MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday March 20, 2018
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.
Grace: Myles Fisher
O Canada: Peter Dueck
Toast To The Queen : Robert Kipling
GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:
From the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT - Welcome to Carolina Rodriquez, Youssef Mansour and
Natisha Gordon-Dove
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:
March 17 – Colleen McLaren – pictures of Colleen poolside on her birthday were on facebook!
March 18 – would have been Pat and Ken Dyck’s 51st Anniversary
March 23 – Marilyn Taylor
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dave Andrews - announced the Leading Women, Leading Girls – Building Communities awards for two member of our Rotary family – Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Director of Service Kim Boatman and President of the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT Carolina Rodriquez. Both were nominated by the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, for their exceptional leadership, breaking barriers, displaying diversity and being a positive role model, and passion to serve others in our community. The presentationof the awards will be done by MPP Jennifer French on April 3 from 6 to 8pm at the downtown branch at the Oshawa Public Library. If you would like to attend, Please visit Eventbrite to register, and feel free to forward the information to any other guests you would like to bring with you that evening. If you cannot register on Eventbrite, please contact Vice President Linda.
VP Linda received the agreement from club member that, in honour of these two recipients, our Rotary Club Meeting on April 3 has been cancelled so that our Club member can attend.
Lennis - announced that the Rotary Club of Oshawa -Parkwood came in first place in the 2016-17 District 7070 Governor's Membership Challenge with a total of net 6 members from July 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017 Membership Award. And first palce include $2,500 to be use on service projects will be presented at our regular weekly meeting on May 8 by Past District Governor Jim Louttit and our Assistant Governor (also our District Governor Nominee) Beth Selby will be in attendance.
Lennis – And also on May 8 at 5:15 pm, Past District Governor Lars Henriksson, who is also our Rotary Foundation District 7070 Grants Committee chair, will be at a photo op and will present the District Grant to the 10 Durham Region Rotary Presdients which will be used towards the rennovation and expansion of the Kids' Safety Village. Following the presentation, Lars will be attending the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, to formally present the cheque to the Rotary Club. The Durham Region Rotary Club Presidents have also been invited to attend the meeting, if they wish. The speaker that evening will be member of our Reverse Draw Committee going over the final last-minute items for the May 10 Reverse Draw, Dinner & Silent Auction evening at the Oshawa Golf Club.
Lennis – asked everyone to consider hosting a Rotary Youth Exchange Student starting in he fall of 2017 (for about a 3 month period) for the 2018-19 Rotary year. The Youth Services Committee will be working with the Rotary Club of Oshawa to persue the possibility of hosting a student and sending a student form Oshawa somewhere in the world on Rotary Youth Exchange. Before our club can commit, we need you and your family to commit to host a student. That is our first step. Details on the Youth Exchange program can be found on the District website at http://www.yepd7070.org/
VP Linda - Thank you to Janice Coupland for organizing an outstanding night of fun and friendship at our St. Patrick’s Day party on March 13 at Fionn MacCool's. Special thanks to Kris Sachdeva too for taking so many great photos. They are on our club website.
VP Linda – March 13 was also the 50 th anniversary of the founding of the first Rotaract Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The past week as been World Rotaract Week. Click here to find out more about Rotaract.
VP Linda – Asked us all to be sure to read the report this week from Steve Rutledge on the status of the projects in Laos with Adopt A Village in Laos. This year, his team completed 2 water projects and created a cultural teaching centre and distributed 623 family water filters. Amazing work done on $38,000 Canadian dollars which included a District Grant form the Rotary Foundation, including our Rotary club donation of $1,000.
VP Linda – encouraged all members to join in on the Rotary Club Central online workshop - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – ONLINE. You will learn how to access Rotary Club Central as well asn inputting goals and achievements for your club. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/616117253 You can also dial in using your phone. Canada:+1 (647) 497-9391 Access Code: 616-117-253
VP Linda – Reminded everyone that The District 7070 District Membership Committee is holding a repeat of the
Membership Priority # 1 Seminar, if you have not been before. Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.., Location: Best Western Address: Burnham St, Cobourg. Once again the workshop will be limited to the first 50 registrants. There is no charge to participants (however no shows will be charged $25). President Ted has asked as many club member to attend as possible.Register online at the District 7070 website in the events section.
VP Linda – Encouraged everyone to register for Rotary Leadership Institute on April 14, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at Centenial College Event Centre, 937 Progress Ave., Toronto, ON M1G 3T8 . This is your opportunity to learn more about Rotary and share your ideas with other Rotarians. And it is a great learning experience for newer Rotarians. Be sure to register on line today. Watch for the District website for details. For all Rotarians who have joined a Rotary Club in District 7070 in the last year, our Rotary District will pay your tuition fee for Rotary Leadership Institute part one !!! And our Rotary Club will reimburse you for Parts I, II and III if you have been a member longer than one year. All you have to do is sign up online at http://rotary7070.org/event/rli-centennial-college-event-centre-1/
VP Linda – Reminded everyone about the District 7070 Rotary Poker Walks for AIDS – Time and location in Toronto and Belleville on the http://rotaryaidswalk.ca/ . Our club could form a team, raise funds, go on the walk in Toronto, and help people right here in Durham Region who have AIDS. Who wants to Champion this worthy cause?
REMINDER - Reverse Draw –May 10 is fast approaching Tickets have been printed . It is Time to SELL - Last year we had 125 people for dinner, with 156 tickets being sold in total. This year the ticket is $125. We need YOU to help sell more tickets this year and get more Silent Auction Items to reach the profit levels that our members said was our top fundraising priority in our Visioning Exercise and also in our Strategic Plan.
THERE IS A REVERSE DRAW COMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 27 AT 5:00 PM AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB.
Dave – Reverse Draw –May 10 is fast approaching . We want to highlight our Silent Auction items on facebook and on our website. We need your help. When you get a Silent Auction item, take a real nice photo, get a detailed description of the item , get the name of the sponsor, and get the info to Dave as soon as possible. The sponsors will like getting their names associated with our big event and the item they are donating.
Bob Koski – Brought in a framed poster of a nice silent auction item from Skyzone. And he also got a nice service offer from Staples in Whitby. They will print posters of our silent auction items for our big event! Thank you Bob.
REMINDERS:
Lennis – Safety Village has cancelled Easter Egg Hunt due to the renovation and expansion project. Therewill be a meeting of the KSV Board and Committee on March 26 at 7 pm and the Region of Durham Headquarters on Rossland Road.
Ted – Kids Against Hunger – Meal Packing Day - May 5 – 9 am to about 12:30 pm - location is confirmed as Durham College, Please ask your friends and family , grandchildren too (over 8 years old) to come out and help!!! Joint project with the Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise . Our goal is to pack 15,000 meals.