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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
President David Chatson welcomed us to our regular meeting at the Crown Plaza KW.  Candi Harrington filled the roll as Secretary.
 
 
 
 
 
BELL RINGER(S)
 
President Dave named PDG Bill Proctor as bell ringer for taking a 14 hour shift on Sunday to sell car draw tickets at the Belmont Village fair.  He also added Michelle Gardiner and several other Satellite Club members for taking the Saturday shift at the market.
 
 
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS / GUESTS
Sargent-at-arms David Smith introduced our guests as Elliott Fung, and WWLHIN  associates Karen Scian (current president of Waterloo Rotary Club), Rita Westbrook (ADG for Cambridge and member of Cambridge Sunrise Club),  Jim Harper, Jenny Flagler-George and Melissa Edwards.
BIRTHDAYS
Stand in Secretary Candi Harrington informed us that birthdays will be "caught up" in the near future upon return of Secretary Cam.
50/50 DRAW
Guest Karen Scian, Barry MacLeod and Jim Brown could not locate the jack and missed out on their opportunities to collect $417.
 
 
 
HAPPY JAR
 
Ed Fowler indicated a very successful orientation for 12 inbound students in Meaford.  We have another good group of students.
 
PDG Bill Proctor indicated that he was pleased that we were allowed to bring the car and booth the Belmont Village fair (as long as he was there by 8am and did not leave before 10 pm).  He was grateful to Cheryl Ewing and Ernie Ginsler who provided breaks.  He was astounded to report about $2,200 of sales, and noted that the mention of KidsAbility sold a lot of tickets.
 
“Athlete” President David Chatson plays on two different ball teams.  His one team was successful in winning a tournament on Saturday.  The other team plays this weekend, but of course Dave will be at the District Conference “Peace Through Music”.  Although registration is closed, PDG has an in with the Registrar to get you in.
 
 
 
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Martin Jones advised that the Thursday/Friday shifts at Forest Hill Public school begin this week.  He also has forms with him, and will email copies of forms that must be completed. We have 23 volunteers, including members from the Satellite Club.
 
Michelle Gardiner sold tickets at the market, and advised that $100 of the sales were by credit card, using Square!
 
 
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
 
Elliott Fung, Integration Network director at the Waterloo- Wellington Local Healthcare Integration Network (LHIN) was our guest speaker.
The LHIN is still fairly new, and is responsible for delivering patient-centred home care that is responsive, collaborative, transparent and flexible.  Locally, they have a budget of about $1.1 billion, which is allocated to the hospital, related agencies and the LHIN itself.
The local LHIN is available to serve the 750,000 residents.
Elliott’s position is unique in that it is the only one in the network. His goal is to meet in local R&D companies in order to encourage them to develop and test products to be used in the network.
For example, Speedy Glass promotes its app to advise how close a technician is to provide service.  This should be able to be adapted to provide guidance as to where the PSW is and an estimated time of arrival.
Elliott told the story of Kevin, who is 56, lives alone and receives support a couple of times a week.  With technology, his PSW is able to monitor his condition remotely (one of 35 in a test situation).  It was discovered that Kevin’s heart rate was exceeding 240.  A preliminary call, followed by a visit, confirmed that this was a true reading, and treatment was provided.  Without this monitoring the next scheduled visit might have been a day or two away, and Kevin would likely have died.  With the technology, not only was Kevin saved, but more frequent visits were not required (the cost and other resources were saved).
Elliott also relayed the story of Curiato, a local start up that has developed a Smart mattress that monitors heat and movement and actually adjusts its coils to ensure that there is movement to limit the development of bed sores.  This not only reduces the pain the patient would otherwise develop, but also reduced the cost of remediating the sores.  Not only is the product beneficial, but the manufacturing will actually be done in Waterloo.
 
“From Innovation to Action, Collaboration is Key”
 
 
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CLOSING REMARKS AND REMINDERS
Have fun at the Plowing Match for those who are selling car draw tickets this week.
 
Next week don't miss Kathi Dick as she presents her District Governor's address to our club.   A reminder that Board Members are to meet at with Kathi at 11:30 am prior to the meeting. 
MEMBERSHIP STATUS

MEMBERSHIP STATUS

57 ACTIVE
6 HONOURARY
TOTAL 63

 
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