September 26, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Bob Daly, Shirley Bassage, Mila

Missing in Action:
Margaret Brooks, Trevor Chapman, Kim Clement, Mark Clement, Bill Dean, Pam Dean, John Deniston, Chase Ellsworth, Gary Haigh, Dave Nagle, Peter Park, Arnie Pechler, Cindy Surline, Cortney Surline.

Exchange Student Update:
Mila told us a little about her trip to Williamsburg, Virginia.  She enjoyed Colonial Williamsburg and especially Busch Gardens.  She also recently had her first swim meet.

Birthdays / Anniversaries:
Nancy Schrader – 38th wedding anniversary 9/20
Bob Ike’s son’s birthday 9/23

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
- Bob Yost had “a big Happy Buck for Cheryl Ford.”
- Nancy took a trip to Charlotte, NC
- Cheryl took a trip to NYC.
- Eric had a happy buck for the Bills’ victory over Cleveland
- Anne also had a happy buck for Cheryl.  She also had a scarf to pass on to President Dianne.
- Vicky offered a buck for having had the honor of being in two parades over the last week.
- Bob Sloan had happy bucks for the Bills’ win, the district golf tournament, and because in youth football all 4 Pal-Mac teams won.
- Several members were fined a dollar each for not displaying the Rotary symbol.  (The dinner badge did not count.)

Notes and Updates for the Club:
• We received thank you notes from the National Foundation for Transplants on behalf of Jim Handville, and from Marie Cramer (the Butterfly Trail in Macedon).
• The Naples Rotary Club is hosting the 28th Annual Appreciation Dinner and Benefit for Camp Onseyawa.  The event is Saturday, October 27 at Bristol Mountain Resort.  Dinners are $35 per person.  Deadline for reservations is October 17.  More details are available, and reservations can be made, at the Naples club website here.
• The 2012 Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner will be held Sunday, November 4 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.  Reception & Social Hour starts at 4pm followed by dinner at 5:00pm.   Cost is $43 per person until October 16.  After that, cost is $47 per person.  Please contact Dianne if you plan to attend.
•  Rotary Leadership Institute will be held November 3rd at the Canandaigua Inn on the Lake.
•  Our club’s Rotary Reads schedule is being finalized with the school.  If you have an interest in participating in this worthwhile activity, please contact Dianne.
•  The club Christmas Party will be December 19 at Parkwood Heights.
•  The Murder Mystery Dinner is tentatively scheduled for February 16
•  Dictionaries and Thesauruses have arrived.  We are working on setting a date for their distribution.
•  Reminder for those who signed up for it - the Rotary excursion to the Bills game is October 21.  Cost is $75 per ticket.  Please pay either Eric or Tom.

Assembly Auction:
- Anne Morrell had the high bid on a Movie Night package, donated by Deb LeMoyne.
- Bob Sloan won the bidding on an indoor/outdoor remote thermometer, donated by Cheryl Ford.
- Deb LeMoyne won a set of thermal bottles, also donated by Cheryl Ford.
- Joan Shaffer, Nancy Schrader, and Cheryl Ford each won the bidding on home-made pies, baked by Terri Hopkins.

- Jeff Johncox won the exempt button for October.

Shirley Bassage won $9 in the 50/50 drawing, and she passed it on to Mila.

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Next meeting: Noon, October 3, at the American Legion in Palmyra.

Past President Anne Morrell presents a Rotary scarf to current President Dianne Sloan.