> Nov 5, 2026: Regular club meeting at The Sherwood at 6:30. RSVP to Ed Evans by Tuesday, Nov 3 at eae3972@aol.com or 425-503-9044. Our speaker will be from Baltimore Woods.
> Nov 12, 2026: Happy Hour at The Legion. Our hosts will be
> Nov 19, 2026: Regular club meeting at The Sherwood at 6:30. RSVP to Ed Evans by Tuesday, Nov 17 at eae3972@aol.com or 425-503-9044.
General Schedule - for meetings - see notices below
Welcome to the World!
Hilary and Jay welcomed Juliette Lily Fenner-Stith to the world on Thursday, September 3rd. This little bundle of love and joy weighed in at 7lb 9oz. Dad Jay is perfecting his swaddling skills!
Service Above Self Opportunities: 
We have upcoming service projects. Please consider participating!
Finger Lakes SPCA food drive - October 24.
Books for the World - Date TBD.
Front Desk Duty!!!
Jay Stith and Jeff La Marca are the scheduled front desk members for our next club meeting on October 29th. Remember that if you will not be able to attend the meeting you are scheduled for it is your responsibility to find a replacement.
Oct 15, 2026 Meeting
Brad Wilson opened the meeting by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. He then welcomed our guests: Jordan Michaud, Linda Euto, and Corri Ferris (all potential new members).
Announcements:
- Next Meeting: Our next regular meeting will be on October 29th at The Sherwood with a speaker from Baltimore Woods. No meeting on October 22nd.
Happy Dollars: Bill B passed the Happy Dollar tray. World Polio Day is this coming week. Keeping in tradition, Happy Dollars from the meeting will be sent to Rotary International in support of the Polio Plus initiative. Bill also let us know that the club goals for Rotary Foundation giving are $6500 for the general fund and $2000 for Polio Plus.
Club Business: A number of issues were covered as follows:
Club officials are needed. The Board has one vacant seat. Meetings are held every other month with an occasional extra meeting now and then. Also, the President Elect position is open. This person would serve as club president for the Rotary year beginning July 1, 2027. If you would like to fill one of these positions, please contact Brad.
Spring 2027 is our club's 100th anniversary. Larry Jerome is heading up the planning committee. If you have ideas or would like to participate, please contact Larry, Jay or Brad.
Holiday Basket Dinner will be held on Thursday Dec 10th. Marv will head the planning committee. It's not too early to begin inviting family, friends, neighbors and prospective new members. Also, please consider soliciting or donating an item for the Silent Auction.
Brad spoke about new member recruitment. If you have a friend, neighbor or business associate invite them to a meeting or Happy Hour so they can see what Rotary is all about.
Service Projects - Corey Bauman is our Service Project Coordinator. if you have an idea let her know. In the meantime, the tree planting project was Saturday, Oct 17th and the SPCA food drive is Saturday Oct 24th.
Youth Exchange Officer – primarily paperwork and relationship management. Would be busiest in the fall (august to November) with arrival of inbound and recruitment of outbound starting.
With a good team this could be 2 - 4 hours a week
Inbound Program Manager – assist with paperwork in the Spring for enrollment and reception of student. Work on host family recruitment with YEO and committee at large.Work with club counselor while the student is here. Busiest in Spring (paperwork), early fall (student arrival), periodically through the school year with inbound student, and host family recruitment.
With a good team this would probably average out to an hour a week but probably 2 - 4 hours a week during busy times.
Outbound Program Manager – work on recruitment of local students for youth exchange. Meet with students and their parents to see if YE is a good fit. Coordinate and run local interviews, ensure student application/paperwork is sufficient, prepare for District interviews, oversee scholarship program. Busiest in the fall.
Would likely average 2 -4 hours a week during busy weeks (mid-September) then off and on through mid-November with a spike in January/February for 1 – 2 weeks for the scholarship
Club Counselor – primary point of contact for inbound student while here. Help them acclimate, route issues to Inbound program manager/YEO… potentially District
Would likely average 2 – 3 hours a month during the school year. If there is an issue with could spike, though.
2 generalists – assist with student rides to events, general help with host families (recruitment and processing), join in on interviews (outbound and scholarship)
Would be mostly ad hoc. Rides can be a few hours depending on where the event is, but everything else should only be a couple hours at a time
All volunteers need to fill out an online application. They all need to submit to a background check, complete online training + pass exam, and in-person training annually.
President Lizzy Martin sent a message saying the main CNY Rotary Facebook page was shut down by Facebook so everything has been moved to a new group called CNY Rotary News Network. Please check out the new facebook page! This is where everything from the news network, leadership team, and events are shared.
New Facebook Page!!!
The Club has brand new Facebook + Instagram pages. You can Google Skaneateles Rotary Facebook to find it. Be sure to check it out, like it and share it with your friends!
Birthdays & Rotary Anniversaries!
Checkout the Birthday & Rotary Anniversary listing in the left column of this newsletter. Be sure to wish the members a "Happy Birthday" and congratulations on their years of Rotary Service.
SKANEATELES ROTARY CLUB'S
Upcoming Speakers & Events
See SPEAKERS below orCLICK HEREor on the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page. Please contact Bill Conole atconolew@gmail.comor 315-857-1260 if you have any suggestions and/or input for a potential club program.
General SRC Meeting Schedule!!
First Thursday - Dinner meeting with speaker. Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
Second Thursday - Optional attendance at Happy hour from 5:30 to 6:30.
Third Thursday - Dinner meeting with speaker. Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
Fourth Thursday - No meeting
Fifth Thursday (when applicable) - Dinner meeting with speaker. Meeting starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00
26 W. Genesee St
Skaneateles, NY 13152 United States of America
Regular meetings are on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays at the Sherwood Inn or American Legion.
Happy Hour at the Skaneateles American Legion on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 5:30PM.
See latest newsletter for changes to regular schedule.
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