President Jeff Kruck opened the meeting at 12:19 pm and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
John Plate led us in a prayer. John gave thanks for our fellowship and for Rotarians,
and gave thanks for visiting Rotarian Lionel Owen coming all the way from Brazil.
John also asked that we be always mindful of .
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Bob Murphy served his last duty (maybe) as meal and attendance taker. Going forward the board decided to have one person different do it every week. There should always be someone greeting old and new members as they walk in the door.
Jan Sinclair helped again with the raffle tickets. Due to missing raffle tickets, we just used names instead of numbers today.
Thanks, Bob and Jan.
President Elect Joanne Travers, multi-tasking and arriving at the meeting just in time.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
There were 16 members in attendance today.
There were two visiting Rotarians today. Lionel Owen from Brazil (Honorary member of Rotary in London) and Eric Rubin from Saugus.
The guest speaker was Jackie White Director of the Topsfield Library.
Make Ups:
Make-Ups are still coming in. Have you done yours?
Joe Long made up at
on September 8
Bernie Creeden made up at
on September 8
Carrie Dick made up at
on August 7
Lisa Foley made up at
on August 12
Jeff Kruck made up at
on August 17
Bob Luscinski made up at
on August 13
and at
on August 27
and at
on August 29
Gretchen Marks made up at
on August 3 and August 17
Harry Martin made up at
on August 13
Peter McAllister made up at
on August 21
Oscar Padjen made up at
on August 10
and at
on August 20
and at
on August 31
John Plate made up at
on August 13
Bill Shannon made up at
on August 13
Jan Sinclair made up at
on August 11
and at
on August 18
Joanne Travers made up at
on August 13
If you missed today's meeting, you have until September 30, 2009 to complete a makeup.
If your days are full, consider a make up at eClub One. Log on to www.rotaryeclubone.org/ and follow the instructions for a make up. You should spend 30 minutes on the site.
Click for
where our members have made up recently.
Don't forget, President Jeff Kruck has requested all members to Make-Up a meeting by attending a meeting at another Rotary Club. Members are also requested to bring some insight back to TBM for discussion.
Be sure to get a "Make-Up Card" from the secretary of the club where you make up.
If you're not sure if you fulfilled the Make-Up request made by President Jeff, check the list above. A missing name means you have not Made-Up or have not informed the TBM secretary.
This is also a good place for the Sergeant at Arms to look if enforcement becomes necessary!
Announcements:
President Jeff called a short business meeting to review issues discussed in the Board meeting on 09/22/2009.
Steve Mooney was appointed to be Club Secretary for the remainder of the 2009-10 Rotary year.
Bob Luscinski was appointed to be Club Service Chairman.
Greg Salvano was appointed to be Vocational Service Chairman.
Joanne Travers was appointed to be International Service Chairman.
We are still looking for a Community Service Chairman.
The Budget was approved and we need to raise 20k before our fiscal year end. Jeff's stressed how much we need everyone participation. We need more ideas to raise money. Pres. Jeff welcomes all ideas old and new.
We need ALL HANDS ON DECK! More Volunteers are needed. Please step up....
This event on Sunday, October 18, is a major fund raiser. Funds come from sponsors. Be sure to get out to past sponsors that you know and get a committment for this year!
Don't forget about our Topsfield Fair meeting 10/07/2009. Parking tickets will be given out by Gretchen Marks at next week's meeting. If you do not get to the meeting contact Gretchen before the fair date.
Also you must show your Rotary pin at the River Gate (at rear of the first parking lot on right, going north on Rte 1, just past the Ipswich River) entrance to get in.
Christmas party will be at the meeting 12/16/2009.
Joanne Travers asked if members could volunteer their time and help with a potential Interact Club at Masconomet There will be an information meeting in Newburyport. See Joanne for details.
Raffle:
No winners today.
Bob Alert:
Bob Murphy was present and ready for a good meeting, as was Bob Luscinski.
We think Bob Was may be getting repaired....
Fines and Happy Dollars:
SAA Peter McAllister was in charge today.
Happy dollar from Gretchen Marks because she raised over $600 for the Road Race. Way to step it up Gretchen.
Happy Dollar from Joe Long - his daughter's team beat Masco
Happy Dollar from Joanne Travers, she met a very nice Weymouth Rotarian and they both were interested in the same views and interests with international awareness with the deaf and hearing impaired.
Getting To Know You:
We had one of the Visiting Rotarians at our Table today. Lionel Owen was in town visiting friends. He came all the way from Brazil where he lives with his wife. He is an honorary member of the London Rotary club.
He gave us ideas on raising money for the club. In Britain they made a Christmas float and went door to door and collected money. Not sure if we can legally do that in the States.... But good idea anyhow.
We talked in great detail about the budget and how we would reach that approved amount of $20,000.00. We suggested bringing back the golf tournament. Bob Murphy and Jan Sinclair were really interested in that Fundraiser.
Program:
Pres. Jeff Kruck introduced our guest speaker Jackie White Director of the Topsfield Library. She has been the director for about 10 years. Working hard to educate the public on everything the library has to offer besides books.
It offers books, internet access, meeting spaces, small study areas, Wi-Fi access, and great internet based information area www.topsfieldtownlibrary.org.
On the website you can download audio books to cd, mps3, and it's iPod compatible.
The Topsfield Library was designed in 1934 and funded by the Gould Family. And still is funded by the Gould Trust, that family were the original founders of the Benjamin Moore Paint brand.
Jackie wanted to elaborate on how great the library is for business professionals. The research and references are very informative whether you are changing careers, going back to school, and searching for a new job.
Membership Moment:
A strong membership is so important to the overall success of any organization. Growth and retention have to be in the spotlight constantly. As membership chair I have been charged with heading the largest committee in the Club...each and everyone of us. Collectively we can make TBM stronger, more involved in the communities we serve and fun.
When was the last time you asked a friend, a neighbor or business associate to come to a TBM meeting? I admit, it's been a while since I put out an invitation and I have a goal to find one person to join our ranks during this Rotary year.
I ask everyone to please share your thoughts and ideas as to how we can grow the ranks of TBM.
