Join us Tuesday, September 16th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our luncheon will focus on the administration of the Rochester City School District.  Dr. Bolgen Vargas will introduce his newest administrators - they will give us a brief overview of their roll in the City School District then YOU will have a chance to ask questions of each administrator.

The panel will consist of -

•  Keith Babuszczak, Chief of School Innovation for Career Pathways and Intergrated Learning
• Adele Bovard, Deputy Superintendent for Administration
• Christiana Otuwa, Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning
• Christopher Suriano, Executive Director of Specialized Services

Hello Rotarian's this weeks luncheon was a fascinating presentation by Robert Clark the Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The title was "Cities: The Hybrid Reality" and my goodness what we can learn from the data that lives in the cloud. Robert really touched on how individuals tweets can be used to track areas that  have a high potential of people that were sick based on words being tweeted. Furthermore you could see in real time a map of where those people where in a given city so you could avoid that area. Please note he had great stories and statistics that backed up my very laments description. So tweeter beware " Big Data" is watching! Also a very heart felt congratulations to Mr. Paul DeCarolis for being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame.  Another great example on how we light up Rochester with a touch of Rotary. 

9/16/14 - New RCSD Leadership discussion with:

- Keith Babuszczak, Chief of College and Career Readiness

- Adele Bovard, Deputy Superintendent for Administration

- Christiana Otuwa, Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning

- Christopher Suriano, Executive Director of Specialized Services

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

9/23/14 Ty Kelly and Logan Newman, East High Optics

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

We are looking for volunteers to help out at this years Foodlink's Festival of Food on Monday, September 15th from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Rochester Public Market.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Pat Stack at (585)683-4689 or pstack@frontiernet.net.

This year's Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner will be Monday, October 27th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

We are thrilled to welcome John Kenny, Chair of The Rotary International Foundation.

On September 24th, the 12th annual Flowers of Fellowship Golf Tournament between the Rochester Rotary Club and the Guelph Club will be held at the Niagara Parks Whirlpool Golf Course in Niagara Falls, Canada.  This is a two person best ball event in which two Rochester Rotarians compete against two Guelph Rotarians.  You don't have to be good - it's 100% handicap and you're playing with a partner; if you don't play that often we'll figure a handicap for you.  We need a few more players to round out our team, ie. we need YOU!  This is not a fundraiser; it's strictly for a good time and a lot of fellowship with our Canadian friends across the border.  Dinner, and it's quite good, is provided, and you'll be home by about 8:00 p.m. or so.  Come and join past Presidents' Andre Godfrey and Ken Pink, Executive Director Tracey Dreisbach, Bruce Baker, myself and several others as we attempt to once again show these Canadians what golf is all about.  Plenty of time for a pint or two after the match as well!  Dick Bayer at richardbayer01@aol.com or (585)586-9228.

School 8 is looking for volunteer tutors. [This is in addition to the Reading Commandos and Math Magician program]. School 8 is looking for Rotarians and other interested tutors.

Grade Levels: K-8

Subjects: Math, ELA (English Language Arts), Reading, and Leadership Skills

When: Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 4:00

(click below for schedule)

2014-2015 School Year Tutoring Options

Please provide grade level interest, focus area interest, approximate time availability and frequency of ability to participate.

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!

Monday, September 29th - 4:30pm

 Rochester Rotary Board Room (180 Linden Oaks)

Please RSVP your attendance to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office

We need a few volunteers to host a Governor Elect and spouse that will be visiting our area Jan. 9-17, 2015. The Governors Elect are from all over the world and will be visiting Rochester as part of the Milt Matthews Governor Elect Hospitality Visit that has occurred here for the past 45 years. Our role will be to host our guests in the latter half of their visit form Jan. 13-17, along with district-wide gathering on Jan. 11th. More information and a host application is provided at http://clubs.rotary7120.org/international/MMGE-Hospitality.htm. Our Club already has two volunteers to host these international Rotarians, 2-3 additional hosts are needed. For those unable to host for the entire period of Jan. 13-17, you can still help during some of those day excursions. If interested, please contact Jeff Bartkoski, VP International at jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org or office phone: 396-0584.

Sunshine Escape is an adult weekend for campers 21 and up.  It will be held at the Sunshine Campus October 10th-12th 2014.  We will be doing great fall activities.  We are looking for staff also.  Please visit www.sunshinecampus.org to apply.

The Membership Committee's mission is to grow and sustain the Rochester Rotary Membership. We accomplish this by identifying and recruiting a diverse group of qualified new members and support their initial involvement in the Club.

Each year our Club has a goal to bring in 35 new and dynamic members. At present we have 339 members of our club. Under the leadership of Mary Lewis Consler the committee engaged in a strategic planning process that will help the committee be even more proactive. The strategic plan has a number of sub committees that are listed below:

Under Represented - we have a number of member categories that could use increases.   A good example is military.

Marketing Collaboration - working with our marketing committee this sub group will assist with additional materials that will help with recruitment.

Corporate Membership - this has been a goal for a long time and we will be working directly with each of the larger corporations in this region on corporate memberships. Each new person must pass our membership criteria.

Small Business - this is a specific effort to attract new members that are business owners.

Internal Communications - this effort will see the Membership Committee reaching directly out to other members of our club for  referrals.

You will hear more about these initiatives over the course of the new-year. The Membership Committee is excited about the formation of the Engagement Committee lead by Steve Hoitt.

To recommend a new member please contact Mary Lewis Consler at 310-7113 or Scott Rasmussen at 273-5932.

Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE) opportunity to New Zealand

Our district has been invited to participate in a RFE with New Zealand District 9940 in the lower half of the north island. District 9940 consists of 59 Rotary Clubs and is the best mix of rural and city life including Wellington, the New Zealand capital city. 

The exchange will begin with a visit to D9940 for a period of two weeks from February 14 - 27, 2015.  February usually is their most settled weather for the year including long evenings with daylight savings time - our winter is their summer.

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