THE ROTO-TILLER

THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARMA

Organized 1958

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Meetings on Tuesdays at 7:15am

Holy Spirit Party Center

5500 West 54th Street, Parma, Ohio  44129

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Rotary International Theme for 2011-2012:

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity

Parma Rotary Theme for 2011-2012:

Parma Rotary Thinks and Grows Rotary

 

Officers

President-Veronica J. Kovach-Dodd, CCLC

President Elect-Dan Varn

Secretary-Vita Schmidt

Treasurer-Dave Leuenberger

 

Board of Directors

Club Service/Social- Dan Varn

Club Service /Fundraising- Barry Axelrod

Community Service Director- Todd Seabold/Dan Bowman

International Service Director- Rex Nash

Vocational Service Director- Ken Ferguson

Past-President- Tom Mastroianni

 

Invocation– Tim Graydon

 

God Bless America– Rotarians saved their singing voices for the next Rotary meeting.

 

Future Invocations

 

MakeUps

-Dr. Charlie Greenwald – Web

 

-Rex Nash

~North Royalton Rotary Club

 

**Please give your make-up cards to our club secretary, Vita Schmidt, or if she is not at our meeting, please give them to the Sergeant-At-Arms

 

Visitors

DG Steve Zabor

DG Elect Julie West

AG Coordinator Jim Lechko

 

Becky Kasper – guest of Dr. Jeff Graham

Beth Bowman – wife and guest of Dan Bowman

Bev Bryski – wife and guest of ADG Ron Bryski

Brendan Koch – husband and guest of Peggy Koch

Jill Graydon – wife and guest of Tim Graydon

Kathi O’Connor – wife and guest of Pat O’Connor

Kelly Mastroianni – wife and guest of Tom Mastroianni

Krysta Dodd – daughter and guest of President Veronica Kovach-Dodd

Laura Axelrod – wife and guest of Barry Axelrod

Melanie Baird – wife and guest of Dave Baird

Shirlee Straight – mother and guest of Peggy Koch

Tammy Goralczyk – wife and guest of Wally Goralczyk

 

Fellowship/Happy Dollars – Happy Dollars were not collected.

 

Club News & Announcements

1.           ADG Ron Bryski led this evening’s special banquet ceremony as our Master of Ceremonies.

2.           Please see below the Board Members’ recommended slate of candidates for Officers and Board of Directors for the Election of the Parma Rotary Club 2012-2014

 

Dan Varn – President 2012-2013 (2014)

Dan Bowman – Vice President/President Elect 2013-2014 (2015)

Rev. Jon Paulus – Board of Directors 2012-2014

Brian Winslow – Board of Directors 2012-2014

Open Board Position – Board of Directors 2012-2014

 

Dave Leuenberger – Treasurer 2012-2014

Vita Schmidt – Secretary 2012-2014

 

Board Carryovers:

Veronica J. Kovach-Dodd – Past President 2012-2013

Rex Nash – Board of Directors 2011-2013

Tom Mastroianni – Board of Directors 2011-2013 (replacing Ken Ferguson’s term)

 

Please keep these candidates in mind, elections will be February 7th.

 

3.           The Annual Parma Rotary Reverse Raffle is scheduled for Saturday March 31, 2012!  Everyone has their tickets!  Please do your best to sell them.  As always the Club’s goal is to have a sell out!  Anyone wishing to have more tickets – please call Vita at 440-783-3395/440-888-5952 or email at vschmidt@aaaec.com.  When turning in your money – please make sure to include the stub to the ticket.

 

Remember we are always looking for Sponsorships, Silent Auction Items, Prizes for Gift Baskets to make an attractive presentation.  Letters and emails have already been sent out by Tom Mastroianni to our past contributors – if you know of anyone who would be interested in supporting our club – just let us know!  Everyone’s support is needed to make this another successful event!

4.           This year’s Fishing Outing for Pleasantview Elementary School will be Tuesday, May 15th, with a rain date of Tuesday, May 22nd.

5.           Treasurer Dave Leuenberger has notified the group that this year’s Rotary Golf Outing will be Tuesday, June 26th at Ironwood Golf Course in Hinckley, with a 9am shotgun start.

6.           Just a Reminder:  If the weather is bad, we are following the Parma City Schools’ protocol on the weather; please check your emails and/or cell phones to make sure the meeting is still on.

Upcoming Programs

February 7th – Tony Stastny, co-founder of the “Next Level” workshop

 

Today's Program– ADG Ron Bryski welcomed all to this evening’s Paul Harris Fellow Awards Banquet.  This evening’s ceremony is to honor all Paul Harris Fellows, including this year’s recipient, Peggy Koch.  Congratulations Peggy!

 

A special “thank you” to ADG Ron Bryski for being our Master of Ceremonies, and to our District leadership representatives, for participating in this evening’s banquet ceremony.

 

Trivia/Heads & Tails– There was no split club this week, but there were numerous Rotarians who won bottles of wine for participating in the evening’s Trivia Challenge from ADG Ron Bryski.  Congratulations also to Heads & Tails winner, Krysta Dodd (who wasn’t keen on playing, but is glad she did!), who won $33!

 

Additional Drawing – None.

 

Thank you all, have a good week!

 

Websites

Our Club:  www.parmarotary.org

Our District:  www.rotarydistrict6630.org

Web Make-Ups:  www.rotaryclubone.org

Rotary International:  www.rotary.org

PACT TV on Cox Channel 74:  www.parmacityschools.org/pact/index.cfm

 

Scribe – Krysta Dodd