Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter - Archive  Jan 7, 2009

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President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Asst. Sec. & Treas.

John Ford Marcelo Martins Rebecca Zandvliet Rupi Rupwani Jennifer Merrill

Board of Directors   Debbie Corso  John McCormack   Jennifer Merrill  Bruce Steinway  Duncan Stephens

Rotary International Theme 2008-2009 Make Dreams Real

District 7980, Club 6738

January 7, 2009

Meeting Today

Pledge: President John Ford

God Bless America: Don Zehnder

Invocation: President John Ford

Four Way Test: President Marcelo Martins

Song: “In the Good Old Summertime” – Don Zehnder

SaA Duncan Stephens fined Bob Sutherland for snow blowing his own driveway and Rupi Rupwani for not turning off his cell phone.

General fine: We all paid a dollar for showing up at the meeting in such terrible weather.

Announcements & Information

Jane Walsh asked for a family to host the Area 6 visiting GSE Team from Central America on May 4^th to May 7^th. The family need not live in Naugatuck and these are young adults 25 – 40 years old. Anyone willing, please contact Jane.

There will be a Board of Directors Meeting on January 14^th at 5:00PM at Alderson Funeral Home. Please mark your calendars.

John Ford reminded us that PrePETS will occur on January 31^st. Since our club is the Sergeant at Arms for the district, we need volunteers (at least 4) to man the registration desk and move people from presentations.

Guests

Ed Fennell - Speaker

Upcoming Speakers

January 14 - Cathie Mauritz

January 21 - John McCormack

January 28 - Jennifer Merrill

February 4 - David Mulhall

February 11 - John Roman

February 18 - Rupi Rupwani

February 25 - Michael Steir

March 4 - Bruce Steinway

March 11 - Duncan Stephens

March 18 - Bob Sutherland

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday John Ford - 1/3

Happy Birthday John McCormack - 1/12

Membership Anniversaries

John Aresta - 1/1/1980 

Our Speaker Today

Ed Fennell, Venture Crew Advisor

This week’s speaker host was Ginger Fennell. Ginger introduced us to her husband Ed who spoke about the Scouting Venture Crew. Ed is a Venture crew advisor, which means that he oversees and guides his crew with a hands-off approach. Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. Currently in the venturing crew that Ed advises there are 8 young women and 7 young men.

Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Venturing crews can specialize in a variety of avocation or hobby interests. The young members are responsible for making arrangements for activities they wish to experience. For example, if they wish to go skiing, they should make reservations at the ski slope, find how much it will cost and arrange a meeting place from which to leave.

Young adults involved in Venturing will:

·         Learn to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling the values in the Venturing Oath and Code.

·         Experience a program that is fun and full of challenge and adventure.

·         Become a skilled training and program resource for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and other groups.

·         Acquire skills in the areas of high adventure, sports, arts and hobbies, religious life, or Sea Scouting.

·         Experience positive leadership from adult and youth leaders and be given opportunities to take on leadership roles.

·         Have a chance to learn and grow in a supportive, caring, and fun environment

Venturing is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth, adult leaders, and organizations in their communities. Local community organizations establish a Venturing crew by matching their people and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result is a program of exciting and meaningful activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, develop leadership skills, and become good citizens.

Absent Members Today

Brian Barrett, Anne Butler, Jeff Chipokas, Mary Connolly, Debbie Corso, Barbara Csanka, Peggy Dufresne, Jonathan Farmer, Tracey Kelly, Jeanine LeVasseur, Jane Lobdell,  Cathie Mauritz, Jennifer Merrill, Tony Purcaro, Rebecca Zandvliet

Happening Around the District and RI

January 10, 2009      Interact Assembly, Choate Rosemary Hall School

January 31, 2009      Pre-PETS including 4 way speech contest finals

                               New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven

February 6-8, 2009   RYLA, Stratford, CT

February 14, 2009    Valentine's Day Dinner Dance

                              Country House Restaurant, East Haven

March 12 - 14 2009  PETS - Nashua NH

March 7, 2009         New Generations, Choate Rosemary Hall

March 27, 28, 2009  RI President's Membership Conference, Baltimore, MD

April 1, 2009            Deadline for Submission of Award Applications

April 19, 2009          GSE Inbound Teams Welcome Brunch

April 23,2009           District Assembly, Sheraton Four Points, Meriden

May 1-3 2009          District Conference, Newport, Rhode Island

May 15, 2009          GSE Farewell Brunch/Memo of Club visit due to DG

June 21 - 24 2009    International Convention, Birmingham, England

July 7, 2009            District Governor Installation, Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club 

AREA CLUBS FOR MAKEUP AND INFORMATION LINKS

Silvermine Tavern  -  Norwalk  -  Monday 12:15 pm

The Inn at Newtown  -  Newtown  -  Monday 6:15pm

John  J Sullivan's Restaurant  -  Ansonia  -  Tuesday 12:15 pm

The Waterbury Club  -   Waterbury  -  Every other Tuesday  12:15 pm

Sandwich Man - Seymour - 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:15 am

Brownson Country Club  -  Derby -  Thursday 12:15 pm

Crowne Plaza  -  Southbury  -  Thursday 7:15 am

www.rotaryeclubone.org   online makeup

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