March 15 2012 - Rotary Club Meeting

This week we had a packed Agenda!

Dennis announced our President nominee will be Brian! A big thanks to Brian for stepping up to the plate to follow Cheryle and Dennis.

Brock Jackson from Astral Media and EZ Rock was our speaker for the day. He does the morning show for EZ Rock/Sun FM and manages sales and marketing for the area. He has worked for Astral Media since 2003. Astral has about 80 radio stations across the country.

He has lived in Osoyoos for several years now and has had a chance to build key relationships and has received a lot of support from the local community.

Radio has evolved so much through the years to integrate web sites and social media. This makes communication with the audience more interactive. For example listeners can tune into SUN FM at www.sunonline.ca which links directly to the live radio and also gives the ability to watch videos to compliment the music played.

Cheryle also inducted Jo Knight, Judy Miller-Bennett to our Rotary Club. Welcome ladies! Judy shared that she is really excited to be a part of our projects and club. Jo Knight thanked us for the opportunity to be the first corporate sponsorship membership. From her days as a scout she scared a beautiful poem with us.

Bill his daughter shared and Irish Blessing with the Club.

Dennis also gave us an update on PETS. He talked about the rewarding feeling Rotarians shared being involved in projects abroad when families are so gracious and appreciative of Rotary's support. He also learned more about programs to bring in more membership so that we can take on bigger projects. He challenges all of us to do a little bit more this year and to stick to our services above self motto.

Cheryle wrapped up the meeting by with an update on our projects and events.