Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
October Theme: Vocational Service
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.
October Birthdays:
October 8: Chuck Holden (Martha)
October 12: Martha Holden
October 21: Grace Martins
October Wedding Anniversaries:
October 19: Mike & Stephanie Tallo
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: Monday, October 26th, 5:30PM, at GraVoc. E-mail President Cathy (Cathyg@Gravoc.com) with agenda items.
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Citizens For Adequate Housing:
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Team Assignments: CATHY GRAVEL (Meal Pickup), FRED DENAPOLI (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive by at 42 Washington St., 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 Citizens For Adequate Housing Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities.
Meeting notes
Today's visiting Rotarians: None
Guests: None
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In President Cathy's absence, PP-E Steve Morad ran today's meeting. He reminded everyone that this afternoon is the District Foundation/Membership meeting at the Ferncroft. Peggy Pedro said that she was at the TBM meeting yesterday and DG Ingrid was making her club visit. DG Ingrid expressed her disappointment that only 150 Rotarians had signed up for this event. And several clubs are sending no-one. Peggy Pedro, Steve Smith and Bob Wood will represent Peabody Rotary. In relationship to the our size club, that's a great representation!!
Tonight, Martha will be subbing for PP-E Steve Morad and will pick up the food for Citizens For Adequate Housing Vanessa will pick up the veggies and cookies.
PP-E Steve Morad reminded everyone to invite a guest to our October 15th meeting when the Mayor and City Councillors will be here.
PP-E Steve Morad said that he and Vanessa will be getting together soon to work on The Taste of The North Shore. Our first restaurant, Bugaboo Creek, has signed up already!
Grace said that next week's speaker will be Bob Dionne from Cataldo (sic) Ambulance. (ed's note: I believe it's now Atlantic Ambulance.) Bob is a Salem Rotarian and, unlike many guest speakers who ask for a donation, he will make a $150 donation to our club.
Martha's Literacy Committee is meeting this afternoon at the Carroll School with Phil Sheridan, the school's principal, and the school's health person to discuss the S.T.O.P. program to be implemented in January.
PP-E Steve Morad reminded everyone to sell the Entertainment Book.
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District Governor Ingrid Brown will visit the club on October 29th.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Steve Padulsky collected $45.
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: Joanne didn't pick Three of Diamonds but Grace did. She won $28.00!!!
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Reminders:
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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 Bob Clattenburg, again, for his generous contributions.
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NEXT MEETINGS:
October 8: Robert Dionne, Atlantic Ambulance, Salem Rotarian
October 15: Mayor Bonfanti and the City Council
October 22: Jen Andersen--For Kids Only/Y-It-Matters
October 29: District Governor Ingrid Brown
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.
An man and woman were married for years, even though they hated each other. When they had a confrontation, screaming and yelling could be heard deep into the night.
The man would shout, “When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!”
Neighbors feared him because of the many strange occurrences that took place in their neighborhood.
The man liked the fact he was feared. To everyone’s relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 68.
His wife had a closed casket at the wake. After the burial, she went straight home and began to party as if there was no tomorrow.
Her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, “Aren’t you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life?”
The wife put down her drink and said, “Let the old man dig. I had him buried upside down.”
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.
It is an exciting time for The Rotary Foundation and Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge. The Rotary Foundation is teaming up with world-renowned violinist and polio survivor Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic to present the Concert to End Polio, a benefit performance supporting the PolioPlus Fund.
It is an honor that Mr. Perlman and the New York Philharmonic are supporting Rotary in our effort to achieve a polio-free world. Their participation demonstrates the importance of this unprecedented global health initiative.
The Concert to End Polio will be at 7:30 p.m., 2 December 2009, in Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City.
Concert tickets are $70-$200 and are currently on sale. A private reception with Perlman will follow the concert. A premium concert seat and admission to the reception is offered at a package price of $500. All proceeds will benefit Rotary's $200 Million Challenge.
A block of tickets have been reserved for Rotarians until 1 November. To order your tickets for the concert and post-concert reception, call the Philharmonic box office at 212-875-5656 and mention that you are a Rotarian.
I ask that you promote this benefit concert at all Rotary events you attend this fall. In addition, it would be great if you could promote this concert on your club web page. We have created a web banner ad and a concert ad that are both available at www.rotary.org/endpolioconcert for your use.
This concert will bring us one step closer to fulfilling our promise to eradicate polio and improve the future for the children of the world because The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands.
I hope you will join me at Lincoln Center where we will Celebrate Rotary and enjoy an evening of great music.
Sincerely,
Glenn E. Estess, Sr.
Chairman
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
