Amy Wickiewicz from Wakefield was a guest.
Bear Cranney was a guest.
Kang Yu, Assistant District Governor from Saugus, was a visitor.
Peter Simonsen, District Governor from Hamilton/Wenham, was a visitor.
Mike Pascal was a guest of Paul Herrick.
Greg Smith of the Enterprise Center was a guest of Rinus Oosthoek.
Beth Tobin was a guest of Adria Leach.
Mike McLaughlin's parents, Bob and Lorraine, were guests.
Four students from Early Act were guests of Betsye Sargent.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
Jeff Holloran spent a week in Key West.
Patrick Langmaid is now a residential loan officer at Beverly Bank.
Jim Bailey celebrated his 83rd birthday, and spotted an alligator while he was fishing in Florida.
John Fisher took his daughter, Heather, to the Patriots game.
Roberta Cantor took a trip to San Francisco.
Patty Pace's daughter finished her first 1/2 marathon.
Rinus Oosthoek announced that Sunday is the start of Salem Restaurant Week.
Jason Consalvo paid for an "absolute beat down" of the Broncos by the Pats.
Viktoria Talebian reminded us about the Lifebridge dinner on Wednesday night.
Chris Casey's sister, Pam, Registrar of Probate Court, requested your vote!
Rich Eisner gave his son's hockey report, they lost to Marblehead, but won against Beverly, then they lost the next 3 games.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
The Early Act Club is working with us and doing club service.
- Jack donated $100 to the Salvation Army turkey project.
- Anthony is doing a Piggy Bank project where Rotarians purchase a bank for a $5 and fill it for donations.
- Lexi is working on the giving tree for the Salem Y. She is also picking up ink cartridges from the hotel as an environmental and financial project.
- Mayan is the President of the Early Act Club. She will make cupcakes for our Lifebridge dinner. She is also gardening under the Rotary sign in town.
The donations for the turkeys will be collected, and the Angel tags will be available on November 18th.
The Polar Plunge will be on January 31st.
Happy birthday to Mark Shaw on the 5th and David Wescott on the 10th of November!
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
Kang Yu, the Assistant District Governor was at the meeting and offered to help clubs from the District level. He introduced our District Governor, Peter Simonsen, to the group.
Peter said it was a pleasure to be at the meeting, and recognized John Hall. Peter told a story of a time when he visited the Boston Rotoract Club. He was asked to present some of the pins to the members. One of the members was wearing a dress with spaghetti straps on it. He asked his wife, Diane, to help him pin it on, and she said, "No." So, Peter just handed the woman her pin and quickly sat down!
Peter is the first District Governor from the Hamilton/Wenham Club. He praised all the work the Salem Club does locally and internationally.
He spoke about four areas of Rotary:
- Foundation
- Youth Services - Youth Exchange, RYLA, Interact, and Rotoract
- Membership - there is a commission of 12 working to build membership
- Public Relations
He said the district is helpful for training and for giving access to the Rotary world. It works with PETS, Governor training , and District assembly.
The theme for Rotary International this year is "Light Up Rotary." There are 34,567 Rotary clubs in the world, and there are 48 clubs in our district. The goal for Rotary is to reach 1.3M members worldwide. The Rotary Foundation goal is to reach $120M ($100 per member) this year. Our district usually provides $200K + each year. 44 clubs have put in foundation goals for the year.
The District has a Club Visionary Program, which offers a 3 year plan for clubs to help with their individual organizations. They have increased the technology and communications through website access at club level and Rotary International. Club Runner and Club Central are two of the sites available to members for information about their particular club and Rotary International.
Some of the new ideas and goals for Rotary are:
- Elderact Club - Swampscott and Marblehead Harbor clubs are sponsoring this and they have 30 members so far!
- Satellite Clubs - where clubs may have meetings held at different hours (breakfast, evening) to accommodate members schedules. This will hopefully build membership and create more service projects. The goal for Rotary is to be the "best hours of the week!" We are trying for 2,100 members in our district.
Some future events are:
- The Polar Plunge, held on January 31st - Peter encourages all of us to participate!
- The District 7930 Conference will be May 1-May 3, 2015 - The conference luncheon is planning on 300-400 attendees. Friday night will be at the Harvard Club in Boston, Saturday will be a day of programs, Saturday night we will be celebrating Presidents in Salisbury. The closing brunch will be at the Double Tree.
