Luncheon April 23, 2015
Posted by John Robertson
on Apr 25, 2015
President Judy introduced our guest for this April 23rd meeting, Keith Lacey of the Times and recognized Jeff and Roger for their 12th anniversary with Rotary....they were both charter members of this club in 2003. Great to see Elly and Ramiro back with us. She also shared the award given to our Club as the Outstanding Community Group Award by Osoyoos Council...well done!
John gave an update on youth exchange, spending the weekend in Chelan with our outbound student Nina and 45+ other inbounds/outbounds and was reminded why this program is so successful and worthy. Also our inbound coming in August, Camille Buisson, was confirmed so we are now in touch with her and setting up the host families.
Brian commented on how well the large auction item at last year's golf tournament was received by the successful bidder, Neil...it was the Grey Cup tickets and accommodation supplied by David Perehudoff who really went over the top to make it so great.
Our speaker was CJ Rhodes who spoke to us in his capacity as a succcessful 3rd term Osoyoos Town Councillor. His stated vision in his role is to maintain and improve the quality of life locally through leadership and he described how he approaches this with principles of transparency and clarity, collaboration in decision making and conscious sustainability planning.
CJ brought us up to date on 3 current issues which were the future of the airport, the retaining of the Home Hardware Bldg business through 2019 and finally the National Park, of which he is a huge proponent. A good presentation!
Roger is recently returned from Honduras and gave a positive update us on the school project. He will speak at a future meeting but when he left, the school was 75% completed and fully funded for the balance.
The Chamber of Commerce Business to Business session that replaced last week's meeting was a huge success. McKia's appetizers were great, as was the wine supplied by Maverick. The Times has a good story on that in this weeks edition.
Finally, add July 2nd to your calendar of a busy May/June for Rotary events as it is the Installation dinner for the new executive.
Enjoy the sunshine!
John gave an update on youth exchange, spending the weekend in Chelan with our outbound student Nina and 45+ other inbounds/outbounds and was reminded why this program is so successful and worthy. Also our inbound coming in August, Camille Buisson, was confirmed so we are now in touch with her and setting up the host families.
Brian commented on how well the large auction item at last year's golf tournament was received by the successful bidder, Neil...it was the Grey Cup tickets and accommodation supplied by David Perehudoff who really went over the top to make it so great.
Our speaker was CJ Rhodes who spoke to us in his capacity as a succcessful 3rd term Osoyoos Town Councillor. His stated vision in his role is to maintain and improve the quality of life locally through leadership and he described how he approaches this with principles of transparency and clarity, collaboration in decision making and conscious sustainability planning.
CJ brought us up to date on 3 current issues which were the future of the airport, the retaining of the Home Hardware Bldg business through 2019 and finally the National Park, of which he is a huge proponent. A good presentation!
Roger is recently returned from Honduras and gave a positive update us on the school project. He will speak at a future meeting but when he left, the school was 75% completed and fully funded for the balance.
The Chamber of Commerce Business to Business session that replaced last week's meeting was a huge success. McKia's appetizers were great, as was the wine supplied by Maverick. The Times has a good story on that in this weeks edition.
Finally, add July 2nd to your calendar of a busy May/June for Rotary events as it is the Installation dinner for the new executive.
Enjoy the sunshine!