Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
May Theme: None
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
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: (Tentative) Wednesday, June 2nd,
5:30PM at GraVoc. E-mail President Cathy (Cathyg@Gravoc.com) 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: Ashley Martins, guest of Grace
Dave Gravel, guest of President Cathy
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President Cathy reminded us that we will NOT meet next Thursday, the 13th, but will host the GSE team and the Danvers club on FRIDAY, the 14th. She then went through the day's schedule for the team and thanked all who volunteered to spend time with the team. She also thanked those who sent her photos for her poster. We received a couple of "Thank You's"--from Bob Wood and the Brian Silber Golf Tournament. Lastly, President Cathy urged members to attend the Cyberbullying event at the Higgins on May 10th, at 6:30PM.
PE Martha said that the S.T.O.P. program is being wrapperd up for the year.
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Grace introduced our guest speaker, Essex County District Attorney John Blodgett. The introduction was almost as long as our speaker's presentation. He wanted to discuss bullying, but began with the shoplifting that's been going on in the area. It's being conducted by gangs (from other areas than the North Shore), organized groups that travel from North Carolina to Maine and by terrorist organizations. Quite an eye-opener! Then he went on to the topic of the day--bullying. It's much worse today than years ago. In the past, if someone were bullied at school, s/he'd go home and commisserate with a parent and it would be over. Today, because of the internet, Facebook, etc, it's never over. There is new legislation that school administrators must report bullying activities. He also mentioned that all of the Columbine-type individuals had been bullied in school. There were loads of questions--mostly about shoplifting, but also many about bullying.
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Happy Dollars: Acting Sergeant-at-arms Herb collected $159. It's a good thing for the club that Herb's as old as he is.
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 Vanessa picked the Queen of Hearts so no-one won the $166.00.
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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:
May 14: GSE Team
May 20:
May 27:
June 3: Kathy Ahearn Tavares, Aviv/Woodbridge
June 10: President Cathy and PE Martha--
International Literacy Program
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.
Two men—a scholar and a detective—went on a camping trip.
As they were lying down for the night, the detective said,
"Hey, buddy, look up into the sky and tell me what you see."
"I see millions and millions of stars," the scholar said.
"And what does that tell you?" asked the detective.
"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and billions of planets," he said.
"Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we'll have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
"Someone has stolen our tent" the detective replied.
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.
