Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Century House Restaurant, Route 114, Peabody, MA
Thursday, June 2, 2011
June Theme:
Rotary Fellowships
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.
Jessika Rodriguez has been proposed as a new member by Steve Smith. She's an employee of Eastern Bank on Foster Street and would hold the classification of Banking Officer. If anyone objects to her membership to our club, notify Membership Chair Steve Smith before June 9th.
June Birthdays:
24: Lori Morad (Steve)
June Wedding Anniversaries:
1: Vanessa and David Silveira
4: Brian and Denise Cassidy
20: Megan Shea- and Nick Pereira
30: Bob and Melissa Clattenburg
TO ALL MEMBERS: IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS WITH THE BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATES, PLEASE NOTIFY GARY EPSTEIN. ALSO, THERE ARE NUMEROUS MISSING DATES ON OUR ROSTER. PLEASE GIVE GARY YOUR INFORMATION--JUST THE DATES--NO ONE CARES HOW OLD YOU ARE. BUT WE MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD.
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Haven From Hunger:
Friday, June 10, 2011
Team Assignments: PEGGY PEDRO (Meal Pickup), MARTHA HOLDEN (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at at 71 Wallis Street, Peabody.
If you're unable to attend on the specified date, it's your responsibility to locate a replacement. Please inform the meal pickup person of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven From Hunger Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities. See website for further information:
Today's visiting Rotarians: Francis Lavally, today's guest speaker, Bo, Sierra Leone Rotary's first and current President
Guests: Prospective new member Jessika Rodriguez, guest of Peabody Rotary.
Albert Senesi, guest of Grace.
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President Martha asked that everyone turn in their badges so she can order new, female-friendly, badges. If you want to change your badge information, now's the time to tell President Martha. She wished almost mother and father Vanessa and David a Happy 4th Anniversary and Brian and Denise a Happy 39th Anniversary.
President Martha reminded us of the club's Installation Dinner which will be on June 23rd at the Holy Ghost Society on Howley Street In Peabody. Be sure to let her know your menu selection (chicken or fish). On Wednesday, June 8th, a group led by PE Steve P will visit Mayor Bonfanti to request city employee representation in our club.
We wish former member Jesse Philbrick well in his new position as Manager of the Macaroni Grill in Reading.
President Martha had spoken with Chamber of Commerce President Deanne Healey, who said that no golf tournament notices had been sent out. But it apparently had slipped into the Chamber newsletter in error.
Peggy P reported that she and Bob W attended a District meeting and accepted the Presidential Citation for our club, which she presented to President Martha.
Peggy L said that there were 5 or 6 definite choices for winners of our $1,000 scholarships. There were 3 others on the bubble. The Board stayed after the meeting to vote on the number of scholarships to award.
(Ed.'s note: Sorry about the poor picture quality--the flash didn't work properly.)
Grace introduced our speaker Francis Lavally, who is the current President of the Bo, Sierra Leone, Rotary Club. He also served as the club's first President in 1988. He's in financial management and accounting, a founder of the Sierra Leone teachers Union Savings & Credit Cooperative Society, a union consultant, co-founder of MAPCO, which he now directs, and many other accolades. He has a very lengthy resume, too long to list here. But quite an accomplished individual. Unfortunately, his Power Point presentation was not compatible with Grace's computer. But he did show many pictures to go along with his presentation. One project his club is working on is a children's hospital in Bo, which would be the second children's hospital in the entire country. His club has worked on many projects with the help of clubs in Australia and Great Britain as well as Rotary International matching grants. Other projects include rapid intervention to assist those displaced by the civil war in the country, mobility project for wheelchairs, water project, installing wells. There are currently 25 members in the Bo Rotary club, but only four original members. The civil war there disrupted the club for about ten years. Considering the poverty in Sierra Leone--it's one of the poorest countries in the world--and the civil war there, the Bo Rotary club has certainly accomplished a lot!
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Bob C, collected $36.
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. We can use the money!! But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.
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50-50 Raffle: Neither Loring nor Mel picked the Queen of Spades. So no-one won the $98.
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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!! Mel thanks former member Dick Berg for his generous donation of cans and bottles.
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2010-11 DONATION RECIPIENTS
Alzheimers Association
Brian Silber Memorial
Cape Ann Children's Fund
College Scholarships
Chelsea Rotary--Colombia Clinic
Children's Friends and Family Service
Citizens For Adequate Housing
Friends Forever
Green Peabody
Guatemala Literacy Project
Haven From Hunger
Jewish War Veterans
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Northeast Arc
Pakistan Flood through Ipswich Rotary
Peabody Arts in the Storefront
Peabody Babe Ruth League
Peabody Council of Aging
Peabody Schools Drug Program
Peabody School Department
Progeria Research Foundation
St. John's Food Pantry
Rotary Foundation
NEXT MEETINGS:
June 9, 2011: Megan Shea-Pereira Classification Speech
June 16, 2011: Fred deNapoli Re-classification Speech
June 23, 2011: Nancy Schallern, past Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (under Loring's Dad's club presidency), Head of Peabody High Scool Art Department
June 30, 2011: No Meeting, but members are encouraged to attend the District Installation Dinner the evening before.
Please make every effort to attend your Rotary meetings. The more members we have each week, the better we look to potential members--and to our visitors and speakers.
Thank you!
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
June 23, 2011: Peabody Club Installation Dinner, Holy Ghost Society, Howley Street, Peabody, opposite Stop 'n' Shop
June 29, 2011: District Installation Dinner, Danversport Yacht Club
July 1, 2011: STEVE P BECOMES CLUB PRESIDENT!!!
September 18, 2011: International Festival
September 19, 2011: Golf Tournament with Peabody Chamber of Commerce
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.
