Contributed by Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bulletin #2009-14 Date: October 10, 2008

Programs

TODAY

RYLA Victoria Sakal
October 17 – Navy Fleet Week Paddock/Rubenstein
October 24 – Creamery Expansion, Laurie Winship & Bob Eggleston

Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Paul at pfrickey@adelphia.net.

News & Notes

Rotary Fellowships offer chance to expand network of friends

Local Girl Scouts are doing their party to support our troops. Girl Scout Alison Purdy and members of her troop have volunteered to adopt a Platoon from the 10th Mountain Division when they are deployed to Iraq later this year. There are seven members of the troop in grades 5 and 6.
Troop Leader (and mother of Alison) Alice Purdy visited our meeting Thursday to explain the program and seek our club’s support of their project. Under the program, the Girl Scouts will have a meet and greet with the Platoon before they deploy, likely in November. After they deploy, the Girl Scouts will send small care packages periodically most likely on a monthly basis.
The Scouts are responsible for the cost of shipping the packages and are seeking community support to help defray the cost. The Scouts do not have a firm estimate on the shipping costs yet but expect them to run in the neighborhood of $50 to $75 per month. We agreed in principal to support the Girl Scouts project and will look forward to hearing more from them as the project moves forward.

Shafer officially inducted as our Club’s newest member

Mark Shafer was formally introduced as Skaneateles’ newest Sunrise Rotarian October 2. Mark is Vice President, LCMR Business Development, with Syracuse Research Corporation. We will look forward to his Classification talk in the future!

Pictured above: Mark Schafer (center) is Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club’s newest member, shown here with Club President, Tom Seeley (right) and sponsor, John Paddock (left)).

Make A Difference Day to clear Conservation Area East entrance

Members of our group gathered Saturday for our first work session on this year’s Make a Difference Day project. After two years clearing the Charlie Major Trail, we have shifted our focus back to the Skaneateles Conservation Area, where we are helping to clear brush for a new parking area at the western terminus of the Conservation Area.
The Conservation Committee has cleared trails on the eastern end of the Area off Gully Road. Bridges have been built crossing wetlands and streams but because of the lack of parking, the trails have not yet been discovered. We look forward to a progress report from Secretary John Paddock, who is organizing the project within our Club.

Club Business & Dates to Remember

Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
Introduction of Guests/Visitarians

Happy Dollars & Fines

District Major Events

October 25 – District Foundation Seminar, Links at Erie Village, East Syracuse
October 29 – Eastern Cities Dinner, Rochester, NY
November 1 – Rotary Leadership Institute, Canandaigua
November 8 – Rotary U.N. Day

Old Business

Committee Reports

Club Administration
President – Tom Seeley
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Paddock

Service Projects
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts – John Paddock
Programs – Paul Frickey
Early Act – Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment – Chris Bruna
Service Committee – John Rooney
Winterfest & Craft Fair – Seeley/Krauter
Membership (& Retention) – Beckwith/Feldmann
Foundation/Community Recognition Torrisi/Krauter
Social Chair – Maggie Gilson
Sergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering

New Business

Winterfest Update
Program speaker

Evening Club Programs

TODAY – Club Assembly
October 16 – Jack Emmer Classification

Officers & Directors
Officers

President – Thomas W. Seeley
President-Elect – John Rooney
Past President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms – Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Paddock

Committee Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Sidney Beckwith
Program Chair – Toni Feldman
Rotary Foundation – Paul Torrisi
Social Chair – Maggie Gilson
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock

Members
Sidney Beckwith, Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor), Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab, Rhett Weiss

Exchange Students
Miguel Rodenas (Spain), Charlotte Linden (Germany), Bruno Caetanno Alves de Melo (Brazil)

TRY OUR ROTARY WEBSITES
Our District Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com

SUNRISE EDITORS
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax: 685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com