SCITUATE ROTARY NEWSLETTER  

Rotary Minutes May 30, 2007

Our President Suzanne Kavanagh brought us to order on a glorious sunny evening. After we gave our Pledge of Allegiance, Walter Heller later reminded us that the Rotary’s American flag distribution at the Memorial Day Parade was greatly appreciated by all. We thank Lisa Tompson and her brother Conley Ford.

Joe Kelley introduced his guest and our speaker, Sean McLoughlin, regional Vice President of Massachusetts Financial Services, MFS.

Interestingly, MFS has the distinction of being the first mutual fund company, having been founded in 1924, taking after a 1880’s prototype in London, England. Needless to say the economy and structure of funds have evolved greatly since then.

Sean gave us a very healthy barometer and said that the current economy is in the seventh of nine good innings. So there is still time to make some good investments, especially with foreign expansion and stable interest rates.

We all agreed that inflation has hit us in the grocery aisle and we learned it is due to the interest in corn futures by investors who anticipate its use for ethanol, a gasoline substitute. This caused the prices of beef, cereal, poultry and milk to rise sharply. The good news is that interest rates are not expected to be raised.

Sean also pointed out that India’s huge population of 1.1 billion will be entering the consumer market and that the product in most demand will be toilet paper! So watch out, Kimberly Clark, and make way for the new toilet paper from Brazil, made out of eucalyptus!

Joe Kelley reported that our community Service Above Self Day was a great success in that the bridge and initial path clearing are completed for the Michael J. Kelley Freedom Trail and that the participation netted the club a Seattle Salmon dinner for two. Joe raffled the prize off and made a gift of $65 for SRC. Bob Schipul was the lucky dinner winner!

Bart reminded us that Maxwell Conservation Trust is sponsoring Family Fun Day on Sat. June 16 from 10-2p.m.

Dietrich is looking for two good golfers to join his foursome at the Golf Tournament on June 25. Duffers please respond.

We are all looking forward to ushering in Bermuda Mike’s Presidency with his Installation next Wednesday June 6th at SCC. We hope to see a great turnout and Mike invited all guests to join him in wearing Bermuda garb.

In the spirit of Rotary,
Sandra

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Scituate Rotary Club Newsletter

IMPORTANT! .....the installation for Michael Johnson as President of the Scituate Rotary Club for 
the 2007/2008 is to take place Wednesday JUNE 6, 2007 at the Scituate Country Club. Please be there and bring a guest to join us in the celebration of this event.

Wednesday 23, 2007 meeting

Attendance: Rev. Bob Schipul, Bill Coulter,Judy Rego, Don Sladden,Candance Crammer, Chris Ryan, Joe Kelley, Janet Schmidtz, Suzanne Kavanagh, Lois Maston, Bart Nuboer, Bob Price, Lisa and David Tompson, Walter Heller, Beatrice Hurwitch, Ben Summer, also Sandi Schipul and Carol Sladden

The allegiance to the Flag was led by Candace Crammer, and the invocation given by Rev. Bob Schipul.

The meeting began with words of gratitude from Suzanne ,and read by her husband Loic, expressing their heartfelt thanks for all the loving support she received upon the death of her mother, which occurred in Bermuda, while attending the District Conference there.

Michael Johnson shared some of his vision as President of the Scituate Rotary Club for the year 2007/2008. He stressed the importance of enthusiasm , providing exciting programs that will encourage people to attend the meetings. " I look forward to a great year working with you, and I hope that all will become engaged in projects that will benefit those here at home and abroad. " Our motto to live by is Service above Self.

Best Regards,
Beatrice

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Rotary Minutes May 9th, 2007

ATTENDANCE: Dietrich Bilger, Walter Heller, Mary Jenkins, Alden Mitchell, Bob Price, Judy Rego, Bob Schipul, Sandi Schipul, Ben Summers, Lisa Tompson, Lew Burridge Bob Price and Michael Johnson.


For a meeting that wasn’t to happen, we had a very respectable turnout and two guests. David Tompson was Lisa’s guest and Bob York was a first time visitor as Mike Johnson’s guest. It was good to see everyone despite the Bermuda Exodus.

Mary Jenkins urged all interested members to stop by Scituate High School for “Spring for the Arts” to be held this Thursday from 6 to 9 pm. Her daughter Kelly is presenting her works, including her cover artwork on our 2007 Rotary phone directory.

Alden brought to our attention that we should try to come to the Marshfield Arts Festival on the last Saturday and Sunday of May, for a great showing.

Still on a roll from the May 5th District Convention, Mike hopes that next year might include an invitation to Bhichai Rattakul as the keynote speaker. He is the Chair (Elect) of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Foundation  and a very active Rotarian, having held the post of International President. There is a hope to have him visit our club in the future.


Michael also shared a vision to become involved in planting a sister club in China, in the vicinity where Suzanne and Loic have their factory- it would be a great endeavor and a first for our club.

With all the above inspirations in mind, Bob Schipul spoke of a larger, consolidated vision for Scituate Rotary to support Dr. Dennis Snyder in his work with Medical Missions for Children (MMFC) as new work begins in Kariti, Kenya. Initial funding has been allocated to build a women’s medical facility there and Rotary has been invited to extend this vital center for the community in Kenya. It is hoped that it can include the Capstone Children’s Transition Center work of Dan and Patty Schmelzer. Dan and Patty are also Rotarians in Kariti. We, as a single club would like to include the South Shore Clubs to become partners with us in this exciting new work.

Meeting dismissed quickly and we all wished we were in Bermuda this week!

In the spirit of Rotary,
Sandra 

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Newsletter for Wednesday May 2nd

It being the first meeting of the month, greetings from Janet…
Mike presided over the meeting, Lew led the pledge and Sandra offered an invocation. There was no winner of QOH, Bart offered WOW in Bill’s absence. Well done, we all thought. 

Of note: PRESIDENT’S NIGHT AT THE SOUTH SHORE COUNCIL MAY 16TH. All are invited for the $30 celebration of presidents at the Neighborhood Club in Quincy. A fun night, I recall. We must pre-register for chicken at the sirloin dinner-actually we must pre-register no matter what we want to eat! (Judy, Bart and I will be at that dinner and not in Scituate that night.)
Speaking of Wednesdays at Scituate Country Club – the club voted to have a meeting next Wednesday though 6 of us will be in Bermuda. It is recommended by Bermuda Mike that you all bring a friend or spouse or guest to get the number up to 20 – the number of meals we are required to pay for. Mike will be sending an email regarding a program but those of you who voted must take some initiative and meet the quota for SCC. 

Lisa reported on her visit with Donna Nuzzo-Mueller regarding the scholarship applications. We are all disappointed with the poor show of applications received (4) and believe this is because of the effort required of a student to make the application. It reflects poorly on SHS students. There ensued a discussion about fiscal need and that perhaps this should be taken into consideration when selecting a recipient. It is agreed first that making that determination (of need) is very difficult and secondly that our primary goal is to reward a student who has acquired an understanding of “Service Above Self” in their personal volunteer service. The Milton Academy student is a stellar example of what we want to reward. It is also agreed that the winner need NOT be a SHS student. This year we will be giving 2 $3000 scholarships. As I noted, there were only 4 apps and 2 were deemed worthy by the scholarship committee. Donna was not unhappy with the non-SHS student chosen. Thank you, Lisa, and your committee, for a job well done. Thanks especially for the reformatting of the application itself.

It was requested that members receive a print-out of how our money has been spent this past year. The board sees this all the time but not members except as oral messages from Bart. Perhaps we could all receive this report with a monthly bill, Bart.

Our speaker was our one and only Dietrich, speaking on membership. He described us as the once “little club that could” and now as a high energy club that reflects our community, has programs supported by the members, and programs that make a difference in the world – locally and internationally. We are a diverse group representing different abilities and interests but each contributes and each is needed by the club as a whole. 
Dietrich encouraged us to not be discouraged in our membership but to let our needs be known. Potential members should be interviewed within the framework of what Rotary can offer as well as what they have to offer Rotary. Rotary offers everyone something. We just need to be creative at identifying what that something might be. Why are you in Rotary? What is near and dear to your heart? Make a connection and create interest within the club. Be empowered.

Lisa reported that Memorial Day flags will be paid for but Rotarians are needed to hand them out. We agreed to do that again this year. We also agreed to provide water to the veterans in the parade. More to follow…

So, it is off to Bermuda!

Wed the 16th is a noon meeting and the Neighborhood Club at night.

See you at SCC on the 23rd to hear Bermuda Mike’s plans for his Rotary year.

Yours in Rotary service,
Janet

William Clark & Joe Kelley making pancakes

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