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Treasurer: Dave Burke President: Nancy Neiley Club established 1919 Secretary: Jeannie Packer President- Elect :Steve Mercurio Dist 7150 Gov :Randy Wilson Vice President: Sam Pendergrast Club 4856 zone 29 ADG (Area 3): Dana Jerrard Past President: Don Schlueter Announcements: December 3, 2019 Next week’s program will be pre-empted by the Children’s Christmas Party at Stanwix Men’s Club.

Followed by:

Dec. 10: Children’s Christmas Party at Stanwix Men’s Club Dec. 17: Emily Albright from Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Dec 24: Christmas Eve –OPEN – no meeting Jan 7: Susan Streeter: CCCC Jan. 14: Dale Rashford: Varflex Jan21: OPEN Jan. 28: Amy O’Shaughnessy on Revere Copper

Board of Directors meetings are on the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30PM. Location: First Presbyterian Church on Court St. The next meeting will be on November 18.

The Thursday night Fellowship Rotary dinner meeting Our once a month meetings are held at different restaurants on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM. The Fellowship Dinner will be held at the Rail Canal ,on Martin St. next to Bellamy Harbor Park. on December19.

50/50 Peter Costianes’s ticket was selected. He drew a card but did not win the pot. (Draw the queen of hearts to win the pot or Joker to win half)

Remembering our Rotarians Donna Occhipinti is in room 516. Cards & visits: Bethany Gardens, 800 Chestnut St. Rome, NY 13440. On holidays send her some cards. Mary Winberg should be remembered. On holidays, etc., send cards to Mary at: 1700 Lincoln Lane, Rome NY 13440. Shirley Waters, Rm 252 Woodgate Unit/Health Care Pavilion, Masonic Care Community of NY, 2150 Bleecker St., Utica NY 13501.

Rotary Readers: Bellamy Elementary School If you are interested in this program, please contact Jeannie Packer at: [email protected] or phone (315) 336-0675 to sign up. This includes reading with an elementary student once a week for a half hour at Bellamy Elementary School.

Wreaths Across America-Rome There will be WAA ceremonies at 12:00Noon on December 14 at these cemeteries: St. Peter’s, St. John’s, St. Mary’s, Evergreen, and Westernville in Rome. The goal is to place 1000 wreaths on the graves of veterans. Wreaths can be purchased for $15.00 each by sending a check made out to Wreaths Across America to Joe Maurer who is the president of the Greater Utica-Rome Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, 1215 Madison St. Rome NY 13440. If you want to volunteer to place wreaths, contact Steve Mercurio at: [email protected] Program site is: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Steve is the chair of our newly formed Veteran’s Services program.

Children’s Christmas Party This annual event will be held on December 10 in lieu of our usual meeting. Rome Rotary members are requested to at the Stanwix Men’s Club, Lamphear Rd, by 11:00AM. Party extends to 1:15PM We will be gifting approximately 80 1st and 2nd grade Rome elementary students. Lunch is being provided by the Stanwix Men’s Club and will consist of roast pork, vegetable, coffee, and soda. Members can bring a dessert for everyone to share. McDonalds will be supplying the meals for the children and Interact Club. Schedule is as follows: Story time with, ―The Polar express‖, McDonald’s mealtime and adult mealtime, crafts, songs, and Santa giving the gift bags.

Hospital Christmas Party The party for the seniors at the Rome Memorial Hospital will be held on December 11 at 7:00PM on the third floor. The party will be organized by Deborah Grogan. Debbie invites Rome Rotary members to attend.

Rotary Community Awareness President Nancy is scheduling on site presence of the Rome Rotary Club at the Espresso’s Coffee Café on Brooks Road in Griffiss Tech Park next to Community Bank. The times are alternating Tuesday hours. One Tuesday interested members(s) will be there from 9:00-11:00AM. The next Tuesday, the hours will be from 2:00-4:00PM. See Nancy.

Fund Raisers 1. President Nancy has created an account for can and bottle return for the Rome Rotary Club at Green World on Erie Blvd. If you donated cans, plastic, and bottles, the money goes to our club. 2. In conjunction with RFA Interact Club, we are trying to raise 1,000 pair of shoes to earn $500.00 for each of the participants. Bring your shoes to Pres. Nancy.

Club Program Scheduling Pete Costianes invites members to suggest at least one possible program in the coming Rotary year. Please give contact information to him. The member will present the speaker, give him/her the gift, and thank him/her for coming. Reach Pete by phone: (315) 337-1409 or email: [email protected] Peter needs programs.

News The Youth Exchange We will not have an exchange student this year since two host families are needed. Sam Pendergrast will remain the YEO. Sam has found an outgoing and an incoming exchange student for the next year, 2020-21. Our outgoing exchange student will be Olivia Griggs. Sam has found potential hosts.

Veteran’s Outreach Center Thanksgiving needs: 1-2 family size turkeys, 3-5 family size turkeys, and 6 or more family size turkeys. Also, stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, dinner rolls, gravy (turkey or chicken) jar or mix, pies, olives, and potatoes. Needed by 11/18 Christmas needs: 1-2 family size Ham (canned) , 3-5 family Ham (3-5 lb), 6 or more family size Ham (1/2 or whole ). Also: stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, dinner rolls, gravy (brown) jar or mix, pies, olives, and potatoes. Needed by 12/11 Contact is John Zygmunt at: [email protected] or 315 723=0877.

Birthdays

This month we have one.

Laura Mead Bruce Melnick

Kris Dombeck Carla Till

Guests

David Schlueter Dana Derrick John Zygmunt

Rotary Minute The following Rotary History bites are from a booklet published by Clifford L. Dochterman who was Rotary International President from 1992-3 called, ―The ABC’s of Rotary.

Council on Legislation In the early days, any change in the RI bylaws or constitution was proposed and voted on at the annual convention. As attendance at conventions increased and open discussion became more difficult, the Council on Legislation was created in 1934 as an advisory group to debate and analyze proposals before they were voted on by the convention. Finally at the 1970 Atlanta convention, it was decided that the Council on Legislation would actually become the legislative or parliamentary body of Rotary. The Council is composed of one delegate from each Rotary district as well as several ex officio members. It was agreed that the Council would meet every three years at a site and time other than the RI Convention. The Council has the responsibility of considering and acting upon all enactments, which are proposed changes in the RI By-laws and Constitution and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution, and resolutions, which are recommendations. to the RI Board for policy program, and procedural changes. Proposals may be submitted by any Rotary club or district of the RI Board. The Council’s actions are subject to review by all the Rotary clubs of the world before they become final. If a Council action is opposed by 10 percent of the voting strength of the clubs, such legislation is suspended and submitted to all the clubs for a final vote. The Council on Legislation provides the membership of Rotary a democratic process for legislative change in the operations of Rotary International.

Program Today’s program was presented by Tamalin Martin from the Rome Art & Community Center Historical Notes Before being purchased by the city of Rome, (1966) the RACC was the Carpenter home. It is an example of English Tudor architecture. Arthur F. Carpenter was one of Rome’s most successful industrialists who owned Rome Metallic Bedsted Co. The house was built in 1923 directed by Arthur’s wife. The relief fireplaces, ceilings, and carvings over the oak stairs are ornamented with symbols hat represent English crests and coats of rms. The favorite symbol of the Carpenters was the greyhound. When the house was complete in 1923, the Carpenters hired the famous art collector, Joseph Duveen to furnish the interior. The final furnishings (Some still remain) were coordinated to avoid a feeling of newness. Fine paintings included a hall painting from the Canaletto School which is still in the hall. Volunteers Tamalin is looking for skilled people in the following areas: Gardening, landscaping, painting, woodworking, cleaning, moving furniture, office work, organizations, and general upkeep. For RACC’s events: taking tickets, ushering, concession. For seasonal events: decoration, set-up, and tear down. Events The Halloween House and Holiday House(32 years) are annual events for the RACCD. Also scheduled are concerts, wine, beer, and chocolate tastings, Art displays and sales, art classes, theatrical performances, recitals, athletics, the Owl and silver moon, and now: Open Mic Nights start 12/9/19 from 6:00-9:00PM which are free events. These are scheduled for the second Monday of the month in the following: Jan. 13, Feb., 10, March 9, April 13, May 11, and June 8. Also partnering with Lions club for a reading program. Sponsorship Grace A. Foundation membership: looking for $1,000.00 membership pledges with the option of monthly payments of $83.34. Other membership levels: Adults: $50.00 per year; Students (13-18): $25.00 per year; Households: $100.00 per year; Seniors (65+): $35.00 year. Other donations are welcome. Contact Location: 308 W. Bloomfield St. Phone: 315 336-1040 Website: www.romeart.org Email: executive [email protected]

Community Events & Activities Rome Community Theater Miracle on 34th Street December 12-14 at 7:30PM and December 15 at 2:30PM By chance, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macy's. Kris leashes waves of good will with Macy's customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy's vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris shanghaied to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl's belief in Santa. In a dramatic decision, the court confirms Kris as the true Santa, allowing Susan and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy. Tickets can be purchased through the box office. Call one week before the show between the hours of 6:00PM and9:00PM. 315 337-5920. Reservations are recommended.

Oneida Civic Chorale: How great our joy! On December 8 at 4:00PM in the Oneida High School Auditorium, there will be a Christmas music concert , a collection of traditional carols with the 105 voice community chorus under the direction of Kimberly Nethaway of Rome. The chorale will be accompanied on piano by Heather O’Connell of Oneida and Bernadette Van Valkenberg of Sherrill. Amanda Yeoman of Oneida will provide flute accompaniment, and the group will be joined by a string quartet, percussion, and Chorale soloists. Tickets are $10.00 per person, available from Chorale members, WJ Hinman Jewelers, 115 Main St., Oneida, and by calling 315 655-3007.

Christmas in the City December 6 and 7 at the Life Church, 1120 Black River Blvd. Enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, take your picture with the live nativity animals, walk through the interactive Christmas village & hear the story of Christmas, find unique Christmas gifts in the indoor Christmas market, grab delicious food from the food truck, enjoy free wassail & cookies, and more! We look forward to sharing this event with all of you - our community! Event is free. Contact Information: Pearl Sanborn 315-339-0242

Copper City Community Connection Craft Bazaar and Cookie Run. December 7 from 9:00AM- 3:00PM. Cookies are $9.00 per pound Contact: CCCC: 315 337-8230

Cinema Capitol : Director's Cut Benedict Cumberbatch is , the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland

District 7150 & RI News Rotary Month Celebrations

Rotary Month Celebrations January: Rotary Awareness month. February: World Understanding month August: Membership & extension mo. March: Literacy month. September: New generations month April: Magazine month October: Vocational service mo. May: Promote Internat’l. Convention mo. November: Rotary Foundation/World June: Rotary Fellowship month. Interact month July: Literacy and New Year month December: Family month

The following information and excerpts from various Rotary sources

Rotary District Websites Official Website, Rotary7150.org. Rotary International Website, Rotary.org. Rotary Leadership Institute, http://www.rlinea.org Youth Exchange calendar: http://www.rotarydistrict7150youthexchange

D7150 Calendar of Events – list of events from Newsletter

RYLA Conferences: Cazenovia College http://www.rotary7150.org/sitepage/ryla RYLA: PDG Phyllis Danks chair: [email protected] Rotaract chair: Jonathan Yost: [email protected] Interact Chair: Dorene Gortner: [email protected] Youth Exchange chair: PDG Phyllis Danks: [email protected]

District newsletter information and articles

Please send future newsletter inputs directly to editor Lizzy Martin at: [email protected]

From District 7150 FYI: District group leaders: District Governor: Randy Wilson: [email protected] District Secretary: Peter Cardamone: [email protected] District Treasurer: Laverne DeLand: [email protected] District Foundation Chair: Mark Matt: [email protected] District Youth Exchange Chair: PDG Phyllis Danks : [email protected]

Youth Service Leadership unfilled at this time. Interact Club is a club for young people in their community or school.

Youth Exchange is a program that gives young people exposure to new cultures and customs and promotes global understanding and peace. Students spend time in another country living with different host families and attending classes at the local schools. Rotary Youth Leadership Award is an intensive training program for young adults ages 14-30. The program usually involves seminars, camps, or workshops organized by Rotarians and held over 3-10 days. Question about RYLA Phyllis Danks: [email protected] Rotary Global Rewards Program For more information visit: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/member-center/rotary-global- rewards/offers#/offers%0D%0AJust

Upcoming District 7150 Governors The DG for 2020-21 will be Cheryl Matt. (DeWitt)District 2021-22: Dana Jerard. Treasurer position will be held by Laverne DeLand. (Deland: Fulton Sunrise) District Youth Exchange chair will be held by Dave Bauer. (Bauer: Sauquoit)

Meet your new District Governor nominee designate 2021/2022): Dana Jerrard Dana Jerrard has been a Utica Rotarian since 1986, and in that time has held most of the offices available to a member. Board service in 1989, three Years as club Sergeant-at-Arms. And a natural progression to club VP, PE, and, in 1994-95, club president under the leadership of PDG Joe McCarthy. Following his year as club president, Dana accepted the role editor of the club’s weekly newsletter, for more than 20 years along with 12 years as club secretary. On the district level, Dana has been newsletter editor, conference House of Friendship coordinator, directory publisher, master of ceremonies, and, most recently, Assistant Governor for Area 3 clubs. He is a Paul Harris Fellow +2, and a Rotary Foundation Benefactor. | [email protected]

District 7150 Membership committee District 7150 now has membership coaches for each area of District 7150. They will be visiting their designated clubs to share membership updates and strategies and one-on-one work with club presidents and chairs. Our Area 6 coach is Tara Renner. [email protected]

Other areas: Area 1: Jerry Gortner [email protected] Area 2: Steve Karboski. [email protected] Area 3: Jim High [email protected] Area 4: Charlie Smith [email protected] Area 5: Donna Kestner. [email protected] Area 7: Catherine "CJ" Sturtevant [email protected]

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Rotary International President 2019-20 Mark Daniel Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, and has chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the Alabama Law Institute. A Rotarian since 1980, Maloney has served as an RI director; Foundation trustee and vice chair; and aide to 2003-04 RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe. He also has participated in the Council on Legislation as chair, vice chair, parliamentarian, and trainer. He was an adviser to the 2004 Osaka Convention Committee and chaired the 2014 Sydney Convention Committee. Prior to serving as a district governor, Maloney led a Group Study Exchange to Nigeria. The first emphasis is to grow Rotary — to grow our service, to grow the impact of our projects, but most importantly, to grow our membership so that we can achieve more,‖ Maloney said.

International president 2020-21 Holger Knaack, member of the Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg- Molla, Germany will be the Rotary International president in 2020-21. Following the resignation of Sushil Gupta due to health reasons, Holger has been selected to serve as president 2020-2021. Holger wants to build a stronger membership by increasing the number of women members and making a smoother transition from Rotaract to Rotary. A Rotary member since 1992, He has been treasurer, director, moderator, member and chair of several committees, representative for the Council on Legislation, zone co-ordinator, and training leader. Holger is the CEO of Knaack KG, a real estate company. He was previously a partner and general manager Of Knaack Enterprises, a 125 year old family business. He is a founding member of the Civic Foundation of the City of Ratzeburg and

served as president of the Golf club Gut Grambek. He was also the founder and chair of the Karl Adam Foundation.

Next International Rotary Convention The convention will be held in Honolulu Hawaii from June 6-10 2020. More details to follow.

Register at: riconvention.org Things to do in Honolulu: concerts performances

Featured article Rotarian December 2019 Our world: a new chapter..Hank Sartin When Nancy Leonhardt was asked if she would serve as governor of District 6150, she said no. She had her hands full as the executive director of Adult Learning Alliance, a nonprofit tht suorts adult literacy councils across Arkansas. The leaders in the district asked again, ―I decided to go to a higher authority,‖ shesays with a laaugh. ―I went to the Learning Alliance board of directors, thinking that they

would say no, but they said I should do it. The ALA board members valued Rotary’s focus on literacy. They recognized the benefit of netwowrking with Rotarians and they figured that leadership training Leonhardt would get would benefit their organization as well. Leonhardt first learned abou tRotary in the 1980’s when she was urban planning consultant in her home state of California. Women couldn’t join at the time but she went to a number of meetings of the Rotary club of Redlands as a guest of her boss, Patrick Meyer. Leonhardt left consulting and moved with her husband and two chiildren to Wisconsin and later to Arkansas. While her kids were young, she worked part time at nonprofit organizations and volunteered with the PTA. Once her son was in college and her daughter in high school, she decided to go back to full time work,,She joined Rotary in 2007. As district governor in 2017-18, she focused on literacy, adult literacy in particular and mad e a point of talkinag about it whenever she visited clubs. Her work has had a measurable impact. ―The ALA has a new literacy council abeing developed in the Jonesville area, and it’s a Rotarian leading th echarge,‖ she says. ―More and more

Rotary clubs in the district are supoirting their local literacy councils, and because I have been going to zone events and multidistrict events, more clubs around the state are aware of what I do.‖ The members of the ALA board were right: Leonhardt’s decision to become a district governor was fair to all concerned.

Rotary Club of Rome Organization and contact information:

Board of Directors

Keith Butters Membership Committee Co chairs: Pat DeMatteo Dave Rapke Pat DeMatteo & Don Schlueter Dave Kobernuss Tony Recco Membership Development, Mentoring,

& Orientation: Keith Butters, chair

Rotary Foundation Bill Tuthill chair Rotary Readers Jeannie Packer chair With Glen Bahr

Scholarships: Ryan Tuggey chair Pres. Elect

Veteran’s Affairs Steve Mercurio, chair Carla Till chair

International Student Day Co-chairs: RYLA Ryan Tuggey, Jen Pete Costianes & Emily Gifford Meisenhelder, Nancy Neiley With Keith Butters Rotary youth Leadership Award

Interact Club: Ryan Tuggey Polio Fundraising & Jen Meisenhelder Bill Tuthill

Rome Rotary: PO Box 655 Rome, NY 13442-0655 Science Fair: Keith Butters Rome Rotary website:

http://romeny.rotaryclub.pro/ Newsletter email:

[email protected] Questions – Secretary: [email protected]

From your editor Jeannie L Packer