Next meeting: February 6, 2017 at 12:15 PM
Guest Speaker: TBA
President, Steve Gallagher opened the meeting with the singing of O’ Canada and Rotary Grace.
We were pleased to welcome Ron Smith, Trevor Miller and Joanne Gordon
Announcements
We have a couple of positions that are open on the Executive Committee for 2017 - 2018, if you are interested please let Martin Coward or Steve Gallagher know. Position open are Rotary Foundation and Public relations.
District 5550 Conference will be held in Kenora May 25 – 28, 2017.Registriation is available on the website.
R.I. Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia June 10 – 16, 2017. Registration is now available through the RI website.
On February 13, 2017 our guest speaker will be Scott Oake. We would like to have a large attendance to listen to Scott speak about the opioid epidemic and share the story of his sons’ fatal addiction.
Interac Club at Fort Richmond school
Our next meeting will be February 6, 2017
Sergeant-at-Arms: Don Fletcher
Happy Bucks: Habee, Bob, Ted, Shelly and Ron
The weekly accumulator draw this week was for $75.00. Jeff Miller drew the Jack of Hearts.
Guest Speaker; Mike Moore, President of Manitoba Home Builders Assoc. was introduced by Kathryn Cano. Mike spoke about the proposed new growth tax that the city has just introduced, Mike and his Assoc. feel that this tax is unjustified and that new owners in new developments already pay their fair share. New developments are responsible for all the roads, and services for the new area, which become part of the cost of the new homes in these areas. Homeowners have to pay full property taxes immediately even though they might not have any city services like, bus service, Community clubs etc. for two or more years. His talk resulted in several questions from our members. Steve Gallagher thanked Mike for coming to speak with us.
Up Coming Events
We have a couple of positions open on the Executive Committee for 2017-2018 these positions are Rotary International and Public Relations. If anyone is interested in either of these positions please contact Martin Coward or Steve Gallagher.
Our Speaker for February 13, 2017 will be Scott Oake. Scot will talk about the opioid epidemic and share the story of his sons’ fatal addiction. Lunch on February 13, 2017 will be $25.00. Part of this will be donated to Scott’s charity. Members who plan on attending should E-Mail Martin Coward before February 8th at martinjcoward@gmail.com Please include the number of people that will be attending.
On February 17, 2017 the 16th Annual Big Daddy Tazz & Friends Comedy Night in support of Childrens’ Charities will be held at Pantages Playhouse Theatre. Doors open at 6:00 PM Show starts at 7:30 PM. This event is Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Winnipeg East. Some tickets are available from our club by contacting Steve Gallagher.
We have decided to continue with our once morning a month meeting. The idea was to have the morning meeting on the third Monday of each month but because of holidays this will not always be possible. So the dates for the morning meetings for the next six months are:
Monday January 23, 2017
Monday February 27, 2017 Changed to a Noon meeting
