The Prez started the meeting at 12:15 and Al Campanella said a beautiful prayer…asking blessings for family and friends, and for a safe nation.  Thanks, Al.

 

Music:  Teddie played some old favorites, including Holly Dolly, Mame, In Love With a Wonderful Guy, Some Enchanted Evening and a few more.  Wonderful…Teddie!

 

Food:  We enjoyed Caesar’s salad, New England Pot Roast with new crop potatoes that included sour cream, German chocolate cake, with coffee and tea.  A fine substitute was pasta primavera, which was superb, including sun dried tomatoes, artichokes and a host of most delicious gourmet goodies.

 

Guests:  Susan Golding, Tinton Falls

 

Fines:  Al, on time; Rob, Frank, Rhonda, Harriet-late; Rhonda, Tony-no pin; Bill for being today’s speaker; Susan-Horton late in sending mail; Gloria- John not here.

 

Happy Dollars:  Don for being happy; Susan-being picked up at airport by Horton; Rhonda-going to South Carolina to spend Thanksgiving with her family; Gail- nice place (NCC) and no fine by Jim; Harriet- because it is not snowing; Rob- left eye getting better and for good physical therapist; Tony- happy Thanksgiving is next week; Mike- because he was not fined; Frank- Apple^® reached a new high and something reached a new low (??); Liz- family coming for Thanksgiving; Jim- wished all a happy Thanksgiving.

 

 Birthdays & Anniversaries  Robin, birthday

 

Announcements:

1)November 27^th – (no meeting) - Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you and your family, and may you enjoy good health and happiness always (Ed.)

2)December 4^th – voting on new slate of officers; please be present. 

3)December 16^th – Holiday Party - Navesink Country Club, 6:30-10:00 PM

4)December ?? (t/b/a) – bell ringing

5)December 18^th – regular meeting AND Board meeting following thereafter

6)January 31^st – Saturday-AM- mid-year District Assembly at La Bove Grande Banquet and Circle Landmark Restaurant, Lakehurst, NJ  www.labovegrande.net

7)May 1-3, 2015 – District Conference, Mystic, Rhode Island

8)Reminders –

a.Use Rotary business/thank you cards when patronizing restaurants and other businesses and club supporters in the area

9)Mike DeNofa asked that if you know of any speakers, to please let him know.  It would be helpful if you would let him know if we have any comments, positive or negative, about the speakers.

10) If anybody has ideas for a Community Service project, please send them to any Board member.  Thank you.

 

Speaker:  Bill Donnelly spoke on two topics: Rotary Leadership Institute and his Gift of Life Mission to the Philippines.
            RLI – strengthens Rotary clubs; provides education, collaboration and exchange of ideas; develops future and current leaders.  This is facilitated by experienced faculty members; engages participants to share success, have open discussions, engage in problem solving, and provides for creative roll playing.  RLI is about leadership development, Rotary knowledge, exchange of ideas, member engagement, and service project leadership.  Sessions are one day per class, generally from 8:00 AM-3:30 PM, have approx. 6-7 topics, about 50 minutes per class and usually held on Saturdays, but sometimes on Fridays.

            GIFT OF LIFE MISSION- Bill talked enthusiastically about the roles the various people on the mission had, including medical people, support staff, patients, etc., and showed a tremendously strong and attached involvement in the program.  We saw a wonderful slide show that augmented Bill’s presentation. 

            A Rotary Global Grant funded this project.  There were about 58 children operated upon for heart defects, ranging from small ones through mid-teens.

 

50/50 of $20.00 went to Rhonda.

 

Meeting ended at 1:35 PM

23 members attended today’s meeting

 

 

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. 

– Vince Lombardi

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Denise started the meeting at 12:15 PM and Bill said a prayer…asking that we keep our eyes open, and that there be compassion, health; blessings for food and Rotarians.

 

Music:  Great tunes played by Teddie were Bewildered, Starlust, Don’t Blame Me, Whispering and a few good others.

 

Food:  Mixed [delicious!] greens, chicken françoise, with red peppers, carrots, rice, cherry pie, coffee and tea.

 

Guests:  none

 

Fines:  Late: Rob, Frank, Mike T., Jon, Joe, Harry, Gail, Liz; Robin-picture in paper; Dave-for being here; Tony- on cell phone; those not fined this month all paid $1.00.

 

Happy Dollars:  Barbara Mullen for Jim raising such large sums of money each week, doing Happy Dollars and Fines; Harry- daughter moved into apt. in NYC; Jon for Jets loosing; Jim- 6 month cancer screening negative; Addie- for all cancer survivors; Robin- for cancer survivors; Warren- for last nights great dinner and Knick game with [son] Alan at MSG.

 

 Birthdays & Anniversaries:  (none)

 

Join Rotary Anniversaries:

Teddie, Nov 1, 19 years; Addie, Nov 5, 22 years; Barbara Nevius, Nov 8, 7 years; Kevin Murphy, Nov 13, 11 years

 

Announcements:

1)November 13^th – today – Denise announced that our club won a few district awards, viz.:

a.3^rd highest club in district for “average per member gift” toward the Rotary International Foundation. 

b.Eradication of Polio award

2)November 20^th – 22^nd – Canathon – collecting cans for less fortunate for Thanksgiving – Denise passed around sign-up sheet on November 13^th, so please…if you already haven’t…please sign up and give a hand for another very worthwhile cause.

3)December 16^th – Holiday Party - Navesink Country Club, 6:30-10:00 PM

4)May 1-3, 2015 – District Conference, Mystic, Rhode Island

5)REMINDERS –

a.Use Rotary business/thank you cards when patronizing restaurants and other businesses and club supporters in the area

6)Mike DeNofa asked that if you know of any speakers, to please let him know.  It would be helpful if you would let him know if we have any comments, positive or negative, about the speakers.

a.December 4^th – open – need a speaker…please.

 

Tell-A-Joke:

            Jack told a class “A” joke about a dinner party in Italy, which commanded a wonderful cheer at the end.  This editor thinks it deserves a “5” (out of 5).  Jack, you are a gem and we hope you will tell some others soon again.

 

Speaker:  Hev Saing is a Rotarian and member of the North Philadelphia club.  He spoke to us about a book he authored, Cash In On Your Differences.  He has a master’s degree in Project Management and his undergraduate degree is in architecture from the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is also a certified PMP (project management professional).  He is presently writing a second book, and is the president of Be Your Best Self, LLC. His talk today was titled, Your Differences Are the Key to Your Success.  Some of the main points Hev made were:

 

50/50 of  $20 went to Jim Mullevey

 

Meeting ended at 1:25 PM

31 people attended today’s meeting

 

– Ben Franklin

 

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Lunch was delicious: Grilled Flat Iron Steak followed by German Chocolate Cake
 
 No guests or visitors today
 
 Jim Fines:
 Jon, Clark, Frank-late
 Tony and Jon-no pins on
 Tony and Patty have 5 pictures in the paper and traveling all over the world....gave up a $20 for it.
 Horton and Dave mailed in fines, so they can still be part of us
 Chuck is wearing a tie
 Bill for running the marathon
 Al...just give a dollar
 Barbara N-out because she was working
 Rob for sitting on a non rotary cushion
 Clark-lost 30 pounds
 Gov Harriet-has been a Rotary meeting everyday for a month, she is working too hard
 Jim is wearing a pin that Lou gave him
 Addie-wanted a kiss from Jim
 Liz-she kissed Tony so hard, he has lipstick on his collar
Jim does a terrific job raising money for the club and this week was outstanding! Thank you!

Happy Dollars
 
 Barbara N-spent a great weekend with her daughter
 Rob-nice comfortable chairs, for the get well card
 Tony-for Bill D's race
 Chuck- for the weather last Sun (Marathon)
 Joe-for Rob smiling today and Bill
 Liz-her friends did the marathon in 3 hours
 Jon-son turns 22 today, closed on his house
 Harriet-glad that Rob is back, for Bill running
 Bill-$26.26 for each mile of marathon, raised over $5000
 Don-Mother celebrated her 95th birthday
 
 Victor Coppola is an environmental advisor. He works with moisture, mold and odor. Victor works on improving air quality. 80% of what we do is olfactory. He solves odor and moisture problems especially in basements or lower levels. 
 Our children will have the biggest environmental in our futures. He believes in being Green. They use a process called dry ice to get rid of mold. 
 
 50/50
 Victor was the winner and donated it back to the club.
 
 
 There was mistake in the listing of the 50/50 last week, Joe Greca was the winner and he donated it back club.