Beacon News January 24, 2007

Guests: 

·    Brian Kelly, guest of Dave Nagel

·     Pat Dottore, guest of Andy Velard

Visiting Rotarians:

·   Chuck Turner - Brighton

Birthdays:

·         Doug Hall Dan Hedberg (16^th)

·         Mike Perotto (??)

·         Tod Myers (22^nd)

Anniversaries:

• None

Announcements:

Chuck Krause also reminded everyone that LPGA raffle tickets can be sold by organizations as a fundraiser.  Please contact Chuck for further info.

Upcoming events:

January 28, 2007 – Ziti Dinner 

June 6, 2007  Turning Stone Casino for District Conference

Greece Rotary on the Road – Ridgemont CC will be closed from 2/14 – 3/7

Sign-up sheets will be on the tables at the next couple of meetings.  If you sign up and don’t attend, you will still be charged.

·         Ed D’Angelo announced that our road trip on February 14^th to the Greece Town Hall has changed to the Westside YMCA.  The revised line-up is:

            - Feb 14^th at Westside YMCA

            - Feb 21^st at St. Joseph’s Villa

            - Feb 28^th at Westside YMCA

            - Mar 7^th at Strong Museum

·          Dan Hedberg spoke about a) the need for a VP at Camp Haccamo for the next two years, b) the silent auction at Mother of Sorrows on Feb 10^th and c) the availability of an ethics award nomination form from the Rochester Business Alliance.

·         Ed D’Angelo distributed the assignments and Ralph Annucci spoke about logistics for the upcoming Ziti Dinner.  Last year’s gross receipts were ~$43K.  Joe Darweesh set a March 1^st deadline for the team competition.

·         Chuck Krause indicated that Maven Technologies (1144 Lexington Ave) be accepting computer components and TV sets on Feb 3^rd from 9AM-3PM.  Half of the money raised will be donated to Camp Haccamo.

·         Rich Vogelzang announced that the tie between Judy VanBramer and Larry Wills has been resolved.  Judy will complete Bill Gormont’s remaining two years.  Larry will be installed for a three year term.  He reported that we have ~$59K in assets.

·         Upcoming events:

}       January 28 - Ziti Dinner at the Diplomat

}       January 31 - Don Alhart will discuss the Rotary Foundation

}       May 4 to 6 - Conference at Turning Stone

}       June 15 - Installation dinner at Lakeshore CC

Today’s speaker : 

1^st Speaker

Chuck Turner - President - Disabled Children of Monroe County (DCMC)

Highlights included:

o        DCMC is a beneficiary of the Wegmans LPGA which netted $400K in 2006.

o        DCMC Golf Tournament, Inc. went through a strategic management process in 2006 resulting in 4 key objectives.

o        Contract with Locust Hill & Wegmans LPGA is up in 2008.

o        Anticipate expenses to increase $500-700K over the next 2-4 years.

o        We need to continually develop leadership within Rotary.

2^nd speaker

Rich Vogelzang Club assembly

Host Location: Brad Turner’s Residence, 298 Elmgrove Road

Recorded by Bill Gormont

Quorum established 10 of 13 voting members present.

Opening Comments by President Rich Vogelzang:

            No comments

Treasurer’s Report

Financial report was reviewed by:  Treasurer Del Smith

·   Total Checking/Savings = $12,355.43

·   Total Account receivable = $448.75

·   Total Current assets = $12,804.18

·   Total Assets = $59,712.74

·   Total Current Liabilities = $644.50

·   Equity (Fund Balance + Liotta + Moreas + Net Income) = $59,068.24

·   Total Liabilities & Equity = $59,712.74

Call for Discussion of Financial Report:  Rich Vogelzang

Discussion Highlights: 

Treasurer Del Smith recommended that the board seriously look at the Margaret Hare Brown Dinner operations to eliminate any financial liabilities that may exist (present and future) as the funds pass through Greece Rotary Treasury.

Committee Reports

Attendance Committee - Andy Gray

No Report

Club Service Committee - Brad Turner

No new developments to report

Community Service Committee- Judie Van Bramer

No Report

International Service Committee - Linda Blossom

·         Nigeria Water Project is progressing well.  All funds have been received.  The Nigerian representative is in frequent contract with Linda Blossom.  The project should be complete within 12 weeks.  She will work to identify project funding support to address other issues as they may arise with that project area.

·         There are new project ideas being discussed.  Linda will investigate.  More info will be shared as available.  One project may be funding support to the Dansville Rotary (District 7120, Area 4) Honduras Water Project. 

Membership Committee - Dave Nagel

No Report

Vocational Service Committee - Doug DeVey

REVIEW ACTIONS:  No Report

Call for New Business

a)       Rich Vogelzang – Discussed appointments of Greece Rotary members to director positions that will open on 7/1/07 due to term expiration of some members and officer movement of others.  The recommendations were based on the December 2006 club elections.  After a full group discussion, the board accepted the assignments.

Brian Cacia & Tracy Wooden were elected to full 3-year terms (7/1/07 – 6/30/10).  Larry Wills will have the other full 3-year term.

Judie VanBramer will fill out the 2 years of Bill Gormont’s unexpired term as he moves from a board member at large into the Vice President position.  Her new term will be 7/1/07 – 6/30/09.  The logic of picking Judie for this spot is that she is already on the BoD and has had the opportunity to serve almost a full 3 years.

b)       Bill Gormont – Rich DeAsis, Assistant District Governor Area 4 and immediate Past President of the Dansville Club has approached us asking if we would be interested in hearing about their Matching Grant project for a water project in Honduras.  They have been supporting our Ziti Dinner (2006 and 2007) at the $100 Business Card level.  Linda Blossom will discuss possibilities with Rich DeAsis this week.  Ed D’Angelo will assign a speaker’s spot on our agenda.

c)       Dan Barletta – Discussed a proposal for our club to begin operating under the new RI Club Leadership Plan (CLP) for a period of one year beginning July 1, 2007.  The purpose of the CLP is to strengthen the Rotary club by providing the administrative framework of an effective club.  The club committee and sub-committee structure would change to align function grouping of the various committee and operational initiatives.  The bulk of the existing committees would remain, but would have a modified reporting structure.  See attachments of the RI Club Leadership Plan.          

Motion Call:  Greece Rotary Club begin operating under the new RI Club Leadership Plan (CLP) for a period of one year beginning July 1, 2007.  Dan Barletta would discuss our intent at the President-Elect Training in March 2007.  Dan Barletta and Rich Vogelzang would roll-out plan to the general club at the lunch meeting on March 28, 2007. - Rich Vogelzang

1^st motion to accept:  Jim Gaudet; 2^nd motion to accept:  Joe Darweesh

Vote:  In favor:  All; Opposed:  None; Motion outcome:  Pass

d)       Bill Testa – Discussed Circuit City retail store opportunity.  Circuit City encourages their employees to participate collectively in community service at a level of 100 hours per month.  After this community service delivery, Circuit City awards the receiving community service group $1,000.  Every 6 months, Circuit City donates $10,000 to the community.  Bill Tests gained support of the BoD to further the discussions to connect Greece Rotary with this funding opportunity.

Next BOD Meeting:  February 19, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Bill Gormont, 99 Stratford Lane

50/50 Winner: Ace was not selected.

Fining (Dave Nagel):

·         Rick Antelli - leaving early - $5

·         John Bansbach - missed meetings - $2

·         Diane Berarducurti - niece engaged - $5

·         Sebastian Ciccariello - ?? - $10

·         Dan Hedberg - 104 year old step-father’s birthday in today’s D&C

·         Bill Selke - cell went off during meeting, numerous quotes in the paper - $20

·         Del Smith, Keith Rockcastle & Mike Sofia - opened Abbott’s in Eastview Mall - $1 each