Bulletin Meeting - Jan. 9, 2017 (Jan 10, 2017)

Welcome to the Home of Rotary Club of Kitchener

Kitchener's Downtown Rotary Club

We meet Mondays at 12:00 PM

Crowne Plaza - Kitchener

105 King Street East (Downtown)
Kitchener, ON N2G 2K8
Canada

District Site

Venue Map

President

John Webster

Past President

Karen Redman

President-Elect

David Chatson

Co-Secretary

Candace (Candi) Harrington

Treasurer

Ray Taylor

International Service

Karen Redman

Membership

David Chatson

Co-Secretary

Cameron Yule

Feb 21, 2017

TEAM MEETING

DUKE OF WELLINGTON - ATRIUM ON ERB, across from Marsland Centre

Feb 27, 2017

CAROLYN FERGUSON

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

Mar 06, 2017

JILL MELANSON / HUBERT SINGH

WHO AM I / IMMUNIZATION TRIP TO MEXICO

Mar 13, 2017

LINDA KENNY & LISA TALBOT

KIDSABILITY

Mar 20, 2017

ROSS EARNSHAW

ASCENT OF MT. KILIMANJARO

Mar 27, 2017

COMMUNITECH

OFF SITE MEETING @ COMMUNITECH

Apr 03, 2017

DON & ZACH ZEHR

DEVELOPMENT IN KITCHENER

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2016 CAR DRAW EARLY BIRD WINNERS

Posted by Sandra Evans on Oct 18, 2016

2016 Car Draw Early Bird Winners are:

Ticket #01614 – Dennis Howard- $250 gift certificate from Swanson’s Home Hardware

Ticket #01537 – Stella Cocks – Ranger Night for 4, dinner and tickets to a Kitchener Ranger hockey game.

Congratulations to Dennis Howard and Stella Cocks.

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Posted by Bill Proctor on Feb 13, 2017

President John Webster called the meeting to order at 12:32 and welcomed the guests who came to our special Valentine's meeting today.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS / GUESTS

Posted by Sandra Evans on Feb 21, 2017

Guests at the meeting on Feb. 13th were: Donna Swayze guest of Neil; Doug Rielly guest of Mary; Judy Doyle guest of Jim Phillips; Judy Proctor guest of Bill; and Jill Melanson guest of Adrian DeCoo, Welcome All!

BELL RINGER(S)

President John recognized the members of the Social Committee - Mary Rielly, John Frezell and Susana Jimenez for preparing today's program and for the terrific decorations and atmosphere in the room for our Valentine's Day meeting.

PRESIDENT'S WINE QUIZ

Posted by Bill Proctor on Feb 13, 2017

The Question: When and in what city is the District Assembly / Club Leadership Training event being held?

The Answer: Saturday, April 22 at the Holiday Inn in Cambridge.

50/50 DRAW

Posted by Bill Proctor on Feb 13, 2017

Our 50/50 Draw pot continues to grow and is now at $581 and none of Jim Phillips, Doug Rielly, nor Donna Swayze were able to find the Jack of Hearts so it will be even larger next week.

HAPPY JAR

Posted by Bill Proctor on Feb 13, 2017

Adrian DeCoo was happy to have have his new friend Jill Melanson inducted today. He was also pleased to report that our President-Elect Dave Chatson is actually trainable as he had a good day at the President-Elect Training seminar on Saturday where Adrian was one of the presenters. Adrian also thanked the other members from our club - Pat Dimeck, Howard Pell, Bill Proctor, and Darren Sweeney for their work in assisting with the event as well. Editor's Note: Dave is a Past President of the Bellville Club so he had a decided advantage!

Mary Rielly was pleased to have her husband Doug attend as a guest today. She was also pleased that, even though their truck exploded for no apparent reason, the explosion and subsequent fire did not get to their propane tank, gas tank or wood pile.

Susana Jimenez is very pleased to be back in town. She was pleased to report that her critically ill Father's wish to be home for Christmas was realized and that most of the family were able to change or make last minute plans to be in Mexico together with him. She was most thankful for the tremendous good will that was evident during the event and expressed appreciation for the sympathy card that was sent from the club.

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Posted by Bill Proctor on Feb 13, 2017

President John announced that the work to create our Satellite Club is developing well. We look forward to having some new members join our club in the near future.

Neil Swayze announced that our next T.E.A.M. social (Tuesday Evening Alcoholic Mingling) will be on February 21, TONIGHT, flowing the Family Day Holiday at the Duke of Wellington. If we get enough participants there will be a draw for a $20 LCBO Gift Card.

On behalf of the travelling Howard, Neil had a sign up sheet passed around for folks to indicate an interest in helping pout at the AYR Bacon festival that is raising money for KidsAbility.

Tom Mennill let members know that we are looking for a student to sponsor to attend the annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program, April 30 to May 5.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an intensive training program that brings together youth and young adults, to further develop character and leadership skills and learn about Rotary - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/50042/SitePage/ryla#sthash.WW6BqKlG.dpuf

RYLA is an intensive training program that brings together youth and young adults to further develop character and leadership skills and to learn about Rotary. The program is open to youth aged 18 to 25. For more information or an application form please contact Tom directly.

Brent DeKoning provided an update from Hubert, via a text message, who, along with 14 other Rotarians are currently returning from a National Immunization day in Mexico. Hubert reported that all went well and they have developed some great connections and friendships with Rotarians from Coborca.

James Brown reminded members of the new feature to be added to our In Vino Caritas event this year where we are going to auction off two barrels of wine with 50 bottles in each! One will be a silent auction item and one a live auction item. The barrels have been donated and now we just need the wine! Each member is asked to contribute two bottles to fill the barrels. He also confirmed that there will be an open house at the home of James and Linda on February 26 between 2:00 and 6:00 with lots of wine and hors d'oeuvres. The the admission fee will be one bottle of wine per person to start filling the wheel barrows.