TUESDAY, July 26, 2005
Last Week (7/19): “JR’s BBQ” at Whetten’s; Ron Serapilio’s
Membership Talk This Week (7/26): BOD Meeting; Visit
of new District Governor, Sam Hall Next Week (8/2): Civil War Period Rope
Making Demonstration – Mike Speranza Aug 9: Dr Michael Black, who
worked on Tsunami Relief Aug 16: BBQ at
Charlton School Sept 15: Gift of Life
Golf and Bocci Tournament Invocation: Garry Morrow, Dan Stec
or Bob Youmans
Calendar of Events
Events Coming Up:
Suggestions for future programs may be given to Linda LeTendre
Meeting of July 19, 2005
The meeting was held at the
lovely home of Rey and Gini Whetten, overlooking Ballston Lake. Members and spouses enjoyed a hearty chicken
and beef dinner catered by JR’s BBC. Bob
Youmans led the singing of You Are My Sunshine. Linda LeTendre collected Happy Dollars.
Rey Whetten conducted the
business meeting.
The draft Budget for the
new year was handed out and presented by Ken Crotty.
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It is similar to last year with small changes in
expenditures.
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It was noted that the Club has been giving to the
same group of charities for a number of years, with the suggestion that we may
wish to change the pattern of giving – for example funding projects carried out
by the club.
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The budget may be changed by a vote of the membership
at any meeting during the year should changes be desired.
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A motion was made and seconded that the budget be
accepted as presented.
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During discussion it was pointed out that as a
non-charity the Club is free to donate to any organization it deems appropriate
– not just 501C3 charities.
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The previous question was moved, and the budget was
accepted by unanimous vote.
Rey thanked the Board of
Directors for coming to his house for meetings on two consecutive Saturday
mornings.
Membership Planning – Ron Serapilio
Ron Serapilio presented his
vision and plan for increasing the Club’s membership over the next year. Ron is excited and proud to be not only a
Rotarian but also an active member of the BH-BL Club. As described by Gini Whetten, it is a
small club with a big heart.
Although some clubs are experiencing declining enrollment, our
membership is up and continuing up.
Inspired by Bill McClary’s observation whether
this club will live or die will be our choice to make, Ron’s goal is to add
4 or 5 new members over the next year while holding on to the present 45
members. His plan is in three stages:
1. Retain our entire present
membership. Reach out to those
who have been away too long. They are
missed. We need them.
2. Do our very best to
re-involve as many members as we can.
We will ask all committees to brainstorm as to how to become more
active. We will break down major tasks
into minor tasks to involve more members in smaller but still significant ways.
3. Increase our enrollment by
10%. There are 9000 people BH-BL and
4000 in Charlton. Out of 13,000 are
there not 4 or 5 quality people with service above self, written on their
hearts?
We need to carry on in
service to others, increasing our public image, and telling everyone – or
perhaps just someone about Rotary. Gini
Whetten is here to tell about her activities to help that goal.
New Professional Materials
– Gini Whetten
Gini, a professional
graphic artist, has prepared a suite of materials to help project a
professional image to our public.
She and Ron are pictured
holding a storyboard displaying new stationary, letterhead, note cards,
certificate of appreciation, a folder with printed cover for the membership
packet and informative brochures. In
addition Gini has prepared business cards for each member bearing the Rotary
logo and web-site address, as well as the member’s address and e-mail
information. It is intended that these
cards be used to help link prospective members to a sponsoring member and
through them, to the club. These new materials present the new Club motto:
WEBSITES: BHBL Rotary:
www.bhblrotary.org District 7190:
www.capitalregionrotary.org
Please communicate
corrections, news items, program information and scheduled events to:
Dick O’Rourke at
372-8287 robrwo@aol.com or Gini Whetten
at 399-8905 giniwhetten@cs.com
7-26 Reporter: Fred Baily