MINUTES OF ZOOM MEETING: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Editor: Bob Koski
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Jan 7 – Happy Birthday to YOU !!! Eric Guernsey
Jan 10 – Happy Birthday to YOU !!! Margaret Nason
Jan 12 – Happy Birthday to YOU !!! Rhonda Stewart
On the Zoom Call Tonight:
Dave Andrews, Janice Coupland, Bill Creamer, Tim Dwyre, Al & Hilda Finnigan, Heather Drakes (signed on after attending her mandatory work related meeting), Robert Kipling, Bob Koski, Robbie Larocque, President Sue MacKinnon, Ted Morrison (and Sharron), David Penney, Linda Porritt, Ana Rejab, Kris Sachdeva, Lennis Trotter.
Guests :
Visiting Rotarian: A warm welcome to Nevine Yassa (our guest speaker) from the Rotary Club of Scarborough
THANK YOU FOR ZOOM:
To our very own Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarian Eric Guernsey for arranging the Zoom Meeting sharing with Heather McMillan, Executive Director of the Durham Workforce Authority, The Durham Workforce Authority is the acknowledged provider of local workforce information and champion of workforce development initiatives unique to Durham Region. Their Mission is to produce and offer comprehensive Labour Market Information to our stakeholders, to facilitate workforce solutions by engaging community partners and employers and to encourage development and maintenance of a sustainable and dynamic workforce. It was so nice to be able to have a whole hour for our Zoom meeting. We look forward to 2021 with your help. THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
JANUARY 30, 2021 BOTTLE DRIVE:
SAVE THE DATE AND SAVE YOUR EMPTIES. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 - FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM.
Put your empties to work for your Community on January 30, 2021. Proceeds support Rotary community service projects.
Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood have joined forces to raise money for the community. SAVE YOUR EMPTIES NOW and donate them on January 9. Anything the Beer Stores and LCBO Stores accept !!! DROP OFF (10 am to 4 pm): LOCATION: Oshawa Centre - Stevenson & King, 419 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5 North West Parking Lot . 2 Great Rotary Clubs in 1 great community!
Janice Coupland mentioned that their condo building has collected over 200 bottles already for the January 30 Rotary Bottle Drive. Thank you Janice and Kris.
OUR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS WILL NOT BE AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
We will let you know when that may happen. As it stands right now, the Oshawa Golf Club is not hosting any outside organizations (such as ourselves) at the present time.
MEALS ON WHEELS:
Thank you to several members of our Rotary Club who have stepped up and are volunteering for the Monday delivery by our Rotary Club. We are so proud of our club members for volunteering to help with this service to our community.
.BULLETIN EDITORS REQUIRED:
Volunteers Are Still Required. Thank you to Bb Koski for being our Editor for January. Past President Hilda Finnigan is asking everyone in the club to volunteer for a month and write the Club Bulletin. We still need editors for February through June 2021. Please let Hilda Finnigan know as soon as you can.
MEMBERSHIP RELATED ZOOM SESSIONS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR ROTARY CLUB
Here are as few sessions that may be of great interest to you and our club members. They include a New Members Get-togethers, and a Grow Rotary Workshops for all Rotarians and Rotaractors (register for the following workshops online at rotary7070.org.)
GROW ROTARY WORKSHOPS:
Approximately 90 minutes on a Saturday morning - currently all slated on Zoom – interact with Rotarians from all over the District. Get ideas and offer ideas how we can grow our club membership. Here is a link to the recorded Oct 3 Zoom Grow Rotary Workshop. https://youtu.be/M8m5B0kJes4
Many excellent ideas to grow Rotary in this session. Are you interested in your club’s path to Grow Rotary ? Having a strong vibrant Rotary Club involves Membership - looking after our members - new, seasoned and potential, Public Image – reaching out to our communities showing them what we do and showing the power of what we can do – our Foundation. Hear from some D7070 Clubs that are successfully Growing Rotary in the current situation. We encourage at least 3 members from a club to attend so you can share the discussion and work on plans integrating Membership, Public Image and Foundation in your growth strategy.
Saturday, January 23, 9:30-11:30 am – Register soon: https://rotary7070.org/CalendarItem/Details?CalendarItemId=89c37a74-c319-4eaf-891b-eb85a217e86a&Start=2021-01-30&End=
Saturday, March 27, 9:30-11:30 am
NEW MEMBERS’ GET TOGETHER:
One hour get togethers on a weekday evening – currently all slated on Zoom – what an excellent opportunity for any member, new or old, to learn more about Rotary. Everyone is welcome.
Thursday February 18, 7-8 pm Register soon: https://rotary7070.org/event/copy-of-new-members-zoom-gettogether/
District 7070 Rotary Foundation Committee Members Still Wanted:
Bob Wallace is still looking for new members for the District Foundation Committee to help spend our Rotary District 7070’s money (grant money that is). See the District website www.rotary7070.org (centre column) for more details. Isn’t it time that you volunteered beyond your own Rotary Club?
Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup:
Plan is for all clubs in District to participate!. Plans are underway to team up with all Clubs/Districts within the Great Lakes watershed on April 24, 2021 to clean up the shores of our waterways. Save the date! President Sue is looking at cleaning up the Oshawa Creek Valley Bike Path area as a possible project for our club. Details will follow. Perhaps with the Oshawa Rotary Club too. We are encouraging all Rotary Club members to join the Facebook Group by clicking here.
BINGO AT THE RED BARN RETURNS: NEXT ONE: To Be Announced
Our next BINGO is To Be Announced - Doors open at 5:45 PM. - We Need to be there by 5 PM. Note: Only 4 volunteers at the Bingos at the present time: ONE Banker. TWO front desk Sales People and ONE U Pick Em Sales Person. Please see Hilda or Sandy as soon as possible if you can be on a team. We need your support. Bingo Volunteers Are Still Required Ongoing basis – New Teams Are Being Set Up - We need help, members. Please let Sandy know if YOU are available for future Bingos. Things are different under COVID-19. With only 2 bingo sessions a day, we may only get one bingo per month. Stay tuned. PLEASE NOTE: Doors will be opened at 11:30 am for our 12:30 pm session and 5:45 pm for the 6:45 pm session.
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) has a mission to strengthen Rotary clubs through quality leadership education. As Rotarians, you are already a leader in your community and in your profession. The purpose of RLI is to give you the skills and competencies to be an effective leader in Rotary. Rotarians new to Rotary and even those with many years of service will benefit from learning how we can create strong clubs with vibrant members who are engaged and committed to Service Above Self. Now more than ever, the world needs Rotarians to create a more peaceful and equitable world for all.
Part II: Wednesday, January 13, Wednesday, January 20, Wednesday, January 27 (REGISTER TODAY). Part II is open to any Rotarian or Rotaractor who has completed Part I
Part III: Wednesday, February 10, Wednesday, February 17, Wednesday, February 24 (REGISTER TODAY). Part III is open to any Rotarian or Rotaractor who has completed Part II
TIME: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm via Zoom videoconference. FEE: $50 donation to the Rotary Foundation is being requested for each Rotarian
REGISTER TODAY : Classes will be 15+ in size.
FOR PART II: https://rotary7070.org/event/district-7070-rli-part-2-jan--13th--20th--27th-2021 and
FOR PART III: https://rotary7070.org/event/district-7070-rli-part-3-feb--10th--17th--and-24th--2021/
For more information, please contact Susan Hunter at susan.hunter@rotarytoronto.com
FUNDRAISING:
JANUARY 30, 2021 BOTTLE DRIVE:
SAVE THE DATE AND SAVE YOUR EMPTIES. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 - FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM.
DINNER ORDER & PICKUP FROM BISTRO 238:
President Sue and her committee are looking at having a VIRTUAL DINNER with Bistro 238 in the near future (likely in the new year). It may even be on an ongoing basis, every two weeks. This will be pick up and / or delivery. We will need volunteer drivers for one evening, every two weeks. Please let President Sue know as soon as you can. Lots to planning taking place for this new fundraiser. We need your help. Be sure to check out the Bistro 238 website for a sample of their
offerings: https://www.bistro238.com/.
COVID -19 UPDATE:
Dr Kris Sachdeva updated our club on events concerning COVID-19.