Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Century House Restaurant, Route 114, Peabody, MA
Thursday, June 23, 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.
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: TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH, 5:30PM, AT THE MARRIOTT LOUNGE.
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Haven From Hunger:
Friday, July 8, 2011
Team Assignments: STEVE MORAD (Meal Pickup), PEGGY PEDRO (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:
President Martha got a late start for this sparsely attended meeting. We'll let her slide this time since she's recovering from rotator cuff surgery. She thanked the club for the flowers that brightened her day. She reminded us all about our Installation Dinner tonight. Peggy L passed around thank you notes from two of our scholarship winners. President Martha said that Vanessa had a baby girl, Sophia Brielle, on June 12, and the club sent her a gift basket that should arrive today. Because of our dinner this evening, the business end of this meeting was brief.
Our feature speaker today was Nancy Schallern, who is the head of the Art Department of the Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. She had been awarded an Ambassadorial Scholarship in 1984 through Peabody Rotary, under the Presidency of Loring's father. She said that her year in Chile was one of the best years of her life and that she is so grateful to the Peabaody Rotary Club. She spoke very animatedly about her year in Chile, her Graphic Design course work at the Catholic University in Santiago, the politics and life in general there. She also spoke of the diverse geography of the very narrow and long country. She made presetnations at many Rotary clubs and had a wonderful experience. She was fortunate to be able to be with her briother who was living there at the time. She's been back to Chile a few times since her year as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. She urged us to not eat Chilean Sea Bass, as it's an endangered species. She really wants to get involved with Chile some more--in addition to her two sponsored children--and with Rotary.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Bob Clattenburg collected $35.
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 President Martha nor Brian picked the Jack of Spades So no-one won the huge jackpot of $9 nor the $50 Joker. (New deck and new card this week since Mel won last week.)
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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 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 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
Billy Bob and Luther were talking one afternoon when Billy Bob tells Luther, "Ya know, I reckon I'm 'bout ready for a vacation. Only this year I'm gonna do it a little different!
The last few years, I took your advice about where to go. Three years ago you said to go to Hawaii. I went to Hawaii and Earline got pregnant.
Then two years ago, you told me to go to the Bahamas, and Earline got pregnant again.
Last year you suggested Tahiti and darned if Earline didn't get pregnant again."
Luther asks Billy Bob, "So, what you gonna do this year that's different?"
Billy Bob says, "This year I'm taking Earline with me."
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.
