Reporting Meeting of 30 April 2007

(For Distribution 7 May 2007)

Text Box: Calendar of Events Last Week: 4/23 Lakeside Volleyball Team, Coach Melissa Armstrong BOD Meeting at 5 PM This Week: 4/30 Brazilian Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team Next Week: 5/7 BHBL School Budget – Ms. Jackie St. Onge Coming Up: 5/14 Club Awards Night, (Spouses Night), BOD Meeting Coming Up: 5/21 Work Projects - TBA Coming Up: 5/28 National Holiday (No Meeting) Note: The regular meeting night is Monday at 6:15 PM at the Bill Sewell Room at the Ballston Town Hall Invocation: George Bailey, Garry Morrow, Dan Stec or Bob Youmans Please give suggestions for future programs to Ron Serapilio
Text Box: 30 April Announcements
 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


·        The meeting was held in the Bill Sewell room of the Town of Ballston town hall.  Marcella’s of Burnt Hills catered dinner.

·        George Bailey delivered the invocation, welcoming our Brazilian guests.

·        Guests included visiting Rotarians, spouses and hosts of the GSE Team

·        Mark Gasparovic thanked those who had participated in the setup and cleanup of last week’s meeting, and thanked those who had worked on the Charlton Road Cleanup on Saturday 28 April.

·        Mark announced that the club would participate again in two parades in June: Charlton Founder’s Day on Sunday the 3rd and the BHBL Flag Day event on Thursday the 7th.  Fred Baily will send out additional information by e-mail to the membership.

·        The Charlton Bulk Item Pickup will be held 14-18 May.

·        The spring workweek activities are scheduled for the three Mondays 5/21, 6/4 and 6/11.

·        A picnic at the Elmer Smith Park is being planned for July 2nd.

·        A bottle and can drive benefiting the Lakeside Volleyball Boys’ Team will be held on May 5th.

·        Text Box: Serve with us – the world is waitingMark warned of the risk of deer ticks now that spring has arrived.

·        Mary Anderson appealed for Rotary contribution to Town in Bloom.  Only 12 have participated to date.  Contributions can be made to Mary or Val Mosier.

·        Bob Youmans led the singing and Gasparovic collected Happy Dollars.

Text Box: Program: Group Study Exchange, GSE 2006/2007 

 

 


Garry Morrow, International Service Chair introduced the visiting delegation from District 4600 in Brazil.

·        Gina Mancini De Almeida, the team leader, is a physician specializing in angiology and vascular echography. She comes from the Volta Redonda club.

·        Carolina Magno Correa is an architect from Sao Jose dos Campos.

·        Kitiah de Assis Magalhaes is a school psychologist and teacher from Volta Redonda.

·        Pedro Ivo de Sousa Tau comes from Caraguatatuba where he is the head public administrator in the city hall.

 

     The team introduced themselves, their families and their activities (with pictures shown with our club’s new digital projector).  Their District 4600 covers the coastal region of Brazil ranging from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo.  The entire country contains 2268 Rotary Clubs with nearly 50,000 members.

     Good use was made of a PowerPoint presentation with musical accompaniment to present Brazil, its multi-racial society, diet, sports, music and dance.  The original population was South American Indian, with Portuguese added during the Age of Discovery. They in turn imported African slaves, followed by more recent immigration from Italy, Germany and Asia.  Brazil is proud of its diverse society.  Pork and beans are favored foods.  Brazil is a leading country in many sports including soccer.  It is famous for the samba and for its celebration of Carnival.

     The presentation closed with a musical slide show with side-by-side pictures of life in Brazil and the United States.

     The photo is of Garry Morrow, our four Brazilian guests, and their Rotary District 7190 hosts.

 

 

 

 

Reported by Fred Baily