May 3 TRI-GEAR REPORT
Flag Salute: President Joeen Ciannella
Invocation: Peter Wells
Members Present: Bob Balentine, Bob Bustard, Ryan Cangialosi, Mauro Cappitella, Irma Chazotte, Joeen Ciannella, Bernie Cohen, Pat DiRosa, Steve Fox, Stuart Gold, Pete Jacobsen, Pat Little, Cindy Rose, George Sherman, Nancy Swales, Brittany Vozza, Peter Wells, and Phil Wells.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: None
Make Ups: President’s Ball: Mauro Cappitella, Joeen Ciannella and Peter Wells.
(Please be sure to report your make-ups for our records and to improve our percentage of attendance!)
Late Fines: Fines too numerous to mention and an abundance of forthrightness brought more than $80.00 into the Club’s treasury today.
Pin Fines:
Picture Fines:
Birthdays and Anniversaries: None Reported
Sunshine: Ann, Richard, Nancy and all the Kilmartin family remain in our thoughts and prayers.
So too, Nancy’s son, Linda’s husband and Steve Fox’s uncle.
Additional thoughts and prayers go out to all who are currently contending with adversity of one type or another.
Happiness:
by George Sherman
Cindy Rose was happy that so many members were supporting her plant sale fund-raiser.
Nancy Swales was happy for the beautiful weather.
Pat Little was happy for our 70% attendance last month and to have been able to go fishing last week.
Stuart Gold was happy for his grandsons’ birthday. They were both born on the same day two years apart. This weekend, the oldest will have his Bar Mitzvah.
Your editor was happy for his grand-daughter’s 4th birthday.
Pat DiRosa was happy for her recent vacation in Arizona.
Irma Chazotte was happy to have been able to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
Bob Balentine was happy for the upcoming Kentucky Derby.
Bob Bustard was happy to have taken a battlefield tour of Gettysburg with several friends.
Ryan Cangialosi was happy that he’d been able to take his belt in a notch even though he hadn’t lost any weight last week.
President Joeen was happy not to have to go to work today and that Tara and Bobby are closer to becoming first-time home owners.
Announcements:
by George Sherman
· Peter Wells was thrilled to announce that over 95% of our 50/50 Cash Raffle Tickets have been sold!! Only 9 remain. If you have any intention of buying or selling a ticket, ACT FAST. The drawing will be held on June 14 at the Courtyard.
· The Montvale Street Fair will soon be upon us. The Fair will be held on Paragon Drive in Montvale on Sunday, June 2 between 9 and 5. Steve Fox has arranged to have the Park Ridge Rotary Club table placed in a prime location near that of the Montvale Chamber. Set up will begin that Sunday at 8:00.
Mark Your Calendar with these UPCOMING EVENTS:
by George Sherman
Mon., 5/6 – District Staff Meeting – HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Thurs., 5/9 – Club Meeting at Bibi’z, 284 Center Ave., Westwood – Cocktails at 6:00; Dinner at 6:30.
Thurs., 5/16- Sun., 5/19 – District Conference – Mystic CN
Mon., 5/20 – Charitable Foundation Meeting – Int’l Bulb Co, Montvale- 5:30
Tues., 5/21 – Board of Directors Meeting – Pascack Historical Society, 19 Ridge Ave., Park Ridge – Dinner @6:00; Meeting @ 6:30.
Fri., 5/31 – FIFTH FRIDAY Meet and Greet Meeting – Defiance Brewery, 6 E. Dexter Plz., Pearl River, NY – 5:00-6:30
Sun., 6/2 – Montvale Chamber of Commerce Annual Street Fair – 10:00-5:00 (Set up begins at 8:00) – Paragon Drive, Montvale
Fri., 6/14 – CASH RAFFLE DRAWING – The Courtyard by Marriott – 12:15
Tues., 6/18 – Banner Exchange – Macaluso’s
Sat., 6/22 - Clearwater Sail HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2013
Program:
Today’s scheduled guest speaker had to cancel at the last minute, so Stuart Gold was gracious enough to step in and use the time to describe for club members the workings of RI’s Council on Legislation.
The Council on Legislation is an important part of Rotary's governance process. While the Board of Directors sets policies for Rotary International, the Council is where Rotary clubs have their say in the governance of the association. Every three years, each district sends a representative to the Council, which reviews proposed legislation. Every club and district is entitled to submit legislation to the Council, and some of Rotary’s most important work has resulted from Council action. Women were admitted into Rotary because of the action of the 1989 Council on Legislation, and PolioPlus was born as the result of the 1986 Council.
The Council is comprised of more than 500 representatives from every part of the Rotary world. Voting members include one elected representative of the clubs of each Rotary district. Some nonvoting members include the chair and vice chair of the Council, the RI president, members of the RI Board, and past RI presidents.
Clubs and districts are entitled to submit legislation to the Council on Legislation. There are two types of legislation: enactments, which seek to change the constitutional documents (the RI Constitution, the RI Bylaws, and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution), and resolutions, which do not seek to change the constitutional documents.
During the week of April 21 through April 26, representatives from Rotary’s 532 districts met in downtown Chicago to consider more than 170 enactments and resolutions proposed by Rotary clubs, districts, or the RI Board. In the process they approved a number of measures designed to strengthen Rotary, increase membership, and enhance the organization’s capacity to serve. Among the changes adopted this year were proposals to remove limits on e-clubs, permit satellite clubs, increase per capita dues by $1.00 per year, and to change the name of the fifth Avenue of Service to “Youth Service.”
If you would like to read more about the Council’s deliberations, here is a link to RI’s report on the highlights: http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/130430_news_councilwrap.aspx