On November 21st Chris Mason, Energy Officer of the City of Northampton, gave a presentation on energy saving programs.
On November14th Past District Governor Karen Andrews spoke to our club about the Rotary Foundation.
Monday October 17th Michael Bardsley - Mayoral Candidate
Monday October 24th District Governor – Sue Klock - On World Polio Day we were honored with a visit from (L to R) Gov-elect Eileen, Asst. Gov Jan, Gov nomine designate, Mike Roy, District Governor Sue Klock and Northampton Rotary Club President, Eric Luncentini
Monday November 7th David Narkewicz - Mayoral Candidate
CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!
Past President and 2014-2015 District Governor Mike Roy
A letter from our District Governor Sue Klock:
On October 6, at the annual meeting of the District 7890 Nominating Committee for 2011-2012, the committee selected Michael J. Roy, a member of the Rotary Club of Northampton, MA, to serve as District Governor in 2014-2015.
Governor-elect Eileen Rau, Governor-nominee Mike Barnett and I welcome Mike to our district's leadership team.
Thanks to Chair Pat Kennedy and Advisor PDG Dick Borden, the election process has worked smoothly this year. When you have an opportunity please thank them and other members of the Nominating Committee, both Principal Delegates and Alternate Delegates, for their service to the district. Delegates this year are Sam Humes, Michael Diaz, Larry Ottoson, Sue Grimaldi, Carmel Osterlund, David Hood, Henry Dutcher, William Kinsley, Henry Mondschein, Conrad Sienkiewica, Carole Laliberte, Jan Soja, Jim Russell, Stella Kalamarikis, Marcel Schmidt, Pat Kennedy, Randy Anagnostic, Rob Belden, David Cappabianca, Art Blumer and Jay Steeves.
If no challenge to the committee's selection has been received by me, Governor 2011-2012 of District 7890, as prescribed in the RI BYLAWS, Article 13, by noon October 14, 2011, Mike Roy, I will make a final declaration of his selection.
Any questions about this notice or the process, feel free to call me.
It's a great day to be a Rotarian!
Gov Sue
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October 3rd - Steve Roberts; Topic: Our New Rotary CLub Database CLICK HERE or the "For Our Members Only" link on the left to see it
On September 26th President Eric inducted our latest new member, Rich Cahillane (right).
October 3rd - Steve Roberts; Topic: Our New Rotary CLub Database
September 26th - President Eric - Club Assembly
September 19tn we enjoyed a presentation by Wayne Feiden, Northampton Planning Director on the topic of the New King Street Zoning
September 12th - President Eric poses with Judith Roberts of the Literacy Project - Click this link or the pictures above or below to go to their website.
We oficially inducted Chief Brian Duggan (right) on September 12th, 2011. He is joined at the podium by Deputy Chief Dave Gagne (center) and our President Eric Lucentini.
On August 29th our ambasadorial scholars visited us at our last summer evening meeting at the Hotel Clarion Pool.
Isaline Roelandt (left) is our in-bound student from Belgium and she's living with Savannah Holden (right) who was our outbound student to Belgium last year.
On July 11th we were privileged to welcome our Ambassadorial Scholars and Group Study Exchange members who told us of their adventures in Nepal. Click this link or the picture above to go to their BLOG.
On June 20th we inducted our newest member, Sara Foley, as President Eric Lucentini presents her Certificate of Membership while her sponsor, Past President Karen Jackson looks on.
June 6: Marty Dobrow, Springfield author, :"Knocking on Heaven's Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream", some of these players who pursued the road to sports glory are from western Mass.
April 11 - Jim Kaplan introduced his new book, "The Greatest Game Ever Pitched"
April 4th - Ambassadorial Scholar Amber Harden
April 4 - Sue Stubbs spoke to the club aout ServiceNet
March 7 - Buz Eisenberg (attorney who represents Guantanamo detainees)
February 28 - Susan Talbott of the Wadsworth Atheneum poses here with Club President Eric Lucentini.
February 21 - President's Day - NO Regular Meeting - NOON Roundtable at
the Hotel Northampton
February 14 - Karen Jackson (Estate Planning)
February 7 - Club Business Meeting
January 31 - Mount Holyoke College President Lynne Pasquerella, center, poses with two alumni, Rotarian Gorkem Cilam, left and Candice Christenson, right.
President Pasquerella took charge of Mount Holyoke in July 2010, but it is the road that brought her there that should truly inspire all of us. Her parents, who divorced when she was 11, were high-school dropouts. As a teen, Ms. Pasquerella moved to South Hadley - where Mount Holyoke students are part of the scenery - because her mother got a job working in a light switch factory. President Pasquerella would go on to earn a doctorate in Philosophy from Brown University, and from there she has gone on to become a celebrated scholar, teacher, and academic leader whose training as an ethicist has helped her ranscend traditional boundaries of the academy and engage with communities locally and around the globe.
Rodney Furr was inducted by Membership Chairman John Merantza on January 24th, 2011.
January 24 - Massachusetts State Police , Commander, Station B-6, Troop B Headquarters Lt. Andrew Bzdelspoke to the Club about the many functions of the Massachusetts State Police.
Like Georgette Devine (see our December 6, 2010 meeting), Lt. Bzdel is also a Marine for life!
January 10 – Kalekeni Banda, chairman of the Banda Bola Sports Foundation
He spoke to the Club about his work in Malawi. For more information, visit www.bandabolasportsfoundation.org.
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Club President Eric Lucentini, Kalekeni and Past President Rick Feldman pose for a picture.
The Northampton & Easthampton Rotary Club's Holiday Party was at the Pulaski Club December 13th. The two clubs have thrown a joint Holiday Party serving meals and giving gifts to community members for over thirty years.
The Rotary Club of Northampton
Proudly Presented
"Financial Reforms and Wall Street: an
Update from Washington"
An Evening with Former SEC Chief Economist
James Overdahl
Thursday, December 2nd, at the Clarion Hotel
Dr. James Overdahl is a Vice President in National Economic Research Associates's Securities and Finance Practice. Prior to joining NERA Dr. Overdahl was Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Analysis for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Click this link for more information at NERA's web site.
December 20 - Regular Club meeting with Guest Speaker and Past President Michael Roy to share his recent GSE experience in Japan
Our Honored Speaker Georgette Devine poses here with Prospective Rotarian Rodney Furr as he attends his first Rotary Club Meeting
December 6 - Georgette Devine – a true American patriot (and always a Marine!).
Ms. Devine, of Conway, served our country in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946 as an aircraft mechanic. When she enlisted, she had no mechanical background; her family didn't even own a car! But it was 1944, our country was at war, and Ms. Devine, 21, wanted to sign up. Why? "Out of boredom," she says with a laugh, "but with a little bit of patriotism thrown in." On the week of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, please join us in saluting this very special Marine with a great story to tell. And wait 'til you see the photo of her sitting in the cockpit of a fighter plane… Norman Rockwell should've put her on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post!
November 29 - Elizabeth E. Barker, director and chief curator of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.
The Mead houses the art collection of Amherst College, totaling over 16,000 works, and is one of Massachusetts' premier cultural attractions. As director and chief curator, Dr. Barker oversees the museum's collections, acquisitions, exhibitions, programs, staff and management.
Dr. Barker will talk about the Mead's history, activities, art collections and involvement in the cultural life of the Pioneer Valley.
Before coming to Amherst, Dr. Barker directed the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University. She has also served as associate curator of
drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dr. Barker is a fellow in the department of prints and drawings at the British Museum
and she has been a guest curator at the Yale Center for British Art. She has published on topics from Italian Renaissance drawings to modern
American prints and is an expert on British and American 18th and 19th century painting.
Barker holds a B.A. in the history of art from Yale University and a Ph.D. in art history from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.
November 22 - Yale Professor emeritus Michael D. Coe addressed our club about his archaeological work on British forts in the hill towns of western Mass.
Professor Coe is one of the leading archaeologists in the country, if not the world - Check out his wikipedia link HERE
While his prominence derives from his work in the field of Mayan archaeology, he's lived in Heath for many years - so western Mass. has been fortunate enough to benefit from his attentions (hence the topic of his presentation).
He also happens to be a really great and down-to-earth guy who has a knack for explaining things in plain English so that everyone can enjoy his fascinating field of endeavor! So, in addition to being a real honor for the club to have him, it should also be a lot of fun for everyone.
November 15 - Dr. George Hartnell
November 8 - Kerry W. Buckley, Executive Director of Historic Northampton
Historic Northampton is our city's excellent museum of local history and Mr. Buckley's presentation with focus on the museum and its mission and collections.
November 1 - Matthew Kauffman, a hard-hitting investigative reporter for the Hartford Courant, addressed our club regarding his experiences in 2006 breaking and covering the issue of mentally unfit troops being sent to fight in Iraq.
His four-party series gained national renown and won a number of important journalism prizes. It was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Check out his wikipedia link HERE
Club President Ericka Prew presents the Rotary Presidential Citation to Mayor Mary Clare Higgins
Greg Dibrindisi was inducted as the club's newest member on October 25th.
October 25 - Big Brothers / Big Sisters - - Mike Gove, Jessica Robbins, and John Schiefflin
Click the pictures to go to the web site
October 18 - Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman, Federal District Court (District of Massachusetts, Springfield Division). Discussed the jurisdiction and activities of the federal district court in Massachusetts, and his role as a Magistrate Judge.
October 2nd - To help with National Fire Safety Week Kathy, Tom, Ellen, Rick, Wes, & Tim From the Red Cross and the Amherst & Northampton Rotary Clubs distributed Fire Chief hats and educational materials to customers at Rocky's Ace Hardware in Hadley
October 4 - District 7890 Governor Prasad Menon
Rotarians Gorkem Cilam and Wes Kulig collect food donations at Stop & Shop
September 27 - Suzanne Beck and Dennis Bidwell, Chamber of Commerce - presentation re Chamber's proposals for King Street development
September 20 - We met with Lynne Saner, Northampton Survival Center Volunteer Coordinator, for a Presentation on the Survival Center's history, services provided, and future plans. We presented her with three shopping carts full of groceries we solicited for them last weekend at Stop and Shop on King Street.
L to R: Rotarian Wes Kulig, Lynn Saner, Club President Ericka Prew, Rotarian Gorkem Cilam
September 13 - was a club business meeting.
September 14 - Board of Directors Meeting - 7:30 AM @ The Bluebonnet Diner
July and August Meetings Were POOLSIDE at the Clarion Hotel after work ~ 5:30
The Annual GOLF SOCIAL was July 26th
July and August Meetings Were POOLSIDE at the Clarion Hotel after work ~ 5:30
June 28th – Change of Gavel / Paul Harris Awards / Service Above Self Awards / Community Service Awards at Phil Sullivan’s Residence - 5:30 Cocktails - 6:30 Dinner
June 21st - Hotel Northampton – NOON – Lunch with Mayor Claire Higgins on the
Northampton City Budget FY 2011
June 14th - Bill Phillips Residence - 5:30 PM - 11 Grandview Lane Easthampton / Northampton - Start of Summer Social - Noon Roundtable at the Hotel Northampton
Rotary International Group Study Exchange (GSE)
Our club was honored to host five GSE participants from Japan
Click this link for more information.
Check out the Slide Show and Videos of the 2010 Northampton Rotary Foundation SPRING SOCIAL Click this link for more information.
May 31 - Memorial Day Holiday - No Meeting
May 24th - Matt Mitchell on the 100 Faces of War
May 17th - Ambassadorial Scholar & Youth Exchange Programs
May 10th - Dr. Jeff Cooley on Colonoscopy.
May 3rd - Chris Mason, Northampton Energy Officer on the Energy Services Contract
April 12th - Hotel Northampton-NOON- Welcomed Michael Roy back from his Group Study Exchange trip to Japan.
April 5th - Hotel Northampton-NOON – Lunch with District Court Judge Carey
March 29th - Hotel Northampton-NOON - Lunch - At our Club Assembly Pat Lavelle presented President Elect Ericka Prew with the Polio Plus Foundation Certificate of Recognnition of the Club's efforts toward Polio Eradication.
March 22nd - Hotel Northampton-NOON - Lunch with Wayne Feiden, the Northampton Planning Director for a program on Bean Farm (<< Click the link for more information)
L-R John Merantza, Karen Jackson, and Phil Sullivan selling Harley Raffle tickets in front of the Blue Bonnet Diner on King Street, Saturday August 15th.
