July 26, 2011 newslatter

1. July 26, 2011
resident Bill welcomed us to our District Governor’s Official Visit. CALENDAR
P We had fifteen members and 2 guests present: Dot Bednarski,
Phyllis Danks, Joe DeCapio, Anita Diefes, Ed Diefes, Jerry Ferro, Jim
Gascon, Debbie Glisson, Bill Grossman, Kevin Pangman, Greg Quick,
Aug 3rd – Rebound Welcome Home
Dinner will be held at 6:00 pm at
the Rusty Rail in Canastota, NY to
Donna Scuderi, Helen Shaffer, Bob Shields and Lee Williams. Our guests welcome home our returning
were prospective member, Bernie Montgomery and out‐going Youth Exchange Students.
Exchange Student Sophia Beratta. Aug 3rd – 6:45 pm Our next Pilot Club
meeting at Krabby Kirk’s.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Aug 27th – Run for the Woods
C Sophia Baretta will be leaving for Poland on August 10th at 2:54 pm. Oct 25th – 5:00 pm Serve free Loaves
C Dues are due – $333 for dues and meals for the full year and and Fishes Dinner at St. John’s.
$166.50 for ½ year with the remainder due January 1st 2012. Nov 6th – 12:30 pm Serve lunch at
C Phyllis Danks reported the race is shaping up well. Samaritan Center
C She is having the route evaluated for certification.
C She has over 35 sponsors and has sent out letters to more, SPEAKERS — Please let Bill Grossman, know
expecting a good return. who you have coming.
C She is recommending a slightly more expensive shirt which she Aug 2 ‐ Phyllis Danks arranged our
thinks would be well received. (We like the idea.) program and Dot Bednarski will
C Phyllis introduced Sophia and told us they Ames have said they will present Tom Shadle who will speak
take Laura Brandt, our incoming student from Germany, for her first about Medicare and Benefits.
session here. She has four more families that may take a turn. Aug 9 ‐ Joe DeCapio
C D. G. Jim Gascon passed out registration forms for the District Aug 16 – Anita Diefes
Conference next April and invited us to register early. All the rooms Aug 23 – Ed Diefes
are the same price and the first people to register will be assigned Aug 30 – Jerry Ferro
the nicest rooms. We want lots of us to attend.
C Thanks to the efforts of Kelly Pangman, Ed Diefes, Bill Grossman and WATERING SCHEDULE – Week of...
others, our new website is now available on the web at Jul 25 ‐ Bob Shields
http://www.marcellusrotary.com. Check it out. Aug 1 ‐ Bill Grossman
Aug 8 ‐ April Tucker
OUR PROGRAM –District Governor, Jim Gascon Aug 15 ‐
We were very privileged to be the first club our governor, Jim Aug 22 ‐
Gascon, visited to make his official visit. Jim talked about the major Aug 29 ‐
emphases of RI President Kalyan Banerjee:
C His first emphasis will be the family. Jim congratulated us on our OVERHEARD
service to the Samaritan Center and the community. The current scandals over how
C His second emphasis will be continuity – finding the things we do large companies have been cooking
well and taking them to the next level. DG Jim especially the books reminds me of a basic
complemented us on our commitment to Polio Plus. We are the accounting course I took years ago.
The professor was explaining an

2. fourth largest contributor to PolioPlus in our District and the second accounting method called First In, Last
largest per‐capita contributor. RI President Kalyan said we have Out, which is useful for industries that
already raised $182 million toward our goal of $200 million. accumulate large inventories of stuff.
C His third emphasis will be change. In order for Rotary to go further, It explains why the oil industry, for
we will have to make some changes. One of the ideas Jim has example, reported huge profits during
picked up from the International Assembly is the Pilot Club project. the 1970s, when the oil shortage
And he complemented us on being strong enough to take on a pilot occurred. They stopped buying oil, so
project. they had to use oil that, on paper, had
Jim showed a portion of President Banerjee’s speech at the been purchased in the 1930s at 20¢ a
International Assembly and talked about the Rotary International barrel. They, of course, sold it at
theme for the year – “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity.” Jim then current market prices, which
shared his goals for the year: accounted for their huge profits. One
C Membership Retention. Jim pointed out that Rotary has taken in 1.2 of the students put up his hand and
million new members in less than 10 years, but has lost the same said, “Excuse me, sir, but that doesn’t
number. He asks each club President to appoint a membership sound very ethical to me.” To which
retention person whose skills are different than a recruiter’s skills the professor replied, “You’re in the
to ensure we keep the members we receive. wrong class, son. This is Accounting
C Jim’s second emphasis will be to organize a new club in the Clay ‐ 101. Ethics 101 is down the hall.” [from
Cicero area, a fast growing area without a Rotary Club. Past District Tom Telfer, RC of London West, ONT]
Governor P. J. Scott, from the Eastwood Rotary Club, has agreed to Mary Clancy goes up to Father
chair this effort. O’Grady after his Sunday morning
C And finally, Jim is challenging us and all of his clubs to be creative service, and she’s in tears. He says, ‘So
about our future. He has asked the help of the Marcellus Rotary what’s bothering you, Mary my dear?’
Club to enter a Pilot Club project for women and men who don’t fit She says, ‘Oh, Father, I’ve got terrible
our traditional breakfast meeting structure. The pilot project got off news. My husband passed away last
to a good start two weeks ago and will hold its second introductory night.’ The priest says, ‘Oh, Mary,
meeting at Krabby Kirk’s in Camillus at 6:30 pm on August 3rd. that’s terrible. Tell me, Mary, did he
Jim closed his presentation by presenting a Power Point have any last requests?’ She says,
presentation about his District Conference, April 27 ‐ 29, 2012 at ‘That he did, Father.’ The priest says,
Vernon Downs. This is the first conference held within the District in ‘What did he ask, Mary?’ She says, ‘He
many years, so Jim is stressing how easy it will be for us to participate said, Please Mary, put down that
since the conference is so close. damn gun.....’ [from Joe DeCapio]
Thank you Jim for a great program and many challenging ideas. We A drunk staggers into a Catholic
will go to work on them with you. Church, enters a confessional booth,
sits down, but says nothing. The Priest
coughs a few times to get his
attention, but the drunk continues to
sit there. Finally, the Priest pounds
three times on the wall. The drunk
mumbles, ‘Ain’t no use knockin,
there’s no paper on this side either.
[from Joe DeCapio]
CONTACT INFORMATION
You can contact Bill Grossman, at
bgrossman@marcelluspc.com. The
Assistant Governor, Deborah Glisson, Outgoing Exchange Student, Club address is PO Box 265, Marcellus
Sophia Beratta, Governor Jim Gascon and club President, Bill Grossman. NY 13108.

3. THE ABCs OF ROTARY “S/he Profits Most
[These short articles about Rotary were first published in the weekly bulletin of the
Rotary Club of North Stockton, California, U.S.A. That was well before their author, Who Serves Best”
Cliff Dochterman, became president of Rotary International for the year 1992‐93.]
The Sponsor of a New Member The Logic of Grandchildren
The bylaws of Rotary clearly outline the procedure for a prospective 1. She was in the bathroom, putting
member to be proposed for Rotary club membership. The “proposer” on h e r m a k e up, under the
is the key person in the growth and advancement of Rotary. Without a watchful eyes of her young
Sponsor, an individual will never have the opportunity to become a granddaughter, as she’d done
Rotarian. many times before. After she
The task of the proposer should not end merely by submitting a applied her lipstick and started to
name to the club secretary or membership committee. Rotary has not leave, the little one said, “But
established formal responsibilities for proposers or sponsors; however, Grandma, you forgot to kiss the
by custom and tradition these procedures are recommended in many toilet paper good‐bye!” I will
clubs. The sponsor should: probably never put lipstick on
1. Invite a prospective member to several meetings prior to proposing again without thinking about
the individual for membership. kissing the toilet paper good‐bye....
2. Accompany the prospective new member to one or more 2. My young grandson called the
orientation/informational meetings. other day to wish me Happy
3. Introduce the new member to other club members each week for Birthday. He asked me how old I
the first month. was, and I told him, 62. My grand‐
4. Invite the new member to accompany the sponsor to neighboring son was quiet for a moment, and
clubs for the first make‐up meeting to learn the process and then he asked, “Did you start at
observe the spirit of fellowship. 1?”
5. Ask the new member and spouse to accompany the sponsor to the 3. After putting her grandchildren to
club’s social activities, dinners or other special occasions. bed, a grandmother changed into
6. Urge the new member and spouse to attend the district conference old slacks and a droopy blouse and
with the sponsor. proceeded to wash her hair. As she
7. Serve as a special friend to assure that the new member becomes heard the children getting more
an active Rotarian and more rambunctious, her
When the proposer follows these guidelines, Rotary becomes patience grew thin. Finally, she
stronger with each new member. threw a towel around her head
and stormed into their room,
Rotarians Distribute Bed Nets to Fight putting them back to bed with
Malaria stern warnings. As she left the
By Ryan Hyland room, she heard the
Thousands of mothers in western Côte three‐year‐old say with a trem‐
d'Ivoire rushed out of their homes to bling voice, “Who was THAT?”
receive insecticide‐treated bed nets during 4. A grandmother was telling her
an 11‐day antimalaria campaign initiated little granddaughter what her own
by French Rotarians near the town of Man childhood was like. “We used to
in November. skate outside on a pond. I had a
The effort was part of a €56,300 swing made from a tire; it hung
(US$79,500) Rotary Foundation Matching from a tree in our front yard. We
Grant project sponsored by the Rotary rode our pony. We picked wild
clubs of Garches‐Marnes‐Vaucresson, Hauts‐de‐Seine, France, and San raspberries in the woods.” The
Pedro, Côte d'Ivoire. The volunteers drove through 38 villages, an‐ little girl was wide‐eyed, taking this
nouncing the availability of free nets over a loud speaker, and provided all in. At last she said, “I sure wish
them to pregnant women and mothers of children under five. I’d gotten to know you sooner!”