Moriches Rotary Quill

(Date: 7/10/08)

Current Officers:

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

In Attendance: Muriel, Rich, Deborah, Denise, Joanne, Rob, Barbara, Kevin, Werner & Julie.

 

Guests: none.

 

New Business:

·         It was the new officers evening; transition night. Muriel went over what she plans for the New Year.

·         Cheryl has resigned from the club effective June 30, 2008. We wish her well.

·         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.

·         Only due paying members and the district governor get a copy of our quill.

·         The duck barbeque signs should go up at the end of July. Werner will be taking care of this.

 

Old Business: 

·         Rich spoke about how we did on Wednesday night at the camp. The campers had a good time and enjoyed the toppings on their ice cream. Rich promised to give more notice next time.

·         Dues from all members are almost in. 26 out of 28 members have paid their dues.

·         We need to get a new sign where we are meeting.  Muriel will ask Tom to get this done for us.

 

Speaker & Topic: Muriel spoke about the new policies and plans for the club.

 

·         There will be a bulletin board for all happenings at the club. 

·         Going forward when we do the 50/50, each person paying for dinner will get one ticket as part of their dinner price. The prize will only be awarded when the ace of spaces is pulled.

·         Foundation raffle dollars are important because we get these funds back 3 years from now. We can do many good things with this money, so please, everyone, participate.

·         On July 24^th, we will be having our meeting at the Irish Coffee Pub to celebrate the Islandia-Central Islip Rotary club which has received its official charter. The cost is $40 and will take place from 6pm to 10pm in the Waterford Room. Address is 131 Carleton Avenue, East Islip. Please sign up online at http://www.rotary7260.org/ AND let Muriel know if you will be attending.

·         We are looking into Club Runner to be more connected to the other clubs and the district. More details to follow.

·         International literacy day is in September. Date to be given. The dictionaries are in Suffolk County National Bank and we will donate them to Clayton Huey in Center Moriches.

·         Muriel has created a list of who is doing what for avenues of services and this list is coming soon. Muriel will be calling and emailing people as the weeks go by.

·         Muriel needs help for Family Day on August 3^rd at the camp. Muriel will need members to handle different tasks. More details to follow.  Will need by July 25^th who is coming.  This event is just for Moriches Rotarians and their families. We have designated $500 in the budget for this event.

·         Kevin will be chairing the Duck Barbeque again. Muriel has asked Kevin to put together a manual on what he does and Kevin will be going over the different jobs/tasks at the August 7^th meeting. 

·         The goal is to have every committee chair create a manual so anyone can run with any event.

·         We will divide up the holiday party this year.  We will have one party for us at the camp on December 18^th and one party for the kids at the camp on Sunday, December 14^th  from 1pm to 4pm.

·         Muriel suggested an Easter egg hunt in April for the children. It will be at the camp. More details to follow.

·         The auction will be held on Saturday, May 17^th.  It was a great fundraiser for the event and we look forward to doing this event again.

·         Muriel would like to have at least one Rotarian from our club visit the camp when the other clubs are there to serve the campers.  We need to thank the other clubs for donating their time and money to feed the kids.

·         Muriel spoke about the duck tickets. She gave them out to the members who were present. Please sell as many as you can.

·         Muriel went over the Object Of Rotary which will be incorporated into our weekly meetings.

·         We will be doing Stuff a Bus on the first Saturday of each month running from October to May. Because the economy is in a downturn, the churches really need our help.

·         Next week is Spouses night and Steve will be officially giving the gavel to Muriel.

·         Muriel gave pins to Deborah as Secretary and Rich as Treasurer. She also gave special pins to both Barbara and Julie for their help with the auction.

·         We did not do the 50/50 this evening. We did the sergeants report and the foundation raffle. Rob won the foundation prize.  Foundation-$9.  Sergeants-$83.

 

Upcoming Events for 2008:

 

·         Souses Night, Thursday, July 17^th at Ladakins.

·         Meeting at the Irish Coffee Club, East Islip, July 24^th to celebrate and watch the induction of the Islandia-Central Islip Rotary Club which just received their charter.  http://www.rotary7260.org/ to register.

·         Family Day BBQ, Sunday August 3rd at Camp Pa Qua Tuck.

·         Annual Duck Barbeque and Big Duck Race. Sept. 7, 2008 at Camp Pa Qua Tuck.

·         Stuff a Bus-October 3^rd.

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

·         Rotary Leadership Institute Melville Marriott, Part I, II, III, Grad. October 18^th.

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

·         Stuff a Bus-November 1st.

·         Stuff a Bus-December 6th

·         Holiday party for the Kids-Sunday, December 14^th from 1pm to 4pm.

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

 

Next Meeting:

 

·         Our next meeting is Thursday, July 17th at Ladakin's at 6:30pm. It is spouse’s night.

 

See you next week,

  

 

Deborah Brown-Volkman

Club Secretary