January 13, 2009
Past Bulletins
Catherine Rankin chaired the meeting. She was born and raised in Summerside. After graduation from
Singsong -
It was the battle of the Dales with Dale Craig beating out Dale Sabean for the honor of leading the sing-song. There being no birthdays, Dale led the singing of It's aLong Way to Tipperary and the Rotary Song. Gabe Chaisson accompanied on the piano
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Makeups
-Derek Key had one makeup in
Visiting Rotarians
- none.
Guests
- none.
Queen of Hearts Draw
- Marion Arsenault handled the duties. The jackpot of $780 was missed by John McCarthy.
Attendance
- Ron Gallant reported an attendance of 82%. Very well done.
International Toast
- Nelson Snow toasted the Rotary Club of Bandar Seri Begawan. He chose this Club for no particular reason.
Sunshine Reports
- Luc Van Hul gave a true sunshine report by informing us that he would not be able to lead the singsong next week because his family is heading to Disney World for ten days. His business is also expanding. They acquired another business and will soon be offering surveying services and have an office in
Sargeant at Arms
- Vance Bridges did not levy any fines in the interest of time. If there had been time however, Vance would have fined everyone who had so much pleasure in commenting on his 20 year old picture that recently appeared in the Journal Pioneer. He also thought of fining John Griffin for being late but reconsidered since John spends an hour in the car to travel to Rotary.
Committee Reports
Vance Bridges
has Rotary license plates for sale. $10 each.
Derek Key
reported that five people have expressed interest in the
Luc Van Hul
asked that everyone who hasn't done so return the membership surveys to Heather Matheson by next week. A copy was emailed and there is also one on the website.
Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker was Dr. Don Clark, who is involved with FAME. The organization gathers and ships medical equipment all over the world and also sends out short-term medical missions. Our Club is presently working with Rotarian Dr. Marvin Clark on sending a container of medical equipment to
President's Report
President Sandy Rundle thanked Dr. Clark for his presentation and said it confirmed that our choice in sponsoring shipments to
President Sandy also reminded members of upcoming events:
- Atanu Chaudhuri will give his classification talk at next week's meeting;
- The next executive of their monthly meting next week (January 22).
- The Easter Seals campaign kicks off next week and the Ambassador, Jordan Cotton will visit our club on February 17.
- Winter weekend for the exchange students is coming up at the end of the month (Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2).