January 2012
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
Welcome to 2012!
With a new year comes new beginnings and new opportunities. I think this will be a progressive year for Cellini Lodge. I have many plans to save some money for the lodge and to try and attract and keep members. I will start by boldly putting a goal out there to bring in 50 new members in 2012. This can be achieved if we all work together. Cellini Lodge is a great lodge and with all that we do, I do not understand why it would be hard to get new members.
In my acceptance speech last year I spoke of a few technology initiatives and I plan on initiating them this year. First, we need to put this newsletter online and cut back on mailings, thus giving us instant savings. Of course we will not end the mailing of the newsletter but we need to use technology to save us money. If you are an active internet user, I don’t see a reason to get a paper copy of the newsletter. We will begin additional technology plans like initiating an electronic notification system. This will be an automated telephone system that we can use to send important messages about members and events to all members interested in signing up for this service. I will have a sign up form at the general meetings going forward. We will continue with the email campaign set forth by Mark Ventimiglia as that has been a great source of communication.
Our society has becoming reliant on technology and fighting it is not helping our lodge or OSIA as a whole. We must embrace it whole-hearted and welcome the improvements to our lives. Many of us have read about or lived through the industrial revolution. We are now all living in the most technologically advanced time our species has ever had. One can only dream of what our children and grandchildren will be able to do. At the end of the day, we want our lodge to continue well after we are gone. The only way to ensure that is to advance with the times and bring in new members to take the reins from us. Join me in moving Cellini Lodge forward into 2012 and beyond.
As we take a look back to the month of December we had two successful events. The adult Christmas Party on Dec 9th and children’s Christmas Party on Dec 11th. The respective chair people and their committees did an outstanding job and I want to thank both Alfonso Squillante and Anna Mulea specifically. I know they had help from their committees and I want to thank them all as well.
In early January we have our Pasta Night chaired by Tony Milazzo. This year the event should be full of fun as we will be entertained by a few comedians. The event is on Jan 12th at Pompei Restaurant in West Hempstead, contact Tony for reservations.
We also have Carnivale on Feb 9th 2012 at 7:30pm. At the time of this newsletter there is no chairperson for this event. Before our next meeting we will have a chair for this event and a flyer will be distributed.
“A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within.” – Author Unknown
Unità nella Fraternità
Fraternally,
Luigi Squillante
President
Cellini Lodge # 2206
Order Sons of Italy in America
