Friday's Meeting will be at Squires at noon April 10 . 09
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Important Notice - From Ernie PacchianaTreasurer
IMPORTANT NOTICE for BRIARCLIFF ROTARY
July 1, 2009 begins the start of our chapter's 28th year.
President Mark Seiden
Secretary Geri Mahoney
Treasurer Ernie Pacchiana
President Elect to be determined
Four Directors to be determined
Dear Rotarians,
There will be new Membership Requirements as of July 1, 2009
DUES
Annual dues will be $600 per person. This payment will cover the cost of your International Rotary Membership Fee, all of the catered lunches provided to you at the weekly meetings, and the Annual Installation Dinner.
Please pay your dues on or before June 30h, 2009. In cases of financial hardship, other payment schedules can be arranged on an individual basis.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance requirements for membership have been waved. We expect Good Rotarians to attend as many of those interesting (and prepaid) Friday luncheon meetings as possible.
PARTICIPATION
A new “Committee Plan” has been adopted to help everyone participate more fully and effectively in this next year's Rotary Agenda. Every member will be expected to participate in one or more special committees as determined by the board of trustees and as agreed to by the member involved.If you can not conform to the above requirements you are still welcome to come to Rotary meetings as a non member. Nonmembers will be charged a $15 per luncheon fee.
If you have specific concerns about the above matters DO NOT EMAIL ME! CALL me at 845-878-7001
DIRECTORSHIPS Contact Mark Seiden if you wish to be considered for a directorship.Yours truly,
Ernie PacchianaTreasurer
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July 1, 2009 begins the start of our chapter's 28th year.
President Mark Seiden
Secretary Geri Mahoney
Treasurer Ernie Pacchiana
President Elect to be determined
Four Directors to be determined
Dear Rotarians,
There will be new Membership Requirements as of July 1, 2009
DUES
Annual dues will be $600 per person. This payment will cover the cost of your International Rotary Membership Fee, all of the catered lunches provided to you at the weekly meetings, and the Annual Installation Dinner.
Please pay your dues on or before June 30h, 2009. In cases of financial hardship, other payment schedules can be arranged on an individual basis.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance requirements for membership have been waved. We expect Good Rotarians to attend as many of those interesting (and prepaid) Friday luncheon meetings as possible.
PARTICIPATION
A new “Committee Plan” has been adopted to help everyone participate more fully and effectively in this next year's Rotary Agenda. Every member will be expected to participate in one or more special committees as determined by the board of trustees and as agreed to by the member involved.If you can not conform to the above requirements you are still welcome to come to Rotary meetings as a non member. Nonmembers will be charged a $15 per luncheon fee.
If you have specific concerns about the above matters DO NOT EMAIL ME! CALL me at 845-878-7001
DIRECTORSHIPS Contact Mark Seiden if you wish to be considered for a directorship.Yours truly,
Ernie PacchianaTreasurer
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Tango
For those who attended the Briarcliff Manor Rotary Fellowship Banquet of 3/15, you have met some of my talented friends. They are actually all very multi-talented. For instance, Linda Woo in addition of being a gourmet food expert, a judge of beauty and talent pageants, a winner of tennis competitions, she is also an award winning Tango dancer. And Chester Mah, our volunteer photographer, in addition to being a goodwill ambassador among non-profit organizations, is a well known and much sought after photographer specialize in taking exhibition ballroom dancing pictures & videos for Ballroom World Champions. Then of course, he is a good ballroom dancing partner himself. Instead of more words, please click on:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/KFb5rAeGZyYsUw3z
Enjoy!
Frances
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http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/KFb5rAeGZyYsUw3z
Enjoy!
Frances
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Revised April Briarcliff Rotary Program
From Sy Yuter
10 *Round Table at Squires
17 *Rye Playland 2009 - Anthony Radice
24 *Science of Soap Making - Gili Zilca
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10 *Round Table at Squires
17 *Rye Playland 2009 - Anthony Radice
24 *Science of Soap Making - Gili Zilca
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Friday, April 3, 2009
BRIARCLIFF MANOR ROTARY CLUB MEETING - 4/3/09
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
TODAY IN HISTORY
On April 3rd in the year 1882, Jesse James was shot to death by a member of his own gang. On April 3rd in the year, 1941, singer Wayne Newton was born (Ahh, Wayne, Wayne, where are you now?), proving once again the wisdom of “They come, they go”.
. TODAY’S QUOTE
“Wind power and sun power are unreliable. If the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine, you’ve got nothing.”
--A deep thinker
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OPENING CEREMONY: Our weekly meeting was officially opened at 12:21 PM, with a trumpet voluntary and a round of roof-raising cheers
SALUTE TO OUR FLAG, PATRIOTIC SONG, AND BENEDICTION: The salute to our flag was headed by a patriotic Ernest Pacchiana. Following Mr. Pacchiana’s performance, Sy Yuter, in peak form, led the group in a heart-wrenching interpretation of “My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee.” It was a lyrical moment. The Reverend John finished things off with an appeal to The Almighty for much-needed forgiveness.
CLUB PRESIDENT’S REMARKS: ANNOUNCEMENTS, OBSERVATIONS AND HAPPY THOUGHTS.
Paul Rosen hailed the $30 million lawsuit that was recently awarded to the Masons, Geraldine Mahoney saluted Mark Seiden for his conducting of a successful Training Session, and President Fulfree announced that there would be NO MEETING next week at our usual spot; instead, we shall raise a glass at SQUIRE’S.
There was no community news.
NEXT WEEK’S SPEAKER: Our guest speaker on April 10th will be Gila Zilca, who will update us on “The Science of Soap Making.” (Yes, you read that right: Soap Making.)
TODAY’S SPEAKER: Our speaker today was Mr. Tom Lichbacher, who took us on a trip down Memory Lane, as he spoke about Briarcliff history, in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Tom reminded us of Briarcliff when he was growing up; a much more secure time when the Briarcliff Lodge and after that King’s College stood,.where today there is nothing but empty space….when there were boisterous Little League games, and Briarcliff citizens turned out to watch…when Law Park boasted an award-winning Swim Team and lively tennis battles…when the Middle School (now Atria) had movies projected on its front façade …when there were regular Saturday morning basketball games at Todd School …when there were football games in Law Park…when there was sleigh-riding down the hills of what is now the Trump Intergalactic Golf Course…when there were hockey games at Goose Neck Park and tournaments on the tennis courts of Law Park…when there was Joe Weldon’s Deli, where you could grab a sandwich and a coke without digging into capital…when the gracious, old Briarcliff stationery store existed…when Briarcliff families of eight or more were not an anomaly…and when the Village was wonderfully close-knit--everyone knew just about everyone else..
Tom gave the credit for much of this to Walter Law, the father of the Village, who founded Law Park, the Caucus System, and much else, and who was the instigator of Briarcliff Pride.
Briarcliff is still a friendly place to live and a place to bring up a family, said Tom. But there was a slight catch in his voice. He remembered the way our Village one was.
Many of us do.
Wonderful talk, Tom. Thank you so much!
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THE DRAWING: The first winner was Ernie Pacchiana; I am too dejected to announce. the name of the winner #2. .In a show of sympathy, Bishop John declared that he was torn between entering a monastery or shooting himself.
CLOSING CEREMONY: This week’s meeting drew to a close precisely at 1:33 pm, and was highlighted by Bishop John’s welcome decision to refrain from shooting himself.
Submitted by
Recording Secretary, Don Wilde
THIS WEEK’S ATTENDANCE SHEET
Robert Amsterdam, Frances Chu, Antonia Conte, Etrusca Cosentino, Zachary Cosentino, Zeneth Eidel, Rodney Ertischek, Peter Fulfree, John Herzog, Eric Lebenson, Rachel Leihbacher, Robert Maher, Geraldine Mahoney, Ernest Pacchiana , Paul Rosen, Mark Seiden, Ken-Ichi Shimazu, Donald Wilde, Elinor Yuter, Sy Yuter.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
On April 3rd in the year 1882, Jesse James was shot to death by a member of his own gang. On April 3rd in the year, 1941, singer Wayne Newton was born (Ahh, Wayne, Wayne, where are you now?), proving once again the wisdom of “They come, they go”.
. TODAY’S QUOTE
“Wind power and sun power are unreliable. If the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine, you’ve got nothing.”
--A deep thinker
*******
OPENING CEREMONY: Our weekly meeting was officially opened at 12:21 PM, with a trumpet voluntary and a round of roof-raising cheers
SALUTE TO OUR FLAG, PATRIOTIC SONG, AND BENEDICTION: The salute to our flag was headed by a patriotic Ernest Pacchiana. Following Mr. Pacchiana’s performance, Sy Yuter, in peak form, led the group in a heart-wrenching interpretation of “My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee.” It was a lyrical moment. The Reverend John finished things off with an appeal to The Almighty for much-needed forgiveness.
CLUB PRESIDENT’S REMARKS: ANNOUNCEMENTS, OBSERVATIONS AND HAPPY THOUGHTS.
Paul Rosen hailed the $30 million lawsuit that was recently awarded to the Masons, Geraldine Mahoney saluted Mark Seiden for his conducting of a successful Training Session, and President Fulfree announced that there would be NO MEETING next week at our usual spot; instead, we shall raise a glass at SQUIRE’S.
There was no community news.
NEXT WEEK’S SPEAKER: Our guest speaker on April 10th will be Gila Zilca, who will update us on “The Science of Soap Making.” (Yes, you read that right: Soap Making.)
TODAY’S SPEAKER: Our speaker today was Mr. Tom Lichbacher, who took us on a trip down Memory Lane, as he spoke about Briarcliff history, in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Tom reminded us of Briarcliff when he was growing up; a much more secure time when the Briarcliff Lodge and after that King’s College stood,.where today there is nothing but empty space….when there were boisterous Little League games, and Briarcliff citizens turned out to watch…when Law Park boasted an award-winning Swim Team and lively tennis battles…when the Middle School (now Atria) had movies projected on its front façade …when there were regular Saturday morning basketball games at Todd School …when there were football games in Law Park…when there was sleigh-riding down the hills of what is now the Trump Intergalactic Golf Course…when there were hockey games at Goose Neck Park and tournaments on the tennis courts of Law Park…when there was Joe Weldon’s Deli, where you could grab a sandwich and a coke without digging into capital…when the gracious, old Briarcliff stationery store existed…when Briarcliff families of eight or more were not an anomaly…and when the Village was wonderfully close-knit--everyone knew just about everyone else..
Tom gave the credit for much of this to Walter Law, the father of the Village, who founded Law Park, the Caucus System, and much else, and who was the instigator of Briarcliff Pride.
Briarcliff is still a friendly place to live and a place to bring up a family, said Tom. But there was a slight catch in his voice. He remembered the way our Village one was.
Many of us do.
Wonderful talk, Tom. Thank you so much!
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THE DRAWING: The first winner was Ernie Pacchiana; I am too dejected to announce. the name of the winner #2. .In a show of sympathy, Bishop John declared that he was torn between entering a monastery or shooting himself.
CLOSING CEREMONY: This week’s meeting drew to a close precisely at 1:33 pm, and was highlighted by Bishop John’s welcome decision to refrain from shooting himself.
Submitted by
Recording Secretary, Don Wilde
THIS WEEK’S ATTENDANCE SHEET
Robert Amsterdam, Frances Chu, Antonia Conte, Etrusca Cosentino, Zachary Cosentino, Zeneth Eidel, Rodney Ertischek, Peter Fulfree, John Herzog, Eric Lebenson, Rachel Leihbacher, Robert Maher, Geraldine Mahoney, Ernest Pacchiana , Paul Rosen, Mark Seiden, Ken-Ichi Shimazu, Donald Wilde, Elinor Yuter, Sy Yuter.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
New Attendance Sheet
Dear Rotarians of Rotary Club of Briarcliff Manor,
Our board of directors has asked me to keep track of our weekly attendance and keep them in our Blog Site.
In order to do that, I’ve generated a new Attendance Sheet. It is one sheet a month using a Legal Size paper. April 2009 Attendance Sheet was attached and sent to you all via an email for your review.
Our names are listed alphabetically by last names and they are listed next to their associated sequential numbers. Please just put your initials next to the slot of your name under the correct date. At the end of the meeting, I’ll copy the positive numbers (the ones with initials) and update the record sheet in my PC database with “Yes”. Hopefully, we’ll see the sheet filled with “YES” at the end of each month. Ernie can keep the hard copy for our records.
Since my scanner can not scan legal size paper, I'll convert the numbers to names of attendees and include them in Don Wilde's Weekly Reports after I receive them as emails. Our available Weekly Reports are being kept in our Blog Site since February.
Please give me your comments. Your ideas in how to improve the sheet will be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Frances
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Our board of directors has asked me to keep track of our weekly attendance and keep them in our Blog Site.
In order to do that, I’ve generated a new Attendance Sheet. It is one sheet a month using a Legal Size paper. April 2009 Attendance Sheet was attached and sent to you all via an email for your review.
Our names are listed alphabetically by last names and they are listed next to their associated sequential numbers. Please just put your initials next to the slot of your name under the correct date. At the end of the meeting, I’ll copy the positive numbers (the ones with initials) and update the record sheet in my PC database with “Yes”. Hopefully, we’ll see the sheet filled with “YES” at the end of each month. Ernie can keep the hard copy for our records.
Since my scanner can not scan legal size paper, I'll convert the numbers to names of attendees and include them in Don Wilde's Weekly Reports after I receive them as emails. Our available Weekly Reports are being kept in our Blog Site since February.
Please give me your comments. Your ideas in how to improve the sheet will be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Frances
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