June 1st Rotaract Meeting (Sep 18, 2016)

Stratford Rotaract Meeting Minutes

Thursday November 17, 2016 @ 6:30pm

University of Waterloo, Stratford

Members: Laurie, Kelly, Katelyn, Sarah, Melissa, Jonathan

Guests: Katherine

1. Guest Speaker

Kelly Daum – Classification

Born and raised in Stratford Ontario.
The youngest of four children – has three older brothers.
Born with a ventricular septal defect – had open heart surgery at the age of 4 at the London’s Children’s hospital.
Took step dancing lessons at Judy’s school of dance and danced competitively for 8 years.
Attended St. Mike’s Secondary school – played volleyball and rugby. Was part of the first girls’ rugby team from St. Mikes to advance to the Ontario Finals.
Worked for Scotiabank from 2005 to 2009 and then went back to school.
Attended University of Guelph and majored in Criminal Justice and Public Policy. Graduated with distinction. Was shortlisted to be a nominee for the W.C. Winegard Award – the most prestigious academic award at the University of Guelph.
Continued working with Scotiabank after graduation and then worked for Libro Credit Union for two years.
In 2014, took a contract position as a Registration Services Representative at the Perth County Land Registry Office and has recently accepted a permanent full time position as Registration Services Officer.
Enjoys live music, reading, cooking and travelling.
Enjoys being outdoors. Plays volleyball twice a week, which has been a great way to meet people.
Heard about Rotaract through Laurie Brown, who she met working at Libro.
Likes the innovative, youth oriented culture of Rotaract where she has been able to network and make new friends, acquire new skills, and use skills developed in university including research skills and minute taking.
Has developed skills in project management, online administration, which will prepare for future careers.
Can contribute policy skills, like to think outside the box, dream big and take chances. Has a passion to make a difference in our community.

2. Previous Minutes

Amendments to previous meeting minutes

No amendments

3. Standing Items

3.1 Upcoming Guest Speakers

December 7 – 2017 Event Planning
December 15 – Christmas Social – Ideas
January 4 – Volunteers in Perth

3.2 Club KUDOS

KUDOS to Kelly for keeping our Social Media engaging and up to date.

4. Business Arising

4.1 Previous Minutes – Review of Follow Up Items

No items to review

4.2 Donation to EsArtes Project?

Will discuss this at the 2017 Planning meeting

4.3 Announcement Corner (Updates from committees, future events, round table)

We need to name our teddy bear
- Maybe hold a Social Media contest?
At our last trivia, $236 was contributed to the poppy fund. There were around 12-13 teams who participated in trivia.
We need to determine our 2017 dates of meetings.
- Laurie will create as a meeting flyer
- This list will need to be uploaded to Facebook.