Meeting: Tuesdays, 12:15 PM, at Spinelli's Function Facility on Rte. 1 South, Peabody, MA
PRESIDENT: Grace Martins
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Steve Morad
VICE PRESIDENT:
SECRETARY: Gary Epstein
TREASURER: Loring Merrow
SERGEANT AT ARMS: Jeff Doherty
PAST PRESIDENT: Peggy Pedro
BOARD MEMBERS: Cathy Gravel, Scott Bronstein, Tom Rowen, Nichole Nelsen
District Governor (2007-2008): Julia Phelps
District Governor-Elect (DG 2008-2009): Tom Elliott
Our Assistant DG: Ingrid Brown (and 2010-2011 DG Nominee)
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Peabody Club Members at District Level:
Fred deNapoli (ADG for Ipswich, Malden, Saugus, Wakefield)
Peggy Pedro (ADG for Chelsea, Everett, TBM, Swampscott
Herb Harris (Outbound Ambassadorial Scholar Coordinator)
Grace Martins (GSE Team Leader)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
March Theme: LITERACY
TASTE OF THE NORTH SHORE
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
DANVERSPORT YACHT CLUB
6:00 TO 9:00PM
$100 RAFFLE TICKETS ARE GREAT PRESENTS
FOR BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Haven from Hunger
March 7, 2008
Team Assignments: Mel Babner(Meal Pickup) Thanks for stepping up. Mel!, Jeff Doherty(Salad), Scott Bronstein(Cookies) Thanks for stepping up, Scott!
We need a volunteer to be the person in charge (meal pickup) for May 2nd. Please let Herb know that you're interested.
Arrive by , 4:15 P.M. would be great,
at 71 Wallis 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 (Chief Entree Officer) of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven Team Assignments for the future schedule. Please check out new assignments.
Meeting notes
Today's visiting Rotarians: Oscar Padgen, TBM; Kim Hazarvastian, Concord, NH. Kim announced he was from "tax-free" NH. The same day, the newspapers were reporting on the fiscal mess NH is in and that it may institute an income and/or sales tax to offset the huge deficits and ever-rising property taxes there. Timing is everything!
Guests: Joanne Donovan of North Shore Bank
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Today's meal: Garlic with: Prime Rib, potatoes, mixed veggies.
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President Grace Martins announced that there will be a Board meeting at Jeff Doherty's office on Monday, March 3rd, at 5:00PM.
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Saro Khachikian will be leaving the club as he is moving to Worcester. He hopes to transfer his membership to the Worcester Rotary Club. Thanks very much, Saro, for all you've done for Peabody Rotary!!
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Mike Eidelman spoke to the children at Y-It-Matters on Wednesday, February 27th.
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Mel Babner reported that the folks from Citizens For Adequate Housing were very thankful for the meal and sent their thanks to the club.
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TASTE OF THE NORTH SHORE UPDATE
Saro called former members to elicit sales. Bob Raiche, Dick D'Ambrosio, Beth Miller and Bruce MacDonald all said "Hi" to us. So did Shel Sullaway, per President Grace.
Scott Bronstein donated a laptop computer for the auction!
Deanne Healey can create a gift certificate for you--just give her the details.
The following have made raffle and/or gift basket donations: Santoro's, Serenity, Mary Kay, Kappy's, Metro CU, Borders Cafe, Salem Waterfront Hotel (Weekend for 2), Boston Red Sox--Jonathan Lester's signed item. I may have missed a few items, as they were rattled off rather quickly.
Hopefully, you need more tickets to sell--call Steve Morad for more.
(Most of the following has remained from previous issues and is still germane now and bears repeating.)
Tom Rowen gave an update on the Taste of The North Shore. There will be twenty one tables. Do we need to remind everyone to SELL, SELL, SELL the raffle tickets and the entrance tickets? Each member is also asked to obtain two gift certificates to be used as raffle prizes at the Taste. Once you sell any tickets, turn in the stubs and money to Treasurer Loring. This is our largest fundraiser of the year. The more we raise, the more we can help the Peabody community and the more Rotary's name will be out there. And the more Rotary's name is out there, the more interest there'll be from prospective members. The more members we have, the more people we'll have to help with our fundraisers. The more help we have, the greater the number of gift certificates we can receive and the more attendees at our events. Which will result in raising more money, . . . Sponsorships are: Diamond ($1,500) with lots of perks; Corporate ($250) with less perks, but still a good amount; and Patron ($75), which includes a ticket to the Taste and a 2-line message in the program. The $250 Corporate Sponsor level is aimed at small businesses who might not otherwise buy a sponsorship. Speak to business owners about being sponsors! At the 2/26 meeting, the following prices for sponsorships were listed: $1,500, $750, $250, $150, $75 and a $50 ad in the adbook.
Fred deNapoli (Winslow, Evans & Crocker) has committed to be a Silver Sponsor!!! Thanks for your generosity, Fred!!
Scott's in the process of obtaining Sports Memorabilia for the auctions--all on consignment, so no risk of loss. On 3/11, we'll need 5 rolls of raffle tickets. Cathy Gravel and Nichole Nelsen will be putting the baskets together for raffle prizes. Please help them fill the baskets by obtaining donations and/or gift certificates (minimum: two per member). Steve Smith's done a great job spreading the word through the Fire and Police Departments and the Schools. Through the mayor's office, all city employees will receive a flyer. Steve Morad hopes you'll need more tickets--he has plenty!! Just ask him for more. Bring the tickets and flyers everywhere you go. And post them at your offices--for the public to see, as well as your employees.
President Grace sent out an e-mail assigning all members to tasks. Here's the list, copied and pasted from her e-mail:
Each Rotarian is responsible to REACH OUT to other business and bring in 2 gift certificates or 2 baskets or items for a basket.
(Kathy will put the baskets together with Nichole) Drop off items at Cathy's office at 81 Main
Cathy and Nichole will be responsible for setting up tables, getting balloons, bags for certificates, raffle tickets, auction items/raffles and set up at the DYC.
Jeff is responsible to ask Rotarians active and past to SPONSOR the event. Get list of names from Gary. Contact Dee with names as she may already have their business card. All sponsor info and cards need to be at the Chamber office by March 4th SPLIT the task with Saro, list will be given to you .
Saro to ask Rotarians active and past to SPONSOR the event. Get list of names from Gary. Contact Dee with names as she may already have their business card. All sponsor info and cards need to be at the Chamber office by March 4th.
Steve Smith will contact all local municipalities and send out flyers to all departments to sell tickets.
Mike Tallo will contact 10 people who attended last year(list will be distributed on Tuesday)
Mel will contact 10 people who attended last year ( list will be given on Tuesday)
Scott will bring in items for AUCTION, give a list to Dee by March 7th of all items to be raffled/auctioned. Bring sports stuff to Cathy's to be wrapped up or to Spinellis by March 7th.
Herb will contact each Rotary club and encourage them to buy a $100.00 ticket with the chance to win $10.000.00 for their club!
Peggy L will put up flyers at the YMCA and be responsible for creating a list of what each Rotarian has for gift certificates/baskets and will maintain communication with Dee and Cathy. drop off all items at Cathy's.
Dee is responsible for putting the add book/brochure together, creating the list of auction items List sponsors and everyone who donated gift certificates and create "certificates" as needed for special auction items.
Mike E. call 10 people who attended last year.
Steve M contact 5 business in Peabody and ask if they wish to sponsor the event.
Grace contact 5 business to sponsor event or buy tickets
Peggy contact 5 business to sponsor event or buy tickets
Gayle contact 5 business to sponsor event or buy tickets
Gary to SELL SELL SELL at least 10 more tickets! Please bring a list of present and past Rotarians with phone numbers for us to contact via phone!
Loring to call 10 people on the list from last year. Bring list to meeting on Tuesday and divide among the members listed. Bring credit card machine to Taste and keep the books!
Tom to confirm what each restaurant is bringing for food and share the list by March 7.
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Nichole Nelsen gave her classification speech. She's with the Metro Credit Union, managing the Peabody Square and Peabody High School offices. Originally from Rockford, Illinois, Nichole also has lived in Texas, back to Illinois, Alaska, where she met her husband, Patrick, and now here in MA. Somehow, she found Credit Unions to work at at all her stops. Her baby was born prematurely on May 29th. She and Patrick also have a dog and a cat. Nichole is a member of the Peabody Ed Council and is a guest reader, North Shore Women In Business, and is on the Board if Citizens For Adequate Housing. And she's on your Peabody Rotary Board.
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Our speaker scheduler, Gayle Cavanaugh, is asking 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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Happy Dollars: Today President Grace collected $80. Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures 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: The pool was $167 per Treasurer Loring Merrow. Neither Gary Epstein nor Peggy Lyons picked the six of diamonds or the $50. There are only 23 cards remaining!!
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Your Contributions to Rotary at Work
Here's a list of Donations that Peabody Rotary has made so far this (2007-2008) year under President Grace:
Rotoplast $4,200
Haven From Hunger$819.83 (for meals)
Progeria Research Foundation $710
Africa Project (through Jessica Glynn) $250
Making a Difference in Peabody $1,000
Peabody YMCA $1,000
Pure Water for the World (Mike Eidelman's raffle winnings!!) $293
Peabody High Athletic Revolving Act--drug awareness $500
Citizens for Adequate Housing $500
Scholarships $6,000
Total so far: $15,272.83
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MARCH BIRTHDAYS:
3rd Peggy Lyons
11th Judi Harris (Herb)
14th Gary Epstein
18th Patrick Nelsen (Nichole)
29th Joanna Liss (Loring Merrow)
MARCH WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES:
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.
Upcoming Programs:
NEXT MEETING: MARCH 4TH
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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!
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UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
March 27th, from 4:00PM to 9:00PM, will be the District Assembly at the Burlington Marriott.
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May 30-June 1st are the dates of the Annual District Meeting. Often held in faraway, exotic, locations, this year's District meeting will be at the Boston Park Plaza. So it should be easy to attend.
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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!!
" Let us keep our hearts strong, enthusiasm fresh,hope high. As long as we keep imbued with this spirit, Rotary can never die."
The Rotarian, August 1926
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 bring a list of present and past Rotarians with phone numbers for us to contact via phone!