MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday, November 28, 2017

ROTARY GRACE

O Lord, The Giver of all good,

We thank Thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve Thee all our days.

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Grace: Past President Bob Koski

O Canada: Peter Dueck

Toast To The Queen : Past President Mike McLaren

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

none this evening

BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday to Judy Uphoff on December 2

Happy Anniversary to Rhonda and Bob Stewart on December 13

Happy Birthday to Sharron Morrison on December 20

Happy Birthday to Chidinma Igboanugo on December 23

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Before the meal began , Kris Sachdeva updated the club on our President Ted's knee replacement that took place today, Tuesday, November 28. The surgery was a success and Ted is resting comfortably and is expected to be home by Friday. Get welll Ted !!

Janice Coupland – Janice is arranging dinner on Friday, December 1 at Bella Notte Restaurant on Brock Street North in Whitby. This is a social event of the Fellowship Committee of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood. Guests welcome too. Sign up TODAY with Janice Coupland.

Janice Coupland – Dec 5 – Participation House Christmas Party - Oshawa Golf Club - Our spouses and kids and grandkids are also invited. Cost $40 per person. 6:00 pm drinks, 6:30 pm dinner . SIGN UP SHEET IS BEING CIRCULATED. Please tell Janice Coupland YES or NO and if your spouse or kids or grandkids are attending with you. she is working out all of the details. Please let her know as soon as you can. Sign up sheet is being circulated with Janice

Janice Coupland – Dec 12 – Club members Party at Kris and Janice condo in Ajax – please dress up for the party (shirt and tie gentlemen) . Cost is $30 per person and bring your own refreshments. Sign up sheet is being circulated with Janice. Please let her know as soon as you can. And Please pay her on Nov 28.

Past President Dave – Cakes and Hams – Delivery Dec 1 . Thanks to Co-Chair Devon Biddle for helping the Club again. They are available for pickup from Devon's home anytime after December 1 at 2 pm. They will also be available on Tuesday Dec 5 at the Golf Club. Bring your money to Devon, our Treasurer, as soon as possible.

Director of Service Kim Boatman - announced that our Rotary Club donated funds to Partners In Service so that a 39-year-old man, a quadriplegic could get a hospital bed.

Director of Service Kim Boatman – Encouraged ALL of our member to attend the Annual Breakfast in suport of Sharon's Kids. On Dec 9 , from 8 am to 11 am at the Tartan Tavern, 555 Rossland Road East. We are focusing on ages 13 yrs & Up! (Sample Gift Items: HMV gift certificates/ toiletries/blow dryers/curling irons/ makeup/shaving kits/ watches/calculators/socks/Chapters or Future Shop g/c). Bring an unwrapped gift & breakfast is compliments of The Tartan Tavern

Secretary Robbie Larocque – keep open the week of March Break in 2018. We have put our club's name forward to work the Maple Syrup Festival serving Pancakes and waiting on table at Purple Woods. It is a lottery and if selected, we will earn some much-needed fundraising dollars for our efforts. Here is a closer look: http://www.cloca.com/msf/

Past Presdient Lennis Trotter announced that the Holiday Spirit at the Kids' Safety Village was a tremendous success. In the 10 day period, over 3,000 people attended and $2,800 was raised for the Kids Safety Village expansion program. Nice article in The Oshawa Express. Than you Sandy and Kim for this article. http://oshawaexpress.ca/a-record-year-for-the-safety-village/

Treasurer Devon Biddle – asked everyone during the meal to review the financial statements of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable fund for our meeting tonight.

REMINDERS:

From President Ted : One of the items that our Club members wanted , as a result of the Visioning exercise is to increase the profits from the 2018 Rotary Reverse Draw Dinner and Silent Auction . Ted said that one of the most dramatic ways to do so is to increase the profits from the Silent Auction. We can do that in two ways: dramatically increase the number of items (from 50 to 100 items) and dramatically increase the value of each item ( to at least $100 if not more towards the $200 to $500 range). And now is the time to start looking and asking.

Past President Hilda – In her role as Chair of Club Administration asked everyone to bring EXACT CHANGE to the Rotary meeting for registration $22 and for Draw $2. And Happy Twoonies would certainly follow suit unless you wish to be every more happy.

Sonya Thompson – Our partners at the Kids'Safety Village, The Whitby Lions Club is holding a New Year's Eve Party on Dec 31 at Heydenshore Pavillion Cost $80 per person (early bird price). Always nice to help out our partners. 589 Water St, Whitby. Doors open 6:30 Dancing until 1:30 Enjoy a served sit down meal at 7:15 Beef tenderloin and Chicken breast & veg Followed by a Trio of deserts. There will be Midnight snack /sweet table and coffee. Festive decorations & New Year's party favors. We will have a Silent Auction, Raffle also Spot prizes. We have fantastic music by DJ Serge. This is a Adults only event. With a CASH bar. Tickets $ 170 per couple. Call Lion Christine at 905-576-6060 for tickets and more info

Past Pres Lennis Trotter - January 8 – the next Kids' Safety Village Baord and Committee Meeting (start at 7:00 pm) - at the Kids'Safety Village

Tess Pierce – The Oshawa Rotary Club is holding the Annual Polar Bear Swim on January 1 at 12 Noon at the beach at Lakeview Park . Your cost of admission for the event is $30 with the proceeds going to The Rose of Durham. Tess is going to swim , again this year. Her goal is to raise $1,000 and she has set up a 'Go Fund Me “ page and anyone can donate and help Tess raise the money. And thank you, Tess for the candy canes that we all received tonight at our meeting.

President Ted – Rotary Club of Etobicoke is asking for gently used hockey equipment to send north to our indigenous people. A huge project of the Rotary club. Got something to donate? Equipment will go to MasterCard Centre, 400 Kipling Ave, Etobicoke, ON M8V 3L1 and benefit First Nations youth in remote northern Ontario communities. Read more about Rotary Club of Etobicoke's ongoing hockey equipment drive to benefit First Nations youth in this Inside Toronto story: http://bit.ly/2fMI8VX

VP Linda Porritt: She is collecting volunteer hours for all of our service projects this year, starting July 1 2017 and ending June 30, 2018 and they will be entered into the projects at on Rotary Club Central for all of us to see. Keep track of all of your hours and report them to Linda for each project (committee meetings, research, investigation, donations, etc).

VOLUNTEERS - MONTH OF JANUARY

Front Desk - Past Pres Dave Andrews and Stanley Igboanugo

BulletinEditor and Official Greeter - Vice President Linda Porritt

(Editor’s note: If you cannot be there, please find a replacement)

ACE OF SPADES DRAW Conducted by our Sargeant At Arms Bob Koski

Lennis Trotter pulled the Jack of Clubs and for his efforts received some travel sized toothpaste courtesy of Dr Larry Hurren. And so the pot grows. 30 cards left when we return to our regular meeting on January 2.

HAPPY BUCKS:

• Janice Coupland – very glad that Pres Ted came through his knee replacement okay and what a great Grey Cup game – a Canadian Classic

• Past PresMike Mclaren – happy to have a new phone but very sad that he lost the last hole of a golf match to Al Finnigan (some are calling it the greatest game ever palyed)

• Past Pres Dave will pay $5 in January he heard about Al's big win on the golf course a few times this week

• Past Pres Lennis Trotter - said he was told that he was happy tonight.

• Past Pres Hilda – also heard about Al's big win on the golf course – every hour this week and she is sure that Sharron is glad that she will hear no more complaints from Ted about his pain

• Past Pres Larry Hurren – tried a new sport this week - Pickleball – at the legends Centre – now he has to buy a racquet. Here's is a video to see how it is played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWj2LXecHU

• Sgt At Arms Bob Koski – Happy to see the Argos win the Grey Cup in the blizzard

GUEST SPEAKER:

Annual General Meetings of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable Foundation and the Presentation of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Strategic Plan

In President Ted's and Vice President Linda's absence, Past President Dave Andrews presided over the club's annual meeting.

According to our by-laws, the first Tuesday in December is our annual general meeting when the election of officers and directors takes place for the ensuing year. And tonight is as close as we could come to having the club elections for 2018-19. The nominating committee, which consists of your current Board of Directors, has met on 3 occasions and have come up with a plan

.For the Rotary year starting on July 1, 2018 here is what we have so far:

As you may recall, the nominating committee asked Linda Porritt, this Rotary year, as your Vice President and next year as President in 2018-19 and she has accepted that role. And on behalf of all of the members in the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, we thank you.

Ted Morrison is our Past President for 2018-19 and has also agreed to stay on in a dual role capacity as Director of the Rotary Foundation Committee for our Rotary Club in 2018-19. Again, we thank you , Ted for serving our Club with that very important role again next year.

As incoming President, Linda has appointed Devon Biddle to continue on with his dedicated service as Treasurer, and he has accepted. Thank you very much, Devon.

Linda has appointed RobbIe Larocque to continue on with his dedicated service as Secretay and he has accepted. Thank you very much, Robbie.

Linda has also appointed Sonya Thompson to serve our Rotary Club as our Sargeant At Arms for 2018-19 and she has accepted. And she will no doubt, have a committee of assistants to help out during the year. Thank you very much, Sonya.

For the position of Vice President for 2018-19 and President for the 2019-20 Rotary Year, the nominating committee has selected Lennis Trotter. Lennis has agreed to allow his name to stand for election.There were no other nominations from the floor. Hilda Finnigan moved and Devon Biddle seconded the motion to close nominations. Carried. Congratulations Lennis !!!

For the position of Director:

Firstly, five Directors are staying on , in compliance with our By-laws: Kim Boatman, Kris Sachdeva, Janice Coupland, Ted Morrison and Dave Andrews are staying on for their last year of their two year terms.

With Lennis assuming the office of position of Vice President for 2018-19 and incoming President for 2019-20, we have openings for one Director for 2018-19. The nominating committee has selected one candidate - Sue MacKinnon for the position of Director and she has agreed to allow her name to stand for election. There were no more nominations from the floor. Devon Biddle moved and Kim Boatman Biddle seconded the motion to close nominations. Carried. Congratulations Sue !!!

We then congratulated everyone for accepting their positions and help lead our Rotary Club in 2018-19 as we join our incoming Rotary International President Barry Rassin and our incoming District 7070 Governor Mary Lou Harrison carry out the good work of Rotary throughout the world.

Past Pres Dave then presented the Strategic Plan.

The Strategic Plan was developed as OUR three-year plan for the Oshawa Parkwood Rotary Club. The goals and actions were identified with input from YOU, the club members at the visioning exercise held on May 30, 2017. The goals /actions were then identified and refined by the strategic planning committee.

A very special thank you to the Strategic Planning Committee: Chair – Ted Morrison, Members: Linda Porritt, Hilda Finnigan, Sue MacKinnon, Devon Biddle and Dave Andrews

Copies of the detailed Plan were presented to the Board earlier this month. Earlier tonight, your club's Board of Directors endorsed the Plan. Tonight, we provided all club members a copy of the executive summary of the Plan. The Directors were given copies of the detailed plan to the Committee Chairs to review and execute, with their committee.

Janice Coupland moved and Kim Boatman seconded the motion to confirm the Board's decision to adopt the Strategic Plan. Carried.

Past Pres Dave then passed the meeting over to Treasurer Devon Biddle who presented the Financial Statement of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood for the year ending June 30, 2017 and the budget for the Rotary year 2017-18. Both documents were received and adopted by the Club member.

Devon Biddle then presided over the meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable Foundation. Devon noted that the Foundation was set up in 1991 to carry out the business as directed by its member to do good in the community. A motion was made by Lennis Trotter and seconded by Kris Sachdeva to approve the minutes of the 2015-16 meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable Foundation. Devon then proceeded with the election of officers of the Foundation. The officers consist of the President of the Club, the Vice President of the Club and 6 Directors. Each Director may stay on for two two-year terms. Tonight there were three nominations for the three openings for Director: Robbie Larocque, David Mankiewicz, and Pat Dyck. Dave Andrews moved and Kim Boatman seconded that nominations be closed. Carried. Devon then reviewed the Financial Statement of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable Foundation for the year ending June 30, 2017. devon noted that from this Foundation, we can make donations to other Charitable corporations. Kim Boatman moved and Larry Hurren seconded the motion to receive and adopt the Financial Statement. Carried.

Meeting Adjourned by Past President Dave Andrews

A copy of the executive summary of the Strategic Plan was attached to this bulletin.

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