning of Friday May 14 when we will be hosting the GSE team.  We need members of the Peabody club to step up and help come up with ideas for activities to fill their day.  Such ideas can be vocational visits, cultural activities, or something in our local community.  If anyone has any suggestions or would like to volunteer, please let Fred or Cathy know.

So far the team will be having breakfast with us in Peabody.  We have them booked to spend some time with the Peabody Police department. We are also going to see if they can go to Citizens for Adequate housing.  Dinner plans are already booked for them as well! 

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Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures (not Rotary related) of our members, bring them in so the member can donate $$$ to the club.  But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.

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NEXT MEETINGS:  

May 6: Jon Blodgett - District Attorney

May 14: Joint meeting - GSE presentation

 

  UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

May 21-23, 2010: District Conference - Rockland Maine

June 20-23, 2010: Rotary International Convention - Montreal (Click here for more information)

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REMINDERS:

    Our speaker scheduler, Grace Martins, asks that you tell her of any people who may want to speak to the club or whom you think may be of interest to the club.

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Secretary Gary Epstein reminds members of Rotary's attendance requirements.  Members cannot miss more than three consecutive meetings without making up.  However, there are plenty of opportunities to make up.  Attend a Board meeting (All members are encouraged to attend, anyway.), attend a committee meeting, work on the website, and the most basic make-up--attend other clubs' meetings.  Be sure to steal ideas our club can use!!

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What do you do with your empty bottles and cans?  (And we know there must be a lot of empty beer cans and bottles.)  Please bring them (both beer and soda) to the meetings every week to give to Mel.  Every nickel helps!!

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How to propose a member:

Identify an individual (would s/he pass the Four-Way Test?).

   Invite that person to a meeting.

  Fill out a proposal card.

  Board votes on the proposed member.

  Proposed member has information session with Secretary Gary.

  Proposed member is asked if s/he would like to join.  If yes, application is signed.

  Proposed member's name is published in The Ripple

  If there are no objections sent in writing to the Membership Chair within seven days, the proposed member becomes a member.

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It's easy to become a Rotary Sustaining member.  It's $100 per year, but Loring can bill you $25 per quarter.

That's $8.33 a month, or 28 CENTS a day, or a little over a penny an hour.

LET'S BECOME A 100% SUSTAINING MEMBER CLUB!!

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 THE 4-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do:

  1. IS IT THE TRUTH?

2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED?

3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIP?

4. WILL IT BE BENEFICAL TO ALL CONCERNED?

  Please keep this in mind!

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  Note: Other Rotary Club meeting locations are posted at www.rotary.org, then, click on 'Club Locator'.

The District 7930 Club locator can be found at www.rotary7930.org