As most of you know, SRC’s own Terry Brewer has been serving as chair of the District 7190 Membership Committee. What you may not know is that under he and now-Past District Governor Fred Daniels the district just received a third-place award for achieving the highest growth percentage of female Rotarians in Zone 29 for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

OK, so how big a deal is that? Look at the map below. You can see our district, 7190, at the top right, and it and the other colored areas constitute Zone 29, which is huge. So, too, is the honor.

Well done Terry, Fred, and all others who put in the time and effort to bring so many newcomers to Rotary.

(Thanks to current DG Tammy Heckenberg for sharing this news from the Zone 28-29 Governors-elect Training Seminar in Erie, PA.)

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We’ve updated the prices that were listed on the original flyer for our “SRC Recycling Day” scheduled for next month. Please give us a hand by distributing this revised version as widely as possible. (We also will resend via e-mail for your convenience, as well as re-post it on Facebook for ease of sharing.)

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Those of you who regularly access the meeting minutes on this website will notice a change in the format since we resumed weekly meetings this month. Because our club secretary no longer is keeping minutes of the proceedings, we’ve switched to this format, written primarily in less-detailed note form, so we still will have a record for the club archive.

Members Attending (13, quorum): Andy Leyhane, Murray Forth, Kevin Leyhane, Bill Dowd, Debbie Rodriguez, Carol Orvis, Phil Kellerman, Jim Leyhane, Dick Drumm, Dean Calamaras, Doris Calamaras, Ray Hannan, Roberto Martinez.

Guests: None.

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President Andy Leyhane reported that about 170 tickets have been sold for the Wine Dinner for 12 @ Cafe Capriccio raffle. Time is short for additional sales since the drawing is scheduled for next Thursday’s dinner meeting at Quigley’s. Members are urged to make a final sales push in the next few days. A.J. Amato has stepped up as a corporate sponsor for the event, so the A.J. Amato Wealth Management logo has been added to the official event flyer. … The Haiti Water Project, whose local representative Courtney Moore of the Schenectady Rotary Club visited us last week, is looking for an SRC representative to sit on its board. Phil Kellerman expressed interest in taking that role, and President Andy said he would contact Courtney about it. …

… Debbie Rodriguez said she and the other SRC liaisons to the Danes Rotaract Club met with the incoming students at the UAlbany School of Public Health who are organizing for the 2018-19 year. Lindsey Ribach is the acting president. Rotaract donated $286 to the Freedom From Fistula Foundation. The club also is looking into the possibility of awarding two scholarships to members each academic year. It also has invited SRC to participate in a World Polio Day (Wednesday, October 24) event it is organizing, with details to come. … Bill Dowd still is awaiting word from any SRC member who wishes to attend the annual Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI), scheduled for Saturday, October 20, at the UAlbany School of Public Health. The club will pay the registration fee for all. … The next SRC Recycling Day has been set for Saturday, November 3, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Wainschaf Associates Construction facilities. Bill Dowd has created the official flyer (see below). We’ll be needing volunteers, so please see coordinator Murray Forth.

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We’re getting ever-closer to the October 4 meeting at which we will draw the winning ticket for the “Dinner for 12 @ Cafe Capriccio” grand prize.

This is a major fundraiser for our youth programs that are of such benefit to the community at large, thus we need to sell as many tickets as possible. We capped the number of tickets at 300, and have sold roughly 100 at this point, so anyone who purchases a ticket has a very good statistical chance to win.

Please share this revised flyer (note the addition of a corporate sponsor) on your social media accounts, via e-mail to friends, family, and associates, posting on bulletin boards, or any other way you can think of to get out the word.

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We’re soon entering the autumn/holiday part of the year when local food pantries will be asking for donations for their busiest time.

Since SRC members and families have a history of generosity toward those service organizations, here’s an idea from April Dowd on how to make such generosity very affordable.

Price Chopper/Market 32/Market Bistro this week has a lot of 10-for-$10 sale offers of non-perishable items (see flyer above). If you afford just $10, or if you can afford more, now would be a great time to stock up on such items and store them until we are called upon to donate to such food pantries as The Anchor, Doors of Hope, etc. Just browse the aisles to find the bargains.

Please bear in mind that while the pantries can use virtually any kinds of non-perishable food items (boxed, canned, jarred, etc.), they frequently also have a strong demand for personal hygiene items for their clients as well. Some of those are part of the sale offer.

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Those of you who regularly access the meeting minutes on this website will notice a change in the format since we resumed weekly meetings this month. Because our club secretary no longer is keeping minutes of the proceedings, we’ve switched to this format, written primarily in less-detailed note form, so we still will have a record for the club archive.

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Members Attending (14, quorum achieved): Andy Leyhane, Pat Bailey, Terry Brewer, Debbie Brown, Peter Brown, Dean Calamaras, Doris Calamaras, Dick Drumm, Murray Forth, Phil Kellerman, Debbie Rodriguez, Carole Spencer, Roberto Martinez, Jim Leyhane.

Guests (5): Courtney Moore, Dave Hennel, Sylvia Kaminsky, Louis Singer, Peter Slavin.

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We currently have 200 tickets in circulation for the raffle offering dinner for 12 at Cafe Capriccio in Albany (scroll down to see the event flyer for details). To date, 90 tickets have been sold at $20 each, or $1,800 worth. We need members to make a major push in advance of the October 4 drawing. … The annual Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) workshop is scheduled for Saturday, October 20, at  the UAlbany School of Public Health. The club will pay the registration fee for any members interested in participating, and will pay the discounted rate for up to 10 Rotaract members. Click here for details of the program, and see Bill Dowd if you are interested; he is handling registration for the club. … Auggie, the therapy dog at Bell Top Elementary School who SRC has helped finance, has his own blog. Click here to keep up with Auggie and his school friends. …

… Our International Committee (Jim Leyhane, Bill Dowd, Roberto Martinez, Peter Brown, Dick Drumm) is working on creation of the Rotary Trail 10K, a running event and festival to be held October 19, 2019, at Schodack Island State Park. They met this week with staff from the Albany Running Exchange, an event management organization, to rough out plans, and previously met with park management. The event will be a major fundraiser for ShelterBox and Gift of Life. … Our next recycling day has been scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 3, at the Wainschaf Associates warehouse and offices in Rensselaer. Volunteers will be needed to staff the event in shifts. …

… RC had two foursomes entered in the recent Gift of Life Golf Tournament, and also sponsored the happy hour. … The 2018-19 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) training series will begin on Friday with “Introducing Leadership,” at The Edge Climbing Gym, 1544 Route 9, Clifton Park. … The program for the Thursday, September 27, dinner meeting at Quigley’s will be Dean and Doris Calamaras sharing “Adventures In Greece,” a pictorial travelogue.

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How is the SRC website doing as far as visitors? As the chart above shows, quite well since we resumed our regular schedule after the summer doldrums, aflow that follows our performance history.

In addition to hosting visitors from throughout District 7190 and many other states, we have visitors from such diverse parts of the globe as Canada, Mexico, Ireland, England, Namibia, Myanmar, Ecuador, and Italy.

Please remember to share our SRCrotary.org address on your social media accounts. That’s how we build followings and spread the word about Rotary in general and SRC specifically.

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There actually is a reason we try to get our club members involved in at least some aspect of what we do as a service organization — fundraisers, program assignments, committee work, member recruitment, etc. — rather than limiting themselves to thinking of Rotary only as a weekly dinner or monthly breakfast club.

These Chinese characters —

不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之；见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行而止矣。

— translate from the writings of the Confucian philosopher Xun Zi (circa 312–230 B.C.) to say:

Tell me and I will forget.

Show me and I may remember.

Involve me and I will understand.

That is why we ask you to “Be a Rotarian,” not just “a member of Rotary.”

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SRC member Phil Kellerman poses with Cindy Amell, president of the Rotary Club of Glen Falls, after exchanging club pennants. Phil was that club’s guest today to speak about immigration issues.

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SRC Third Thursday Breakfast Meeting
Greenbush YMCA
20 Community Way, East Greenbush

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Members Attending (5, no quorum): Andy Leyhane, Murray Forth, John Justino, Marty Mahar, Jim Leyhane.

Guests (1): Lindsey Ribach, acting president of the Danes Rotaract club.

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Program:

• President Andy Leyhane presented information on SRC’s upcoming club activities for 2018-19.

• We are urging SRC and Rotaract members to sign up for the Saturday, October 20, Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) workshop at the UAlbany School of Public Health, 1 University Place, Rensselaer (just off Columbia Turnpike). The club will pay for all SRC members who wish to participate, and has arranged to pay for discounted registration for up to 10 Rotaractors.

• Member Marty Mahar gave a short presentation on Auggie, the Bell Top Elementary School therapy dog that partially is funded by our club. Next month we will hear from Jamie who is Auggie’s owner and blogmaster. If you would like to check in on Augie’s blog from time to time, simply click here (and don’t forget to save the link).

• The next breakfast meeting is scheduled for 7 a.m. Thursday, October 18, at the Greenbush YMCA.

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