Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
January Theme: Rotary Awareness
February Theme: World Understanding
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.
January Birthdays:
4: Vanessa Silveira
13: Steve Padulsky
21: Ralph Raynard
29: Nancy Padulsky (Steve)
January Wedding Anniversaries:
22: Bob & Susan Wood
February Birthdays:
1: Fred deNapoli
17: Steve Morad
February Wedding Anniversaries:
3: Steve and Nancy Padulsky
17: Peggy and Donald Lyons
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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Citizens For Adequate Housing:
Thursday, Febuary 3, 2011
Team Assignments: JEFF DOHERTY (Meal Pickup), MARTHA HOLDEN (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at 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:
Guests:
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SNOWSTORM--MEETING CANCELLED
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Bob C, collected $0.
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 ??? nor ??? picked the King of Spades so no-one won the $17.50. ONLY 50 CARDS AND THE $50 JOKER REMAIN!!
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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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NEXT MEETINGS:
February 3, 2011: Gary Epstein--Classification Speech
February 10, 2011: Linda King/Coach--the Joy of Getting Things Done
February 17, 2011: Carla Saccone--Children's Friend Non-Profit Organization
February 24, 2011: Rachel Meyer--Fraud Prevention
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:
February 9, 2011: World Peace and Understanding Dinner, Danversport Yacht Club
February 12, 2011: Polar Plunge at Long Beach, Cape Ann Motor Inn, Gloucester
March 10-12, 2011: PETS in Nashua, NH, for Vanessa
March 22, 2011: TASTE OF THE NORTH SHORE
April 2, 2011: RYLA Evenet--Boys & Gilrs Club, Woburn
April 13, 2011: District Assembly, Crowne Plaza, Danvers
May 5-7, 2011: District Conference, Crowne Plaza, Danvers
May 13-15, 2011: RYLA--Camp Rotary, Boxford
May 21-25, 2011: Rotary International Convention, New Orleans
June 29, 2011: District Installation Dinner, Danversport Yacht Club
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.
