Rochester Rotary 1/30/2014

Rotary HEADLINE News

Start-Up NY

President Bob's Journal

Upcoming Speakers

2014-2015 Club Board Election

Thank You!

2014 Sunshine Award Recipient Paul DeCarolis

It's that time of year!

Rotary Boot Camp

Paul Harris Fellows Challenge!

"Plus One"

January Birthdays

Are we socially connected?

Upcoming Committee Meetings

2/3/14 Adopt-a-School Committee Meeting

2:30-3:30 p.m.

School #8

2/4/14 Breakfast Meeting

7:45-8:45 a.m.

Memorial Art Gallery

2/4/14 Tuesday Luncheon

12-1:15 p.m.

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/4/14 Sunshine Kids Gala Committee Meeting

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/11/14 Tuesday Luncheon

12-1:15 p.m.

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/11/14 Sunshine Kids Gala Committee Meeting

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/12/14 Friendship Committee Meeting

12-1:30 p.m.

Shadow Lake Country Club

2013-2014

Club Board

Club President

Robert Attardo

President Elect

Tracy Armstrong

Immediate Past President

John White

Vice Presidents

Timothy Cook

Beth Cross-Wilhelm

Donna Dedee

Nancy O'Brien

Pete Sarratori
Julie St.Germaine

Patrick Stack
Ellen Wagner

Mark Zawacki

Treasurer
Don Twietmeyer

Assistant Treasurer

Mark Armbruster

Sgt.-At-Arms

Mary Lewis-Consler

Sgt-At-Arms

Jayne Van Zile

New Member Liaison

Meredith Smith

Historian

Mat Adams

Rochester Rotary Staff

Tracey Dreisbach

Executive Director

Myrna Padilla

Executive Assistant

Heather Rossi

Event Director

Brandi Koch

Sunshine Campus Partner

Director

Morgan Hamman

Accounting Manager

United Way

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Consider a donation to the Sunshine Campus through the United Way. Remember to choose Donor Option #1098 for the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus.

News of YOUR Club

Start-Up NY

Join us Tuesday, February 4th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speaker will be Leslie Whatley, Executive Vice-President of Start-Up NY for the Empire State Development Corp. She is globally respected executive with extensive real estate and management experience across multiple industry sectors and geographies.

START-UP NY seeks to accelerate entrepreneurialism and job creation across the state on a large scale, with a particular focus on Upstate New York. The State University of New York campus system, along with other college communities, serves as the framework of the START-UP NY program to attract high-tech and other start-ups, venture capital, new business and investments from across the world. Under the program, businesses have the opportunity to operate completely tax-free for 10 years on eligible campuses and spaces. Businesses will partner with the higher education institutions in the SUNY system as well as other universities and be able to access industry experts and advanced research laboratories.

President Bob's Journal

156!

That is the number of Rochester Rotarians, visiting Rotarians and guests who turned out for the New Member Class luncheon meeting on Tuesday. Ray Isaac was masterful as the moderator of a very entertaining, informative and interesting panel discussion on family businesses. The panelists were Julie Camardo-Steron of Zweigle's Inc., Andre Langston of WDKX Radio and Rufus Judson of The Pike Company. The entire New Member Class did an outstanding job planning, promoting and putting on their meeting. They received tremendous support from their fellow Rotarians. We can look forward to the talents, passions, energy and ideas of our newest Rotarians being applied in furtherance of the missions of Rochester Rotary.

The New Member Class assembled 15 gift baskets, which were raffled during the luncheon. Together, we raised $1,800 during the meeting alone. The class members separately contributed money to purchase a pedal boat and a teepee for the kids to enjoy at the Sunshine Campus. Thanks to all!

On Wednesday, your Rochester Rotary Club was inducted into the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation's Hall of Fame. The Rochester Rotary Club is the first not-for-profit to be inducted in the eleven years that the RABEF has awarded the Rochester business ethics award.

Upcoming Speakers

2/4/14 - Breakfast Meeting

President-Elect Tracy Armstrong - Community Service Teams Member Alan Vitberg - "An Overview of Inbound Marketing in 15 minutes or Less"

Memorial Art Gallery

2/4/14 - Leslie Whatley, Executive Vice-President of Start-Up NY

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/18/14 - Brian Sampson - Unshackle Upstate Panel Discussion

Speakers - Mike Durant, State Director, National Federation of Independent Business, Brian McMahon, President, NYS Economic Development Corporation and Rick Herman, CEO, Rochester Homebuilders Association

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

2/25/14 - Patrick Sheller, VP of Eastman Kodak Company and General Counsel

Locust Hill Country Club

2014-2015 Club Board Election

Pursuant to the Club Bylaws, the Club Nominating Committee recently recommended, and the Club Board of Directors approved, the following Slate for the 2014-2015 Board of Directors' election.

Other nominations for the 2014-2015 Board of Directors may come from the club membership-at-large. If you decide to nominate someone for the various club positions noted below, your nomination must receive 24 seconds in order to be placed on the ballot that will be mailed to the club members for voting purposes.

Please submit your nomination to Club Executive Director, Tracey Dreisbach, no later than Friday, February 7th at 4:00 p.m. Ballots will be mailed on Monday, February 10th.

If you have any questions or comments related to the 2014-2015 Slate for Club Board of Directors, please call Tracey Dreisbach at 546-7435, ext. 215.

PLEASE NOTE: Tracy Armstrong is now

serving as Club President Elect 2013-

2014. She will serve as Club President in

the Rotary Year 2014-2015.

President Elect 2014-2015, President

2015-2016, Immediate Past President

2016-2017

Peter J. Sarratori

President, Rochester Lead Works, Inc.

Rochester Rotary member since 1995

Rotary Leadership Positions: Sunshine

Campus Vice-President, Campus

Facilities Committee, Centennial

Celebration Committee, Joint Finance

Committee, Membership Engagement

Committee, Peter D. Formicola Golf

Committee, RADA Sunshine Kids Gala,

Sunshine Campus Promotions Committee

Engagement Vice-President

Donna Dedee

Chief Executive Director, Holy Childhood

Rochester Rotary Member since 2001

Rotary Leadership Positions: Eastern

Cities Dinner Committee, Fellowship

Committee, Friendship Committee,

Membership Engagement Committee,

Mentor Group, Peter D. Formicola Golf

Committee, Program Committee, Rotary

Award Committee

Members Vice-President

Mary Lewis Consler

Rochester Rotary member since 1988

Rotary Leadership Positions: Club

Sergeant-at-Arms, Membership

Committee, Eastern Cities Dinner

Committee, Hospitality Committee,

Membership Engagement Committee,

Mentor Group, Rising Leaders Committee

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Philanthropy Vice-President

Nancy O'Brien

Vice-President-Corporate Banking,

Citizens Bank

Rochester Rotary member since 2006

Rotary Leadership Positions: Geva Event

Committee, Historical Committee, Peter

D. Formicola Golf Committee, RADA

Sunshine Kids Gala, RI Foundation

Committee, RPO Holiday Pops

Committee

Branding & Marketing Vice-President

Timothy J. Cook

President, Cook Communications

Rochester Rotary member since 2006

Rotary Leadership Positions: Centennial

Celebration Committee, Community

Service Teams Committee, Historical

Committee, Marketing Committee, RADA

Sunshine Kids Gala, RI Foundation

Committee, RPO Holiday Pops

Committee

Community Service Vice-President

Patrick Stack

I.T. Director, Eastman Kodak Company

Rochester Rotary member since 2010

Rotary Leadership Positions: Campus

Facilities Committee, Community Service

Teams Committee, Geva Event

Committee, Historical Committee, Peter

D. Formicola Golf Committee, RADA

Sunshine Kids Gala, RI Foundation

Committee, RPO Holiday Pops

Committee

School #8 Vice-President

Beth Cross-Wilhelm

President, Songbird Legal Research

Services

Rochester Rotary member since 2008

Rotary Leadership Positions: Adopt-a-

School Committee, Centennial

Celebration Committee, Eastern Cities

Dinner Committee, Geva Event

Committee, School #8 Scholarship

Committee

Sunshine Campus Vice-President

Mark Zawacki

Executive Director, Heritage

Christian Service Foundation

Rochester Rotary member since 2007

Rotary Leadership Positions:

International Exchange Committee, RI

Foundation Committee, Sunshine

Campus Promotion Committee

International Vice-President

Captain Jeffrey S. Bartkoski

Commanding Officer, University of

Rochester, NROTC

Rochester Rotary member since 2012

Rotary Leadership Positions: Adopt-A-

School Committee

Business Connections Vice-President

Julie St. Germaine

President/Owner, Signs Now

Rochester Rotary member since 2008

Rotary Leadership Positions: Business to

Business Committee, Law Day

Subcommittee, Membership Committee,

RADA Sunshine Kids Gala

Treasurer

Don H. Twietmeyer

Attorney, Trevett Cristo Siger &

Andalino P.C.

Rochester Rotary member since 1994

Rotary Leadership Positions: Centennial

Celebration Committee, Historical

Committee, Joint Finance Committee,

Planned Giving Committee, Program

Committee

Assistant Treasurer

Mark Armbruster

President, Armbruster Capital

Management Inc.

Rochester Rotary member since 2010

Rotary Leadership Positions: Business to

Business, Joint Finance Committee,

Membership Committee, Membership

Engagement Committee, Rising Leaders

Committee

New Member Liaison

Meredith Smith

Associate Vice-President Government

and Community Relations, R.I.T.

Rochester Rotary member since 2011

Rotary Leadership Positions: Business to

Business Committee, Peter D.

Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf

Committee, Program Committee, Rising

Leaders Committee

Historian

Mat Adams

Rochester Rotary member since 1987

Rotary Leadership Positions: Advisory

Committee, Past President 1995-1996,

Sunshine Campus Promotions Committee

Sergeant-at-Arms

Kathleen Pringle

President, Kathleen Pringle Group

Rochester Rotary member since 2004

Rotary Leadership Positions: Hospitality

Committee, Marketing Committee,

Membership Engagement Committee,

RADA Sunshine Kids Gala

Sergeant-at-Arms

Jeff Leenhouts

Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth

Management

Rochester Rotary member since 2003

Rotary Leadership Positions:

Community Service Teams Committee,

Rotary Award Gala Committee, Rotary

Award Patron Committee, RRCT

Investment Committee, Sunshine

Campus Promotion Committee

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Soup/Chili Cook-off & Baking Contest or Whatever event. We had a great turn out, great food and great fellowship. A special thank you to everyone who helped coordinate this event especially Lee Kirk and Past President Sam Merlo.

Congratulations to the winners -

1st prize: Mama Vitberg's High Falootin Root a Toot-Tootin Give a Big Hootin Chili (Submitted by Alan and Janice Vitberg)

2nd prize: Baked Lasagna (Submitted by Sam Merlo)

1st Prize Desert: Chocolate-Hazelnut Bread Pudding (Submitted by Ellen Wagner)

2014 Sunshine Award Recipient

Paul DeCarolis

At this year's Sunshine Kids Gala being held February 22nd at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center fellow Rochester Rotarian Paul DeCarolis will be honored as the 2014 Sunshine Award Recipient.

This award recognizes someone who shares their time, talent and treasure with the Sunshine Campus. Paul's dedication to the Sunshine Campus and the people served there is matched by few others. Paul is not only a significant monetary contributor to the Campus but his behind the scenes time is immeasurable - he has helped to move significant amounts of donated food to the Campus in a refrigerated truck, moved an entire train and its tracks from Penfield to Rush, provides busing support for our adopted School #8 and much more.

Come show your support, purchase tickets to the 2014 Sunshine Kids Gala today!

Sunshine Kids Gala

It's that time of year!

It's that time of year again...we are thinking SUMMER.

Staff and Camper applications will go live February 1st. We are looking forward to another great year.

We are looking for Summer Program Staff, Counselors, Nurses & Facility Staff. Visit www.sunshinecampus.org for more information.

Have you been to the Sunshine Campus before? NO? Contact Brandi at brandi@rochesterrotary.org or call 546-7435 X210 for a tour today!

Rotary Boot Camp

Membership matters.........

Rotary Boot Camp is a quick "training" on all the "ins" and "outs" of Rochester Rotary. We ask that all new members attend one session - as well as longtime Rotarians who need a refresher on their Club.

These sessions are both social and informative. Strap up your boots and save the date, we will save you a seat!

Wednesday, February 12th - 4:30 p.m.

Rochester Rotary Board Room (180 Linden Oaks)

RSVP your attendance to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.

Paul Harris Fellows Challenge!

The Rotary Foundation Committee and Rochester Rotary Paul Harris Fellow members are issuing a challenge to those club members who are not presently Paul Harris Fellows.

For each $100 donated to The Rotary Foundation the Rochester Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow members will match the donation with 100 recognition points.

This means that someone without any donations to the Rotary Foundation at this point could become a Paul Harris Fellow by donating $500. The donation would be matched, subject to availability, with 500 recognition points, bringing the combined total to 1,000 points from donations and transferred points needed for the Paul Harris Fellow Recognition.

Like all challenges, the time period for donations to be matched ends in just four weeks on February 4th.

Donations must be sent through Hank Ralston of the Rotary Foundation Committee or if made on a direct basis, proof sent to Hank Ralston so he can set up the matching points.

If you have any questions regarding this, please see Hank Ralston, Beth Cross-Wilhelm or Mark Zawacki.

We hope all members who are not already Paul Harris Fellows take advantage of this opportunity to become one and show your support for all the work that The Rotary Foundation does around the world, including here in the US. Remember that after three years, 50% of your donation comes back to our District and supports local grants as well.

Partner with Your Membership Committee for This Year's "PLUS ONE" Campaign!

Rochester Rotarians are the best source of qualified new members--bringing their business colleagues and friends into the club each year. This past year we saw more than 35 new members join Rochester Rotary!

We need your help to achieve our goal for this year. Do you have a business associate or a friend who might benefit from Rochester Rotary through excellent speakers on a variety of topics at the Tuesday Noon Lunch Meeting, business networking meeting with other business leaders or service opportunities such as those at School # 8 and the Sunshine Campus?

Your Membership Committee is undertaking a special campaign for new members-PLUS ONE! We are asking each member to identify and engage one new member! Bring your potential new member to a luncheon or to an upcoming event. Membership Co-Chairs Mary Lewis Consler and Scott Rasmussen are happy to assist you, as are all Membership Committee members.

The proposal process is easy:

Simply complete a short Membership Proposal Card, which can be found on the Rochester Rotary website under "Club Committees," and submit the card to the Rotary office.
A Membership Committee member will meet with your candidate to discuss Rochester Rotary and to learn more about the candidate.
The Membership Committee member will share information with the committee and make a recommendation for Board approval.

Currently Rochester Rotary is looking for new members in these areas:

Advertising & Public Relations
Architecture & Engineering
Business Owners
Clergy, Religious
Commercial Sales
Computers, Data Processing
Corporate Executives
Entertainment & Sports
Hotel/Travel
Human Resources
Military
Technology
Transportation
Utilities

"PLUS ONE"! That's the Membership Committee's and Rochester Rotary's mission this year! With one new member referral you can make a real difference!

January Birthdays

January 2- Andre Godfrey

January 2- Deborah Hughes

January 3- Fabricio Morales

January 6- Paul DeCarolis

January 7- Jennifer Johnson

January 9- Bud Rusitzky

January 10- Jeff Leenhouts

January 11- Fran Ostrom

January 12- Chris Gamble

January 16- Woody Deutsch

January 19- Joe Naples

January 18- Karla Damico Wilsey

January 19- Mark Kluge

January 21- Nancy O'Brien

January 22- Bob Stookey

January 23- Warren Bastian

January 24- Gregory Miller

January 24- Ray Ottman

January 24- Tim Bauman

January 25- Mary Worboys Turner

January 26- Doug Phillips

January 26- John Velekkakan

January 30- Kevin Woods

Birthday gift contributions made will benefit the students at our adopted school, School #8, Roberto Clemente School #8 scholarship students and community service projects with in our community. You may mail your gift to the Rotary Office or bring it with you to a Tuesday meeting.

Please contact the Rotary Office if your birthday is not listed so that we may update your information.

What is going on in the district?

Rotary District 7120 and the Rotary International Foundation is making available a $30,000 grant for graduate study abroad. This educational grant is to focus on service and graduate study in topics listed below:

Disease Prevention and Treatment

Peace and Conflict Resolution

Water and Sanitation

Maternal and Child Health

Basic Education and Literacy

Economic and Community Development

Applicants must fill out an online form in the www.rotary7120.org website and submit by March 1, 2014 to kts5@verizon.net. There will be an interview by a Rotary Grant Committee Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 3:00 pm in the conference room of the Geneva Public Library, corner of Main and Castle Streets, Geneva, NY. Further details are available on the Rotary website www.rotary.org under Foundation tab.

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