Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Briar Crier June 17

 


June 17, 2011, Friday at 12:00, Briarcliff Rec Dept, Briarcliff Manor NY ROTARY CLUB

TODAY IN HISTORY

1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French Ship Isere.

Meeting Leader – Dean Dykeman

PLEDGE  -  Sy Yuter  PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter  PRAYER –  Reverend Dean Dykeman

HAPPY THOUGHTS -. Dean is happy to be our new President.  Mark will be very active. Rachel – Happy Father’s Day.  Julio – happy to be secretary.  Shelley – on her many Golden Retrievers going to new homes and her son graduating from Todd School and going to Middle School.  Ernie – a problem creator and a solver. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS – Increase membership distribution cards about What is Rotary. The Recreation Department has moved into the basement of the Briarcliff Library.  .

SPEAKER AND SUBJECT –  Dean Dykeman – Ideas for a signature project for Rotary

SUMMARY OF TALK –
The main message of the meeting was how to introduce the Briarcliff Rotary to our village to gain more members.  Rachel’s idea was to host coffees and invite friends and neighbors who may be interested in Rotary and for each of us to bring at least one idea for a signature project.  Sy recalled that the Mayor was a member, as well as village trustees and our village manager and they could be invited.  Mark stated that Leonard Young was a “recruiting machine” and it worked for him.  Reverend Lee suggested extending personal invitations. Frances remarked that we have a web site that can be read by many and should be shared. A suggestion was made about the possibility of helping the Ossining Rotary Club with their goals.  A live auction was suggested, similar to the one we had at our holiday dinner. Shelley, Bob Amsterdam, Eric Messer and Zen are thinking ahead.  Mike Risko socializes with age 40 and over in Facebook.  Kris is our president elect and is thinking of next year's projects.  It is all about recruiting people and spreading the word about what we do.  Please e-mail your suggestions.

Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter

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