Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
May Theme: None
June Theme: Fellowship
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.
May Birthdays:
May 4: Herb Harris
May 26: Carol Sanger (Gary Epstein)
May 31: Tanis Meakin (John)
May Wedding Anniversaries:
None
June Birthdays:
June 24: Lori Morad (Steve)
June Wedding Anniversaries:
June 1: Vanessa and David Silveira
June 4: Brian and Denise Cassidy
June 20: Megan Shea-Pereira and Nick Pereira
June 30: Bob and Melissa Clattenburg
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: To Be Determined. E-mail President-Elect Martha (holden@noblenet.org) with agenda items.
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Citizens For Adequate Housing:
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Team Assignments: PEGGY PEDRO (Meal Pickup), HERB HARRIS (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: None
Guests: Former Marines Joshua Martins, Grace's son, and Damian Melo, Grace's almost son.
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President Cathy reported that Ann Spak-Danjou had surgery on her neck and will be home for 4 to 6 weeks. Because it's difficult for her to move around or lift anything, the club will bring dinner to her for her family next week. Jesse, through Carrabba's, will supply the food and Steve Smith will deliver. President Cathy welcomed Steve and Lori Morad's newest addition to their family.
President Cathy told us that she received a thank you from the North Shore Consortium for our T-Rex Sponsorship of $250 for a playground. At the District Confernece, our club, more accurately, President Cathy, received the Presidential Citation for reaching or exceeding goals. Congratulations, President Cathy! The club also received a Certificate of Accomplishment for Literacy. President Cathy said that this year's conference was not as well attended as those in the past. And very few clubs participated in the friendship program. So the Peabody club once again stood out as one of the participating clubs!!
PE Martha reminded members to make reservations for our annual Installation Dinner will be on June 10th at Carrabba's. Members are encouraged to bring their mates to this evening of fellowship (June's Rotary theme). Members attending will be charged $10, their guests, $30. A separate e-mail was sent with the menu. The evening will begin at 6:30. There wil lbe NO BREAKFAST MEETING on June 10th. PE Martha said that she has submitted the final paperwork for the District Grant for the S.T.O.P. program.
Grace introduced "her two boys", her son Joshua and her almost son Damian Melo, both returning Marine heros who served in both Iraq and Afghanastan. They have been childhood friends who enlisted in the Marines together under the buddy program. They trained together at Camp Pendleton. They chose not to make speeches, but welcomed many questions. Joshua thanked the club for the care packege we sent to him.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Steve Padulsky collected $110, all to go to Veterans' Organizations through Mel.
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 Megan picked the Queen of Hearts so no-one won the $224.00.
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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:
June 3: Kathy Ahearn Tavares, Aviv/Woodbridge
June 10: NO BREAKFAST MEETING--Annual Installation Dinner tonight at Carrabba's.
June 17: Amy Tetrault, GSE Update from London
June 24: Iris Weaver, Spiritual Herbalist
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.
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.
