Club Meeting October 7
Catonsville Sunrise Rotary
Meeting minutes- October 7, 2009
Susan was super-greeter today
and provide the Rotary Minute
about the Rotary Community Corps
Rosemary gave a fine inspiration
Announcements
-Cal and run spoke about their
experiences at the Samaritan
Women’s open house yesterday
evening but I’m not convinced
that Russ actually went
-Rosemary is going to try to
email some pics from it
-Bruce received another
recognition plaque thanking him
and Sam’s Club for sponsoring
the race.
Happy $$
-Brent for having the chance to
be best main in a wedding again
and perhaps having the chance to
redeem himself for past
performances in this role?
-Larry thanked Balt. County
taxpayers for his next
“conference”
-George- asked Larry to take him
too
-Cal- for the Catonsville Times
race coverage
-George- for the ravens
-Bruce V- a silent happy dollar?
Surely he must have unloaded
another pet by now
Guest speaker
Miles Hill from BGE discussed
the BGE peak rewards program and
other ways to save money on
energy usage. It was a fine
presentation about their new
thermostats can cycle on and off
during peak usage hours which
are typically 1-6 pm. By
participating in the program,
homeowners can save up to $25
dollars per month plus can get a
free $300.00 programmable touch
screen t-stat which can be
programmed online from a
computer. Having a programmable
thermostat will save additional
money too. If your house has 2
zone a/c, you can participate
twice. There are different
levels of participation and
Miles noted that last summer,
BGE never even initiated the
cycling process so participating
homeowners really benefited.
Miles also talked about other
BGE programs such as a quick
energy audit which only costs
$40 but is free if you agree to
adopt at least three of their
suggestions. Comprehensive
energy audits are also available
from BGE. He also discussed a
sort of cash for clunker
appliance program to help people
afford new appliances that are
energy-star rated. He discussed
“vampire electricity” usage
which is when an unused
electrical outlet can cause
energy use. Homeowners can save
money simply by using
child-proofing outlet covers. He
also discussed “smart” surge
protectors which completely shut
off energy to appliances that
are not in use. Apparently, a
toaster plugged in that is not
in use, still draws energy.
Next week District Governor.
Paul Frey will be visiting so
please make an effort to be
present for the meeting.
We had a good turnout today with
16 members present and Alan was
also present. See you all next
week.
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Club Meeting October 14
Catonsville Sunrise Rotary
Meeting minutes- October 14,
2009
-Tom gave a great inspiration
-Richard spoke about the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier and
mentioned that each soldier
takes 21 steps, then pauses for
21 seconds before doing the
about-face and repeating.
-Brent gave the Rotary Minute
about a club that gets seeds
which would normally be
discarded and uses them to grow
food
Announcements
-Cal reminded members to please
respond to the survey about the
potential club merger
-John brought us up to date on
this year’s Dictionary Project
which seems to me moving right
along. The dictionaries have
been ordered and there are over
1000 to be delivered.
-Rosemary suggested a pot-luck
dinner at her house on 10/30 and
suggested that we all wear our
ugliest shirt
-Eric brought members up to date
on the relationship with St.
Agnes Foundation for next year.
Things look promising that they
will continue their involvement
and we were assured that we can
expect their runner numbers to
increase from this year
Happy $$
-Larry thanked taxpayers again
for his recent trip
-Rosemary spoke about her
successful yard sale and clean
attic
-Jonathan- that his son Leo’s
first sentence was uttered in
the middle of the night and that
it was, “I want my Mama”
-Ed recently celebrated his 79th
Birthday at Medieval Times-
Happy Birthday Ed!
-Brent gave a dollar for a
future story
-Bill noted that he was wearing
his wife’s work short by
accident
-Richard noted that President
Obama may have locked up this
year’s Heisman Trophy because he
watched a college football game
Guest speaker
District Governor Paul Frey
spoke and acted a little bit for
us today. He talked about
becoming a “Rotary hero” which
is to “give life to something
bigger than yourself”.
He gave is a brief bio and then
spoke about the District 7620
Strategic Plan. It consists of 5
prongs and he encouraged each of
us to:
1. Take Risks
2. Respect others- see value in
the other person
3. Support the Rotary Foundation
as a club and as individuals
4. Support Polio Plus as a club
by giving $1k for each of the
next 3 years. Collectively,
Rotary has raised over $800
million dollars and we are close
to wiping it out. There were
about 400 cases in 4 countries
this past year: Pakistan,
Afganistan, India, and Nigeria (P.A.I.N.)
5. Go to a District Conference.
The next one is in April 2010 in
Gettysburg, PA
We had 14 members in attendance
and 4 guest including Paul Frey
and Asst. Gov. Al Thompson
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Club Meeting October 21
Minutes to be published soon...
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Club Meeting October 28
Catonsville Sunrise Rotary
Meeting minutes- October 28,
2009
CLUB BUSINESS MEETING
-Ed gave a great inspiration
-Cal gave the Rotary minute
about the Rotary Club of Sri
Lanka who has undertaken to
rebuild damaged or destroyed
schools following the 2004
Tsunami. So far, they have
opened 22 new schools
Announcements
-Once we are able to wrap us
this year’s race and get final
figures, a kick-off meeting will
be scheduled to start planning
for next year. All are invited
and the date and time will be
announced soon.
-Joe has resigned as VP for the
remainder of his current term
and Richard Hiteshew has agreed
to take over this position for
him.
Happy $$
-Larry plugged the Phillies
- Richard noted the article in
the C’ville Times about the Tree
Canopy project and also
mentioned that his grandson was
in a children’s magazine
-Cal gave for a Scottish
festival he went to in Denver
last weekend
-Tom- talked about his grandson
who insists on running even
though he has a bad ankle
-Doug celebrated a trip to the
pumpkin patch with his 2 boys
Business
1. Jonathan gave a Treasurer
Report as well as a Race report.
The race is wrapping up and
there are a few items
outstanding in terms of
collection of sponsorship money
and race expenses but we should
have the final numbers soon. So
far, it looks like the race
cleared about 15k, give or take
but that is just an estimate.
2. The potential merger with the
storied Catonsville Evening Club
was discussed. Results of the
survey were discussed and the
Board has recommended that we
agree to meet in the evening for
Dinner 1x per months, the first
Wednesday of each month. Time
and place are to be determined
but all agreed that it was
important to reach out to the
evening club to try to absorb
their remaining membership
***don’t forget that Friday
evening is dinner at Rosemary’s
house and she needs an RSVP
We had 12 members in attendance
and Alan Ray was a guest.
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