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Edition: #253
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (Feb. 3, 2005)
Program:Club Assembly
Auction item
: Martin
Note taker: Taverno
Thank speaker
:

Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History February 10, 2005 (R. Brooks) Tom Murray Mt. Nittany Medical Center
February 17, 2005
(D. Martella)
February 22, 2005 Jt. meeting with Pleasant Gap & State College RC
February 24, 2005
(P. Coble) Ernest Boyd, State College Food Bank
March 3, 2005 TBA
March 10, 2005 TBA
March 17, 2005 TBA
March 24, 2005
TBA

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Adrian Pratt of the Aberdeen, South Dakota Rotary club
Make-ups turned in:
Guests: Rat Papale a guest of Dana Catalano
50/50: There are 33 cards left. Chris Potalivo had the winning number but lost out to the 8 of Spades There is $830 in the pot to split.
Auction: Dennis Martella donated the perfect item--a gift certificate to Wegmans. The high bidder was Ben Amato at $40.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS: (Please send announcements for the newsletter to Paul)

12/8-12/2004 Festival of the Trees-Zimbler, Hill, & 38 of the rest of the club (names to be posted shortley)

12/1/ 2004 Coupon Books (Catallano, Friedman, DeArmitt, Coble, the rest of the club as sellers-names to be psoted shortley)

11/13/ 2004 Foundation Dinner-
Hill, Walsh, Held, Rutter, Fetter, Davis, Domalski, Gambone, Friedman

11/14/2004 Rotary Youth Exchange Interviews-Hill, Zimbler, Taverno, Eberly, ?

Nov & Dec 2004- Coupon Books Committee- Friedman, Catalano, ?

  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: • Pam Ford for her return from a mission in Nicaragua • Dana was proud to announce that his 6 year old son who was seeded fourth in a wrestling tournament blew through the competition defeatign the first and third ranked seeds to win the tourney.• Laurel was happy about her daughter earning top ranking in downhill skiing. • Ellie was happy about the United Way surpassing its goal and earning $1,918,633.33. Ellie named Russ Brooks, Evan Smith, and Hugh Mose for their support heading various cabinet positions. Hugh offered money for being happy just to be happy (so like Hugh!).• Carl was happy about the United Way total as well.
  • Harry Zimbler offered preliminary news about this years Spaghetti dinner fund raiser.
  • Barbara Collins was inducted in to the club. Don Bedell was her sponsor. Barbara is with Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania as an event specialist.
  • Ray P.'s membership application was approved by the membership comittee and the board of directors.There is now a teen day waiting period. If you have any concerns regarding Ray's membership please notify Roger or Terry.
  • Dana Catalano and Linda Friedman introduced a team sales board for the coupon books and requested that we keep selling coupon books. The coupons really are a great value! Coupon Books. Highlights or changes to the coupon book this year include three Indian restaurants, Red's cheeseburgers and others. Team 2 is gonna come through and do well.
  • Roger Fetter & Jim Eberly announced the need to sell more bricks for the Central Parklet for the Children's Play Space. Our Club is competing with the Evening Club, and the winning club will be served lunch by the losing club at a future date. That's one more incentive to see bricks! We need to sell bricks. Sign your Brick Pledge today! We can meet our goal if everyone buys one and sells one.
  • The District Newsletter for January is available at the District Web site by clicking on the link to the current newsletter. http://www.district7350.org
  • The District Conference will take place from May 13-15. Registration forms are available from Carol or on the District website.
  • RYLA. The RYLA event will be held at Juniata College this ummer. Nominations for attendees are being taken now. LeAnne Martin is the contact person in our club. Students that are juniors in highschool now are eligible.
  • Jim Eberly reported about Rotary's Central Parklet Project sponsored by the two SC clubs. The new "Children's Play Space" will be lot of fun for kids. The total costs of the project are $50,000. 50% needs to be raised by the two SC clubs as part of Rotary's 100th anniversary in 2005. Bricks are on sale ($100 for first kid name, $50 for each subsequent). The bricks will be used for the walkway. A pamphlet was distributed. Please be selling bricks!
  • Paul Rutter announced that the State College & State College Downtown Rotary Club's will be hosting the GSE Team from Italy this spring from May 5th until May 10, and again on May 15 for their departure to Italy from the State College Airport on the 16th. We are looking for host families for the time period. One night or each night what ever you can help out with will be great. A lsit of activities is in the works and once we know more about the visiting team we will finalize things. Highlights though will be a trip to Niagara Falls for the day.
  • The club has a list serv. All active members are on it. The email address for it is SCDTROTARY-@LISTS.PSU.EDU. Email Paul Rutter to see about your admission. It is a private listserv not open to the public. If you are already on it and want help with it please call or email me.
  • There are two new Web pages up. One is for Rotary Foundation Program alumni.The hope or goal behind this page is to keep members aware of persons in our community that might benefit further from Rotary by membership or participation in other things we are doing. The second page is on the District Web site. It honors the Veterans in our Rotary community. Both pages are still in an initial building stage so if you know of anyone that has been left out, please let me know so I can include them.
  • mystery answer: none this week.
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    Previous Week's Speaker: Dave Lindstrom, PSU Chief Privacy Officer

    Dave Lindstrom, the head of security and athe chief privacy officer for the University was our speaker.

    Dave noted all types of new privacy acts, but the main one he talked to us about was HIPAA. The health portability act that some of us may be familar with regarding medical records and other matters. Dave showed us a startling ad on the ACLU Web site for what could happen if one calls for Pizza. The URL is http://www.aclu.org/pizza. This link has a cool movie regarding what may already possible should someone choose to know it sicne data can be linked.

    Dave let us know the European Union is much more restrictive than the United States regarding privacy.

    He encouraged us not to share information with anyone we do not know and to be aware of phishing. A number that we might want to call for reducing junk credit card offers by mail is 888-5OPTOUT.

    Russ Brooks presented Dave witha club coffee mug.

    This week’s note taker: Ted Staats

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Todd Bacastow Feb. 5; Jim Eberly, Feb. 10;      (if I missed yours please email me)

    Etc.

     

     M  A  K  E  -  U  P  S

    Reminders on makeup's:
    All makeup's are good for credit toward meetings missed 14 days before or 14 days after the makeup. Makeup's made at other Rotary Club meetings also get a dues credit. Makeup's at service projects get attendance credit only. All makeup cards should be turned into the club secretary promptly. To find out where you can makeup, check the RI Club Directory, or District Web site.

    NEIGHBORING CLUBS- check out the web site listing or the E-club
    MEMBERS- check out the web site listing
    COMMITTEE CHAIRS- check out the web site listing

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    DATE
    AUCTION
    MEETING
    NOTES
    THANK
    SPEAKER
    PROGRAM
    Feb. 10, 2005
    Meckstroth
    Trudeau
    Brooks
    Brooks
    Feb. 17, 2005
    Moose
    Turley
    Brytzcuk
    Martella
    Feb. 24, 2005
    Mose
    Walsh
    Catalano
    Coble
    March 3, 2005
    Myrick
    Whitfield
    n/a
    Club Assembly
    March 10 , 2005
    Potalivo
    Zimbler
    Christian
    tba
    March 17, 2005
    Quinn
    Abramson
    Coble
    tba
    March 24, 2005
    Rutter
    Amato
    Davis
    tba
    March 31 , 2005
    Sanders
    Bacastow
    Dayananda
    tba

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