Program Calendar

Members
The Rotary Club of the Stroudsburgs has a long tradition of individual members volunteering to be program sponsors.  If you are interested in providing some new, insightful programs or have an idea for a guest speaker please let us know!  You can volunteer to provide 1, 2 or 3 programs - no need to take a full month.  Just contact the program chair!  Thank you for your support in making this the best Rotary Club in the world!! 

Speakers
The Rotary Club of the Stroudsburgs is continually seeking quality programs to be presented at their weekly meetings.  Programs should be informational in nature and not be a "sales pitch" or contain specific fundraising requests, specific political or sectarian religious content.  Programs should be no longer then 20 minutes and should be shorter if questions are taken during the presentarion.  Speakers may take the full twenty minutes and offer to stay and take questions at the completion of the meeting.  If you would like to be considered as a program speaker for one of our meetings please contact any Stroudsburgs Rotarian or the Program chair below.

The 2010/2011 Program Chair is Ed Kmetz.  Please contact Ed at 570-992-2992 or ekmetz@puresightandsound.com if you have a program to suggest or request for 2009/2010.

	Program Date Program Information September 9, 2010 Deepwater Horizons oil well catastrophe in the Gulf Rick Munson, our resident offshore drilling expert, will give us a summary on what happened in the Gulf. Ed Kmetz will introduce Rick. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM September 16, 2010 Barbara Petty, GSE Team's trip to Columbia Barbara Petty, the group leader of the GSE team that went to Columbia, will speak about the trip. The team visited 7 different cities, made a lot of friends. Barbara will give us a fun & fact filled presentation! Rob Sedwin will introduce Barbara. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM September 23, 2010 Claudia Frosi, our club's Exchange Student Claudia Frosi, our exchange student from Italy, will introduce herself to the club, and give us a look at her home. Maria Candelaria, our club's Youth Exchange Officer, will introduce Claudia. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM September 30, 2010 John Shouse, Common Sense of Preplanning Final Arrangements John Shouse, of Laurelwood Cemetery, will give us a rousing presentation on the importance of pre-planning final arrangements. John comes from a 30-year background in the financial industry. He helped start eh distribution companies for several major mutual fund products that are well known in the financial marketplace today. After retiring from the financial industry in 2009, he took a counselor position with the Laurelwood Cemetery in South Stroudsburg. He and his partner have been together 27 years and between them they have two daughters and one grandchild. Paul Conforti is the program sponsor and will introduce John. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM October 7, 2010 District Conference Report President Michele and others will give the club a report on the just-finished 7410 district conference. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM October 14, 2010 Kirby Upright -- Legal Ethics Our own Kirby Upright will talk about ethics in the legal profession, highlighting some of the "pickles" lawyers sometimes find themselves in. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM October 21, 2010 Don Messing, Goal Setting Don Messing a motivational speaker from No Limits Personal Training will talk about goal setting! You won't want to miss this! Judy Schuchman is the program sponsor and will introduce Don. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM October 28, 2010 Snowboarding and the USASA Our own Rob Sedwin will get us ready for winter with a presentation on snowboarding, some local industry success stories, and the introduction of the Snowboard Museum that Buzz Bensinger and Rob worked on together, and Bill Van Gilder, President of the US Amateur Snowboard Association (USASA). Buzz Bensinger will introduce Rob. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM November 4, 2010 Marcellus Shale -- tentative Charlie Kirkwood. Buz Benzinger is the program sponsor. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM November 11, 2010 Vocational training for lawyers Buz Bensinger, Alan Young, and Jane Maughan will discuss initial and ongoing training of lawyers, and the vocation overall. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM November 18, 2010 Football Banquet Our yearly football banquet, bringing together some of the best & brightest from the Stroudsburgs! Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM November 25, 2010 Happy Thanksgiving! No Meeting This Week Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM December 2, 2010 Annual Club Meeting President Michele will lead the club in our Annual Meeting. Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM December 9, 2010 Theressa DuBois...The Deaf Welcome Foundation Theressa will speak on Making Deaf Welcome Makes Cents. Dave Yarosh will be the program sponsor. Tdubois@deafwelcome.org Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM December 16, 2010 Speaker Needed Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM December 23, 2010 Speaker Needed Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM December 30, 2010 Speaker Needed Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM January 6, 2011 Speaker Needed Where: Sycamore Grill When: 11:55 AM