Mike & Jim, guests of Matt, Mary Frances Kluka, guest of Bonny, Roger Kniffen, guest of Sheila, Andrew Thiel, guest of the Club & Friend of Rotary, Gord Campbell.         

Jean tells us that Meghan says hello – she’s on vacation in Sao Paulo before beginning her exchange family stays & school,

Jim is happy that we are progressing well in our planned activities & looks forward to the good times & fellowship that’s being planned.

The Pot’s kind of low due to Doug's big win last week, but Linda was lucky for $7

Our thoughts are sent to Ed Schiestel as he prepares for surgery on Thursday.  Best wishes for good health, Ed!

Sunrise provided funding to the Chatham Girls Ringette Team and their coach, Rotarian Stephen Hook, who is currently on LOA from Sunrise sent some photos of the girls. Note the Rotary crest on the shoulder of the jerseys. These pictures where taken at a game played in Waterloo. This is an example of our club supporting youth in our community.

They say "Thank You Chatham Sunrise Rotary."

• Mardi Gras is Feb 20, fast approaching. John is organizing the auction items & you can give them to Doug for storage until then. Should have tickets soon. 120 will be available.  We look forward to “Bluetonium”.
• April 1 is Roses Work day, with the Club Launch on Feb 24.
• Ribfest Committees list is held by Matt.  If you want to pick a job, then contact Matt
• Paul introduced Andrew Thiel of Thiel Marketing. Andrew is a 3^rd party that we’ve brought on to help with advertising & promotions.    He’s working on logo development, the media event for Feb 18 & the sponsorship relationships.
• Bingo this Saturday needs 1 more worker – pls contact Jackie. Starts  8:30pm.  

Jim introduced our presenter of Rotary 101 today – our Past District Governor Audrey who holds lots of experience with Rotary. Jim Steele & Audrey had prepared a slide presentation of the many large & small details of Rotary International, our own Chatham Sunrise Club & what it means to be a Rotarian.

• Rotary is the world’s first Service Club, with the 1^st Meeting Feb 23, 1905
• Fellowship is the Number 1 reason to belong, said over 95% of the membership.
• Our Motto – Service Above Self
• The Four Way test  - a guide for personal & business decisions

Rotary International has a President each year, where that person selects a theme & goals that lend to the plans & goals of each Club President. This year’s theme is Make Dreams Real, a mother cradling her child. This reflects Rotary’s efforts in literacy & healthy children around the world.

Those efforts around the world are aided by funds from the Rotary Foundation which accepts donations from various sources – members, Paul Harris Fellows, Sustaining Members & Benefactors. Outside donors have most recently been the Bill Gates Foundation for $255M grant towards the End Polio Now campaign.

Audrey briefly mentioned the other programs that Rotary supports like Group Exchange, RYLA, Rotary Fellowships, Interact, etc. She introduced the current Board of Directors & talked briefly about the Committee structure.  She does have a lending library of a couple of great Rotary books, if anyone’s interested.  

You can read more details of these on our website www.rotarysunrise.com  

Jim thanked Audrey for her time spent in offering today’s knowledge.  It was a great refresher & an interesting teaching tool, that hopefully we can carry forward with all new members.   Jim had circulated a spreadsheet of our Club’s donations since we were chartered in 1998.  $265,000 has been raised for our efforts in Service Above Self in Chatham Kent & beyond.

As all members are aware, BINGO's are one of our best fund raisers and we need members to help out. The fellowship is a wonderful added bonus.  Please do your part to help by volunteering yourself during one or more of the following time frames.

JANUARY 30         -  (Friday)   12:00 midnight - Aaron G.,   Greg K.,   Mark J.,   Matt J.

FEBRUARY 14      -  (Saturday)  9:30pm - Aaron G.

MARCH 22            -  (Sunday)  6:00 and 7:00pm  - Nicole P

APRIL 24               -  (Friday) 9:30pm

MAY 25                  -  (Monday) 7:00pm

MAY 25                  -  (Monday) 9:30pm

JUNE 6                  -  (Saturday) 9:30pm

JUNE 6                  -  (Saturday) 12:00 midnight

You need to be there one hour and fifteen minutes before the start time. Remember you are awarded 3 make-ups for a regular bingo and one midnight bingo equals 5 make-ups.

Contact Jackie Bray      at 354-0356          or email    jacalyn.bray@rbc.com
 

February 17 -        Ontario Sustainable Energy Association - Valerie Kitchell

February 24 -        ROSES LAUNCH - Terra

March 3 -              Literacy - Ken Gregory

March 10 -            Outbound Exchange Student - Justine

March 17 -            Club Assembly

March 24 -            Children's Book Author - Mary Genge

March 31 -            ROSES - Terra      (Regular Meeting is cancelled)

April 1 -                 ROSES WORK DAY

April 7 -                  YMCA - Project Manager

April 14 -               Chatham Minor Baseball  - Jason Chickowski   - (Learning Center @ Rotary Park)

April 21 -               Classification - Kim Pierce

April 28 -               Capitol Theatre - Dan Donaldson

 March 19, 20, 21, 2009           -           PETS (President Elect &Nominee Training)

 March 2009                             -           Outbound GSE Team – District 9630

                                                                 Queensland, Australia (TBA) 

 Mid April 2009                       -            Incoming SGE Team from District 9630

                                                                 Queensland, Australia 

 May 1, 2 & 3, 2009                 -           2009 District Conference, Frankenmuth,

Michigan, Accommodations are at the

Family friendly Splash Village & Food provided by Zenders 

 June 21-24, 2009                     -           100^th Rotary International Convention

Birmingham, England