June 30, 2016 Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary Meeting

Last night we had our last meeting at Royale Café Vinoteca. It was a club assembly led by Dan Herrington as his last meeting presiding during his Rotary year. John Paul was awarded Rookie of Year for his contributions to the paint ball tournament. John Paul was also sworn in as a new Director for this Rotary year. We all toasted Dan for what a great job he did as President. Those present then shared memories of some historic Fourth of July celebrations when growing up. All of our regular meetings, both breakfast and dinner, will now be held at the new Hyatt House Naples (See picture above) (1345 5th Ave. S.). We will still be meeting for breakfast at 7:30 the first two Wednesdays of the month and at 5:30 for dinner the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays of each month. When you pull into Hyatt House take a right and go directly to the parking garage, park your car and then take the elevator to the 1st floor. When you depart the garage put in your ticket and if needed tell the call attendant you are with notary and there will be no charge to park. See you next Wednesday morning for our first breakfast at the Hyatt House. Mark your calendars: First Meeting in July: Wed. Morning, July 6, 7:30 a.m. Speaker Amanda Theobold.(we sponsored Amanda to the S4TL conference); Second Meeting in July: Wed. Morning, July 13, 7:30 a.m. St. Matthews House speaker; Third Meeting in July: Thurs. Evening, July 21, 5:30 p.m. Moorings Park speaker; and Fourth Meeting in July: Thurs. Evening, July 28, 5:30 p.m. Senior Life Journeys speaker. All meetings as mentioned above are now at the new Hyatt House Naples!

Presenting Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary 2016 - 2017 Officers & Directors

June 22, 2016 Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary Club New Officer Installation Night

What a great evening we had last night at Cooper’s Hawk for our annual installation dinner (some pictures below)! Wow, 6 new Members this year, 13 new Paul Harris Fellows, installation of some great Board Members and Officers and Gary Moore receiving Rotarian of the Year. We do look forward to a wonderful new Rotary Year at our new home at Hyatt House Naples,  building on the awesome year we just had under the most worthy President Dan Herrington. We will still be meeting for breakfast at 7:30am the first and second Wednesdays of each month and at 5:30pm for dinner the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month. When you pull into Hyatt House Naples (1345 5th Avenue South) take a right and go directly to the parking garage, park your car and then take the elevator to the 1st floor. When you depart the garage put in your ticket and if needed tell the call attendant you are with Rotary and there will be no charge to park.

Officers and Directors for the 2016-2017 Rotary Year are:
President- Rob Samouce
President-elect- Jim Juliano
Past-President- Dan Herrington
Secretary- Mel Drury
Sgt At Arms- Robbie Selby
Treasurer- Jim Davidson
Director- Doug Haughey
Director- Gary Moore
Director- Gabrielle Marvin
Director- John Paul
Director- Jon Titus Director Bill Towers

Mark your calendars:

Thursday evening, June 30th 5:30 p.m. Royale Café Vinoteca, our last meeting at Royale Café will be a Club Assembly

Wednesday morning, July 6th 7:30 a.m. Hyatt House, speaker Amanda Theobold.(Amanda is the local high school student we sponsored for the S4TL conference)

Wednesday morning, July 13th 7:30 a.m. Hyatt House, St. Matthews House speaker

Thursday evening, July 21st 5:30 p.m. Hyatt House, Moorings Park speaker

Thursday evening, July 28th 5:30 p.m. Hyatt House, Senior Life Journeys speaker

June 16, 2016 Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary Meeting

We had a great evening at the Royale Café Vinoteca tonight and celebrated John Roeder joining our club. Welcome John! Also, our own Joe Davidow gave us a good overview of our upcoming local elections. Don't forget to vote in August. This week we are having our annual installation dinner and celebration on Wednesday evening June 22nd at Coopers Hawk at 6pm as we install our new club officers for the coming Rotary year. If you haven't RSVP'ed to Rob, please do so. I'm sure he can find room for one more, but most everyone has responded already. Remember spouses and guests are welcome with the club covering the cost of the evening for club members and a charge of $50 for guests. We have many awards planned and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone Wednesday. Upcoming meetings include: June 30th 5:30pm Royale Cafe Vinoteca and July 6th 7:30am Jane's Cafe with speaker Amanda Theobold the local highschool student we sponsored for the S4TL conference.

Good Afternoon Rotarians, We had a great breakfast last week at Jane's and those in attendance had a wonderful time sharing stories about their fathers as we get ready to celebrate Father's Day. What a great example of Rotary fellowship and sharing.

This week we return to Royale Café Vinoteca for dinner on Thursday evening and our speak will be our own Joe Davidow. Joe will be providing an overview of all the local elections and the upcoming August primaries. Please make an effort to join us and bring a friend or guest. Mark your calendars

June 1, 2016 Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary Meeting

The June 1, 2016 Naples Gulf Shore Sunset Rotary Meeting was called to order by President Dan Herrington at 7:30am followed by Invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Visiting Rotarians and guests were acknowledged. Following breakfast our guest speaker State Senator Garrett Richter presented 2016 Legislative Happenings in Tallahassee. Senator Richter briefed our club on the 2016 state budget and how it passed the Senate unanimously and bipartisan. After his excellent presentation there were numerous questions from club members. Meeting was adjourned at 8:33am.