April 8th 2013
Rotary Weekly Bulletin – April 8th 2013
Meeting called to order by President Ralf, newly returned from vacation. Attendance provided by Robin – 23 Rotarians and two guests/newly proposed members Suzy Ethier and Dorina Rico and Manuela Coelaho, a guest of Manny Pereira.
Special recognition was given to Mari Reynolds who is resigning from Rotary (for the time being) and moving to Grimsby. A standing ovation was given to Mari for her many years of service with The Rotary Club of Oakville and formerly with The Rotary Club of Oakville North.
Announcements: Liz announced that she has sent out requests for members to join LinkedIn, a social media group, to share information about Rotary and to recruit potential new members.
Wednesday, April 10th if the Chamber of Commerce, After Hours get together at Philthy McNasty’s.
Gary Busteed distributed signup sheets for foursomes at for our annual Golf Tournament on Monday, June 10th. Early registration has its benefits with a 25% discount for the event. The Million Dollar Hole in One will be held on June 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Fines and Happy Bucks – Allistair went easy on the membership and only fined those that did not have their Rotary pin visible. Many members were happy, some just because they remembered their pin.
Speaker - Rae introduced our speaker Tim Lindsay, from Halton Region, who spoke on Community Emergency Planning. As a co-incidence Tim’s wife was very influential in the design of our Sponsorship brochure (through incipit) along with Rae.
What constitutes an emergency? A few of the main criteria for declaring an emergency are major flu outbreak, flooding or power outage. In the last decade only two provincially declared emergencies have arisen, both in 2003, SARS outbreak and the power blackout. The 72 System is designed to encourage residents to be self-sufficient for 72 hours in their own homes.
The Three Steps to Preparedness - 1. Know the risk
2. Make a plan
3. Get a kit
View the Personal Emergency Preparedness video at www.halton.ca/beprepared
It should be noted that an emergency kit should also be prepared for your pets. The local radio station is our number one source for information in the event of a disaster, large or small.
A formal thank you to Tim was made by Neil, who thanked him for bringing this topic to our attention and for advising our members what Halton Region has in place for its citizens in the event of an emergency.
The lucky 50/50 ticket was drawn by Tim and the winner was Suzy Ethier, soon to be one of our newest members.
Ralf brought the meeting to a close with a toast to the Queen and Canada.