MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, May 14, 2019

          Editor – David Andrews

 

ROTARY GRACE                                                                                                                     

O Lord, The Giver of all good,                                        

We thank Thee for our daily food                                  

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways                             

Help us to serve Thee all our days.

Grace:                         Larry Hurren                   

O Canada:                  Janice Coupland                                                                                     

Toast To The Queen: Stanley Igboanugo                                                         

 

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

A warm welcome to our guest speaker, Don Lovisa, President of Durham College. Please come back again and visit us soon. You are always welcome.

And as always, a very warm welcome to our first (Charter) Rotary Club President and current Honorary member Terry Giles, visiting with us again.

 

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES  

Happy Anniversary to Bob and Patti Koski on May 14 and Happy 45th Anniversary to Tim and Ann Dwyre  and Happy Birthday to Al Finnigan on May 20.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTE: You can still see Ted’s Kids Against Hunger interview on ROGERS TV CHANNEL 10 IN OSHAWA. Here is the link to the program: http://rogerstv.com/media?lid=237&rid=2&gid=312778

NOTE: You can still hear Ted’s Kids Against Hunger interview with Terry Johnston on CKDO Radio . Here is the link to the program: https://soundcloud.com/user-212069307/kids-against-hunger-meal-packing-day  Thank you Terry Johnston.

Sandy McDowell – new bingo time for July thru December 2019. Sandy will let us know the schedule as soon as she gets it. Our time will be 3:15 to 5:30 pm on the Saturday instead of the 5:45 to 10 pm time frame.

Reverse Draw, Dinner Silent Auction Gala  Co-Chair Robbie Larocque – Thanked everyone who bought tickets, sold tickets, donated to the silent auction and more, and to the Committee. An excellent event and great results.

Incoming President Lennis Trotter  had an excellent start to the new Rotary year at the District Assembly on May 11 at the BMO IFL Centre in Toronto and also on the trip to Rotary International Headquarters on Sunday / Monday with all of the incoming District 7070 presidents.

Incoming Presdient Lennis Trotter announced the June 25 meeting of the incoming Rotary Board and asked that the Board have their committees in place by June 18 and forwarded to Dave Andrews so he can put them into the spreadsheet for all of the Board to review. Attention to Club members: If you want to be on a certain committee next year (July 1 thru June 30), please get in touch with Lennis or the Director. A list of next year’s Board is on the Club website.

Treasurer Devon Biddle: was happy to give us some NET estimates for the Reverse Draw: Auction $7500; briefcase $1500, Draw $9000. Estimated Total Net $18,000. Thank you: Everyone who helped make this a tremendous success.

Past Pres Dave Andrews - FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS: Do you have a prospective member in mind who just may be interested in joining Rotary? Invite them to a meeting. Now is the time to invite prospective members to attend upcoming meetings as our Speaker List is most IMPRESSIVE. Check out the Calendar of Events and the Club website for all of the details.

Incoming President Lennis presented to Director of Youth Service Kim Boatman and to President Linda Porritt a certificate of appreciation, that was given out , at the District Assembly on May 11, to the Clubs who sponsored a Rotary Youth Leadership Awardee this year. Well done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incoming President Lennis announce that the next meeting of the Kids Safety Village Board and Committee would be August 12 at the Kids Safety Village. Time: 5:30 pm.

ROTARY FRIENDSHIP DAY IN OSHAWA: (tentative date: September 28, 2019 )– Once again, this year, our two Rotary Clubs in Oshawa will have our joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood. Noon to  1:30 pm at Parkwood, the estate of the late Colonel R. S. McLaughlin as both clubs host and bring back to life, District 7070  Rotary Friendship Day in Oshawa. Everyone in District 7070 is invited. Cost to be determined. You may bring guests as well.  A portion of your ticket price will go to The Rotary Foundation and will be credited to you next Paul Harris Fellow. Registration will open in the summer. This is an excellent opportunity for both of our Rotary clubs to work together again. You can register soon for you and your guest to attend Rotary Friendship Day in Oshawa at Parkwood Estate.

ROTARY FASHION SHOW: REMINDER - Janice Coupland - The revised date for the fashion show is now Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019.

ROTARY ZONE 24 7 32 CONFERENCE:  President Linda encouraged everyone to register for the 2019 Rotary Zone 24 & 32 Zone Conference - Zone Conference - September 19-21, 2019 in Niagara Falls. This is a great opportunity to meet more members of the Rotary family in a location close to home. The conference theme is “People Coming Together.” Be sure to Register TODAY.

ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP DAY WITH THE TORNTO ARGONAUTS: President Linda reminded us about The Rotary Clubs of Toronto and Toronto West exploring a renewed partnership with the Toronto Argonauts with a special focus on our common interest in Youth Services. The current proposal is for a Rotary Youth Leadership Day on the afternoon of Saturday, September 28, followed by the game at 7:00 p.m. There will be an opportunity to sponsor young people to attend the leadership session and also the opportunity to attend the game for a price that includes a donation to End Polio Now. Stay tuned.

WORLD POLIO DAY IN DURHAM REGION: October 24 – DETAILS TO FOLLOW  - Tentative details - 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm -  joint  meeting of Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood hosting our 10 Durham Region Rotary Clubs in the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for  Collaborative  Education at Durham College where we will celebrate World Polio Day with leaders from around the world.  ALL ROTARIANS AND GUESTS IN DISTRICT 7070 ARE INVITED TO THE GLOBAL CLASSROOM . Cash bar and  hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cost to be determined for 2019 (last year we had it pegged at $25 per person , with a portion to be donated to The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradictaion Initative and will credited to your next Paul  Harris Fellow.) Spouses, guests and prospective members are invited. We will see the live Rotary International livestream event and then,  we will livestream our event live to Rotary Clubs, Universities and colleges worldwide.  Proclamations from our cities and Durham region will be presented to all 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region. Dr. Bob Scott , our keynote speaker has already confirmed other speakers from around the world .

DISTRICT CONFERENCE – OCTOBER 25 – 27: REMINDER – Vice President Lennis Trotter – encouraged everyone to register TODAY, for the District 7070 Conference on Oct 25-27 held in Muskoka on Lake Rosseau. Cost to register is $349 per person. Rates for the Marriot are $135/night. Did you register? For all of the details and to help you register here is the link.

KIDS SAFETY VILLAGE HALLOWEEN HAUNT: OCTOBER 25 AND 26: SAVE THESE DATES: The next big VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES that we will have at the Kids Safety Village will be The Halloween Haunt on Oct 25 and 26 (and some preparation to spruce up the Village for Halloween, before these dates),

KIDS SAFETY VILLAGE : CHRISTMAS AT THE VILLAGE: and the Christmas at The Village on Nov 21,22 and 23 and also on Nov 28, 29 and 30 (plus some sprucing up The Village for Christmas before these dates).

SARGEANT AT ARMS: Tim Dwyre – ACE OF SPADES Draw and our Happy Toonies , tonight. Thank you, Tim.

 

THE ACE OF SPADES DRAW:   Winner:  Dave Andrews, who  drew the 3 of Spades and forgot to pick up his travel tubes of travel sized toothpaste courtesy of Dr Larry Hurren . The pot grows and the deck gets smaller.

DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY:

On The Front Door: Hilda Finnigan

Bulletin Editor: Dave Andrews

 

DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE:

On The Front Door:  Stanley Igboanugo

Bulletin Editor:          Hilda Finnigan

 

HAPPY TOONIES

Devon Biddle – an excellent District Assembly. Even though he has been to many , over the years, he always learns something and it really gets the Rotary juices flowing for the new Rotary Year that starts July 1, 2019

Dan Pantaleo  -  Happy for the wrong reason. He is happy he still has the racoon cage.

Ted Morrison – Glad he attended the District Assembly. It reaffirms that our Rotary Club is doing the right things to be an effective Rotary Club.

Sandy McDowell -  very glad to finally see the sun shining.

Janice Coupland – thanked everyone for an excellent evening at our Rotary Reverse Draw, Dinner & Silent Auction Gala last Thursday. And she is very glad to see Durham College President Don Lovisa and thanked him for spending his time with us this evening.  

Terry Giles – reminisced with us about the Paul Harris Fellow award that he received for being the first President of our Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood. He also remembered how each president tried to “walk on water” at the end of their Rotary year. A tradition started by Terry in June 1977 as he attempted to walk on the water in the reflecting pond at Parkwood , where we used to hold our Annual President’s Night.

Larry Hurren – thanked everyone on the Reverse Draw Team -  another smooth draw thanks to the volunteers . Larry tried awfully hard to bid on the silent auction items but they went very high and he had to go back and run the Draw . Go Raptors . Amazing Kawai Leonard.

Kim Boatman – received mail from UOIT. It was addressed to Terry Giles, President , Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood (who was our President in 1976-77).

Don Lovisa – lots of happy dollars thanking our Rotary Club for the tremendous support over the years and in particular for spearheading the Durham Region Rotary Club donation initiative  to the Centre for Collaborative Education which opened last year.

Dave Andrews  - thanked everyone for the teamwork and the smooth running of the entire Reverse Draw, Dinner and Silent Auction Gala. It looks like we did what we set out to do. We got more than we did last year. Thank you all. And thanked Don Lovisa for speaking to us tonight and bring us up to date on the past, present and future of Durham College.

Tim Dwyre -  fondly remembered Bill Patchett  and his passion for Rotary in all manners. He will be missed by all of us.