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Meeting Minutes for
December
2008
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Club Meeting December 3
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES,
Catonsville Sunrise –
December 03, 2008
Susan Souder was greeter
Cal Oren gave an
inspiration.
Susan Souder offered a
Rotary Moment in praise of
Bruce Siddons’ efforts for
the 5K Race
Pres. Cal Oren opened the
meeting.
Guests included charter
guest Alan Ray, Alan Sawyer,
of Catonsville and ex-Rotary
of Dickson, Calif. And Ms
Leslie representing Sherry
Welch and St. Agnes
Foundation
13 members
Rotary Announcements:
• 5K Discussion will follow
the meeting concerning plans
for next year.
• Dues are due, says the
Treasurer.
• Inductions of new members
will be held in the next two
weeks.
Happy Dollars:
• Susan Souder gave dollars
in appreciation for a guilty
plea in a case she did not
look forward to trying.
• Ed Holzman gave dollars in
appreciation of a brass
concert at the Charles
Street Cathedral that
featured the Catonsville
High School Steel Band
• Alan Ray gave dollars in
appreciation of the efforts
of John Monck on behalf of
the food ministry, CEFM.
• Cal Oren offered a plaque
on behalf of Joe Loverde in
appreciation of Bruce
Siddons’ and Sam’s Club’s
contributions to the Loverde
Foundation Thanksgiving
Dinner.
• Tom Medicus gave dollars
on behalf of a new dog web
page.
• Brent Tolbert-Smith gave a
dollar to recognize the
continued ranking of Alabama
as #1 college football team
in the country.
Speaker: Eric Lamb,
Attorney, Classification
Talk
Eric is one of our newest
members, but one who has
been most successful and
persistent in bringing us
new members. He was born in
Frederick, Maryland, where
he grew up. He attended the
University of Colorado,
Boulder and graduated from
Mt. Saint Mary’s College in
Emmitsburg, Md. And
University of Baltimore
School of Law.
He worked as an attorney on
Capitol Hill in Washington
and in real estate for a law
firm in Baltimore. He opened
a law office and title
company in Catonsville in
1997. With hard work and
long hours, the title
company’s business spread to
26 states.
Eric has lived in several
homes in the area, including
Holmehurst Avenue,
Catonsville in 1999,
Severena Park (a couple of
times, I think), Hilton
Avenue and most recently
Montrose Avenue in 2006. He
and his wife have 3
children.
Eric recently sold his title
company (before the crash)
and now works in a law
office in Catonsville in
estate planning.
50-50: Susan Souder won the
drawing.
The meeting was closed by
Pres. Cal Oren
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Scribbler
12-10-08
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Club Meeting December 10
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES,
Catonsville Sunrise –
December 12, 2008
Brent Tolbert-Smith was
greeter
Susan Souder gave an
inspiration.
Pres. Cal Oren opened the
meeting.
Guests included charter
guest Alan Ray, Mrs. Monck
and Gary Bernhart (guest of
Eric Lamb’s).
13 members
Rotary Announcements:
• New Member Induction –
December 17.
• Dictionary Project –
Beechfield Elementary School
sent thank you notes for the
dictionaries.
Happy Dollars:
• Cal Oren: Earning a free
Happy Dollar moment by
virtue of wearing his Rotary
shirt, Cal recognized the
State of Illinois for
surpassing the State of
Maryland in its level of
apparent official
corruption, a la Gov.
Bragojevich’s plans to
auction off Pres.-elect
Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate
seat.
• .Richard Hiteshew: He just
received a letter from
Tasmania from the estate of
ex-member Brian Cooper
leaving $250 for the Rotary
Club.
• George Brookhart:
Recognition for the
Baltimore Ravens (I presume
not Poe’s) for a recent
triumph(?) and for the
birthday of his youngest
grand-child, aged 2.
• Brent Tolbert-Smith:
Recognition for Tim Tebow,
the best college football
player in America (in
Brent’s view), who was
instrumental in U.Fla’s.
victory over Alabama (31-20)
in the SEC championship
game.
• John Monck: Son mark’s
participation in the
football all-star game. Mark
won Athlete of the Week;
also for the (Baltimore?)
Ravens.
• Karen Paris: Won a snow
bet with Ed Tolzman.
• Rosemary Wright: Earning a
free Happy Dollar for
wearing her Rotary shirt,
her new job at 1st Mariner
Bank.
• Joe Loverde: Celebrity
autograph-signing for
charity last Saturday: Joe
left before the signing.
Speaker: Joe Harsel of
Erickson Communities on
“Corporate Philanthropy”
Mr. Harsel is Director of
Corporate Responsibility for
Erickson. He has a degree
from James Madison
University and a M.A. in
Leadership Development.
Erickson has 23 retirement
communities across the
country.
Mr. Harsel defined
“corporate citizenship” in
short as “doing well by
doing good”. it includes,
operational practices,
community engagement and
stockholder relations.
In pursuit of it, he asks
the following questions:
1. What is the biggest need?
2. Who are your stakeholders
(constituents)?
3. What are its needs?
4. What can your
organization contribute (its
greatest strength)?
5. What can you do?
50-50: Bill Lorenz won the
drawing.
The meeting was closed by
Pres. Cal Oren
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Scribbler
12-15-08
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Board Meeting December 15
Catonsville Sunrise Rotary Board
Meeting, December 15, 2008
Cal Oren, Joe Loverde, Bruce
Vandervort and Eric Lamb were
present.
The Treasurer made a report,
including discussion of some
funds due from 5K sponsors that
will be paid through the St.
Agnes Foundation. Seven members
owe dues. The club is presently
in the black.
Inactive member Bev Wright has
expressed the intention to
become an active member if a
newly hired sales representative
can stand in for her on some
occasions.
New officers to be nominated
include Karen Paris for
Secretary (I second that!) and
Jonathan Zawacki for Treasurer
fo4 2009-10. The sentiment was
expressed that it is good to
have some relatively new members
step up to serve as officers.
Induction of up to 5 new members
will be held Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Monday afternoon, Dec. 15 is
scheduled for distributing
dictionaries to another school.
Discussion occurred on assembly
of a database of names and
addresses of past contacts from
bull roast and financial
records.
Discussion took place concerning
the possibility of involving
Erickson Retirement Communities,
and especially Charlestown
itself, in Rotary activities,
ranging from meeting location to
new members to fund raising
sponsorships.
Discussion also took place
concerning future focal points
for 5K races, including Matthews
1600 (the prior location) and
CCBC, as well as the need to
seek large corporate sponsors
active in business in our area.
The meeting was adjourned.
Submitted by Brent Tolbert-Smith
Secretary December 15, 2008
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Club Meeting December 17
ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville
Sunrise – December 17, 2008
Ed Tolzman was greeter
Brent Tolbert-Smith gave an
inspiration
The Rotary moment concerned the
project of the Anchorage club to
build a sun station to benefit
science and fitness..
Pres. Cal Oren opened the
meeting.
Guests included charter guest
Alan Ray and Dr. Su-Cheng Chao,
Brent’s sister-in-law
19 members
Announcements:
• Jackie Webster’s father has
died. Jackie is a past member of
the club.
• Larry Aaronson is still
recuperating from his knee
surgeries.
Happy Dollars:
• George Brookhart – Gave
dollars for his recovery from a
recent illness.
• Brent Tolbert-Smith – Gave a
dollar for the end of his
semester teaching.
• Alan Ray – Gave dollars for
his son and daughter-in-law’s
presence for the holidays. His
daughter-in-law recently passed
the California bar exam (no mean
feat, that) and is a member of a
prominent California law firm.
• Steve Arum – recently returned
from a 6-week trip with wife
Esther to India, gave $5 for his
safe and eventful trip, in which
he found Rotary even in a remote
part of India (Khota).
• John Monck – Gave dollars in
appreciation of Eric Lamb’s
successful recruitment of new
Rotary members and for the patch
for the new Microsoft software
glitch.
Induction of New Members:
Alan Ray, member of the Columbia
Town Center Rotary and a
frequent guest at our club, led
the induction of 5 new members
into our club (some kind of
record), sponsored by Eric Lamb
and Russ Witzke:
Bill Lorenz Chuch Gailunas Doug
Morton
Mark Silvestri Dave Weathington
Congratulations to all, with
hopes of the start of a long,
beautiful relationship (with
apologies to “Casa Blanca”).
Club Meeting:
• Meetings – No club meetings on
December 24 and 31st, but
members can meet for breakfast
informally at 8:00 a.m. on
December 31 at the Double-T
Diner.
• 2009-10 Club Officers –
Nominees by the club board are
Cal Oren, President; Joe Loverde,
Vice-President; Karen Paris,
Secretary; Jonathan Zawacki,
Treasurer
• Motion: To accept the nominees
of the board for officers for
2009-10 was seconded and passed
unanimously (Here’s to July 1!).
• Treasurer’s Report – The club
has money in the bank (a
little), money from two sponsors
of the 5K Race still expected
and dues coming in.
• Meeting Places: Charlestown.
Plans are underway to forge a
closer relationship with the
Erickson retirement community at
Charlestown in Catonsville.
Although Erickson’s headquarters
is located in Catonsville,
association specifically with
Charlestown is seen as most
appropriate for our local club,
which might even include regular
club meetings held on the
premises. The club did hold a
regular meeting at Charlestown a
couple of years ago.
• 5K Race – Possible race venues
were discussed, including
Matthews 1600 and the Community
College of Baltimore County
(Catonsville), CCBC.
• Motion – Rosemary Wright made
a motion to designate the $600
she recently presented the club
from Wells-Fargo to be used to
purchase a cow for the Bani
(Dominican Republic) Rotary Club
(our partner club in the
Dominican Republic) to be
donated to a deserving rural
community near Bani as part of
the Bani Rotary livestock
project. The motion was seconded
and passed unanimously, after
some discussion.
50-50: Russ Witzke won the
drawing.
The meeting was closed by Pres.
Cal Oren
Submitted by Brent
Tolbert-Smith, Scribbler
12-19-08
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Club Meeting December 24
No formal meeting was held.
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Club Meeting December 31
No formal meeting was held.
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