ROTOSCOPE
October 15, 2012 Williamsville Rotary Meeting
Pledge: Tim Henderson
Anthem: Tim Henderson
Four Way Test: Shirley Carnall
Grace: Joe Fiorella
Door: Matt Balling
50/50: Tim Henderson
Guest Akash Desai from IVR Technology Group. The evening’s speaker and Rashmi’s Son.
President’s Comments: Mike Sirianno opened the meeting by sharing his perception of several speakers he had the opportunity to hear the previous week through his professional and Rotary life. He shared several significant pieces from each speaker with our group on Monday evening. The most significant message Mike shared with the group was from Paralympian, Darda Sales a speaker at the District Rotary Conference in Branford Ontario, Mike stated that Darda spoke about how she overcame her disability by doing, not wishing she could do. She simply stated that many people have “wishbones” but few have “backbones”. Mike was impressed by her statement and politely stressed to those at the meeting how disappointed he was that he was the only member of our club that attended the conference in Brantford . He stated that when asked what club he was from, people congratulated him for the good things they had heard about our clubs growing membership and community involvement. Mike stressed the positive attributes of our members and our clubs positive accomplishments over the last few years and asked each of us to use our “Backbone” not our “Wishbone” as we grow and move the club forward.
Dues: Matt Balling reminded members to pay their dues and for those who took Rotary T-Shirts from Kathy over the Summer for the Strawberry Festival and 5K Runs to please pay him if you have not already done so.
New Members: Doug Littlewood spoke about the check list of items that should be completed in order to remove the red “new” from your name tag.
Member Dinner: Ron Axlerod suggested members of our club attend the Eastern Cities Dinner in Rochester on November 3rd. Mike Sirianno will forward the particular details of that evening at the next meeting.
Evening Speaker: Akash Desai, President of IVR Technology Group and Son of member Rashmi Desai. Akash spoke about how his company develops and services Interactive voice response programs, custom software development, specific product lines, care management MDCall, PCI compliant pay by phone compliant hosting for government and medical agencies. To learn more details about Akash’s company, visit their website at Ivrtechgroup.com.
Fines: Mike S. for being late in running the meeting. Vicki for hosting a party for Kathy Hochul, Ron A. for just realizing that he worked for Harry N. 42 years ago, Norm M., Doug L. and Carolyn late, Richard W. for being a part of this Rotary Club, Shirley C. no pin and Four Way Test goof, Tim H, Senior Citizens group sold daffodils to benefit library, Bobby M. and Mike P., Happy Fine, John Crawford his daughters first Interact Club meeting, Paul Banas Happy Fine.
$2248.00. in 50/50 pot. Carolyn Leed drew winning Ticket and won $3.00.