LOOKING FORWARD

To

5

Club Assembly 12

Seymour Library Hist. Rm. Tour

19 Website Dev.

Spencer Smith

26 No Meeting

To: Rob Blair

SPECIAL GUESTS: 1st Up DG Bill Gormont

BROCKPORT Rotary

Club

Newsletter October 2015 Vol. 47, No. 4

CONTENTS

Front pg. Nov. Calendar, Mtg. Speakers; 2. Focus on: Traffic Stop; 3 Club News; 4. Areal & District; 5. P.1 cont. & member profile; 6. International; 7. Sr. Breakfast

L – R, are Spencer Smith and Courtney Miller of Micro Bison Web Solutions, Area 9 ADG Bill Ewsuk, DG Bill Gormont, Club president Brad Mitchell, College at Brockport Rotaract VP Taylor McCoy and Rotaract president Juan Delgado.

Club VP Eileen Whitney presents a club banner to guest Dr. Allan Macpherson (Dr. Heidi Macpherson received one earlier. Mary Jo Orzech, Drake Library Director, introduced the president.

President Brad Mitchell presents a club banner to Rochester Rotary president Pete Sarratori who spoke on the creation and building of the Camp Sunshine Treehouse.

October 1st was the first in of a series of busy meetings with two other notable guest speakers – Brockport College President Heidi Macpherson and Rochester Rotary president Pete Sarratori (see below) plus two special events (Eastern Cities and the 29th Senior Breakfast) and one traffic stop fundraiser. The district governor started the month out with an enthusiastic message concerning the interrelationship of image, membership and support of the Foundation (especially the current Polio Plus campaign). All stories on this page continued on pg. 5.

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CLUB LEADERSHIP

2015-2016 OFFICERS President: Brad Mitchell President Elect.: Eric Jensen Vice President: Eileen Whitney Secretary: Doris Russo Treasurer: Brandi Reis DIRECTORS: • Becky Donahue • Dave Arnold • Gene Wood • Cindy Blair,

Past President

PROGRAM CHAIR: John Egan THE BRIDGE ED.: Pat Baker

HAPPY Birthday 11/7 – Pat Baker 11/19 – Don Buono

CLUB FOCUS: Traffic Stop Earns Nearly 2K

Norm, “Brrrrr! It’s Cold” .

Delores, Eric & Jerry, Counting cash - BEST job.”

Eric, “I run for money.”

Doug , “Who says no to Santa?”

DEB, “Man, it’s WINDY!!

That’s George, Doing his thing.

President BRAD Looking LEFT, Looking RIGHT

Thanks to all. (Sorry, no photo of

Brandi.)

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Rotaract Members Attend two October Meetings

OCTOBER PERFECT ATTENDANCE • Art Appleby • Pat Baker • Dom Buono • George Dahl • Lorrie D’Angelo • Norm Knight • Brad Mitchell • Brandi Reis • Doris Russo • Eileen Whitney • Gene Wood

(let editor know if there is lis in in error)

LOOKING Ahead

To Annual

Christmas Party

SAVE THE DATE Thursday, 12/10

LOCATION

58 Main

Menu Brisket,

Pulled Pork Chicken Breast Garden Salad

Roasted Potatoes Veggetable

Dessert

OCTOBER ACCOMPLISHMENTS In no particular order:

• Great speakers • Very profitable Traffic Stop • Successful 29th Senior Breakfast • Attendance at special District Events

Eastern Cities Dinner: Brad, George, Gene, Lorrie and Norm

Camp Sunshine Open House: Pat • Lot of thinking and discussion on Camp

Haccamo and its future.

The Club is very proud of its College at Brockport Rotaract Club. A warm welcome was given to VP Taylor McCoy and President Juan Delgado at the annual meeting with 7120 DG Bill Gormont (next to McCoy). Club President Brad Mitchell stands next to Delgado (far right). The lower photo shows new member , Brockport Rotary Scholarship winner, Dr. Allan Macpherson, College at Brockport President, Dr. Heidi Macpherson, Delgado and Dr. Mary Jo Orzech, Rotarian, Director of the Drake Library and official Rotary and College advisor for the Rotaract Club. In October the club held a Halloween fundraiser for Syrian refugees.

Meeting with DG Gormont on October 1st

Meeting with College president, October 15th

MAKE UPS COUNT

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There are still several Webinar seminars left this year and probably more will be added by leader Tom Brown. There is also an archive of past ones that members may feel are of interest. Your editor knows that things connected with PR are not of primary interest even though they are of primary concern and value. Take a webinar and you may find you are interested after all. It is not necessary to submerge yourself, only get involved in some small piece.

DG Bill’s . . . “Tip of the Month” o Did you forget to contribute to the

Rotary Foundation AGAIN this month?

o Do you want to ensure you’ll never forget again?

o Simply sign-up for Rotary Direct and it happens automatically every month, quarter or annually.

o Go to Rotary Direct Form or call +1-866-976-8279.

LOOKING To November 11/4, Foundation Committee

Meeting - Noon - at Peppermint’s in Avon (date changed from Tuesday, November 3rd).

11/7, Rotary Leadership Institute, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM Canandaigua Inn on the Lake 11/15, Rotary Foundation.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT Grapes, Grazing, Grants & Giving, 12-1:20; 2-3 pm, Finger Lakes CC, Canandaigua

7.21-22, Youth Exchange

Outbound Interview Weekend, Rotary Sunshine Campus, Rush

District website has more info. as does the Grapevine (Below)

http://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050098/en-ca/files/homepage/district-7120-newsletter-grapevine-october-2015-issue/October-2015.pdf

KEEPING UP WITH AREA & DISTRICT

HAPPENINGS

BITS & PIECES Eastern Cities Six Brockport Rotarians attended the event held in Rochester: Brad, Gene, Norm, George & Lorrie. As usual, excellent speaker and meal.

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Image is heavily influenced by social media. The link between image and foundation may be less obvious, but again, the Club’s image and visibility bolsters Rotary and Foundation images alike. Along with public education about Rotary, it is critical to attracting new members. (One plus the number leaving is the minimal yearly goal.) Website The governor also participated in publicizing of the start-up of the club’s new website. Tweaking of the site will go on for a while and a member training session will be scheduled. The Club thanks the new company for its assistance with this important project. See p. 1 for a photo of Micro Bison Web Solutions’ Spencer Smith and Courtney Miller. Rotaract College at Brockport Rotaract leaders were introduced to the governor. President Juan Delgado and Vice president Taylor McCoy also had a pho taken with DG Gormont. (See p.2).’

SEPTEMBER’S CLUB MEMBER PROFILE – JOHN EGAN John Egan joined the club in 2009 and has already been through the officer ranks (President 2013-14) and was an Irv Kropman honoree for service in 2011. John has been someone who can find out or find somebody who can find out anything. He gets things done. Maybe it the engineering background, or having the fortitude to create a private company, Egan Electronic Designs. An independent spirit he enjoys running his own show and the additional freedom to go hunting and fishing (twin passions of his). If it has legs, he hunts it (elk, bears, deer, etc.). He also enjoys opportunities to have fun with friends and and relatives who accompany him on his junkets. Wife Molly has been known to accompany him sometimes – fishing for example. He also raises a pig or two for consumption. John loves to barbeque as demonstrated at Rotary food concessions and the annual steak roast. The Egan’s live in rural Town of Sweden. Currently John is the new Club program chair: succeeding his friend and Rotary sponsor and neighbor George Dahl. peb

“Quotables” “In every job there must be done, there is an element of

fun. You find the fun and the job’s a

game.” Mary Poppins

Robert & Richard Sherman

* * * * * “Promise me

you will remember,

You are BRAVER than

you believe, STRONGER

than you seem and SMARTER than you think.

A. A. Milne

DG Gormont, Continued

Rochester Rotary President Sarratori, Continued

President Macpherson, Continued

Rochester Rotary Club president Pete Sarratori, who honchoed the Camp Sunshine Treehouse from beginning to end, gave the members the backstory on the project. He contacted what are known as the “Tree House Guys” from DIY TV (prior to that association), called in people to help and donate. The privately funded results were shown on TV. Mostly the building was by local members and volunteers who actually went to Oregon at times for training because the experts were working on more than one show at a time. He also referred to the new Sensory Center where children have a chance to “run off some steam.” See page 7 for Camp Sunshine photos taken by your editor at the recent Open House.

The Club welcomed Brockport College president, Dr. Heidi Macpherson and her husband, Dr. Allan Macpherson. The President spent time explaining why she came to Brockport as well as her history as a professor and administrator in Great Britain for over two decades. She also described some of the many programs and other initiatives underway at the College at Brockport. One that people do not often note is the foreign scholars abroad. Not only does the college send about 50 abroad each year but the handle the arrangements for many students from other area and regional colleges. The destinations are located throughout the world – Japan to England. She also indicated her willingness to visit the club again (Dr. Allan also was invited back to speak on his exploits in the military or any topic he wishes.

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• Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer

• Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder of Mayo Clinic

• Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor of the wireless radio and Nobel laureate

• Thomas Mann, German novelist and Nobel laureate

• Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and Nobel laureate

• Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer

• Jan Masaryk, foreign minister of Czechoslovakia

• H.E. Soleiman Frangieh, president of Lebanon

• Dianne Feinstein, U.S. senator

• Manny Pacquaio, Filipino world-champion boxer and congressman

• Richard Lugar, U.S. senator

• Frank Borman, American astronaut

• Edgar A. Guest, American poet and journalist

• Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer

• Franz Lehar, Austrian composer

• Lennart Nilsson, Swedish photographer

• James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney Co.

• Carlos Romulo, UN General Assembly president

• Sigmund Sternberg, English businessman and philanthropist

• Thomas Edison, inventor

• Franklin Roosevelt, president

• Gerald Ford, president

Paul Harris was a very wise man who is quoted widely. “If this Rotary of ours is destined to be more than a mere passing thing, it will be because you and I have learned the importance of bearing with each other’s infirmities, the value of toleration.” — Rational Rotarianism, The National Rotarian, January 1911

ROTARY'S WHEEL EMBLEM Where Did It Originate?

The wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement." Most of the early clubs had some form of wagon wheel on their publications and letterheads. Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary clubs should adopt a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians. Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel, with 24 cogs and six spokes was adopted by the "Rotary International Association." A group of engineers advised that the geared wheel was mechanically unsound and would not work without a "keyway" in the center of the gear to attach it to a power shaft. So, in 1923 the keyway was added and the design which we now know was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.

Where Did Rotary Get Its Name?

Rotary got its name from its habit of moving meetings from office to office.

From 50 things need to know about Rotary by Steve Garett, 5000 DG 1994-95,

“This is a changing world; we must be prepared to change with it.” Paul Harris

Source: http://www.rotaractorwiki.org/wiki/Famous_Rotarians/

NOTABLE ROTARIANS FROM THE PAST: YOU ARE IN GREAT HISTORICAL COMPANY

Brockport Rotary Club meets most

Thursdays at 6:1 5 pm at Fazool’s, 51 Market St. Brockport, NY

Thanks to all those who served – shown at left: Lauri Gurnett, Molly Mitchell, Norm Knight, Art Appleby, George Dahl, Gene Wood, Eileen Whitney, Doris Russo, Brandi Reis, Lorrie D’Angelo and Dom Buono. Pat Baker took photos. Thanks to McDonald’s Restaurant staff and management for their Support (many shown directly below.

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Immediately above left are 4 of the guests all from Holley: Anita Piedimonte, Rose Gifaldi (door prize winner), Betty Passarell and Jane Pitts. Special thanks to Gene Wood who honchos this event with Lauri Gurnett’s help.

Service

Above

Self