ROTOSCOPE MARCH 3, 2014
Door: Matt Balling
Pledge: Paul Banas
Anthem: General Membership
Four Way Test: Mike Burns
Grace: Joe Fiorella
50/50 Ticket Sales:$_53.00 drew the Larry Reed and won $_3.00 donated it back.
Visiting Rotarians: Robert Banas – E-Club
Guests: Catherine Dulmus
Program:
This week’s speaker was Vern Anderson who presented information, tools, tips, etc. for electronic access to ClubRunner and information on the Club. This could be considered somewhat of a prelude to the April 28th meeting presentation on the Rotary E-Club of Southern Ontario-Western New York (SOWNY). There are 14 Club members (40%) who have never used the resources that are on the Club’s ClubRunner site.
Highlights of Vern’s presentation included:
Use e-mail to sign in and use you pass word
Go through the District web site to view other clubs
Also view the list of speakers
Important to have your month date and year in your profile only the month and date is public and the year is private only to the administrator
Ed Stachura’s comments: Glen park-Rotary Park, monthly maintenance needs full club commitment
Details and work schedules will be submited at a later date.
Using e-club should increase our attendance
We have 33 members and only half show up at meetings, good speakers bring up attendance
Some members have only 5% attendance
Annual Meeting
The Club’s annual meeting and election of officers and the Club’s Board of Directors was held at this meeting. The following officers were elected for the 2014-2015 term beginning July 1:
· President: Kathy Behan
· President-Elect: Lee Broad
· Treasurer: Carolyn Leed
· Secretary: Richard Wojtowicz
In addition, the following members were elected to the Board of Directors:
· Paul Banas
· Ron Prazmark
· Vern Anderson
· Vicki D’Angelo
· Roger Gross
· Mary Biddle-Widman
· Gary Skalyo
· Joe Fiorella
· _____________________
Ed Stachura will serve on the Board in an ex-officio capacity as Past President.
Announcements:
Annual Celebration: The date is Saturday – March 29, 2014, 7PM-10PM at the Park Country Club. Tickets for the event have been distributed to members for both the Event tickets at $35.00 each and the Grand Prize Raffle Drawing / Wegmans Groceries for 1-year ($35.00 per raffle ticket). Mark your calendars to attend this major Club event date. As Tim would say, to “break even” on the Wegmans prize alone, we need to sell a minimum 148 tickets.” If each member sold 10 (actually 8, since the member and wife or significant other would be 2 of the 10), the Club would have net proceeds from this alone of $12,250. This would provide approximately $7,000 for Club donations. If 15 tickets per member were sold, this would increase to $13,175. Sponsor donations would further enhance the “donation pool.” Wegman’s and Global Wines and Spirits are two sponsors to date. To see the impact of ticket sales, sponsors, etc., see the “What if ….” analysissent by email to all members and the event goal.
WINE WALL DONATIONS NEEDED!!!!! Please remember to bring a bottle of wine or a gift certificate (UP TO $25.00 in value) to the March 10th, or March 17th Club meetings. If you have any questions, please E-mail Carolyn Leed at Carolyn@cleedlaw.com. If you would prefer to make a cash donation towards the Wine Wall, Carolyn would be happy to make the purchase of bottles of wine or gift certificate(s) on your behalf. Thank you for your generosity!
SLAPSHOT Event: For youths ages 15-18. Do you have an interested candidate? Since the SLAPSHOT event (April 25-27, 2014) is in Canada, the candidate must have either a current U.S. Passport or a NYS Enhanced Driver’s license for entry into Canada (Ancaster, Ontario) and back into the U.S. SLAPSHOT = Student Leadership Award Program for Students High On Training.Registrations must be in by 3/31/2014.
District Assembly: May 3rd, 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Conference Center, Niagara Falls, NY (101 Old Falls Street). Pre-Registration or on-line registration will be required. Mark your calendar for this event. More information coming.
RYLA Event:The District’s RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) committee is pleased to announce that RYLA will be taking place June 8-14 at SUNY, Fredonia. Don't miss the opportunity to send a candidate(s) to this exciting week-long leadership program for 19-25 year olds.
Pres. Ed sent out by email the 2014 application form, poster, and a document to provide members with some background information about RYLA. The fee is $ 750 and the early bird(April 22, 2014)discounted fee is $ 675. Former exchange students, Rotaractors, and SLAPSHOT alumni make great candidates for RYLA.
A few clubs have been creative in funding this program. There are businesses, government organizations and charitable/not-for-profit organizations that have some bright, promising young people on staff demonstrating great leadership potential. Some of these organizations have gladly paid the fee for RYLA. It is an amazing deal for such a fantastic week-long leadership program.Check it out on the District website at www.rotary7090.org, click on New Generations/Youth Services or go to www.ryla7090.com.
Club Web Site Advertising: Did you know that advertising on the Club’s web site is $100/year, July 1 to June 30? That’s approximately $0.27 per day, and is seen by everyone visiting the Club’s web page. Pro-rata is also available. Interested? Ask Vern Anderson for the details and join other Club members who are already using this form of advertising ….helping their business and their Club.
Every Rotarian – Every Year (EREY): Wow!!!! Did you know that for $0.27 per day, less than $2.00 per week, and $8.33 per month you can be an active participant and be recognized in Rotary International’s (RI) EREY Program? And you can do this with a simple authorization to RI to charge a credit card account for the recurring period (month / quarter / annual ) amount you designate. This is simple and straightforward.
Your commitment provides grant funds for RI and our District 7090 for projects that are used to fund local and international service projects, scholarships, and vocational training teams.
Would you please seriously consider an annual commitment to the EREY program? There is an aspirational goal of $100 per year per member. Please see the attached EREY form whereby you can make this commitment for a tax-deductible contribution (501.c.3 charity) as a recurring monthly, quarterly or annual donation using a credit card ( www.rotary.org/contribute). You know the good that Rotary and its members accomplish; please seriously consider your participation in EREY. Our Club number is 4756, District #7090, and your individual member number can be found on the mailing label of the Rotarian magazine, an 8-digit number preceded by “#” just above your name. Ed S. will have each member’s membership number at the Club meetings for information and ease of reference. Thank You!
Program Schedule: The February 21st issue of the Speakers’ Schedule was distributedby email to all members. We have openings for speakers. Doug Littlewood can provide you with the current schedule and available openings. We have quite a few openings for a speaker after February and the remainder of the year. If you have a potential speaker, it is suggested that three (3) open dates, in order of speaker preferred priority, be confirmed with Doug Littlewood or Vern Anderson, who will confirm the specific date, and “lock” that date for your speaker. This will eliminate any conflict with other confirmed speakers. It will also keep the Program Schedule accurate for dates where speaker dates have been reserved. Please keep Doug and Vern updated if changes need to be made. In our social and business lives we may know of individuals who have an interesting background, career, or story. Ask them: “Would you share this with my Rotary Club?”
Future speakers: Discussions are taking place for speaking engagements with the following: Mark Thomas (Western Regional Director – NYS Parks); Maria Lehman (Peace Bridge); and Brian Kulpa, Mayor-Village of Williamsville.
Meeting Attendance: Pres. Ed reminded us that the Club’s and RI’s requirements are attendance at a minimum level of 50% of the scheduled meetings, which can also be met by make-ups at any of the District’s 69 clubs throughout the southern Ontario-western New York area. Attendance at Club and/or event committee meetings, Board meetings, and Foundation meetings also count to your attendance requirement. If you do this, ensure that you receive a Make-Up post card from the Club that you visited which you will turn in to either Matt Balling or Vern Anderson. Missing four (4) unexcused meetings in a row are the basis for RI membership termination. A map of District 7090 (sent by Ed S. by email to all members) indicates the relative location of the various District 7090 Rotary Clubs. If you have a Smartphone, there is a Rotary app that provides detailed information on each of the worldwide Rotary clubs, contacts, meeting location data, etc.
Pres. Ed also noted that members can make-up a meeting anywhere in the world and via the District’s new eClub (www.rotaryeclub7090.org), Rotary E-Club of SOWNY (Liz Kovacs, President of this Club will be our speaker on April 28). Be sure to let Vern Anderson know of your “attendance.”
2014 Calendar Marks:
Club:March 29th-- Club’s Annual Celebration; June 2nd – Mix ‘N Mingle (Williamsville is the Host Club); June 18th– our 14thStrawberry Festival; August 10th – Classic Car Show; September 22nd– Annual Golf Outing.
District:March 21st – PETS Training; March 31st – Registration Closes for SLAPSHOT; April 25-27th – SLAPSHOT; May 3rd – District Assembly; June 8-14th – RYLA Event; October 25-26 – The Buffalo Bash Event –District Conference /// (See District 7090 web page for details on all District events.)
Fines:_Vern Anderson, Fine Master.
Talking at various tables $2.00
Larry Reed no pin or badge
Paul Banas his move at the Oscars
Kathy Behan happy she is elected as President 2014-2015
Tim Henderson happy fine – make ups- 10 year with own company now has a new job
French student Sebille is in town and is doing well
Rickey Lincoln – Ron Prazmark passed out Car show flyers at the Cavalcade of Cars
We missed you this evening:
Ron Axelrod, Mary Biddle-Widman, Lee Broad, Tony Cangialosi, Shirley Carnall, Vicki D’Angelo, Doug Littlewood, Ron Prazmark, Mike Prinzback, Frank Ralabate, Ed Rath, Jim Rumsey, Michael Sirianno, Mark Storch