Williamsburg Rotary - Newsletter - Current (Feb 23, 2010)

Williamsburg Rotary Club	Rotary International	District 7600
Mike Maddocks, President	John Kenny, President	Karlis Graubics DG
www.williamsburgrotary.org	www.rotary.org	www.rotary7600.org

This Weeks Rotary Meeting: February 18 - Note - This weeks dinner meeting will not be held at the Williamsburg Lodge but rather it is being held at the Woodlands in the Cascade Room on the lower level. We will meet there again on June 17. Bill Kaufmann is member host this week to York County's Economic Development Director, Jim Noel. Jim will describe the York County's use of its Economic Development Fund and issuance of Industrial revenue bonds to assist companies in locating within the County when financial assistance is needed.

Next Weeks Meeting: March 4 - Don Darnton is going to provide us with his "Motoring Down Memory Lane" - a quick look from his photos and files to show motor cars from the start to the immediate postwar (WW II) period. Come to enjoy the view of history.

Rotary Last Week: February 11 - Our dinner meeting at the Lodge last week had as our honored guest speaker once more, District 7600's Governor Karlis Graubics. This was a joint club meeting with members from the James City, Historic Triangle, and Yorktown Rotary Clubs coming to join us in welcoming Karlis. Karlis talked about his challenge to climb Mt Everest and his solicitation to gain sponsors and supporters from all of our District's Rotary Clubs to help him raise at least $16,000 that will be totally donated to the Rotary (International) Foundation's Annual Program Fund. Based on discussion, any money donated to support his Mt. Everett efforts, as we were told during the last meeting, can be counted toward our club's Rotary (International) Foundation's Annual Fund drive total. All cost of DG Graubics' trip (including his cost of gear that he showed us during this meeting and his transportation cost to the base site in India), are being paid for by Karlis himself so that all donations (100%) can be totally directed to the foundation's program fund. Contributions when provided by our members individually, can be considered as counting toward your accumulation of donations toward recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow or contributed to your recognition points if you are already designated as a Paul Harris Fellow. If you wish to make this to happen, please do contribute let me know and I will support preparation of the proper donation form. Go to Mt. Everest Challenge to offer a donation electronically.

Karlis mtg

Williamsburg Rotary Club President Mike Maddocks (center) along with three other local Rotary Club Presidents joined in givng a rousing cheer to DG Karlis Graubics (2nd from Rt) to encourage his efforts to meet his challenge both to successfully climb to the 17,000 foot level base camp this Spring and in obtaining help from all of our District's clubs to raise donations to the Rotary (International) Foundation's Annual Program Fund in recognition of his efforts. DG Graubics is hoping to raise $16,000 for the foundation's program Shown with Mike and DG Karlis, are from l-r, Presidents Skip Yohe (JCC Club), Genevieve Owens (Hist Triangle Club), Mike Maddocks (Wmsbrg Club), DG Karlis, and John Oppenhuizen of the (Yorktown Club).

Rotary (International) Foundation Support Note: Every amount contributed to The Rotary (International)Foundation is spent in support of humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs and their operations including our Rotary efforts to eradicate Polio worldwide. In addition, as one of the means by which our Rotary International organization distributes funds from its foundation, clubs and districts can apply for and receive foundation grants to carry out worthy projects that they identify both locally as well as internationally. This year our club has pledged to donate a minimum of $2,000 to the foundation's Polio Plus Program and we have indicated to our District that we expect our club to contribute at least and average of $150 per member to the Rotary International's Foundation this year with an expected collection total of at least $12,500 from our member contributions. To date we have had donations coming in that totalled $4,788, including at least two quarters of payments pledged from those members that have indicated that they wanted their donations to be paid through our club's quarterly dues invoice process. This leaves us with approximately $7,800 more to collect from the remaining 73 club members (a little over $100 per member for the year) that have yet to contribute. Please, if you have not yet contributed or pledged a contribution through our invoice process, get your check to Bringier McConnell or me (Frank Ferrante) as soon as possible (before the end of March). Checks can be made out to "The Rotary Foundation." Ask about how contributions can be made by Credit Card on-line through the Rotary.org web site - go to Contribute and follow the instructions. Your email address and membership ID number Password (Which I have for all members if you have forgotten it) will allow you to enter the Credit Card usage path to donating. If you do not know your Member ID, check out the 8 digit number located on your Rotarian Magazine address label (starting with a zero, or contact me, Frank Ferrante, or Bringier McConnell and they will provide you that number. Alternatively, ask Frank or Bringier to put you down for a quarterly donation to the Rotary International Foundation using our quarterly Invoice. Any of these methods serve to make a worthwhile humanitarian support contribution that also supports places like the need in Haiti. Bringier and Frank look forward to hearing from you. Thanks - and Hope we don't have to visit you. Your club is counting on your support! PS - I have forms that can direct your donation to support DG Karlis Graubics' Mt. Everest Challenge and still get recognition both as Paul Harris Fellow recognition as well as helping of our club meet its Club goal for the Rotary (International) Foundation's Annual Program Fund - all of which is Tax deductible.

Thanks to Volunteer Leaders: Congratulations to at least two or our club members who attended this past weekend's Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) class at Old Dominion University. Representing our club were Robin Bledsoe and Michael Kirby, both of which donated a small part of their weekend to attend and learn more about the inner-workings of the local, district, and national organizations within Rotary so that they may be part of our club's leadership core of the future. Robin has now completed two of the three training sessions and Michael his first session completed. Others in our club that have taken the training include Paul Muse (level-I), along with three others (Jack Mustard, Tom Bowe, & Frank Ferrante) who have now completed all three training sessions. Anyone else willing to give up a part of a few Saturdays during the coming year are welcome to join us in learning more about Rotary. The RLI sessions are held at least two times a year locally (one at Old Dominion University, and the other at Richmond University) as well as at sites all across the State and into North Carolina if someone happens to be in that area and wishes to attend while visiting friends or relatives or simply on vacation. Contact me (Frank Ferrante) if interested for more information. Thanks again for those that represented our club this weekend!

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More photos from past evening meeting are posted on-line under menu item "Photo Albums"
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Queen of Hearts as of: February 4, 2010

Bill Kaufmann was raffle drawing winner;

he did not draw the Queen of Heart/

Pot approximately $50 with 49 cards remaining.

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