Minutes of April 28 ,2014 meeting

Announcements

Nash- This is our last Fireside chat for the current Board’s year.

District Assembly- May 3- Dave Tate- Confirmed a number of members that are attending this Sat. Make sure you have registered. You can do this on-line at the District website. Our Club will pick up the $100 cost.

Meeting of May 5- Dave T. will be presenting ideas for next year. It will be a working  and  interactive session. Come prepared to discuss.

International Night- May 9- Paul T. mentioned that we are about 50 tickets short of our goal for the evening. The Town of Richmond Hill has donated  $2k to the evening and will be given some tickets. Peter has already e-mailed past members but Dave T. will send out another e-mail.

Trump Aids Walk- Kostas thanked those participating as well as those who have donated to this cause. They have raised about $1k.

Rotary Park- thanks to Susan and all who helped clean-up Rotary Park this past Sat.
Pictures are posted on Facebook and the web site. Nash presented Susan with an Excellence of Service Award for her leadership

 A letter of thanks from the Deaf and Blind Services of Ontario was read because of the Club’s $500 donation to their cause.

Glen- mentioned that another Rotary Club is sponsoring an Annual Sports Dinner on May 8 from 6:00pm at the Weston Golf and Country Club. It is a sports celebrity dinner with the speaker this year being Mike Krychelensky form the Edmonton Oilers. The venue is known for its good food. Cost is $150 ( 50 tax receipt).

Golf Tournament- June 17- Glen- we now have 96 golfers and a few sponsors. Still looking for more of each. WE need to know how many members are going to play. Our Club now has 5- foursomes. You can go just to the dinner. Please register if wanting to golf. Contact Cyril G. for more info.

Satellite Club- Samir

This is an new concept  that Samir is promoting and he has started to reach out to potential members. Ted will be presenting the details at the up-coming Dist. Assembly. We need to slowly help people into the Club and be flexible with meetings, etc. It will be the first satellite Club in the District. The goal is to support Rotary’s drive to increase membership.

Fundraising Discussion- considerable time was spent on discussing the last fundraising opportunity presented to the Club. If you would like details please contact David Obadia.

Business suggestion- Ted- mentioned that we all work very hard to raise funds for the Club. He put forward a suggestion that all members should have a say in supporting the Board’s  financial decisions. Hopefully this will be put forward to consider.