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Moriches Rotary Quill

(Date: 10/2/08)

Current Officers:

• President: Muriel Corcoran
• President Elect: Robert Dovale
• Secretary: Deborah Brown-Volkman
• Treasurer: Richard Santonocito

In Attendance:         Christopher, Deborah, Helmut, Jim, Joanne, Julie, Kevin, Muriel, Pete, Rich, Bob D., Rob, Roy, Steve, Tom & Werner

In Attendance Due To Make-Up’s: Barbara, Janice, Newt

Guests:  Gwenn Range from the Westhampton Club, Exchange student, Pauline, Eleana & Sue. T.

New Business:

·         Tom suggested taking an ad to let people know we are doing a food drive. Muriel will bring it to the board. We do have money in the budget for this.

·         Tom suggested giving the community an evening where we honor the service people who help us and make a difference. We would thank them and give out plaques. We will look at doing a date in December.

·         For the 10/16 meeting, Hans Luhmer for Adopt A Troop, it would be great if we cold bring supplies that the troops needs at this meeting. Supplies needed are ground coffee, hot chocolate, Tupperware, chocolate bars, peanuts, candy, cookies, gum, chapstick, holiday decorations, International calling cards, and baby wipes.

·         Muriel ordered the dictionaries. The date to give out the dictionaries is 9:45am on October 10^th.  They will have an assembly and a presentation. Please let Muriel know if you can attend.

• We will be purchasing liability insurance for club officers to protect the offices of the club for good faith decisions. The cost is $300 annually. Jim reviewed the application and it’s a good thing.
• Bob spoke again about next year’s Duck BBQ. Newt and Kevin are ready to pass the reins. We need someone to step up and take Newt’s & Kevin’s position. They will work with the people who choose to step up. We need new people by December 31^st.
• Stuff-a-bus is on October 4th. We need people to work 3 shifts, 10am to noon, noon to 2pm, and 2pm to 3pm.
• Past club presidents (Steve, Julie & Kevin) will be the election committee for the incoming offices for next year. Report please to the club on November 16^th.

·         We did the sergeants report, Foundation, and the 50/50. Sergeants-$39. 50/50-$35. (Rich won)  Foundation-$16. (Tom won-we voted that we do away with the gift.)

Old Business: 

·         Please bring in your towels. We can send them to the Islandia club.

·         Please bring your check made out to the Rotary Foundation for $100 for the Every Rotarian Every Year program. You can contribute also at http://www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/Pages/ridefault.aspx

·         If you have made up a meeting or attended another Rotary event, please let Deborah know so she can mark you as attending a meeting.

·         Board meeting was tonight.

Speaker & Topic:

·         Gwenn Range from the Westhampton club. She spoke about the District Governors background and his visit.

·         She reminded us that the Cruise for the District in Bermuda. Spaces are going quickly. More info at http://www.clubrunner.ca/dprg/dxhome/dxeventstab/_eventitem.aspx?did=7260&index=3772&linkcat=5&dir=f&tail=0

·         She spoke about membership and how important it is to our district.

October Greeters, Prayers, & Sergeant:

Note: If you cannot make it, send an email to Muriel at least 24 hours in advance so she can get someone else to cover you.

·         Greeter: Rob Rubio and Bob Dovale

·         Prayer:  Julie Pratt  

·         Sgt of Arms: Kevin

Upcoming Events for 2008:

·         Stuff a Bus-October 4^th.

·         Rotary Leadership Institute Melville Marriott, Part I, II, III, Grad. October 18^th. (More info at http://rlinea.com/ & http://www.clubrunner.ca/dprg/dxhome/dxeventstab/_eventitem.aspx?did=7260&index=4580&linkcat=5&dir=f&tail=0)

·         District Governor’s visit to our club October 23^rd.

·         Spooky Walk. (4 nights) October 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th at Camp Pa Qua Tuck.

·         Stuff a Bus-November 1st.

·         Rotary International Day at the United Nations November 8th. (You can get the form to sign up at http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/SiteTools/Search/Pages/ridefault.aspx?k=international%20day )

·         Stuff a Bus-December 6th

·         Holiday party for the Kids-Sunday, December 14^th noon to 4pm.

·         Holiday party for our members-Thursday, December 18^th.

To find out about other events in the district, visit http://www.rotary7260.org/

Next Meeting:

·         JC’s Restaurant, Thursday, October 9th.

See you next week,

Deborah Brown-Volkman

Club Secretary

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