Next Meeting
When............ June
30, 2009 at noon
Where.......... The
Franklin Hotel
Program...... Past President’s Day &
Changing of the Guard
Coming
Events
Jun 28.......... Summer Picnic at Sylvan
Beach, 12–4 PM
Jun 30.......... District 7150 Changing of
the Guard at Dibbles Inn
Jul 04........... Ceremony at the Tomb of the
unknown Revolutionary War Soldiers at 10 AM
Jul 10........... Board meeting at the Savoy at
noon
Jul 12........... RYLA Dinner at Cazenovia
College
Jul 21........... Brother's Tonight — by
Rock Versace —fundraiser for Polio
Jul 31-Aug 2 Canalfest
Aug 04......... David Lupinski —
Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority
Aug 05......... District 7150 Youth Exchange
Dinner
Aug 11......... DG Fred Cholet’s Official Visit
Aug 22......... Arrival of Youth Exchange
Student
Sep 25–27.... Annual District Conference at
the Desmond Hotel in Albany
Oct 24.......... International Student Day,
Dr. Cantor
Dec 04......... Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Beeches (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Attendance: Total Membership: 100. Absent
or [Excused or Exempt]: Adamo, Bauer, Bird, Burns, Cantor, Carey, Carnevale, Casadei, Corbett,
[DiPerna], [Donovan], Fariello, Fusco, Geller, Glasso, Graves, Hairston, Henry,
[Kryczkowski], Lockwood, Martin, Mattacola, Mattson, McMahon, [Mercurio],
Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Neiley C, Nolan, O'Hair, [Pabon], Packer, [Pfendler],
Puma, Ramineni, Ramos, Reames, Recco, Riley, Schonewetter Do, Simons J, Simons K,
Speicher, Swinney, Taylor, Toukatly, Townsend, Trela, Tuthill K, Tuthill W,
Versace, [Weed], [Zaleski].
Guests and Visiting Rotarians:
Guests: Barb Maura and Candy Fay (Dailey); Aaron Bahr (Bahr); Danielle Pugliano
(N Neiley); and Armen Roubian (Roubian). Rotarians: none.
After-Work Meeting 6/18: Rotarians:
Bottini, Carey, Graves, Kobernuss, Neiley C, Neiley N, Ramos, Rouillier,
Schonewetter De, Schonewetter Do, Toukatly, Townsend, Tuthill K, Tuthill W.
Guest: Maxine Rouillier (Rouillier).
50/50: Carol Mooney took the
$9 and donated it to Polio Plus. “Thank you” Carol. You have to play to win!
Make-ups: Mattacola (LL Coach
6/16, 6/17 & RFA Cancerjam 6/14); DeSimone and Normand (Chamber 6/17);
Panara (KC Bingo 6/17); Latimer (TWIGS); and Carol Mooney (Books for the
World).
Happy Birthday in June to: Debbie Adamo (10); Janine Baker-Gaffney (20); Keith
Butters (20); Debbie Conway (17); Eileen Foreman (19); Dee Mammolito (26);
Nancy Neiley (5); Jeannie Packer (27); Cindy Roubian (18); Dennis Schonewetter
(16); Donna Schonewetter (30); June Sperlik (3); and Rob Tracy (7).
Anniversaries of Rome Rotary
Membership in June: Val Carey (2003); Ron Casadei (2000); Jackie Corbett
(2006); Bruce Hairston (2006); Bob Marston (1992); Steve Mitchell (2008); Cindy
Roubian (2001).
Quote of the Week: “No one can have a high and noble calling while
engaged in petty and mean employment, for whatever the pursuits of men are,
their characters will be similar.” — Demosthenes.
Rotary Information
Opportunities for
Fellowship — Most
Rotarians are successful professional and business executives because they hear
opportunities knock and take advantage of them. Once a week, the opportunity
for Rotary fellowship occurs at each club meeting, but not all members hear it
knocking.
The weekly club meeting is a
special privilege of Rotary membership. It provides the occasion to visit with
fellow members, meet visitors and new members, and share personal friendship
with other members.
Rotary clubs that have a
reputation for being “friendly” clubs usually follow a few simple steps.
Members are encouraged to sit in a different seat or at a different table each
week or to sit with a member they may not know very well. Members are asked to
invite new members or visitors to join their table and share the conversation
rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to
them. To further enhance club fellowship, Rotarians should also make a special
point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the club.
When Rotarians follow these
easy steps, an entirely new opportunity for fellowship knocks each week. Soon,
Rotarians realize that warm friendship is the cornerstone of every great Rotary
club.
[Rotary ABC’s, RI 2006, P. 18]
Announcements
and Events
·
Duck tickets for Canalfest
are being distributed by Dave Kobernuss. Canalfest
is our club’s biggest fund raiser, and the Duck Race is a major part of the
event. Success depends on the participation of each member of the club. Please
sell those tickets and help Rome Rotary to continue providing the quality
programs that we have brought to the community in past years. If you need an
explanation of the duck race, have other questions or need more tickets, please
contact Dave.
·
Our newest international student will arrive in
Rome in August from Venezuela as part of the RI Youth Exchange Program. Host
parents are needed to provide a home and family for Juan Carlos Rincon Moreno for
three to four months. This is a wonderful and enriching opportunity to
personally participate in international friendship and understanding. Hosts
families do not need to be Rotarians. Please contact Chris or Nancy Neiley, nneiley@aol.com, 827-4303.
·
The Rome Rotary Summer Picnic will be held at Sylvan
Beach this Sunday, 28 Jun. Party barges will cruise up Fish Creek and the Erie
Canal. President Ron will email directions. If you are not on the email list,
you can call him for that information.
·
District 7150 Changing of the Guard Dinner will
be held at Dibbles Inn on 30 Jun — $35 per person. See PE Bob Herrmann or
Secretary Dennis for more information.
·
Dues for 2009–10 are due by 1 Jul. The RRC will
match the first $100 of any new Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member. (See
Dennis for dues. See Bill Tuthill for information on The Rotary Foundation.)
·
Editors
Note: if you read this and contact Secretary Dennis at schonewetter@west-point.org or 334-2497,
your name will be entered into a drawing for a fabulous, Rotary-related gift at
next week’s meeting!
Program
USAF Computer Technology
Dr. Richard Linderman (AFRL)
Dr.
Linderman is the Senior Scientist for Advanced Computing Architectures, Information
Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory. He is responsible for initiating,
planning, coordinating, evaluating and conducting research and development in advanced
computing architectures to enhance Air Force capabilities.
Rich describes
his work as a growing piece of the technological base that functions to keep
the “technology push moving forward.” He encouraged us to take a look at the
impact of computational science on the community. The possibilities for use are
endless and go far beyond supporting the intelligence community.
He noted that
the computer system at the AFRL is probably the largest interactive
supercomputer in the world. One of the many functions of this system is security,
exploring intellectual properties of the components to insure trust and
confidence in the technology itself.
The material
Rich presented just could not be captured in so brief a summary. It was one of
those that “you just had to be there.”
“Thank you” Rich
for a very interesting program.
Cindy
Roubian, Editor
PP Dennis
Schonewetter, Technical Editor
