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:
January 4: Vanessa Silviera
January 13: Steve Padulsky
January 21: Ralph Raynard
January 29: Nancy Padulsky (Steve)
January 30: Stephanie Tallo (Mike)
January Wedding Anniversaries:
January 22: Bob and Susan Wood
February Birthdays:
February 1: Fred deNapoli
February 14: Robert Donovan (Joanne)
February 17: Steve Morad
February Wedding Anniversaries:
February 3: Steve and Nancy Padulsky
February 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: Monday, February 22nd,
5:30PM at GraVoc. E-mail President Cathy (Cathyg@Gravoc.com) with agenda items.
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Citizens For Adequate Housing:
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Team Assignments: ANN SPAC-DANJOU (Meal Pickup), GRACE MARTINS (Salad and Cookies)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
BOB WOOD (Meal Pickup), MIKE TALLO (Salad and Cookies)
MIKE TALLO HAS NOT BEEN AROUND IN AGES--WILL SOMEONE TAKE HIS PLACE ON MARCH 4TH? PLEASE E-MAIL HERB (h_harris@smallbizpros.com).
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: None
Guests: None
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President Cathy wished Fred a Happy February 1st Birthday, but didn't request a donation from him. She reminded the members that we should all bring in our loose change and bills (small and large) next week for Polio Plus. This will be the last week for collections. So far about $600 has been collected toward our goal of $1,000. A check will be presented at the World Peace and Understanding Dinner on February 9th at the Danversport Yacht Club Be sure to let President Cathy know if you want to attend this excellent event. And the members did a fantastic job donating $1,150 so far for Haiti relief. It was voted that our donation will go to Partners In Health. We will have a table by the Food Court at the North Shore Mall on Saturday and Sunday to collect for Haiti. If you want to help, contact President Cathy. Most likely, we'll continue to collect the following weekend, so several volunteers are needed. Grace clarified that her trip to Nicaragua is NOT a religious mission, but a Rotary project. She'll work with the local Rotary club in Grenada, Nicaragua to feed the children, plant a garden and work on public health. The club voted to donate $1,000 for her trip. And apparently she's not flying with Delta--she said that it's a lot cheaper to have 14 suitcases fly. Martha reported that she and incoming District Secretary Peggy Pedro attended Pre-PETS. They learned that funding in Rotary will change as grants will be more in the hands of the District and they are for six specific areas. We will need to formulate a three-year strategic plan. And in order to receive District Grants, we must have two club members attend a grant-writing workshop. Fred said that the GSE program will change next year. It will probably go to a two week program, rather than the current four weeks. The inbound team will be here for the month of May. Our club will bid to host them on May 13th--and invite other clubs in our region. If we do so, we will need to find activities for the team for rest of the day--and members to be with them. Vanessa said that we have eight restaurants committed for the Taste of the North Shore. She'll e-mail a list of potential participants to our members. If anyone has contacts at any of those restaurants, they should let Vanessa know and follow-up. Otherwise, Vanessa will make the call. President Cathy said that Take a Bow will participate as will the Library Board of Trustees. KEEP SELLING TICKETS!!!!!!!!!
President Cathy reminds Bob Wood and Ann Spac-Danjou that they are the CAH team on February 4th. Too bad they left the meeting early and didn't hear her reminder. However. Grace is taking Bob's place this month.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Steve Padulsky (aka Dr. Doom) collected $100.
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 Mel nor Herb picked the Seven of Clubs so no-one won the $83.50. But Mel did pick the Joker and won $50!!
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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!!
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NEXT MEETINGS:
February 4:
February 11:
February 18:
February 25:
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, 2010: World Understanding and Peace Dinner
February 23, 2010: 105th Anniversary of Rotary
March 11-13, 2010: PETS
March 23, 2010: Taste of The North Shore
April 14, 2010: District Assembly
April 19, 2010: 142nd anniversary of Paul Harris's birth
April 26, 2010: Alumni EventY
May 13, 2010: Joint Meeting in Peabody with GSE Team (tentative)
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. Herman Wouk
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The owner of a small deli was being questioned by the IRS about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.
"Why don't you people leave me alone?" the deli owner said.
"I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is only closed three days a year. And you want to know how I made $80,000?"
"It's not your income that bothers us," the agent said. "It's these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife."
"Oh, that," the owner said smiling. "I forgot to tell you - we also deliver."
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.
