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Edition: #196
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (October 16, 2003)
Program: Club Assembly
Auction item:
Geise
Invocation: Hill
Note taker: Jones
Thank speaker
: Bedell

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

Rotary Centennial & History October 11 Rotary Leadership Training in Tyrone
October 16 Scott Conklin, Centre County Jail
October 23 David Jordan, CBICC Incubator
October 25 Rotary Leadership Training in Lewisburg
October 30 Martin Sheridan, TekResults, Computer and Networking Security
November 6 Club Assembly
November 13 Solid Waste Plant-Site Tour & Lunch!
November 20 Rotary Exchange Student Presentations
November 25 Happy Thanksgiving-no meeting
December 4 Club Assembly
December 10-14 Festival of the Trees
December 11 Rotaract Presentation
December 18 TBA
December 18 Club Christmas/Holiday Party
December 25 Happy Holidays-no meeting
March 24 Spaghetti Fund Raiser
May 6-8 District Conference

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Dan Keane and Bonnie Ashcroft of the Evening State College club
Make-ups turned in: Rainer Domalski at the evening club
Guests:
none
50/50: Carl Hill drew something but not the Ace of Spades. There are 24 cards left and a pot of about $1100 to split!

Auction: Chuck Gambone contributed the auction item: a gift certificate to Wegmans. The high bidder was Ellie Beaver at $38.

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

    11/1 PSU/Ohio State football game-Contact Ron to help. Get your friends to help us too!

    10/4 PSU/Wisconsin football game-Melissa Aungst, Ron Taverno & Paul Rutter

    10/2 Day of Caring at the Foodbank- coming soon

    9/20 PSU-Kent State football game gates
    Will you be listed here? Call Ron Taverno to find out how and help RYEX!!

    6/4-8 Special Olympics
    Carol Walsh, Chris Turley, Gary Brytczuk, Roger Fetter, Rose Kauffman, Pat Coble, Ron Taverno, Richard Jones, Chris Potalivo, Chuck Gambone, Paul Bell, Hugh Mose (TWICE!), Meg Mose, Leanne & Abby Martin, Rainer Domalski, Linda Friedman, and Paul Rutter

  • Help work football gates. You will receive a free parking pass, and a ticket with on field seats to the game. The commitment is to work 1-1/2 hours before the game taking tickets and sometimes working the first quarter or a portion of the first quarter. Our Rotary Club receives the hourly payment for the time served and these funds are deposited into our Youth Exchange Funds account. Please call Ron Taverno to get more information on helping. 814-231-3021 or rtaverno@collegetownship.org.
  • Teresa Davis began hosting a youth exchange student from Japan last night. She told us briefly about registering for classes etc. Doug Holmes is her host next.
  • The United Way's Day of Caring was a success. Thanks to those that helped.
  • Linda Friedman - Polio Plus Coupon Book ­ please contact the two or three people you were assigned to, please let me know with an answer one way or another, as soon as possible. We could use a little help with public relations for the Coupon Book, if anyone is interested in helping. Sample Letter
  • Hugh noted that the next Board meeting will be on 7 October 2003 and will be chaired by Roger as Hugh will not be able to attend.
  • Maggie Pat Biddle was inducted into the club. She's the manager of the Atherton Hotel.
  • The Group Study Exchange to South Korea is looking for a back-up team leader and participants.Contatc Dr. D if you are interested.
  • If you are interested in the Rotary Leadership Institute, contact president Hugh Mose. It will be held in Tyrone on October 11 at the Church of the Good Shepherd and Lewisburg on October 25th.
  • 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.
Previous Week's Speaker: Club Assembly

To start the meeting off we learned the secret of Pat Coble regarding her encounter with Paul Newman.

Then President Hugh got us started with committee reports.
Secretary: Attendance was 66%
Treasurer: We are in the black.
Foundation: Judy Myrick announced a new plan to collect spare funds each week toward becoming a Sustaining Paul Harris fellow.
Youth Exchange: Doug told us about the two kids sponsored by the SC Rotary clubs, Ben Jones in Japan and Laura Hoke in La Serena, Chile. Help take tickets at the Football games to make money for this.This link will take you to pictures by them.
Membership: None in the works, keep thinking about giving the gift of Rotary.
Polio Plus: The coupon book is running alittle late. Please try to get your contacts in or let Linda know what's up with them.
Fellowship: The new secret thing is going fine. The FC meets again next week.The Holidays party is December 18.
Centennial: the committee is meeting October 16th at Perkins at 8 a.m.
At the Board meeting: Scott Rawson adn Mary Ann Eberly were approved for leaves of absence. One cites his work with the capital campaign of Alpha Ambulance and the other is in Las Vegas.

Other business: The club approved unanimously supported a movement by Carl Hill and second by Paul Bell to forward Dick Held's name to the District for placement on the slate of candidates for District Governor in 2006-2007.

Pam Ferguson asked some questions related to attendance or the lack of it on the part of some members. The board is aware and is taking action in this regard.

This week’s note taker: Darren Johnston

None of us wants to lose a member but why should we allow someone to say they are a Rotarian if they don't support our activities or want to be at our weekly meetings? We might go down in numbers in the short run but we would have a stronger club in the long run. If you know someone pretty good that isn't showing up at meetings, why not talk to him or her about membership? -ed.

Rotary Birthdays this month:

Melissa Aungst, October 22; Paul Bell, October 27; Roger Fetter, October 29; Dennis Martella, Nov 5.
(if I missed yours please email me)

I'm missing dates for: Brooks, Davis, and Hudson.

Etc.

 

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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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Contact club webmaster: Paul Rutter
DATE
AUCTION
INVOCATION
NOTES
THANKS
Oct. 23
Goldstein
Holmes
Kauffman
Bell
Oct. 30
Hampton
Immel
C. Kerner
Biddle
Nov. 6
Held
Johnston
K. Kerner
Assembly
Nov. 13
Hickey
Jones
King
Brooks
Nov. 20
Hill
Kauffman
Martella
Brytczuk
Nov. 27
Thanksgiving
Holiday
Dec. 4
Holmes
C. Kerner
Martin
Assembly
Dec. 11
Immel
K. Kerner
Meckstroth
Christian
Dec. 18
Johnston
King
Moose
Coble
Dec. 25
Christmas
Holiday
Jan. 1, 2004
New Years
Holiday
January 2004 to be published later

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