Next Meeting:

When: June 8, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Where: The Franklin Hotel

Upcoming Events:

June 15 Meeting – Rome Professional Hockey – Rome Frenzy – Brian Hall

Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those absent from meetings: PRESENT: Bahr, Baker, Butters, Cantor, Dailey, DeMatteo, Donovan, Foreman, Gray, Haritatos, Herrmann, B., Herrmann, V., Kahler, Kahler, Latimer, Mattacola, Midlam, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Reames, Simons, Till, Tracy, Winberg.

Guests:

Visiting Rotarian: Assistant District Governor Lou Steppello

After Work Meeting 5/20/10: Corbett, Carey, Tuthill K, Tuthill W

After Work Meeting 5/27/10: Corbett, Midlam, Ramos, Tuthill K, Tuhill W

Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted were recorded in the attendance records.

Quote of the Week: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.” Evan Esar

Rotary Stuff

As of June 2009, Rotary has committed more than $881 million to global polio eradication!

Announcements and Events

We need nominations for the Roses for the Living award. If you know someone you want to nominate, please contact President Bob or Darlene Burns.

Jeanne Packer announced that the year end assembly for Rotary Readers was had last week, with a great turnout, cake and each child receiving a book. Great job Jeanne!

Your club is in need of a Membership Chair. Please contact President Bob if interested.

The District 7150 Literacy golf tournament is happening on July 12 – if interested, please see President Bob for details.

Dues letters are going out this week - $190 if you pay by end of June, $210 if after July 1. Please give all dues payments to Secretary Greg before giving them to Treasurer Sandi.

Sell your Duck Tickets!!

Our exchange student Juan will be showing slides from his travels at the Thursday night meeting.

Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at 5:15 p.m.

Rotary Business Meeting

Aside from the above announcements, at today’s meeting, we discussed various club matters. Jim Donovan gave a Canalfest update. In addition to many updates on the event, he mentioned that we could use some events for the main cooking tent if anyone is interested and we are in desperate need of sponsorships and help for Dave Kobernuss who is in charge of obtaining sponsorships. Canalfest is our major fundraiser – we need all hands on deck! We also need everyone to sell all their duck tickets so we can continue to do the things we do as a Club. Juan, our exchange student, also spoke about his experiences here. He’s had a wonderful year, he loved skiing all Winter at Woods Valley and very much enjoyed his trips to Maine and Washington, D.C. and spoke glowingly of all his host families including Rotarians Nancy and Chris Neiley. Thank you Juan!