- A Weekly Publication -
                                      Tuesday,  August 4 - 2009

      Good morning from  President Blake!

 
 Visitors and Guests:


        Gord Campbell & Ruth Howell!

  

                                       
 Happy Bucks:


Jim Steele is happy to back to Rotary, his 1st since Ribfest.   He shared his father-in-law’s story about hoping for Puccini but got David Wilcox instead – for just 15 minutes!

 

 

 
50/50 Draw:


 

Ruth had the honour of drawing a winning ticket and Bill had a chance for the pot but got only $7!

 

 

 

 Birthdays and Anniversaries:


Happy Birthday to Linda Goldsmith!

 

Club Assembly:   


Ribfest accounts are expecting a modest profit. But there’s more to be gained – a huge boost for our Club & our members. Generating lots of enthusiasm & many intangible benefits for Rotary in the community.

Committee signups – please indicate your interest and where you want to fit in Rotary. (see draft outline further down in the newsletter)

Fours fundraisers, mainly Sportsmen Weekend, Mardi Gras, Roses for Rotary, & Ribfest.

Also includes Bingo shifts. Jackie mentioned that we’ve been advised to arrive 1 hr & 15 mins ahead of the scheduled start time.    The dates are posted on the Sunriser & Jackie’s email is there for signups.    Thanks to Ashley, Nicole, Greg & Bonny for the last one.

Rotary River Ride is being re-examined.  Discussion to offer the venue on Saturday to attract more families, to provide a Bicycle Safety clinic for the kids, to extend & offer the route over 2 distances & to try pledge sheets vs donations.

Environment projects – some discussion on maintenance for the beds & watering (or lack of) for the area by the Municipality.  This is one of the features of our strategic plan; where we have evolved from garbage pickup to the Grand Ave Daffodil flowers & the Carolinian Forest by the College.

Weekly program – will be Chaired by John Schinkel, assisted by Paula.  Anyone is welcome to forward contacts for potential speakers.

Member Orientation needs a focus & Audrey is willing to work on this task with a Chair.  

There’s a Committee List posted following this message – please take a moment & consider where you wish to find your name.  People at today’s meeting took a moment & added their names. It would be appreciated if all took a glance.   Some committees need Chairs yet & some need people to work with the Chair. 

Ask if you need clarification
Let Blake or Sheila know where you would be placed.

Rotary is about “Service above self” – where will you serve?

 
Thought of the Day:


                 “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

                                                                                                                              Confucius.

 
COMMITTEE LIST:

 

09-10 Committees   Working copy (Chair’s name is bold font)

Club Administration Committee                

Program                     John Schinkel                      Paula Reaume-Zimmer                               

Elections                    Roger McRae                                               

Secretary                   Sheila Bateman                    

Treasurer                   Jackie Bray      

        

Membership Committee  

Sergeant of Arms      Roger McRae                      Bill Dieleman                        Roger Kniffen                

Recruitment              ________________           ________________         ________________

Member Orientation    _________________              Audrey Chevalier               ________________

Keep in touch           Kim Pierce                          _____________                ________________ 


 

Public Relations Committee  

Website                      Steve Sadler                        ________________           ________________

Sunriser Notes          Linda Goldsmith                  Sheila Bateman                    ________________

Publicity                    ________________          ________________           ________________

                       

Rotary Foundation Committee        

GSE                            Kim Pierce                           Nicole Gignac                    ________________

Annual Program       ________________            ________________           ________________

Polio Plus                  Audrey Chevalier                 ________________          ________________

 
 

Service Committee

            Local Community Service

RYLA                         Sheila Bateman                                                                    

Environment/Trail   Ivan Katzman                    ________________                  ________________

Rotary River Ride    ________________       ________________                 ________________

Literary Angels         ________________     _______________                      ________________

Interact                       Ashley White                        Audrey Chevalier                

Babies and Books ________________              

Building Healthy Communities – Speaker Series     John Lawrence is the contact.

 

            International and Youth Exchange

International Project               ________________                                

Youth Exchange  - Chair Linda Goldsmith

Inbound         ________________           ________________

Outbound      Bonny Pigeon                       Nicole Gignac          

           

            Fundraising

Bingo   ________________      ________________      ________________

              ________________      ________________              

Mardi Gras                Ivan Katzman      

Sportsman Weekend              Gord Campbell                  

Sunrise Rose            

Roses for Rotary      Terra Kitzul                      Sheila Bateman                     ________________

Raise the Flag           Harry Verhey

Ribfest    Mark Jenkins, Matt Jenkins, Ashley White, Gord Campbell, Bill Dieleman, Kim Pierce                                                          

Archives – Paul Roy

 
 
BINGO: 


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.

JULY 29                 -  (Wednesday) 7:00pm  -   Bonny P., Roger K., Paula Z. & Laura Z.

AUGUST 9             -  (Sunday) 6:00pm and 7:00pm -

SEPTEMBER        - (Monday) 9:30pm        -   Linda G.

OCTOBER 16        - (Friday) 7:00pm -

NOVEMBER 3      - (Tuesday) 7:00pm and 9:30pm

DECEMBER 4       - (Friday) 7:00pm

 

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 our Bingo Coordinator, Jackie Bray  at 354-0356 
                        or email   jacalyn.bray@rbc.com
 

 

 

 
 Upcoming Speakers/Programs:      subject to change


August 11        - Children's Treatment Centre - Art Stirling

August 18        - Homeopathic Medicine - Shawna Bradshaw

August 25        - Paragon Business Training - Reg Cousineau

September 1     - Ribfest Evaluation and Feedback

September 8     - Japan Outbound Exchange Student - Caitlin

September 15   - District Governor - Judy Garver

September 22   - Club Assembly

September 29   - Classification Talk - Terra Kitzul

Website By: Brian Sadler        -        Minutes By: Sheila Bateman       -       Comp By: Steve Sadler