MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Bulletin Editor: Kris Sachdeva
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 : Janice Coupland
GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:
A warm welcome to Catherine Hawthorn from the Rotary Club of Pickering; Nikko Anastassakis , a guest of Bob Stewart, and our Guest Speaker, Simon Gill , Manager of Business Development and Investment Attraction with the Region of Durham Economic Development & Tourism Department
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES : Happy 15 th Wedding Anniversary to Hilda and Al Finnigan on September 20 !!!.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Janice Coupland – Oct 30 is our Oktoberfest Party at Rotary. Spouses invited. Traditional German dishes will be seved and Brock Street Brewery will be here with Beer for Oktoberfest. A fun night. Sign up sheet went around. Please email Janice if you and your guest are coming.
Past District Governor Ted - reminded everyone to register for the Rotary Foundation Walk in Kleinberg at the McMichael Gallery. And Please make a donation to The Rotary Foundation, as part of your walk. If you have signed a pledge sheet, be sure to give your money to our Treasurer Devon Biddle as soon as you can. Ted passed out pledge sheets which are also available online under the event section of the District 7070 website. Join fellow Rotarians with friends and family on Sunday September 30, 2018 for the annual District 7070 walk in support of the Rotary Foundation.
Enjoy a leisurely morning as you choose how to enjoy the renoun McMichael Art Gallery. Registration from 08:30 to 10:00 am. There will be structured 2km and 5km walks starting between 9:30 and 10:00 in collaboration with the Humber Valley Trail Association. The gallery is available for your viewing pleasure following the walk. Lunch and fellowship gathering 11:00 am onwards. Note: Space is limited to 250 attendees due to venue capacity limitations. Individual pledge forms can be downloaded by clicking on the pledge form link. Please co-ordinate all club pledges with your club delegate for the foundation walk. Clubs should submit one cheque per club directly to Rotary Foundation. Here is a place to get an get all of the information you will need. Please bring your own lawn chair and blanket .
Past Pres Lennis Trotter – Thanked everyone for attending the Kids Safety Village Grand Re-opening on Sept 22 from about 10:30 am to about 2 pm at the Kids Safety Village , 1129 Athol Street, Whitby. It was a frrst class event for the re-openong of our Signature Project. (See our Club's Facebook page for all of the photos).
Pres Linda – thanked Lennis and the Committee for a tremendous re-launch of the Kids' Safety Village.
REMINDER: Past Pres Lennis Trotter – has two remaining Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood logo hats for sale $20 each. Please let him know if you care to purchase one or both. They will be perfect for the Rotary Foundation Walk.
REMINDER: Past Pres & Club Membership Chair Mike McLaren – Anyone who is interested, please register for the Ocotber 13 District 7070 Membership Workshop 8 am to about 2 pm at Eastminster United Church. Lunch provided. New material. New ideas for attracting and retaining member. Please register online on the District 7070 website.
Past Pres Dave Andrews – World Polio Day 2018 will be held right on the date, Wednesday October 24, 2018 at Durham College in the new Global Classroom of the new Centre for Collaborative Education. We will cancel our regular weekly meeting on Tuesday October 23 and urge everyone to attend this grand event. Please register here at the District Website, as soon as you can. All of the Clubs in Durham Region have been invited and urged to register as soon as possible. The cost for the event will be $25 with a portion of the ticket price going to the Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus Program and will be credited towards your next Paul Harris Fellow. Hors d'oeuvres will be served and there will be a cash bar. There will be a fellowship time from 5:00 pm to 5:45pm followed by a welcome from Durham College and from Rotary District Governor Mary Lou Harrison. At 5:45pm, we will feed in the live stream Rotary Polio Program, live from Philadelphia this year from 6 to 6:45 pm . We will then continue to broadcasting live from Oshawa. During this live Oshawa portion, the two Rotary Club Presidents from Oshawa will receive their Proclamations from the Mayor of Oshawa, and the 10 Rotary Club Presidents and District Governor Mary Lou Harrison will receive their Proclamations from the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Durham. Dr. Bob Scott, the immdeiate Past Chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee will bring us up to date and hoepfully , bring in some of his associates from the Polio stricken countries , again, live. Questions and answers will follow and then an after-party, finishing at 9 pm. The entire event will also be available, by computer, through a URL for any Rotary Club in the world to view. In addition, the broadcast will be sent live all over the world, to the colleges and universities on the Durham College Global Classroom network.
Past Pres Dave Andrews – We just received 300 more Big Game 53 (Superbowl) tickets from the Rotary E Club of Southern Ontario Western New York - $5 each or 5 tickets for $20.00. Please let Dave know how many you would like to sell. Two excellent opportunities coming up: Foundation Walk on Sept 30 and DG Mary Lou's visit on Oct 2. Can you help sell at these two events? Great prizes, first being 4 nights lodging and 2 tickets to the game plus $1,000. Plus many more great prizes. Final day to have money and ticket stubs returned is November 20.
REMINDER: Past Pres Dave - Reminded everyone of District Governor Mary Lou Harrison's Official Visit to the three Rotary Clubs ( Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood and Bowmanville) on October 2, 2018 right here at the Oshawa Golf Club. Regular time 6 pm fellowship half hour ; 6:30 pm start to the meeting, and we should be finished at 8 pm . Regular cost of $22 with the Ace of Spades draw tickets and happy twoonies. Dave had to asked everyone who had not answered his request, one by one, if they were coming or not. Please have the exact change at the front desk. It will be a very busy night with three clubs registering at the same time.
REMINDER: Pres Linda - District 7070 Conference – Rotary Reunion in Prince Edward County – Register at http://rotary7070conference.org/ . Casual country all day and evening. 8:30 a.m. – Arrive and enjoy breakfast snacks between. All day Programming – Fun and learning through the six areas of focus. Lunch – Picnic lunch as you enjoy Reunion activities; 6:00 p.m.– Gather for the Rotary family banquet. Sunday– Prince Edward County area activities will be highlighted for personal enjoyment. The cost for the day is $99 per person. Register for the Oct 27 party at the Legion online too.
REMINDER: Janice Coupland – We now have had a number of buffets and she asked everyone to get back to her how hey like them so that the Committee could let the Golf Club know. Still time to send her an email. Your voice counts.
REMINDER: Sue MacKinnon – Are you interested on serving on the Membership Committee this year. Please let her or Chair Mike McLaren know . So Far , we have Sue as Director and Mike McLaren as Chair. Please volunteer your time and talents to the growth of our Rotary Club. We have a membership Plan. We have a Strategic Plan. We need your help to make them work.
REMINDER: Treasurer Devon Biddle announced that our annual club dues invoice will be sent to us by email BUT you can pay right now at the front Registration Desk. Dues are $210 for the year (may be paid now or one half now and one half Jan 1, 2019). On the invoice , there will be a voluntary contribution of $100 for the Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund and $20 for Polio Eradication, if you so desire to pay, and Devon will ensuire that you get credit towards your next Paul Harris Fellow Award. Spouses may pay $165 annual dues for their membership, as long as one spouse pays the $210. You can start paying TODAY at the front Registration Desk, when you come in to the meeting. Invoices will be emailed shortly.
REMINDER: TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: AS SOON AS YOU HAVE YOUR COMMITTEES IN PLACE, PLEASE SEND THE NAMES OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR AND MEMBERS TO DAVE ANDREWS SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE AND PUBLISH THE 2018-19 COMMITTEE CHART.
SERGEAT AT ARMS REPORT: Bob Koski
ACE OF SPADES DRAW: Kris Sachdeva was the lucky winner tonight but alas, he drew the 10 of
Diamonds and received a consolation prize, thanks to Dr Larry Hurren.
The deck gets smaller and the pot grows.
DUTY ROSTER:
FOR October: Front Desk Sue MacKinnon Bulletin Editor AND Greeter Bob Stewart
(Editor’s note: If you cannot be available for these duties , please find a replacement)