Join us Tuesday, May 27th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speaker will be Keith Elder, Director of Activities at Eastman School of Music.

Keith Elder joined the Eastman School of Music in December 2013 and is the Director of Concert Activities overseeing more than 700 events a year.  He has over 25 years of experience in arts administration and has worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Detroit Symphony, and directed the Tanglewood Jazz Festival.  He produced music for the pre-game ceremony of the XXXVI Super Bowl as well as the opening and closing exercises of the 1999 Ryder Cup, and the World Series ring ceremony with the Boston Red Sox. 

As a musician Keith has performed as a tubist with many of the world's premier conductors and was the tubist for the Wynton Marsalis "Marsalis on Music" DVD and CD.  Keith is also a lawyer and member of the Massachusetts bar and prior to his appointment at Eastman he was owner and manager of a law practice in Massachusetts that focused on civil, domestic, and entertainment law.  Keith was in our most recent new member class and joined Rotary in 2013.

Baseball Game:  This week, Rochester Rotarians attended the day game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Toledo Mud Hens at Frontier Field.  Unfortunately, the Red Wings seven-game winning streak came to an end.  However, it was great to spend an afternoon with fellow Rotarians, enjoying a beautiful Spring day, watching baseball.

Breakfast Meetings:  I hope to see you at the final breakfast meeting of my term as club president on Tuesday, June 3, from 7:45 to 8:45, in the Timber Room of the East Avenue Wegmans.  Kathleen Pringle will discuss Career Management as the professional development topic, and Mark Zawacki will briefly discuss upcoming events at the Sunshine Campus as the Rotary topic.  The format of the breakfast meetings makes them ideal for bringing guests and/or prospective new members, so please consider bringing a guest too. 

This year, the club held monthly breakfast meetings, in addition to the weekly luncheon meetings, in service to you, our members.  We recognized that, due to our busy lives and the increasing pressures of work, it's not always easy or convenient to attend lunch meetings.  We did this as an experiment.  If these breakfast meetings are valuable to you, please attend.  Other ways to provide feedback also are available, and will be provided shortly.

Memorial Day:  I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday weekend.  If you are traveling, I wish you a safe and enjoyable trip.  If you are home, enjoy the long weekend, and fly the flag in remembrance of the men and women who died serving in our armed forces, so we can enjoy the freedoms we cherish in our country.

5/27/14 - "The Many Concert Offerings at the Eastman School of Music including the NEW Eastman Presents Series" - Keith Elder, Director of Concert Activities at Eastman School of Music

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

6/3/14 - Breakfast Meeting

Career Management - Member Kathleen Pringle

Upcoming Events at the Sunshine Campus - Member Mark Zawacki

Wegmans on East Avenue (Timber Room)

6/3/14 - Sally Snow, "Is Rundel Library Haunted by Ghosts?"

Locust Hill Country Club

6/10/14 - RGH/Unity Merger - Mark Clement, RGH & Warren Hearn, Unity

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

6/19/14 - 77th Rotary Award Luncheon - Reservations are needed contact Myrna at myrna@rochesterrotary.org or 546-7435 x201

Rochester Riverside Convention Center 

At its February 20th meeting, the Rochester Rotary Club Board accepted the Rotary Award Committee's recommendation for the 77th Rochester Rotary Award.  This year's recipient is Thomas S. Richards.  Tom was nominated by Stephen Hoitt and Scott Rasmussen.

"Tom is the embodiment of "Service Above Self" and this philosophy is at the core of his personal and professional life.  His generosity of time, talent, intelligence and treasure in the Rochester community is exemplary and is reflected in his many senior level positions over a forty year career of work and service in Rochester.

              - University of Rochester President, Joel Seligman

This year's luncheon will be held Thursday, June 19th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

77th Rotary Award - Sponsorship Information

To continue along with our forest management plan at the Sunshine Campus we are seeking volunteers to assist with wood work.

Jobs Include:

- tractor drivers

- wood cutters

- wood splitting

- wood stackers

Join us: Saturday, June 7th

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Please bring a chain saw if you have one.  RSVP to Brandi at brandi@rochesterrotary.org or 533-2080 x103.

 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!

Dear All Rotarians,

I'm certain you have heard about the disaster in Penn Yan. I received the message below from President Diane Krans asking for all of our help. Please consider making a donation to help all of the people and businesses that were damaged by the storm on Wednesday.

Bill Redden
District 7120 web administrator

Mark your calendars: 

Rotary Night at the Rhinos

June 28^th, 2014

7:05 game time

Tickets are $10 for the Blue Seating Area

To purchase tickets at the Rotary Special Price please(585) 454-KICK (5425) or visit www.rhinossoccer.com and mention Rotary

Governor Ellen Hughes will be kicking out the first ball.

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We are fast approaching the end of another Rotary year. The very successful District Conference has just ended and Governor Ellen and the Waterloo Club can take a chance to relax after all of their hard work. With the District Change Over Dinner  less than 2 months away all of us should be making sure each of our Clubs send one or two representatives to this dinner. All of the Club Presidents, and most of the members, know that if you asked Governor Ellen to attend any of your Club's service or fund raising projects she did every. She was there for inductions of new members or to recognize someone with a Paul Harris Fellowship. To show our thanks for all of her efforts it is up to you to sign up for this dinner.

Please make sure you download the attachment below and send in your registration and check quickly so we see if we can set a record for people attending the Change Over Dinner that is being held on Monday June 30th at the Bristol Harbor Resort. The open cash bar will start at 5:30 PM with the dinner to start at 6:30 PM. 

 Click here for the District Change Over Dinner registration form. 

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