Mar 29, 2018 - Lauren Kochian, Exec VP of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museaum of Science & Technology
NEXT WEEK
April 5, 2018 - Sarah Allen - Syracuse Habitat for Humanity & AmeriCorps National in Community Outreach.
CRAIG FROELICH
Skaneateles RC's Newest Member:
Craig Froelich, sponsored by Dan Roche was inducted into our membership last week. Craig's classification in Chemical Engineering, and is the founder and past president of Envio Systems, Inc. of Seminole, OK and a 16 year member of the Seminole Rotary Club. Craig and his wife, Barbara reside at 101 W. Lake St., Skaneateles.
Please introduce yourself and get to know Craig and welcome him into our band of Happy Rotarians.
PRESIDENTS' CORNER ... by Pres., Mary Giroux
Happy Spring to everyone! And a big welcome to our newest club member, Craig Froelich!
Eric Amberge, Commander of the Skaneateles American Legion Post gave us the history of the Post and local heroes. There are lots of Post events that we can all participate in to support the mission of the Post and our veterans who have given so much to our country. Thank you to Eric and all of our veterans.
Lastly, there are a couple of Rotary events coming up: the annual District conference in Corning, April 27-29 and District training on Saturday, April 7th in Verona. See the information in this newsletter to make your reservations.
See you next week!
MEETING SETUP & ASSIGNMENTS
ASSIGNMENTS
Mar 29
Apr 05
50/50 Ticket Sales
Chris Pateras
Cathy Powell
Meal Ticket Sales
David Piper
Karen Price
Pledge
Skip Plank
Alice Purdy
Invocation
Doug Powell
Dan Roche
50/50 sales folks should arrive and setup 20 minutes early
Please find a replacement if you will not be present for your assignment!
CLICK HEREto see 50/50 & Meal Ticket Sales duties and instructions
THE STOPPER QUIZ
To encourage Skantarians to read their club's weekly Skantarian, from time to time, Ward will quiz the membership on the current week's newsletter and those with the correct answers may participate in a draw for a hand crafted wine stopper or pen that week. So...... read on, and glean the local and Rotary news and information included in your club's newsletter. See ye at the draw. ..... Ward
AskWard.... If you have a question about Rotary or the club, CLICK HEREto ask Ward, and he will either provide the correct answer, direct to the proper source for the anwser ..... or make something up, when all else fails.
Question: What is a District Assembly and who should plan to attend?
Answer: It is an annual training session for all income officers of Rotary Club, where the 2018-19, Rotary and District objectives and focuses will be discussed, as well at specific training and updates for Club; Secretary, Treasurer, Foundation Chair, Membership Chair & Public Image Chair. However, all Rotarians are invited to attend.
The Skaneateles Rotary Clubs have been around for a few years; however, each Rotary year brings in a new set of District and Club officers. To paraphrase an old saying goes; “It’s not too late to teach a ‘long standing Rotarian’ new tricks.”
CLICK HEREto learn more about this year's Assembly and to Register.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
April 19, PDG Deb Glisson will be at our club to tell us about the 400+ teens coming to CNY to preform home repairs for elderly, low-income and/or disabled families on June 24 to 30. Teens focusing on Community Action!
DISTRICT NEWSLETTER - CLICK HERE to access and read the March 2018 edition of the District 7150 newsletter, and discover all the many Rotary event and happening within our CNY Rotary region.
LAST WEEK: .... by Bill Conole THE BEGINNINGS
District Conference 2018-Radison Hotel, Corning NY, April 27-29—President Mary encouraged members to attend. Ward & Bill Conole are attending.
District Training –April 7th in VVS High School---Mary asked members to attend this excellent Rotary training opportunity. Members should consider carpooling to this conference.
Polio Plus—Polio Stoppers-Ward is offering one of his handcrafted Wine Stoppers to any member who contributes $100 or more to Polio Plus. In addition Ward will donate 100 of his points for a PHF to Skaneateles Rotary members. Your $100 contribution, then equals $250.
Congratulations to Ward for having raised $4,500 last year and has raising $2,100 to date, this year for Polio Plus with his Polio Stoppers.
New Member: Membership Chair Amy Tormey officially welcomed our club’s newest member Craig Froelich. Craig’s sponsor is Danny Roche. Craig, welcome to our Skaneateles Rotary Club
THE PROGRAM- American Legion Post 239
Bill Conole introduced our speaker Eric Amberge. Eric is the VP of Altimira Technologies. Eric is the Commander of American Legion Post 239, in Skaneateles, N. He also volunteers in support of the YMCA & the VA Hospital. Eric served for 8 years in the US Air Force. Eric opened his remarks by thanking Rotary for the Rotary Scholarship the Homer Rotary Club gave him when he graduated from high school.
Eric reviewed the Legion’s mission. Next year, Post 239 will celebrate the 100th year of it’s founding. Eric showed a picture of the first Skaneateles American Legion Meeting held at the site of the SCC, by troops who returned home from WW, on August 18, 2019. Today there are more than 2.2 million Legion members in the US. Our post has 175 members. Eric praised Post 239, Sons of the American Legion (150 members) & the Ladies Auxiliary (90 members) for bringing a special vitality to our Post. Post 239 is making an effort to reach out to & to recruit new members.
The Post has an active Community Outreach/ Youth Program. Many of these programs have active participation from the scouts & from SHS students. Every year Post 239 sponsors students to attend Boys State & Girls State. The Post’s recently refurbished upstairs kitchen & large meeting will make the Legion more open to community events. Eric stressed that for 100 years, Post 239 has served the Skaneateles veterans & their families.
Post 239 is making every effort to continue to serve our veterans & to better serve our community.
50/50 - Was won by Roy MacDonald. The elusive queen of spaded still remains hidden in the deck.
Guests -Eric Amberge, speaker
Attendance - Members attending: 22 at 38 % (47%)
Current Membership - 58
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other." .... by Millard Fuller, Founder of Habitat for Humanity.
Rotary International Convention - Toronto, June 23 - 27, 2018
Seldom do we have an opportunity to attend a RI International Convention this close to home. The last one was in Montreal 6 or more years ago. So .... Give it some thought and plan on seizing this opportunity to meet Rotarians from around the world and learn of great works they a doing to make this a better world. CLICK-HERE for the RI on-line registration website and get in on the early bird registration and find accommodations prior to the Spring rush.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & SPEAKERS
See SPEAKERS below orCLICKon the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page.
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To encourage Skantarians to read their club's weekly Skantarian, from time to time, Ward will quiz the membership on the current week's newsletter and those with the correct answers may participate in a draw for a hand crafted wine stopper or pen that week. So...... read on, and glean the local and Rotary news and information included in your club's newsletter. See ye at the draw. ..... Ward
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Polio Plus—Polio Stoppers-Ward is offering one of his handcrafted Wine Stoppers to any member who contributes $100 or more to Polio Plus. In addition Ward will donate 100 of his points for a PHF to Skaneateles Rotary members. Your $100 contribution, then equals $250. .png)
Bill Conole introduced our speaker Eric Amberge. Eric is the VP of Altimira Technologies. Eric is the Commander of American Legion Post 239, in Skaneateles, N. He also volunteers in support of the YMCA & the VA Hospital. Eric served for 8 years in the US Air Force. Eric opened his remarks by thanking Rotary for the Rotary Scholarship the Homer Rotary Club gave him when he graduated from high school.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Seldom do we have an opportunity to attend a RI International Convention this close to home. The last one was in Montreal 6 or more years ago. So .... Give it some thought and plan on seizing this opportunity to meet Rotarians from around the world and learn of great works they a doing to make this a better world. 
