Come at 12 Noon and Visit with Rotary Friends. Meeting Begins at 12:30 P.M

"ROTOCYCLE"

Staten Island Rotary Newsletter

Meeting of May 11, 2010

May 18, 2010

Robert J. Scamardella, Esq… Estate Planning

Come at 12 noon and visit with Rotary friends. Meeting Begins at 12:30 P.M.

Pledge–Tony Garcia

Invocation –Past President Joe Madory

Four Way Test –Past President Don Lee

Seated at the Dais:

President Ron Victorio

Past President Jerry DeLucca

Tony Garcia

Laurie Karelas

Jock Vokral

Kim Pitt

Guests:

Chris Ferrera introduced this week’s guests: Chris Williams (North Shore Rotary), Kim Pitt (Group Study Exchange), Laura Richardson (Group Study Exchange), Patrick Fagan (Group Study Exchange), Danny Gibson (Group Study Exchange), Tammy Palmer (Group Study Exchange), Gale StrassBerg (North Shore Rotary)

Community Announcements:

The 350th Birthday of Staten Island and has asked Rotarians to get involved with the committee. Sunday August 22, 2010 at The Vanderbilt at SouthBeach to kick off a year long celebration of Staten Island’s 350th Birthday! More information to follow!! To be involved or for further information, please e-mail

Rotary Attendance:

Rotary attendance at regular rotary meetings has been down. We ask all Rotarians to attend regularly. Rotary Meetings are every Tuesday at 12:30-1:30, come at 12:00 and meet with old friends. When we were accepted into Rotary and we all stated that we would block out our calendars every Tuesday to attend Rotary. Let’s back to attending every week and our guest speakers have been great and you’ve been missed.

We are asking all sponsors of Rotarians that have not been present at meetings to give a call to the person they have sponsored.

Mid-Island Rotary and North Shore Rotary are sponsoring a culinary delights on

May 20th at 7 P.M. at the Staaten. Cost of $75 per person.

Ecology Day:

President Ron gave Chairperson of Ecology Day Lori Karelas a t-shit from the day. Lori stated she was sorry she could not attend, but was at the Rotary Conference. Lori stated that June 15th the grants for Ecology Day will be distributed. Lori also gave us an overview of the Rotary District Conference and said she had a great time.

Club Announcements:

There will be a Free Business Seminar on May 26th at the Staten Island Jewish Community Center, 1466 Manor Road, Staten IslandNew York, 10314. For information call 718-475-5228.

Ocean City Golf Outting will be held September 10-13, Anyone interested, contact Patrick McDermott at 718-370-0270. Flyer attached

President Ron announced that the all that jazz concert will take place at Memory Lane Catering Hall on May 25th, at 6:30 P.M. The concert is being performed by Susan Wagner’s Jazz band and I.S. 27’s Jazz Band. Students tickets Are $12.50 per person and General Tickets are $25.00 per person. Please make all checks payable to Rotary Club Of Staten Island. Soft Drinks and D’Oeuvres included, Raffles, 50/50’s and gift baskets. All Net Proceeds to Benefit I.S. 27 Music Program, Susan E. Wagners Music H.S.Program and Alzheimer’s Foundation Of Staten Island

Rotary Golf Outing on Tuesday June 1st at 12 Noon at Silverlake golf course, 915 Victory Blvd.BBQ Lunchand rotary meeting. $25 for non-club members, Golf: $40 with cart at 1:30 P.M (please arrive early) RSVP- Ralph Santiago, 718-556-0324 (sign up and pay no later than May 25th)

Mid Island Rotary and interact clubs of Staten Island the 2nd annual march 2 the beat of life to benefit the march of dimes flyer below.

Rotary Car Raffle. Tickets and brochures are available.Tickets for the corvette raffle are $100 a piece, this year you can win a 2010 Corvette Coupe, or A Camaro Coupe or $40,000, The raffle will be held June 29th at the Statten. 198 tickets were sold. Each club member is asked to sell 2 tickets Everyone’s help is needed. Anyone wishing to be on the committee. Please call Chris. Rotarians that have tickets outstanding. Please get them in as soon as possible. If you cannot sell your tickets, please return to Gladys Schweiger, as we must keep track of numbers for the waging commission.

Every Rotarian, Every Year Program. Each Rotarian is asked yearly to contribute $100 to Every Rotarian Every Year Program. Rotarians can make their contribution to Rotary International via check and give it to Joe Marchese.

President Ron Victorio received Rotary Flags From Rotary Club of Kingston, Rotary of Latrobe, Rotary Club of Ulverstone, Rotary Club of Lindisfame, and Rotary Club of Central Launceston. All from Tasmania. President Ron gave each guest a Rotary Club of Staten Island Flag.

Sunshine: Matt Scamardella Ran This week’s Sunshine. Thanks to Matt on a job well done.

Special Prayers Needed:

Nick LiGreci, Bill Anderson. Please keep them in your prayers.

Program:

President Ron introduced Kim Pitt. Kim is a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Kingston and is the only Rotarian with the Group Study Exchange from District D 9830 Tasmania. Kim is a happily retired Naval officer (submarines) and public servant (Antarctic Operations). Kim lives in the Tasmanian seaside suburb of BlackmansBay with his bride Eril and 12 year old daughter, Kelcey. He is chairman of the board of Sonartech Atlas Pty Ltd and a keen member of the executive within the Submarine Association and the Submarine Institute of Australia. His Dinghy, Kayaks, 800cc BMW motorcycle, big yellow “Defender” Off-Road Motor Vehicle, Camping trailer, push bike and wood working shed are barely sufficient to allow him to play to his heart content in the wonders of the Tasmanian bush and its surrounding waterways. But with the help of his family and his mates, he makes do! He is recent past president of the Rotary Club of Kingston; a member of the District’s Victorian Bushfire Relief Committee and particularly relishes every opportunity Rotary provides him to assist young people to achieve their full potential.

Tammy Palmer of the Rotary Club of Lindisfame, Tasmanian-born Tammy is a child and family health nurse. She is currently employed by the state Government’s Department of Health and Human Services and works for their child health and parenting service in the south-east region of Tasmania. Tammy live at Geilston Bay, a suburb of Tasmania’s capital city, Hobart, with her husband Adrian and her children Annabelle (11 years old) and Campbell (8 years old). Holding a Bachelor of Nursing, a graduate diploma of child and family health nursing and a masters in clinical nursing, she is dedicated to improving the health of Tasmania’s children. In her leisure time, she enjoys cooking fresh Tasmanian produce, reading, crafts and camping in her 1975 wattle yellow Kombi with friends.

Patrick Fagan of the Rotary Club of Latrobe, He is a financial advisor with a national independent advisory group. Patrick holds a Bachelors of Social Science, a graduate diploma of financial services. Patrick enjoys the daily challenges of assisting clients to reach their financial goals and is passionate about improving financial literacy within his local community. Tasmanian by birth, he was recently married to Lisa (just six weeks ago)and lives in Devonpart. Patrick enjoys entertaining family and friends, preferably with a cold Tasmanian beer. He loves sports and plays Australian Rules football, basketball, cricket and golf.

Laura Richardson of the Rotary Club Of Ulverstone. A passionate and dedicated member of her Ulterstone community, Laura is a self-employed Australian-trained osteopath. The current vice president of the Central Coast Rotaract Club, Laura has a particular interest in international development. Assisting children to find their spirit after escaping from trafficking, Laura supports the work of Destiny Rescue in South East Asia. Laura knows the benefit that one individual can make to changing life, to inspiring an individual and to generate change. With a developing sense of adventure for travel, Laura loves learning about different cultures and cuisines. Family and friends are important to Laura and she enjoys yoga, kayaking, reading, music and fine Tasmanian food and wine.

Danny Gibson of the Rotary Club of Central Launceston, Danny works for Australia’s largest media organization, Fairfax, as the marketing and community manager for the examiner newspaper in northern Tasmania. A former young Tasmanian of the year, Danny is passionate about the performing arts and youth education. He is a teacher, director, actor and community arts leader. Danny operates a drama school with 120 children, aged 5-17 years. He enjoys the excitement of seeing children’s confidence and personal development increase. Danny is also involved with a variety of community development projects, volunteer boards and committees. He enjoys spending time with friends, traveling and supporting the vulnerable members of our community.

The program was very interesting and many questions were asked. We thank the G.S.E Team for coming.

Up and coming speakers:

5/25 Joseph R. Marchese, CFP Financial Crises: The Global Connection to U.S. and our retirement plans

6/1GolfOuting-SilverLake Golf Course. Lunch 12:30 P.M. Veranda at Silver LakeRSVP to Ralph Santiago

6/8 Dr. Rotella Vittorio, MD chief of endovascular surgery, RUMC

6/15 What would we do for the community shines! Leeseberg Awards, College Scholarships and Ecology Day Grants

6/22 President Ron’s Farewell

6/29 Installation of officers/car raffle

Make- ups:

If you miss a meeting and wish to make it up, you can attend one of the following meetings:

 NorthShore Rotary- Thursdays at 7 pm at the Staaten

Restaurant, Forest Ave

SouthShore Rotary- Thursdays at 12:15 at the Marina

Grande

 Mid Island Rotary- Thursdays at 7:30 am at the Dakota

Diner, Forest Ave

Gateway Rotary- Wednesdays at 7:15 pm at the LakeClub,

Clove Rd

Make- up attendance must be recorded properly. All make-up cards must be turned in to Sam Farag. Please do not drop them in the box.

Rotocycle:

You can also view the Rotocyle at

Mid Island Rotary

& Interact Clubs of Staten Island

present the 2nd Annual

march2thebeatoflife

To Benefit

March of dimes

Friday - May 21, 2010

7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.)

St.GeorgeTheatre

34 Hyatt St., Staten Island

Featuring . . .

Special Performances by...

The Secret Wall

Shutes and ladders

General Admission Pre-Event - $20.00 Door Admission - $$25.00

Tickets are also available at:

St.GeorgeTheatre Box Office 718-442-2900 ● ● March of Dimes 718-981-3000