Next Meeting

When............ January 26, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Where........... The Franklin Hotel

Program....... Col. Fred Wieners, JROTC

Upcoming Events: February 2 Meeting: Denise Smith, Hospice

Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those absent from meetings: PRESENT: Adamo, Bahr, Baker, Bottini, Butters, Costianes, Dailey, DeMatteo, Foreman, Fusco, Geller, Haritatos, Herrmann, V., Herrmann, Kahler, J., Kahler, D., Latimer, Lockwood, Mammolito, Mattacola, Midlam, Mooney, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Panara, Rapke, Roubian, Simons, J., Skogland, Summers, Till, Tracy, Tuthill, W., Waters, G., Waters, S., Weed, Winberg.

After work meeting 1/14/10: Bird, Carey, Corbett, Fay, Graves, Herrmann WR, Kahler R, Midlam, Ramos, Townsend, Tuthill K, Tuthill W. Guest: Rotary Exchange Student "Juanki" (Graves)

Guests and Visiting Rotarians: JoAnn West (Lockwood)

50/50: Michael Geller drew the winning ticket, drew a card but did not pull the winner – thanks for playing Michael!

Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted at the regular and after work meetings were recorded in the attendance records.

Quote of the Week: “Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rotary Stuff

Rotary – Want to know more about the greatness you are a part of? Go to this link and watch this video:

http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Announcements and Events

The club elections were finalized by the Board. The results are as follows:

Dir-13: (term 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2013)

Glen Bahr (re-elected)

Joel Gray (elected)

Grace Bottini (re-elected, w/Board breaking tie with K. Tuthill)

Dir-12: (term expires 30 June 2012)

Dave Kobernuss (incumbent)

Bill Tuthill (incumbent)

Karin Tuthill (appointed)

Dir-11: (term expires 30 June 2011)

Bill Wolf (incumbent)

Clark Speicher (appointed)

Carol Mooney (appointed)

Dir-10: (term expires 30 June 2010)

Glen Bahr (incumbent)

Grace Bottini (appointed)

Joel Gray (appointed)

Officers:

Missy Graves - President-elect beginning July 1, 2010;
President beginning July 1, 2011; and
Past President beginning July 1, 2012

Bob Bird - Vice President (term 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2013)

Greg Mattacola & Debbie Adamo - Co-secretaries (term 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2013)

Sandie Latimer - Treasurer (term 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2013)

Superintendent Jeff Simons announced the January 26, 2010 bond resolution to repair five elementary schools. The repairs will address roofs, boilers, heating and ventilation systems and handicapped accessiblity. The project, to cost $30 million, is eligible for 97.6% state aid. A home assessed at $100,000 would incur a tax increase of about $4.00 per year to pay for the district’s share of these repairs.

There is a new Club Constitution which you can find on the web site, under documents, here: http://romerotaryny.org/documents.htm

One thing President Bob would like to point out is that you need to attend 60% of the meeting in order for it to count – hence, no signing in and leaving.

Keith Butters heads up our mentoring program for new members and is seeking more mentors. Please contact Keith.

Jeanne Packer has had some Rotary Reader vacancies happen and desperately needs some Rotary Readers. Please contact Jeanne.

Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at 5:15 p.m.

Program – Tracey Comens, Hillside Children’s Center

Tracey Comens delivered a very interesting program on foster care as administered by the Hillside Children’s Center. They are a not-for-profit which contracts with Oneida County for foster care services. Most of the children they place come through the court system due to a neglect situation and each child is assigned a social worker who devlelops a plan and needed services for that child. Several Rotarians spoke positively about the impact being a foster parent had on their lives. Thank you Tracey!