Next Meeting
When............ April
21, 2009 at 12 noon
Where.......... The
Franklin Hotel
Program...... Administrative Assistant Day &
WKTV News Anchor Steve McMurray
Coming Events
Apr 28.......... Jeff Simons, Rome City
School District Superintendent on RCSD Budget 2009-2010
May 05......... Bring a Friend to Rotary Day & DG Larry Calabrese and DGE Fred
Chalot
May 12......... Mr. Gillison — DFAS
Director
May 16......... District Assembly at BOCES
May 19......... Teacher of the Year
May 26......... Memorial Meeting, President
Ron Townsend
Jun 02.......... Rotary Student Scholarship
Jun 09.......... Roses for the Living
Jun 23.......... USAF Computer Technology —
Dr. Richard Linderman (AFRL)
Jun 30.......... Past President’s Day &
Changing of the Guard
Jul 31-Aug 2 Canalfest
Dec 04......... Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Beeches (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Attendance: Total Membership: 101. Absent or [Excused or Exempt]: Bahr, Bauer, Bird, [Boguhn], Bottini, Burch, Burns,
Carey, Carnevale, Casadei, Conway, Coon, Corbett, Costianes, Dailey, [DiPerna],
[Donovan], Faldzinski, Fariello, Foreman, Fusco, Glasso, Graves, Gray,
Hairston, Henry, Herrmann V, Kahler J, Kahler R, Kaucher, Kobernuss,
[Kryczkowski], Lockwood, Mammolito, Martin, Matt, Mattacola, Mattson, McMahon,
Mercurio, Miller, Mitchell, Mooney, Moore, Neiley C, O'Hair, Pabon,
[Pfendler], Puma, Ramineni, Ramos, Rapke, Recco, Rouillier,
Schonewetter De, Schonewetter Do, Simons J, Simons K,
Smith, Speicher, Sperlik, Summers, Taylor, Toukatly, Trela, Tuthill K,
Vescio, Weber, Wolf, [Zaleski].
Guests and Visiting Rotarians: Guests:
Cecelia Versace (Versace); & Khang Nguyen (Cantor, Speaker) Rotarians:
None.
After-Work
Meeting 4/9/09: Rome
Rotarians: Carey, Corbett, Herrmann WR, Neiley C, Neiley N, Ramos, Schonewetter
De, Schonewetter Do, and Townsend.
50/50: Keith Butters won the
50/50, but drew the six of diamonds. You have to play to win! Next week
President Ron will also draw for two sets of tickets to the Syracuse Symphony.
Make-ups: Cole (RRC 4/7);
DeSimone (Mareo Island, FL AM 3/25 & noon 3/26); Latimer (TWIG snack bar
4/13); Packer (R Readers 4/9); Panara (KC Bingo 4/5); Versace (Lakewood Ranch,
FL RC 4/9); Butters (Rome Academy of Sciences Board Mtg 4/7 & RRC Bd. Mtg
4/10); and Winberg (R Reader 7/9).
Happy Birthday in April to: Darlene Burns (18); Peter Costianes (15); Ava
Dorfman (30); Rick McMahon (21); Mike Occhipinti (27); Frank Puma (5); Tony
Recco (14); Daniel Rouillier (29); John Toukatly (26); and Ron Townsend (24).
Anniversaries of Rome Rotary
Membership in April: Missy Graves (2003); Mark Kaucher (2002); Sandie
Latimer (1999); Dave Rapke (2003); Carl Reames (2007); and Dan Rouillier
(2002).
Quote of the Week: "Keep in mind the challenging fact that your
aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself, to begin today to
be the person you want to be."
—Hugh B. Brown
Rotary Information
Object
of Rotary — In some areas
of the world, weekly Rotary club meetings begin with all members standing and
reciting the Object of Rotary. This statement, which comes from the RI Constitution,
is frequently seen on a wall plaque in Rotarians’ offices or places of
business.
The Object of Rotary is “to encourage and foster the ideal of service as
a basis of worthy enterprise.” The statement then lists four areas by which
this “ideal of service is fostered: the development of acquaintance as an opportunity
for service; high ethical standards in business and professions, the
recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of
each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; the application
of the ideal of service in one’s personal, business, and community life; and
the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a
world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of
service.
The Object of Rotary has not always been expressed in this manner. The
original constitution of 1906 had three objects: promotion of business
interests, promotion of good fellowship, and the advancement of the best
interests of the community. By 1910, Rotary had five objects as increased
emphasis was given to expanding Rotary. By 1915, there were six objects. In
1918, the objects were rewritten again and reduced to four. Four years later,
they had again grown to six and were revised again in 1927.
Finally, at the 1935 Mexico City Convention, the six objects were
restated and reduce to four. The last major change came in 1951 when the
objects were streamlined to a single object with four parts.
[Rotary ABC’s, RI 2006, p. 3]
Rotary Announcements
·
On Thursday 23 April, the RFA Social Action Club
(Rotary sponsored Interact) will sponsor a special concert to raise money for
the Haiti Water Project. The artist is well known guitarist Lauren Barrigar,
who has played with known musicians such as Chet Atkins. He is donating his
talent, asking only for expenses, to help these young people raise money for
clean water in Haiti. The Concert starts at 6:30 and is $8 per ticket. Contact
Rotarian Nancy Neiley for additional information.
·
Don’t forget the Rome Home Show on 25–26 April!
Rotary will have a booth, and members are asked to give an hour of time Saturday
or Sunday to help sell duck tickets for Canalfest.
Canalfest is our fundraiser for this year. Your help is needed. See PP Debbie
Adamo.
·
The Rotary District Assembly will be held on
Saturday 16 May at the BOCES in Verona from 8 AM to 1:30 PM. The program will
focus on the next year in Rotary. The club pays the cost of attending. Breakfast
and lunch are included. See President Ron or PP Dennis.
·
On 21 May at 6 PM the Rome Academy of Sciences
will hold its annual dinner at the Beeches. The subject under discussion is
energy, and the topic is “The Other Inconvenient Truth.” The speaker is Rotarian
Harry Winberg’s son. See PP Harry for more information.
Program
Dean Ron Cantor and Khang
Nguyen
College “Collaboration”
Eight years ago a member of the MVCC
staff went to Vietnam on a Fulbright Scholarship. That experience was the start
of a close relationship between MVCC and Kien Giang Community College in the
southern area of Vietnam, near the Cambodian border and the Mekong Delta. It is
one of five institutions of higher learning in its small province. Today Khang
Nguyen, head of the English Department at the College joined Dean Ron Cantor of
Rome’s MVCC to address Rome Rotary.
Kien Giang Community College enrolls
about 6,000 students of all ages and offers about 50 different majors, with
strength in the English and IT curriculums. The goal of the college is to try
to develop the intellectual level of the community. There is an emphasis on
social work and service to the community. Vietnam has 54 ethnic minorities and
the same number of language dialects, which can vary greatly.
Khang noted that the exchanges
between the two educational institutions have expanded ideas and enhanced the
educational programs offered at Kien Giang CC.
Thank you both for a very
interesting program.
Cindy
Roubian, Editor
PP Dennis
Schonewetter, Technical Editor
