Contributed by: Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bulletin #2010-9            Date:  October 15, 2009

Programs
October 15 –  Tea & Treasures, Mottville Post Office & Emporium
October 22 – Willow Glen Café, Cindy Eldredge
October 29 – Elderberry Pond, Merby Lego
November 5 – Breakfast at the Blue Danube

Suggestions for future programs are always welcome.  Please forward your ideas to Marion at amkrauter@verizon.net.

News & Notes

Rotary Club hosts Skaneateles Candidate Nights, Oct. 22 & 29
The Skaneateles Rotary Club will host candidate nights on successive Thursdays, October 22 and 29 to provide Rotarians with an opportunity to hear from each of the candidates for town-wide office prior to elections November 3.
Town Board candidates Steve McGlynn (Republican) and Jim Williams (Democrat) and Supervisor Candidate Terri Roney (Republican) will address the club October 22.  Town Board Candidates Mary Sennett (Democrat) and Rick Keyes (Republican) and Supervisor Candidate Steve Datz (Democrat) will address the board October 29.
After short talks, there will be time for questions and answers.  & A.  If you have a question you would like the candidates to address, please contact Robin Jowaisas or John Hennessy.
These dates will be Rotary’s opportunity to query prospective town board members.

–John Hennessy

Hedge Fund Basics
Despite much negative publicity in the past year, hedge funds were designed to protect against market fluctuations.
So says Evan Dreyfuss, a portfolio manager for Talon Asset Management, with an office here in Skaneateles.
Contrary to the media’s depiction of hedge funds over the past year, most hedge funds goal is to always make more money in the long term with less volatility in the short term, he said.
Hedge funds typically are set up to be patient and invest at the right time.  The problem over the past several years was that investors purchased at the wrong time and were highly leveraged resulting in a major collapse when lenders issued their margin calls in March of this year.

Historic Moments: Twenty Years of Women in Rotary
Twenty years after the Council on Legislation’s vote, Rotary has nearly 188,000 female Rotarians. Women have served in leadership positions as high as the RI Board of Directors and The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees.
The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary.
“My fellow delegates, I would like to remind you that the world of 1989 is very different to the world of 1905. I sincerely believe that Rotary has to adapt itself to a changing world,” said Frank J. Devlyn, who would go on to become RI president in 2000-01.
The vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow for the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings.
The response to the decision was overwhelming: By 1990, the number of female Rotarians had skyrocketed to over 20,000.  Following is a timeline of women in Rotary.

1950. An enactment to delete the word male from the Standard Rotary Club Constitution is proposed by a Rotary club in India for the Council on Legislation meeting at the 1950 RI Convention.

1964.  The Council on Legislation agenda contains an enactment proposed by a Rotary club in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to permit the admission of women into Rotary clubs. Delegates vote that it be withdrawn. Two other proposals to allow women to be eligible for honorary membership are also withdrawn.

1972. As more women begin reaching higher positions in their professions, more clubs begin lobbying for female members. A U.S. Rotary club proposes admitting women into Rotary at the 1972 Council on Legislation.

1977. Three separate proposals to admit women into membership are submitted to the Council on Legislation for consideration at the 1977 RI Convention. A Brazilian club makes a different proposal to admit women as honorary members. The Rotary Club of Duarte, California, USA, admits women as members in violation of the RI Constitution and Standard Rotary Club Constitution. Because of this violation, the club’s membership in Rotary International is terminated in March 1978, only to be reinstated in September 1986.

1980. The RI Board of Directors and Rotary clubs in India, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States propose an enactment to remove from the RI and club constitutions and bylaws all references to members as male persons .

1983-86. In a lawsuit filed by the Duarte club in 1983, the California Superior Court rules in favor of Rotary International, upholding gender-based qualification for membership in California Rotary clubs. In 1986, the California Court of Appeals reverses the lower court’s decision, preventing the enforcement of the provision in California. The California Supreme Court refuses to hear the case, and it is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

1987. On 4 May, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Rotary clubs may not exclude women from membership on the basis of gender. Rotary issues a policy statement that any Rotary club in the United States can admit qualified women into membership. The Board “encourages all clubs in the U.S. to give fair and equal consideration to candidates for membership without regard to gender.” The Rotary Club of Marin Sunrise, California (formerly Larkspur Landing), is chartered on 28 May. It becomes the first club after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to have women as charter members. Sylvia Whitlock, of the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, becomes the first female Rotary club president.

1988. In November, the RI Board of Directors issues a policy statement recognizing the right of Rotary clubs in Canada to admit female members based on a Canadian law similar to that upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

1989. At its first meeting after the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Council on Legislation votes to eliminate the requirement in the RI Constitution that membership in Rotary clubs be limited to men. Women are welcomed into Rotary clubs around the world.

1990. As of June, there are about 20,200 female Rotarians worldwide

1995. In July, eight women become district governors, the first elected to this role.

2005. Carolyn E. Jones begins her term as the first woman appointed as trustee of The Rotary Foundation, serving from 2005 to 2009.

2007. In July, 63 women begin terms as district governors. Women are members of 25,227 clubs around the world. There are 177,859 female Rotarians.

2008. Catherine Noyer-Riveau begins her term as the first woman elected to the RI Board of Directors. She will continue to serve through June 2010.

2009. There are 187,967 female Rotarians worldwide. Sixty-three serve as district governors.

By Susan Hanf and Donna Polydoros
Rotary International News — 1 October 2009

Club Business &
Dates to Remember

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

District Major Events
October 31 – Annual State Street Halloween Party
November 7 – RLI, Canandaigua

Old Business

Committee Reports

Club Administration
President – John  Rooney
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Paddock

Service Projects
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts – John Paddock
Programs – Krauter/Beckwith
Early Act – Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment –

Service Committee – Mark Shafer
Winterfest & Craft Fair – Seeley/Krauter
Membership (& Retention) – Beckwith/Feldmann
Foundation/Community Recognition
Social Chair –
Sergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering

New Business/Program
Tea & Treasures/Mottville Emporium

Evening Club Programs
October 15 – Marvin Drugar, SU Faculty member
October 22 – Candidate Night
October 29 – Candidate Night
November 5 – Onondaga County Exec Joannie Mahoney

Officers & Directors

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

Committee Chairs
Club Service –  Mark Schafer
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership –  Beckwith/Feldmann
Program Chair – Marion Krauter
Rotary Foundation –
Social Chair –
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock

Members
Sidney Beckwith, Robert Brown, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor), Marion Krauter, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Mark Schafer, Paul Torrisi, Rhett Weiss

Exchange Students
TBA

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SUNRISE EDITORS
Thomas W. Seeley
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