January 6, 2009
Past Bulletins
Paul Power
chaired the meeting. He was born in
Singsong -
With the help of Gabe Chaisson on the keyboards,Vance Bridges led the singing of Frosty the Snowman.
Makeups -
Gordon Coffin
had two makeups in Windsor,
Guests
- Shawn, son of Ron Gallant who is home from
Queen of Hearts Draw - Katie Irwin handled the duties assisted by Gerard Greenan. Gerard coincidentally picked his own number but missed the jackpot of $637.
Attendance - Ron Gallant reported an outstanding attendance of 105%.
International Toast - Afraid of mispronouncing names, Dale Sabean took the easy way out and delegated the duty to Estefy who toasted her home club of Los Chillos Milenio, Pichincha.
Sunshine Reports
- Leo-Paul Arsenault did not regret missing the Premier's Dinner last night. He stayed home and watched
Sargeant at Arms
- I (Yolande Richard) had the pleasure of handing out fines this week. The first fine was for Dave Poirier who skipped his mini-classification last week. Lucky for him, the Chief was not present and got away with a "warning". Paul Power was fined for not finding a replacement to thank the guest speaker last week when he knew he wasn't going to be present. Steve Cudmore was fined for being late. And because I thought I arrived at the meeting early, everyone who arrived before me paid up.
Committee Reports
Dale Sa
bean
distributed application forms for Adventures in Citizenship. Young people between the ages of 16 and 19 can apply. Forms will be sent out to the four high schools in the Western School Board and to Ecole Evangeline.
Wayne Thompson
announced that the Polio Plus commitment from our club so far is $19,000 US over three years. His goal is to have every member participate even if the contribution is as little as one dollar per week.
Luc VanHul
reported that the membership committee will be emailing a short survey to club members and asks that everyone take time to fill it out. The table shuffle will also be put in place again in the coming weeks.
Derek Key
asked Rotarians to think about whether they would be interested in traveling to
Bill Kendrick
reported that he and I have taken over as website administrators, and that we will be making a presentation to the club on February 10. In the meantime, we invite all Rotarians to visit the website as we will be keeping it current. The address is http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/homeD.asp?cid=4107 or it can be accessed through the link on the top right-hand side of this newsletter.
Ted Cross
is looking for billets for the annual winter weekend for the exchange students. Anyone who is interested in taking in a student (or two or three) can let him know. The students will have to be picked up at 8:00 pm on the Friday evening and dropped off again on Saturday morning at 9:00 am. He will also need a few drivers for the Saturday. And those who want to help out with the curling can talk to Paul Matheson.
Guest Speaker
Antoine Richard
introduced Wayne Linkletter, owner of Linkletter Welding who is also very much involved in the community. Mr. Linkletter spoke to us as president of the YMCA about their upcoming expansion. The new facility will be housed at the County Fair Mall, and plans include new fitness and child care facilities. To make this project a reality, the YMCA must raise $750,000. They would be interested in forming a partnership with the Rotary Club to raise these funds. Mr.Linkletter was thanked by Catherine Rankin.
President's Report
President Sandy Rundle
reported that the Premier's Dinner was a great evening and that Tom Davies is this year's recipient of the Tweedy Award. He informed the Club that the Easter Seals Telethon will be held on March 1 and that Jordan Cotton of Alberton is this year's Ambassador.
Our Club has a busy year ahead with the pancake breakfast soon being upon us, and plans for the mulch sale, golf tournament,
End note - I want to thank Malcolm who gave me suggestions and provided me with precedents of past bulletins. If anyone has any comments or questions in regards to this bulletin, you can email me by clicking on my name at the top left-hand side of this page. Any suggestions for future bulletins are also welcome. Yolande.