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Skantarian Newsletter
Nov 02, 2023
Editor:.  Mary F Giroux
Asst-Editor:  Ward  Vuillemot 
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Skaneateles Rotary Club 4859
Skaneateles Rotary Club
PO Box 316
Skaneateles, New York 13152
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District 7150 & RI Officers
  DG - Elise Hereth
  AG  Area 7 - Charlie Smith
  DGE Lizzy Martin
  DGN - TBA
  DGND - TBA
  SEC - PDG Pete Cardamone
  ​Treas - Tara Renner
  Dir 22/24 - Drew Kessler
  Dir 24/26 - 
Rotary International Ofc/Dirs
  RIP - Gordon R. McInally
  RIPE Stephanie A. Urchick
  RIVP - Pat Merryweather-Arges
  RIPN - TBA
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Birthdays & Club Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bill Conole
November 1
 
Robin Jowaisas
December 5
 
John Moran
December 16
 
Bill Allyn
December 21
 
Join Date
Roberta Williams
November 4, 2004
19 years
 
John O'Sullivan
November 6, 2008
15 years
 
Jay Stith
November 7, 2019
4 years
 
Tyler Lorey
November 7, 2019
4 years
 
Andy Stevens
November 14, 2019
4 years
 
Edward Evans
November 14, 2019
4 years
 
Ayham Boucher
November 19, 2020
3 years
 
Jack Hyatt
December 1, 1970
53 years
 
Jean Sardino
December 4, 2008
15 years
 
Chuck O'Neil
December 6, 2007
16 years
 
Gary Ozminkowski
December 8, 2016
7 years
 
Some other Links
Skaneateles Rotary Club
Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
Rotary International
Rotary District 7150
CNY BooksForTheWorld
Rotary Leadership Inst.
ClearPath for Veterans
Skaneateles C of C
Skaneateles Central School Dist.
Baltimore Woods
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Vice President
 
Immediate Past Pres.
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
Club Admin
 
Sergeant at Arms
 
Exec-Secretary
 
Asst-Exec-Secretary
 
Director 2023-24
 
Director 2023-24
 
Director 2023-24
 
Director 2023-24
 
Director 2023-24
 
Youth Exchange Chair
 
Rotary Foundation Chair
 
Membership-Rtn Chair
 
Membership Chair
 
Comm Service Chair
 
PR Committee Chair
 
Bulletin Editor
 
Asst Bulletin Ed.
 
Program Chair
 
Worthy Cause Chair
 
Youth Exchange Officer
 
Elect-Media Chair
 
Fundraising Chair
 
Grants Chair
 
SRF Chairperson, 2024
 
SRF Treasurer, 2023
 
SRF Trustee, 2024
 
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Upcoming MEETINGS
Nov 9, 2023.. Happy Hour 5PM ... At the American Legion
Nov 16, 2023.....Regular Meeting
  Program:  Club Assembly
    Venue:  Sherwood Inn
    Time:  6:30 PM
    RSVP to Ed Evans by Tuesday Nov 14th
              eae3972@aol.com or 425-503-9044
 
Schedule - for meetings - see notices below
 
MEETING Nov 02, 2023 .... by Mary
The Beginnings: President Doug opened the meeting by leading us in the Pledge and welcoming our guests:  Bella (our exchange student from Stockholm), John and Corinne Buterbaugh (Bill's lovely family), Pam Stern (our soon-to-be member....Yay!!!), Corey Bond Bowman (Mike T's guest and hopefully a new member!), and Kartik Sharma (John Buterbaugh's friend and hopefully a new member!!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bill B announced that we still need a host for the upcoming Happy Hour at the Legion next Thursday (Nov 9).  If you can do this contact Bill.  John Moran announced that he and Rosemary are coordinating the Salvation Army bell ringing at Tops and that sign ups would be available soon.  Gary announced that the Bookleggers pack 99.9% of a pallet this week and expressed his thanks.
The Program:  Our very own Ayham Boucher told us about Artificial Intelligence which is a hot topic these days.  So, I went home, downloaded the Chat GPT app and asked for a simple definition of artificial intelligence.  I was rewarded with the following reply :  "The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages."  Ayham gave several demonstrations of AI at work using examples from Rosemary's travel business, Mike's legal tasks, and Jay's skills with spreadsheets.  When composing a response AI is based on logic that gives the next most likely word based on the prompts provided by the user.  Ayham also informed us that AI sometimes hallucinates and just "makes stuff up."  His example was a legal argument that was very good.  However, the case citations were all made up!!  Thanks to Ayham for a very informative session on a very mysterious subject.
The End:  We closed the meeting with the Four (five) Way Test.
Board of Directors Mtg notes  ... by Mary Giroux
Your Board of Directors met on Nov 2nd.The following is a brief of the discussions and actions taken.
Attendees:  Jay Stith, Mary Giroux, Andy Stevens, Dave Lee, Doug Hill, Rosemary Mondo, Ayham Boucher and Mike Tierney
Financials: Jay reviewed the Foundation financial.  Foundation Treasurer responsibilities are being transitioned from Marv to Jay.
Scholarship in Memory of Karen Price:  An annual scholarship amount of $6500 and the procedure for granting scholarships was approved by the Board.  The Board also approved donating 5% of proceeds from each of our major fundraisers to sustain the scholarship in future years.  The process and continuation will be reviewed every three years.
Holiday Basket Dinner:  Planning is underway.  Menu and price to be determined next week.
Recruitment efforts:  Pam Stern has been approved and induction is January 18th.  Mike is following up with potential new members.
Service Projects: Jay reported December's service projects to be the Holiday Basket dinner and bell ringing for the Salvation Army.  January's project will be Winterfest.
2024-2025 Officers and Directors:  Potential Officers and Directors need to be identified for the 2024-2025 Rotary Year.  Three of the current Board members will be retained for another year and two new Board members are needed.
Worthy Causes:  The Board approved donations to the Finger Lakes Land Trust and SAVES.  Also approved was 50% toward the Rotary ice sculpture for Winterfest.
 
HOLIDAY BASKET DINNER
    Plans are under way for our annual Holiday Basket Dinner to benefit the local food pantries and Skaneateles Outreach.  It will be held on Thursday, Dec 7th at the Skaneateles Country Club. You can reserve a table of 8 or 10 by emailing or calling Craig at cfroelich75@gmail.com or 405-517-8831.  We are also seeking items for the Silent Auction which was a great success last year. If you would like to donate an item or can solicit an item from a local business let Marv know at:  langmarvin55@gmail.com or 315-651-6420.
SERVICE PROJECTS Recap
 Although it's been a while since we've met a lot of good things have been going on within the club over the last few weeks.  "Service above self " is happening!  
> Youth ExchangeOur Youth Exchange Committee has been busy working with the high school to recruit and interview potential youth exchange students for the 2024-2025 year.
> Dictionary ProjectCraig is working with State Street School to get a brand-new dictionary into the hands of every third grader.  We'll let you know when this is done and thanks to Craig for taking this on.
> Holiday Basket DinnerOur annual dinner to benefit the local food pantries and Skaneateles Outreach is scheduled for December 7th at the Skaneateles Country Club.  The event committee met to begin the planning process and we will keep you posted.  Thanks to Marv for chairing the planning committee.
and THERE GOES ANOTHER PALLET of books!
On Wednesday last week (Gary, Robin & Joyce, Marv, Mary, Andy and Ward) gathered at the Middle and State Street schools to glean unused books for the CNY Rotarian Books for the World project, which provid much needed educational and reading materials to children around our world.  Pictured are;  Marv, Andy & Gary palletizing the books for their first leg of their journey.  
Another meaningful way Rotarians continue to serve their world community!
Birthdays & Rotary Anniversaries!
Checkout the Birthday & Rotary Anniversary listing in the left column of this newsletter.   Be sure to wish the members a "Happy Birthday" and congratulations on their years of Rotary Service.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
Have Skaneateles YE students
Come from or Gone to
 in this 2023/24 Academic Year
CLICK HERE to discover the answer.
D7150 News & Updates
Newsletter & Facebook pages
District & Club information
CLICK HERE to access and read the latest edition of the District 7150 Newsletter, and discover all the many Rotary virtual events and happenings taking place within our CNY Rotary clubs and in the world of Rotary.  CLICK HERE to view District 7150 Facebook. Both are chucked full of District and Club information .... and more.
SKANEATELES ROTARY CLUB'S
Upcoming Speakers & Events
See SPEAKERS below or CLICK HERE or on the  Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page. Please contact Bill Conole at conolew@gmail.com or 315-857-1260 if you have any suggestions and/or input for a potential club program.
SRC MEETING SCHEDULE!!
First Thursday - Dinner meeting with speaker.  Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
Second Thursday - Optional attendance at Happy hour from 5:30 to 6:30.
Third Thursday - Dinner meeting with speaker.  Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
Fourth Thursday - No meeting
Fifth Thursday (when applicable) - Dinner meeting with speaker.  Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
With fewer meetings attendance is more important than ever!  
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Club, District 7150, Rotary & other
Programs/Speakers
Nov 09, 2023
Venue: American Legion Hall
Nov 16, 2023
Nov 23, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
Joe, Katie & Connor
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Service Above Self
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The Sherwood Inn
26 W. Genesee St
Skaneateles, NY 13152
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