1) John Nater (Perth-Wellington MP) is speaking to the club this week! Please invite whomever you think would be interested. Don't forget to share the Facebook post with your friends :) Please aim to arrive by 6:25pm so we can start our meeting promptly at 6:30pm.
2) There is no formal agenda for this meeting. Bring your questions for John. After John's presentation, the Anti-Valentine's Day Committee will present the event's details.
3) If you have missed a meeting, please send your make-up to Kelly Daum, our new club Secretary. kellydaum15@gmail.com. Or if you have volunteered at a Rotaract event such as Trivia Night or sub-committee meeting, send this to Kelly and she can bank it for a future meeting you may need to miss.
4) Below are the minutes from our January 4th meeting.
Sarah to follow up to see if they can come in the future
3. Previous Minutes
Amendments to previous meeting minutes
No Amendments
4. Standing Items
4.1 Upcoming Guest Speakers
January 19 – John Nater – Laurie to follow up.
February 1 – Classification – Jonathan
We are thinking of shifting focus to professional development. If you have anything to offer in terms of professional development and would like to speak to our group or if you have any areas that you would like to learn more about for your own development, please let Sarah know and we will try and find speakers to come speak to us on these topics. Email: smerkel2@gmail.com
4.2 Club KUDOS
KUDOS to everyone who braved the weather to come out to our meeting tonight.
5. Business Arising
5.1 Previous Minutes – Review of Follow Up Items
Follow-up items – going ahead with dragon boat; will reach out to high school students; we will provide our own food.
Volleyball tournament – Will be going ahead provided we get a date booked and we have volunteers available that day. Need to know date and how many people we need to assist.
Going ahead with Easter pub-crawl April 13th – Hop till you Drop.
Un-Valentine’s day event is in the works; need to confirm the improv group is available; then we will send out the save the date and book the venue. More details to follow.
Since the meeting, it has been confirmed that the improv group is available. Still working on a venue for the event.
5.2 Announcement Corner (Updates from committees, future events, round table)
Trivia Next Wednesday January 11th 2017
Proceeds from the next trivia night will be Simple Dreams.
Alyssa to follow up with Volleyball tournament.
Kelly to follow-up on getting the ball rolling for pub crawl
6. New Business & Idea Sharing
6.1 New Member Inductions
No new members.
6.2 Meeting/Event E-Dates?
Sarah will pilot this until June.
7. Next Meeting and Location
Thursday January 19, 2017 @ 6:30
8. Meeting Adjourned
Board Meeting to Follow
Club Information
Service Above Self
First Wednesday and Third Thursday of the Month @ 6:30pm