Newsletter - Archive  May 13, 2009

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Rotary Club Business and Member News

May 13, 2009

Opening:

Pledge              Bill D

Prayer               Dave VA

Song                 Joe M

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Warren Smith...Prospective member

Barbara Porter, Jane Clark, Margo Clark...Guests of Jud

John W heeler [sic]...aka in FL as a Snowtarian

Announcements 

Pres John...Reminds members to retrieve contents of Polio Eradication

  collection cans so that money can be sent to RI.

Sandy...Quackfest is coming up this Saturday; please sign up to help.

Pres John...Chuck is on temporary leave of absence

Scott...Please work on selling ads for 4th of July flier. Time is running short!

Happy Bucks:

Ric...Five for all who helped to make the GSE team visit the outstanding

   event that it was, especially to the International Cmtte for its helpful sug-

   gestions; Don, Henry, and Jud for their transportion and escort assists;

   Mark and Richard for being gracious home hosts to Jozefina and Greg;

   and to Madiha for her leadership and support.

Bill D...Daughter's graduation.

Deb...Great effort on the Bobcat Bolt!

Warren...Thanks to Henry for being on the OR School Board.

Celissa...Working hard at various projects at the child center

Candace...Thanks, Dave, for including her in his prayer!

John W...Good to be back with the best Rotary Club ever! (He says that

   wherever he goes.)

Joe P...Had a great run at the Bobcat Bolt

Richard...Nice hike up Mt Major with GSE'er Greg (*Grzegorz Butkiewicz).

Henry...Had fun chauffeuring the GSE team member Jozefina.

Program:

Group Study Exchange Team

Five Polish members from District 2230 (Poland, Belarus and Ukraine) joined us to speak about their Rotary work and their lives:

- Tomasz Wicentowicz, team leader, is a mechanical engineer from Warsaw, and charter member of the W-Jozefow club since 1991.

- Jozefina Bartyzel of Grudziadz is a junior manager for a theater in her home town and has started working on her doctorial dissertation on philosophy of culture.

- Grzegorz Butkiewicz is from Gietrzwald and works for the forestry agency

where he is responsible for the sale of timber and the computer systems.  He enjoys many hobbies, including playing guitar, entomology, hiking and travel.

- Tomasz Pater from Gdynia, finished Architecture Faculty at Gdansk University of Technology in 2008 and now works with an architectural firm where he strives to achieve a combination of beauty and functionality.

- Joanna Podciechowska is also from Warsaw. She just finished medical school and currently is in a course of specialization in internal medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, sailing, fitness training, swimming and biking.

Megabucks:

Someone had the ticket, (I don't recall who) but did not pick the King of Hearts.  $138 pot rolls over.

Upcoming Programs

May 20     Julie Reece, One World Language School

May 27     Joe M, Classification Talk (repeat for newer members)

June 3      No meeting (DGB Awards Night on Tues counts for meeting)

June 10    Jamie Devlin, Great Bay Chapter, American Red Cross

June 17    Katie Gillis, Dawn Solar Systems

June 24    DGB Change of Command

                                                                   Your Scribe: Tom B