Next Meeting
When............ March
3, 2009, at noon
Where.......... The
Franklin Hotel
Program...... Delta Lake State Parks — Laura
Tully
Coming Events
Mar 07......... RFA Academy of Sciences
Science Fair
Mar 10......... Mohawk Valley Heritage
Corridor — Tracy Montoni
Mar 13-14... PETS (President Elect Training
Seminar)
Mar 17......... Technology Challenges in
Cyber Space — Dr. Kamal Jabbour (AFRL)
Mar 19......... Interact Haiti Water
Project Fundraiser Dinner, RFA, 6:15 PM
Mar 24......... Mr. Gillison — DFAS
Director
Mar 31......... American Red Cross — Lisa
Kramer-Lape
Apr 04.......... Rotary Leadership
Institute at BOCES
Apr 07.......... Syracuse Symphony — Daniel
Hege, Conductor
Apr 18.......... District Assembly
Dec 04......... Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Beeches (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Attendance: Total Membership: 101. Absent
or [Excused or Exempt]: Adamo, Bauer, Bird, [Boguhn], Bottini, Burch, Burns, Butters, Cantor,
Carey, Carnevale, Casadei, Conway, Coon, Corbett, Costianes, [DiPerna],
Faldzinski, Fariello, Foreman, Fusco, Geller, Glasso, Graves, Gray, Henry,
Herrmann V, Kobernuss, [Kryczkowski], Lockwood, Martin, Mattacola, Mattson,
McMahon, Mercurio, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Neiley C, Neiley N, Nolan, O'Hair,
Pabon, Panara, [Pfendler], Puma, Ramineni, Ramos, Reames, Recco, Riley,
Rouillier, Schonewetter De, Schonewetter Do, Simons J, Simons K, Skogland,
Smith, Speicher, Taylor, Toukatly, Trela, Tuthill K, Vescio, Weber, Winberg,
[Zaleski].
Guests and Visiting Rotarians: Guests:
Rotarians: None.
After-Work Meeting 2/19/09: Rome Rotarians: Bird, Coon,
Corbett, Evans, Ramos, Schonewetter De, Schonewetter Do, Trela, Tuthill K, and
Tuthill W.
50/50: Dee Mammolito won the
50/50 and took the cash. You have to play to win!
Make-ups: Kaucher (Little
Falls RC 2/18); Conway (Waterville RC 2/14); Adamo (RACC 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/20);
Butters, Mooney (R Reader 2/23); Latimer (TWIG 2/11 & R Reader 2/11);
Packer (R Reader 2/19); and Versace (Lakewood Ranch, FL RC 2/19).
Happy Birthday in March to: Donna Cole (4);
Maria Dailey (11); Michael Geller (25); Missy Graves (6); and Clark Speicher
(30).
Anniversaries of Rotary Membership
in March: Debbie Adamo (1998); Glen Bahr (1990); Devon Coon (2006); Maria
Dailey (2000); Bob Gilchriest (1987); Jerry Haritatos (1999); Subbarao Ramineni
(1980); Kevin Simons (2008); Ron Townsend (2002); George Waters (1998); Shirley
Waters (1998); and Ed Weed (1996).
Quote of the Week: "Goals are stars to steer by, not sticks to
beat yourself with." — Barbara B. Smith.
Rotary News
The Rotary Foundation’s
Beginnings — Some
magnificent projects grow from very small seeds. The Rotary Foundation had that
sort of modest beginning.
In 1917, RI President Arch Krumph told the
delegates to the Atlanta convention that “it seems eminently proper that we
should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in the world.” The
response was polite and favorable, but the fund was slow to materialize. A year
later, the Rotary Endowment Fund, as it was originally labeled, received its
first contribution of US $26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri,
USA, which was the balance of the Kansas City convention account following the
1918 annual meeting. Additional small amounts were contributed each year, but
after six years the endowment had reached only $700. A decade later, the Rotary
Foundation was formally established at the 1928 Minneapolis convention. In the
next four years, the Foundation fund grew to $50,000. In 1937, a $2 million
goal was announced for The Rotary Foundation, but these plans were abandoned
with the outbreak of World War II.
In 1947, upon the death of Paul Harris, a
new era opened for the Rotary Foundation as memorial gifts poured in to honor
the founder of Rotary. Since then, The Rotary Foundation has been achieving its
noble objective of furthering “understanding and friendly relations between
peoples of different nations.” By 1954, the Foundation received for the first
time $500,000 in contributions in a single year, and in 1965 $1 million was
received.
It is staggering to realize that, given such
humble beginnings, the Rotary Foundation received almost $85 million in 2004-05
to support annual programs and nearly $118 million in total contributions.
(Rotary ABC’s, RI 2006, p. 35-36)
Announcements
·
The Rome Rotary Club winter party is a Beach Party this Saturday, 28 Feb at 6
PM at the Rome Elks Club. Cost is $5 plus pot-luck—the club will furnish the
meat, pasta, greens, roasted potatoes, soda, beer, and wine. You are asked to
bring appetizer, salad, dessert, plastic ware, or paper ware. Please indicate
your intention to attend by contacting Secretary Dennis Schonewetter (336-9686,
schonewetter@west-point.org).
·
The Rome Academy of Sciences will hold the annual
Science Fair at RFA on 7 March. For additional information contact Harry
Winberg at 339-2175.
·
Rotary Leadership Institute will be offered this
spring on 4 Apr at BOCES. The content of this program is useful for life in
general and is not limited to those who aspire to leadership roles in Rotary.
Club pays the tuition. See PP Dennis.
·
Rotary Interact Club of RFA will sponsor a dinner
at the RFA cafeteria on 19 Mar from 6:15–8:15 PM. Cost is $7 per person.
Proceeds will be used for “Clean Water Haiti,” a matching grant water project
that will provide a pipeline and water filtration to an area in Haiti where
women are currently walking five miles each day to get polluted undrinkable
water. See PE Bob Herrmann for dinner tickets.
Program
The Rotary
Foundation
Bill Tuthill,
Rome Rotary Foundation Chair
The
Rotary Foundation is a tax-deductible fund designed to give Rotarians a chance
to increase world under-standing, good will, and peace by improving world
health, increasing education, and decreasing poverty.
Bill presented information in a chart format
showing four ways to contribute. The first way is as a Sustaining Member
contributing $100 per year. After ten contributing years the member is eligible
to designate a Paul Harris Fellow recipient. Second, contributions can be
continued as a PHF and will be counted toward additional Paul Harris Fellow
recognitions. Third, a Benefactor is someone who designates a minimum of $1,000
to Rotary in a will. The fourth is a Major Gift.
Funds can be channeled at the giver’s request to
the Annual Fund or the Designated Fund. A Benefactor Pledge or Major Gift can
also be channeled into the Permanent Fund. Moneys going into the Annual Fund
are kept for three years and invested. The interest pays for TRF management,
and at the end of three years, 50% of the amount is returned to the local area
as District Designated Funds (DDF), and 50% is moved into the World Fund (see
below). DDF Funds are available immediately for specific projects currently
ongoing in RI. The Permanent Fund contributions are retained (principle), and
only the interest is used.
The World Fund provides for International level
programs. Polio Eradication is one of these, coming under 3H Program (Health, Hunger,
and Humanity). The District Designated Fund (DDF) provides for projects at the
district level. Right now District 7150 is supporting six clean water projects
in Africa and Central America with funding from DDF.
“Thank you” Bill for explaining and clarifying The
Rotary Foundation and the process by which these funds are administered. The
talk was very informative.
Cindy Roubian, Editor
PP Dennis
Schonewetter, Technical Editor
