The Next Meeting will be held on DECEMBER 22 in the AFDA CLUB
PROGRAM: San Juan Rotary will celebrate its annual HOLIDAY PARTY with a special menu, coquito cocktail, wine with lunch, and entertainment. Come and enjoy the spirit of the season with your fellow-Rotarians and their guests.
Inducted at this week’s meeting was, John Richardson, Past President of San Juan Rotary and Past District Governor. His classification is Banking: Investment and he was sponsored by PDG Pepito Rivero-Olmedo. Welcome back, Johnny!
3-Hugh Robison; 4-Frank Earle; 6-Ray Erb; 18-Jose Ballester & Betsy Parker; 23-Warwick Butler; 31-Charles Elias. Birthday Chairman, John Ferrandino, is ready to greet you with his scintillating humor and rendition of Happy Birthday to You!
PERFECT ATTENDANCE Achieving 100% attendance during the July-September quarter:
Dr. Rafael Aponte, Warwick Butler, Frank Earle, Juanita Morris, Maria Elena Perez and Joseph Sampson. Please sit at the Reserved 100% attendance table and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine with your lunch.
Troy Fields asks fellow-Rotarians to view San Juan Rotary’s page on Facebook and “share” the information and also “copy” and attach it to an email to your friends. There is no doubt that social media is a very important way to get your Club’s information circulated.
Guest speaker Luis Figarella, was born and grew up in Bayamon PR. A graduate of UPR with a Masters from Boston U in Systems Engineering, he is a registered Patent Agent and professional engineer. Making his home in Nashua NH, Luis has helped customers in over 10 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic & Ecuador. He spoke of the many types of patents such as, intellectual property, industrial secrets, and copyrights, to name a few. Our speaker is a co-inventor of over 14 US patents, and has participated in the development of the MaxiCode and Data Matrix symbologies and scanners with both UPS and Int’l Data Matrix. Both symbologies are daily used in well over 15 million new individual items.
At last week’s meeting, Committeeman, Bucky Tervo announced that nominations would be received from the floor. Troy Fields was nominated as Director. There being no further nominations, nominations were closed. Candidates for contested positions will each give a 2-minute presentation.
Elections will be held next week, November 17 with the list published in the eGarita of November 10 plus the nomination from the floor.
