GUEST SPEAKERS: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF THE CLUB AND THE CLUB FOUNDATION
This evening was the Annual General Meeting for our Club as well as the Annual General Meeting for the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Charitable Foundation. President Linda, David Penney and Sue McKinnon presided over the meetings and sharing of the financial statements for both organization.
Club Board of Directors SLATE FOR 2024-25 (Assumed, Appointed, Nominated).
Linda Porritt - Immediate Past President
Hilda Finnigan - President
David Mankiewicz - Vice-President
Susan MacKinnon - Secretary (to be appointed)
Linda Porritt - Treasurer (to be appointed)
David Andrews - Executive Secretary (to be appointed)
John Kellam - Director (accepted his 2nd year of his 1 st term)
David Penney -Director (accepted his 2nd year of his 1 st term )
Brady Bodley - Director (accepted his 2nd year of his 1 st term)
Allan Finnigan - Director (accepted his 2nd year of his 2 nd term )
Ted Morrison - Director (accepted his 2nd year of his 2 nd term)
Bill Creamer - Director (elected to a two-year term)
Foundation Board of Directors SLATE FOR 2024-25
The Board of Directors of the Charitable Foundation Directors for the period from November 15, 2023 to the date of the 2024 Annual General Meeting, as follows:
President – Al Finnigan
Vice President – Lennis Trotter
Secretary – Sue MacKinnon
Treasurer – Bill Creamer (with Linda Porritt assuming the role effective July 1, 2024)
Executive Secretary – Dave Andrews
Additional Directors: Lennis Trotter and Robbie Larocque
Additional Board members:
Automatic positions to the Board are: Linda Porritt as Club President and Hilda Finnigan as Club Vice President (until their club positions end on June 30, 2024)
Automatic positions to the Board will be: Hilda Finnigan as Club President and Dave Mankiewicz as Club Vice President (when they start their club positions on July 1, 2024)
President Linda adjourned the meeting.
MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER ROTARY EVENTS
NOV 15 – Rotary Leadership Institute – Part Three – Week Two - on Zoom – 6 PM to 8 PM
NOV 16 – Bingo – RED Barn – 11 AM Start - Ted M, Robbie L, Hilda F, Al F
NOV 18 – District 7070 Rotary Foundation Workshop – 8:30 am to 2 PM - Oshawa & District Shrine Club, 1626 Simcoe St N, Oshawa. The Rotary Foundation seminar. This is your opportunity to learn a great deal of information about your Foundation. Learn how money is raised and where it goes. Learn about District grants, what they are used for and how to apply. Register today: https://rotary7070.org/event/rotary-foundation-workshop/
NOV 18 – Santa Claus Parade – We have been invited to join the Oshawa Rotary Cub on their float. Great community spirit. Let Linda know if you can be part of this big even.
NOV 21 – Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club
- Speaker: Peter Taylor, Friends of The Second March
NOV 22 – Rotary Leadership Institute – Part Three – Week Three - on Zoom – 6 PM to 8 PM
NOV 25 – Bingo – RED Barn – 11 AM Start - Sue M, Brady B, Lennis T, David P
NOV 27 – District Governor John Burns Official Visit to the 2 Rotary Clubs in Oshawa – 11:45 am to 1:30 pm, Wendel Clark’s Restaurant, 67 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON L1G 4S3. A luncheon meeting. Joint meeting of the two Rotary Clubs here in Oshawa.
NOV 28 – Regular Weekly Meeting – MEETING CANCELLED AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB
DEC 1 and 2- Christmas at the Kids Safety Village – We need Rotary Club Volunteers – Please check with Sue MacKinnon and Lennis Trotter
DEC 2 – Breakfast to support Sharon’s Kids, at the Crooked Uncle. A no charge Drive Thru breakfast - just bring a gift. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Bring an unwrapped gift & your ‘Drive-Thru Breakfast’ is compliments of The Crooked Uncle, Bar & Grill, 1180 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa.
DEC 5 – Regular Weekly Meeting – 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM . Jubilee Pavilion - Spouses Invited
- Holiday Party with Participation House
DEC 6 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AT 7:00 PM (tentative)
DEC 8 and 9 - Christmas at the Kids Safety Village - We need Rotary Club Volunteers – Please check with Sue MacKinnon and Lennis Trotter
DEC 10 – Concert for Feed The Need in Durham – The 11 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region invite everyone in Rotary, Rotaract clubs and the whole Rotary family in District 7070 in southern to the 6th Annual Concert for Feed The Need in Durham. Arranged by Joe Solway, Rotary Club of Bowmanville.
DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE: DECEMBER 10, 2023 AT THE BILTMORE THEATRE, 39 KING ST E, OSHAWA.
For tickets, please go to the Facebook Page for update on how to buy your tickets: Link https://www.facebook.com/ConcertToFeedTheNeedInDurham
The Concert to Feed the Need in Durham is a co-presentation of Rotary clubs of Durham Region and Feed the Need in Durham. It brings together award winning musicians from across the Region in support of Feed the Need in Durham, which collects and distributes food to over 65 emergency food providers across Durham, including food banks, shelters, meal and snack programs and other social service agencies. Feed the Need in Durham provides over 1.5M meals to Durham residents annually
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP: Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Sue MacKinnon, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.