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Beacon News November 19th 2003 |
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Visiting Rotarians: Ed Jensen – Seabring Noon Florida Bob hunt – Fairport
Guests: Jerry Helfer – Rick Antelli Dan Rossen – Paul Chatfield
Birthdays: Frank Selice Andy Velard
Anniversaries: Dan & Liz Richardson Dave & Christine Taylor Rick & Laurie Antelli
Fining with Larry:
Announcements: Eastern Cities Dinner- 22 members attended and had a good time.
LPGA – The tournament will allow any non profit to sell ticket again this year. The organization will be allowed to keep 50% of the moneys raised for their organization.
The board at the meeting held Monday night voted on a resolution submitted by the unallocated Funds Committee to contribute $1000.00 to this year’s YMCA “Invest in Youth “Campaign.
BOCES Kids Xmas Party – December 10th. Entertainment Books. Judy Van Bramer has the books this year. The cost is $22.00 for each. Please give her a call if you would like to purchase one. These can be used as a tax deductible gift if purchased and given to employees.
Liz Richardson announced that she has been selected to go to India as part of the Polio Plus campaign. She will be involved with immunizing children for two weeks this spring. She will be part of a group of 180 people.
Member of the Week. At last week board meeting and announced at the Wednesday meeting, the club's board had been asked in the member survey to provide a way for other club members to get to know each other.
The board has decided to develop a "Member of the Week" page on the http://www.GreeceRotary.org site.
http://www.greecerotary.org/motwform.htm this is the link to the questionnaire. The board has selected the members to be featured for this next week. The embers are: Brad Shea, Frank Ardino, Elaine Gorman, Greg Sadwick, and Jeff McCann.
Nominating Committee. Past President Bill Testa took nomination from the floor today. Dianne Berardicurti nominated Pam Leathersich and Tom shay seconded the nomination. Pam accepted the nomination. So the ballot for this year is as follows:
Vice President – Jim Gaudet
Board positions: Rick Antelli Dan Barletta Linda Blossom Pam Leathersich Tom Lockwood Kim Putman Larry Waye
Greece Rotary Christmas Party – Frank Ardino and the Power Company will be the entertainment. The menu includes a choice of: Stuffed Sole, Chicken French & Artichokes or Filet Mignon wrapped in Bacon. The cost for the party is $30.00/person or $60.00 per couple.
Greece Rotary Bylaws & Policies/Procedures The club has a committee looking at updating these important documents.
Ziti Dinner – January 25th Tickets will be available next week. The program advertising form is posted on the club’s web site. The costs will be the same as last year.
LPGA Mall Ticket Sales The schedule for this year’s commitment by the club is posted on the club’s web site. @ http://www.greecerotary.org/ Please contact Chuck Krause to sign up. Chuck telephone number & email are: 225-7654 or email krause.chuck@pmlmail.com
Greece Rotary Cars for Kids (aka- Let Greece Rotary rotate your car for the Kids). Mike Sofia introduced a new fundraising method for the club. Since the club is now a 501 ©(3), we can now take donations form the public. We can now accept Cars, Trucks, RV’s, and Boats. The club has a mechanism that will only cost the club about $100.00 per vehicle. The club will net all remaining proceeds. Mike gave the example of a 1998 Chevy. If traded in on a new car the individual would receive about $1500.00 in a trade. Now if this person donates the car to Greece rotary we give the person a receipt for the car and the person can determine the value from Kelly Blue Book (KBB.com) or NADA. The value would be about $3000.00. This can be deducted on the person’s tax return. The club would probably get about $1500.00 at auction. After paying costs the club nets = $1400.00.
At first the club’s members will be the sale force to get this way of raising money up and going. If you know of anyone looking to donate a vehicle, please have them call Dave Nagel. He will be the lead person for this committee.
New information in schedule Upcoming Meeting Schedule
Nov 26th – Austin Warner (aka Santa) –How to advertise Dec 3rd - Dr. Robert McVeigh- President Unity Health Foundation Dec. 10th – BOCES Kids Xmas party Dec. 17th – Annual Club Meeting and Elections Dec 24th – Joe Hassenlop – Camp Haccamo Dec 31st- TBA Jan. 7th – Paul Campbell/Yvonne Olsen – Rochester Technology Park Jan. 14th – Carol Miller – Adult Literacy Jan. 21st – TBA Jan. 28th – Club Assembly
Induction of a New Member Past District Governor Bob Hunt presided over the induction of the club’s newest member Jerry Helfer.
Bob challenged Jerry to pick an Avenue of Service and get involved. He challenged the club members present to introduce themselves to Jerry over the next month. If not his fined should be based on the number of members he has not met.
His sponsor is Rick Antelli. His classification is Town Government. Office Address: 39 W. Main St.. Education: B.A – Biblical Languages (Hebrew & Classical Greek) Hobbies/Interests: Reading non-fiction (American History); politics: Teaching and serving in leadership positions at his church Committee Preference: Community Service
Today’s program Past District Governor Bob Hunt gave the club a presentation about the Rotary Foundation.
He began by telling all members how to access their own account on the Rotary International site. The member will need the following information: the District # is 7120. The Greece Rotary Club # is 4783. The member will need to put in their membership number which they can obtain from the mailing label on the Rotarian Magazine when it arrives.
The Rotary Foundation is found at http://www.rotary.org/foundation/index.html
The Foundation has two main arms: the first is fundraising and the other is Programs.
The Fundraising arm is further divided into an Annual Fund and Permanent Fund. The Permanent Fund is an endowment fund. The moneys dispensed come from use of interest earned each year. The principle in this fund is not touched. The fund is now over $200,000,000.00. The plan is to raise money to get this fund over 1 billion dollars within the next few years.
The Annual Funds are donation received not directed to Permanent fund. The moneys here are spent annually with a small exception the money is allowed to stay in an account earning interest for three years before it is released. When the money is released it is split 50/50 with the district the money originally it came from and the RI Foundation’s World Fund.
The money coming back to the District comes back as part of a “Share “program. It is also called District Designation Funds. These funds sponsor scholarships, group study exchanges, matching grants, etc.
The 50% going to RI foundation World Fund helps fund GSE team (group Study Exchanges teams), matching grants and other RI programs
50/50 – Kim Putman
Web Page: The club has a new web address. The address is: http://www.greecerotary.org/ Click on the links button on the home page to access other district 7120 and RI internet sites
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE Subject: GETTING INTO HEAVEN
You may pass through the
pearly gates Saint Peter said.
The second man reached into
his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, "They're
bells". Saint Peter said you may pass through the pearly gates.
The third man started
searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of
women's panties.
St. Peter looked at the man
with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And just what do those symbolize?" The man replied, "They're Carols".
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