Club Meeting May 7
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville
Sunrise – May 7, 2008
Steve Arum was greeter.
President George Brookhart
opened the meeting.
17 members were present, plus
guests Mark Silvestri, a
neighbor of Eric Lamb’s and
Director of Finance for Social
Security and Charter Guest Alan
Ray
New Business:
·
Bruce Vandervort
recapped the Book Festival
·
Eric Lamb plugged
his project, Friends of the
Club.
Happy Dollars:
·
Larry Aaronson
gave dollars his students’ 2d
place finish in a competition in
Philadelphia and for the opening
day of baseball.
·
Russ Witzke gave
dollars for the loan of Tom
Medicus’ motorcycle helmet in
his recent motorcycle training
(which Russ indicates he enjoyed
so much he intends to repeat the
course).
·
Susan Souder gave
dollars in appreciation for a
Virginia Presidents tour of
Monticello (Thomas Jefferson),
Ash Lawn (James Monroe) and
Montpelier (James Madison) in
the Charlottesville area.
·
Alan Ray gave
dollars in appreciation of the
Garlic Mustard Pull he attended
last Saturday at Patapsco State
Park.
·
Dawn Olenski gave
dollars to recognize her
brother’s new house in Burbank
·
Joe Loverde gave
dollars for his daughter’s
marriage last weekend and 3
anniversaries: club
anniversary, 21st
marriage anniversary and Russ
Witzke’s 20 years in the Rolling
Road Golf Club, as well as
almost meeting Cal Oren 10 years
ago at a conference in
Washington.
Speaker: Colby Sims Hall
of the Lassen Group
Mr. Hall is a graduate of Penn
State and Michigan State Law
School. He was Assistant Md.
State’s Attorney for Howard
County and then was chief legal
counsel for the Howard County
Police Department.
He attended training at
Georgetown University to become
a leadership coach, also called
“life coaching”, in which he
helps people discover the future
steps they should take with
their lives. He is a member of
the International Coaching
Federation and advises people in
their professional, business and
personal lives. His services
typically requires 2 to 3 months
of effort. It can be conducted
in person or over the
telephone. He provides a
support structure, somebody to
talk to, in a closed-ended,
confidential professional
relationship.
Cal Oren won the 50-50 drawing.
The meeting was closed by
President George Brookhart.
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scribe,5-13-08
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Club Meeting
May 14
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES,
Catonsville Sunrise – May
14, 2008
Rick Martel was greeter.
John Monck provided the
inspiration.
President George Brookhart
opened the meeting.
17 members were present,
plus guests Mark Silvestri,
a neighbor of Eric Lamb’s
and Director of Finance for
Social Security (again –
hmm. A possible victim, er,
new member here?), Paul
Copley, head of Business
Studies at CCBC, Doug Morton
(another friend of Eric
Lamb’s – if we didn’t
appoint Eric head of
membership, we should) of
Bank of America Mortgage.
New Business:
·
Notice for
Board Meeting at 7:30
Thursday at Café-on-the
Grove.
·
A new
breakfast food survey is
circulating.
·
Richard
Hiteshew had a communication
from Maj. John Jordan, an
ex-member who retired from
the Salvation Army, saying
he had been brought out of
retirement to head an adult
rehabilitation program in
Miami.
Karen Paris spoke about the
Catonsville High car wash
for the prize-winning speech
and debate team at the
school
Happy Dollars:
·
George
Brookhart spoke of his happy
visit to ex-member Chris
Jones’ place (8,000 square
feet!) in North Carolina.
·
Sherry Welch
gave dollars for her
daughter’s safe return home
from the Middle East (Egypt,
Israel); for $3 million in
gifts to St. Agnes
Foundation; The private car
showing at George Bunting’s
home on June 29 for $500 a
ticket
·
Brent
Tolbert-Smith gave dollars
in appreciation for alert
members who pointed out that
we might not actually have
67 members who attended last
week’s meeting and for the
end of his teaching semester
at Howard Community College.
·
Rosemary
Wright gave dollars for
selling her farm for the 4th
time (sounds like someone
needs a good title insurance
policy)
·
Karen Paris
gave dollars for the
Catonsville High debate team
car wash and their winning
appearance on the TV show,
“It’s Academic”.
·
Bruce Siddens
gave dollars for the record
week of sales at Sam’s Club
last week and for the used
books sold at Sam’s Club,
left over from the library
Author’s Night.
·
Cal Oren gave
dollars in appreciation for
the club’s book efforts and
for Sam’s Club’s new grant
for the Dictionary Project.
·
George
Brookhart gave dollars for
the Catonsville High School Football, Soccer & Lacrosse field known as “Comet Park”. The CHS Carwash will be at Opies Parking Lot in the Junction where you can enjoy the best Ice Cream in town while you get your car washed.
·
Richard
Hiteshew gave dollars on
behalf of Mother’s Day,
daughter Kathleen’s
completion of her second
year in graduate school at
Johns Hopkins and son Mark’s
completed year at Villa
Julie.
·
Rick Martel
gave dollars on behalf of
his daughter’s schooling at
Mount de Sales and his son
finishing UMBC.
Speaker: Ned Carey:
Deputy Executive Director,
Maryland Aviation Commission
Director Carey was born,
raised and still lives (same
house) in Brooklyn Park,
Md. He has worked for the
Aviation Commission for 19
years and is a former
president of the Anne
Arundel Co. School Board,
among many other honors and
voluntary positions.
The Commission owns and
operates
Baltimore-Washington
International Airport (BWI)
with 500 employees at the
airport. It is one of four
airports owned by states in
the United States and is a
major economic engine in the
state of Maryland. It also
owns and operates Martin
Airport in Middle River,
built by Glenn L. Martin the
aircraft builder.
The Commission licenses
airports in Maryland. BWI
is the 25th
busiest in the U.S., with 70
destinations and 11,000
total employees. It is
favorably located some 25
miles from Washington, D.C.,
the same as Dulles
International, and has rail
access to MARC and Amtrak.
On-time performance at the
airport is #1 in the
Northeast. 22,000 jobs are
directly or indirectly
operated to the operation of
the airport, which has $1.9
billion in annual revenue
and pays $132 in Maryland
taxes.
The airport is following
a “developer model” to
renovate its retail shopping
area, with stores featuring
“street prices”, rather than
premium prices. There are
9,000 parking spaces in the
terminal.
J. Susan Souder won the
50-50 drawing (AGAIN!).
The meeting was closed by
President George Brookhart.
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scribe,5-16-08
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Board
Meeting May 15
President George
Brookhart cheerfully
called the meeting to
Order with Richard
Hiteshew, Bruce
VanDervort, Cal Oren,
Brent Tolbert-Smith and
Susan Souder in
attendance.
Bani Project -
Bruce V presented an
update. M/S/P submission
of Application for A
District Simplified
Grant for providing a
Classroom for the
Daughters of the
Altagracia Home for
Girls in Bani, Dominican
Republic. Bruce did an
outstanding job putting
together this paper
work. Copies available
if you are interested.
Book Festival -
Final numbers are not
yet available from the
Friends of the Library.
The Board was very
pleased that Sam's Club
had sold additional
books after our used
book sale as customers
continued to express
interest in the books in
the bins near the exit.
Secretary's Report
- The transition from
Susan to Brent is
expected to go very
smoothly. They will look
at the Club's By-laws to
determine whether an
update is needed.
Treasurer's Report
- Richard reported that
we have money.
Statements were not yet
available. Dues are
being paid. Our Rotary
International and
District dues are due
July 1 and we expect to
pay them by August 1, or
so.
Assistant
Treasurer/T-Elect Bruce
is meeting with Larry
Haynes to take over for
Richard. Bruce will
present a proposed
budget at our next Club
Business meeting, which
will be Wednesday, May
28, 2008. (Club business
is conducted on the
fourth Wednesday of
every month.)
In addition, there was a
discussion of the
results of the 2008 Bull
Roast, and possible
opportunities for the
2009 Bull Roast.
Dictionary Project
- All dictionaries which
we currently possess
have been paid for by
donations and other
serendipitous
occurrences.
Transition (much on
the President's mind):
In the normal course of
events, we could conduct
a swearing in of new
officers at the Club
Business meeting on June
25, 2008 (swear in
first, swear at later)
BUT President-Elect Oren
will be out of town. A
speaker is already
scheduled for July 2. It
appears that we could
have install new
officers and have our
annual awards ceremony
on July 9 because I
don't see a speaker
already scheduled on
that date. PE Cal will
be meeting with VP/PE
Joe to discuss future
programs.
5K - The Board is
extremely impressed with
the excellent
preparations underway by
able Chair Bruce Siddens.
Bruce reports that Peter
is being extremely
helpful. A contract has
been signed with a
company to manage the
race. The St. Agnes
Foundation has
generously agreed to
loan funds for the
pre-race costs.
Membership: The
Board is delighted with
the enthusiastic efforts
of new member Eric Lamb.
Several Board members
expressed an intention
to be more helpful to
Eric in this excellent
endeavor.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Souder
(Looking forward to
being Past)
Secretary
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Club Meeting
May 21
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville
Sunrise – May 21, 2008
John Monck was greeter.
Rick Martel provided the
inspiration.
President George Brookhart
opened the meeting.
16 members were present
New Business:
·
There will be a
review of the recent legislative
session Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Kirby Spencer at 11
North Beechwood, with members of
the local Maryland delegation
·
Induction of
officers for the new Rotary
fiscal year will take place June
18, after discussion of
alternatives
Happy Dollars:
·
Tom Medicus gave
dollars on behalf of a visit to
his grandson and a friend’s
wedding in Cambridge (Md)
·
Larry Aaronson
gave dollars on behalf of
Jonothan Zawacki joining the
club, Brent’s passage of his
classroom teaching evaluation
(thanks!) and his
granddaughter’s great interest
in professional football
·
Susan Souder gave
dollars in appreciation of Larry
Haynes’ attendance and passage
by the Food Ministry (CEAN)
building of its fire inspection.
·
Cal Oren gave
dollars for the Orioles
(baseball, I believe) NOT being
in last place and for the
outstanding house and garden
tour he recently took in Oella
·
John Monck gave
dollars in appreciation of
Larry’s granddaughter’s interest
in pro football
Speaker: Dr. John Singer
Dr. singer retired as a surgeon
from St. Agnes Hospital in 2005
after 30 years of service
there. He is on the Board of
the St. Agnes Foundation. Since
that time, he has been a
volunteer and Director of Hands
Across the Americas, a private
international organization,
performing medical work in
Colombia.
Dr. Singer’s work in Colombia
has been to a public hospital in
Agua Blanco, a poor section of
Calli, the third largest city in
Colombia. This neighborhood is
home to 750,000 people,
virtually all of whom are
desperately poor. The hospital
has operated for five years.
Initially offering only
outpatient services, it now has
20 inpatient beds. Military
police must escort Dr. Singer
and other foreign medical aid
workers to and from the hospital
due to the danger of kidnapping
by rebels operating in the
area. The hospital cares for
uninsured patients. Up to 3750
patients are seen in a day.
Working at the hospital in
week-long sessions, Dr. Singer
and his team have seen as many
as 3750 patients in a single
day. Dr. Singer has performed
43 operations in a single 6-day
period. Hands Across the
Americas has 3 missions to Calli
this year. Its single yearly
fundraiser will be November 27.
Operations now offered at the
hospital include breast
biopsies, hernia, thyroid, gall
bladder and hysterectomies.
Coordination of the medical
operations is made through Dr.
Sardi of Mercy Hospital in
Baltimore, whose family still
lives in Calli.
Larry Aaronson won the 50-50
drawing.
The meeting was closed by
President George Brookhart.
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scribe,5-22-08
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Club Meeting
May 28
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville
Sunrise – May 28, 2008
Ed Tolzman was greeter.
Susan Souder provided the
inspiration.
President George Brookhart
opened the meeting.
12 members were present
New Business:
-
George Brookhart announced
the Chamber of Commerce Crab
Feast & Auction on July 16
at the Lodge in Oella.
-
George also announced the
opening of the Lurman
Theater concerts at
Catonsville High School on
Saturday featuring the CHS
steel band this week.
Happy Dollars:
-
Brent gave dollars for his
middle son Josh’s 27th
birthday and for the good
work a new family friend,
Gung Hao (Ken) has done on
porch gingerbread at the
farm
-
Larry Aaronson gave dollars
for a splendid baseball game
between the Orioles and the
Yankees (the Orioles won? Is
that a typo?)
-
Bruce Vandervort gave
dollars for his private
e-mail of last week.
-
Jonathan Zawacki gave
dollars for his birthday and
Rotary membership
-
Susan Souder gave dollars
for the enjoyable Baltimore
Symphony performance she
attended conducted by Marin
Alsop and featuring
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in
Blue”
Club Business Meeting:
-
Richard Hiteshew gave the
Treasurer’s Report.
-
He gave notice to our Garlic
Mustard ad
-
The Club Foundation has
$1270 in cash and $5100 in
CDs, totaling $6300
-
The Club account has
approximately $3500
-
Liabilities include
breakfasts for June and dues
of $1700
-
Net cash on hand includes
some $2000 for the Bani and
Dictionary projects
-
Bruce Vandervort discussed
the proposed budget
-
Fixed expenses include
the recommendation that
dues be raised from $100
to $125 per quarter
-
Projected income
includes estimated
proceeds from 4 events
-
Fall Fitness Run
estimated to gross
$30,000, with $15,000 to
the Club
-
2009 Bull Roast -
$20,000
-
Library Authors’ Night -
$1,000
-
Guest Bartending - $1500
-
Projects include:
-
Catonsville
Emergency Assistance
Network (CEAN, nee
Food Ministry)
$16,500
-
Bani, Dominican
Republic - $5,500
-
Dictionary
Distribution -
$2,000
-
Rotary International
$1,000 = Total $25,000
-
Projected Unrestricted
funds = $12,500
-
A Rotary Simplified
Grant Form was
distributed and
discussed
-
Bani Project revenues
include $4,000 from the
Club, District and Sam’s
club to help furnish an
orphanage class room and
to send 4 Club members
to Bani.
-
Susan Souder moved
approval of an
application for the Bani
grant; Cal Oren
seconded; the motion
passed
-
Cal Oren discussed
membership, including a
mailing from a prospect
list.
Eric Lamb won BOTH the 50-50
drawing and the pot (which he
donated to the Club).
The meeting was closed by
President George Brookhart.
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Assistant Scribe,
6-2-08
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