Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 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: PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE: Thursday, October 29th, immediately following our regular meeting. 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:
Ann Spak-Danjou--Eastern Bank
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PP-E Steve Morad wanted everyone to know that he thought Steve Smith looked nice today. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but is there anything you'd like to tell us, PP-E Steve?
President Cathy wished Grace a Happy Birthday! She then reminded us that today begins our End Polio Campaign. She had a large collection jar for loose change and bills and containers to be placed at the three North Shore Bank locations in Peabody. She also distributed "End Polio Now" pins. We all should wear these EVERY DAY to make it easier to begin a conversation about Rotary with potential members. Membership Chair Steve Smith will be working on the visitors we had last week to elicit their memberships. President Cathy mentioned that all the arrangements have been made for the November 12th Gold Sale at the Marriott. This will be open to the public and will replace our meeting of that morning. One final detail remains--will there be a $5 admission charge? President Cathy reminded us that next week District Governor Ingrid Brown will be visiting the club. Our Board meeting will ensue, replacing the one scheduled for the prior Monday. All members are not only welcome to stay for the board meeting--they are encouraged to do so!
Grace introduced our speakers from Y-It-Matters: Deborah Kneeland and Jennifer Brown. There was one other person there who was not introduced. Deborah co-founded For Kids Only in 1984 after being unable to locate an afterschool program for her own child. Jennifer is the organization's District Director of Programs. They both spoke about the history and extent of the program and Jennifer went into much detail about the Y-It-Matters program that our club supports. It's quite a program!! (ed's note: because it was dark in the room for their slide show, and I had to leave before the lights were turned back on, I was unable to get a good picture.)
Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Steve Padulsky collected $88.
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 Bob Clattenburg nor President Cathy picked the Queen of Hearts so no-one won the $51.00!!!
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Reminders:
We'll have our Gold jewelry selling party on Thursday, November 12th, at 5:30PM. It will be open to the public and there may be a $5 cover charge with a cash bar. There will not be a meeting that morning--this will take its place.
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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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Look who got a haircut!!!!!!!!!!!
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 President Cathy for her generous contributions.
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NEXT MEETINGS:
October 29: District Governor Ingrid Brown
November 5: Dave Welbourn--Essex County Community Foundation
November 12: 5:30PM Gold Sale No morning meeting
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.
A man and a friend are playing golf one day at their local golf course. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows down in prayer. His friend says, "Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen. You truly are a kind man." The man then replies, "Yeah, well we were married 35 years."
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
