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Edition: #243
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (November 18, 2004)
Program: ( )
Auction item
: Helyer
Note taker: Martin
Thank speaker
:
Whitfield
Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History November 13 Foundation Dinner
November 14 Outbound Youth Exchange Interviews (Mt. Nit. Mid School)
November 18
November 25 Thanksgiving-No Meeting
December 2 Chuck Gambone--
December 9 Assembly
December 16 Ellie Beaver--
December 23 Judy Myrick--
December 30
Harry Zimbler--
February 22, 2005 Jt. meeting with Pleasant Gap & State College RC

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Margie Navarro, Altoona R.C.; Deb Fudrow, State College R.C.; Hamedullah Saeed Sherwani from Islamabad, Pakistan R.C.,
Make-ups turned in:
Guests:
Laurel Sanders, a guest of Paul Rutter; Ted Staat, a guest of Paul Rutter, Scott Buchart, a guest of Paul Rutter.
50/50: There are 43 cards left and about $145.
Auction: The auction item was a certificate to Wegmans. It was won with a high bid of $38!

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

August 10 Centennial Project Concert Bottled Water Booth - Davis, Eberly, Fetter, Rutter, Holmes, Held

July 27 Centennial Project Concert Bottled Water Booth - Walsh, Coble, Kauffman, Fetter, Rutter, Hill, Eberly, Bedell

June 13-14 RYEX sleep over-home stay - Mose, Eberly, Hill, King, Rutter, Taverno, Zimbler, Davis, plus more to be listed as soon as I learn who they are.

June 4-6 Community Service Special Olympics - Potalivo, Catalano, DeArmitt, Abramson, Bedell, Zimbler, Coble, Davis, Brytzcuk, Walsh, Taverno x3, Hill, Jones, Christian, Fetter, Bell, Hellyer, Carol Lloyd, Domalski

  • Previous Mystery member's experience: no info this week.click for answer
  • The District Newsletter is online at the district Web site.
  • Interested in working the gates at home football games? Contact Harry Zimbler. The club earns money from your time and you get a parking pass and ticket to the game. Your friends and family can help too. Next Game is Michigan State! See Penn State win at home against the team that beat Wisconsin!!
  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: There were many folks but since there was nota note taker I don't have them listed here. We're glad you are happy. You know who you are. .

  • The back page of the Coupon Book is for sale. Contact Linda if interested in purchasing.
  • We need to sell bricks. CNet filmed a segment at the Borough building on 10/27 at noon. The show is airing over the next two weeks.
    Sunday, Nov. 7 - 2:00 p.m.
    Sunday, Nov. 7 - 8:00 p.m.
    Monday, Nov. 8 - 10:00 a.m.
    Tuesday, Nov. 9 - 4:30 p.m.
    Friday, Nov. 12 - 11:00 a.m.
    Saturday, Nov. 13 - 7:00 p.m.
  • Our Exchange Students this year are Gabriela Voloschin from Argentina and Poom Charttrakarn from Thailand
  • The club stationery is online in MS Word format
  • Please do your make-ups. One can use the E-club if needed.We need to get our attendance numbers higher.we were at 52% last month.
  • Ron Taverno has a new email address. He no longer uses an AOL account. Use rtaverno@psu.edu or rtaverno@adelphia.net to reach Ron.
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • mystery answer: none this week.
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    Previous Week's Speaker: Optical Image Technology with Scott Buchart & Laurel Sanders

    Laurel Sanders, the Director of Marketing for Optical Image Technology introduced founder, president, and CEO Scott Buchart of OIT. Scott gave a terrific presentation mixing between how his 40 person company headquartered here in State College was founded and began doing business overseas. Scott wento ver the prattfalls of doing International Business. One of the larger things I learned is that we have to observe the customs of the country we are hoping to do business in. We can't be the 10,000 pound gorilla doign it all our way.

    Scott talked about SEDA-COG and how SEDA-COG can help businesses get started with International business. The talk was excellend and held our interest completely.

    PDG Carol Walsh thanked Scott for speaking to us.

    This week’s note taker: (No official note taker, please if you will be absent get a replacement)

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Dennis Martella, November 5; Chris Turley, November 26; Terry Edwards, November 30;  Joe Geise, November 30;         (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
    Nov. 25
    No Meeting---Happy Thanksgiving!!
    Dec. 2
    Hickey
    Meckstroth
    Zimbler
    Gambone
    Dec. 9
    Hill
    Moose
    Assembly
    n/a
    Dec. 16
    Holmes
    Mose
    Abramson
    Beaver
    Dec. 23
    Immel
    Myrick
    Amato
    Myrick
    Dec. 30
    Johnston
    Potalivo
    Bacastow
    Zimbler
    Jan. 6, 2005
    Jones
    Rutter
    Beaver

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    (above right and left) These photos are late additions from the Foundation Dinner Saturday night. Our club was represented by the Rotarians above plus Carl Hill who had to leave early to pick up Youth Exchange students. (Always doing his RYEX thing!!)

    (left) Linda and Jerry Friedman, organizers of the event and State College Downtown Rotarian Mary Dunkel.