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RCO Bulletin July 5, 2020
RCO Meeting July 5, 2021
Rotary Club of Oakville
Meeting of July 5, 2021 – via ZOOM
By
Rod Craig
The meeting was called to order by President Michael at 7:00pm with a toast to Queen and Canada. The invocation was provided by George Farrow.
Attendance:
A total of 20 people signed into the Zoom meeting – 16 members plus 4 guests
Najwa Awad – Amin’s guest
Catherine Hurley – Bob Dodds’ guest
Michael Pavan & James Weber – speakers and members of the Passport Rotary Club and Halton Rotaract Club respectively
President Michael gave a quick presentation on what he wants to achieve over the next 12 months
Happy Bucks & Fines:
We had a lot of happy people telling us why they were happy, including:
Mitch was happy about his recent promotion at Mohawk College
Frank was happy that he is currently attending Rotary meetings in Johannesburg
Amin then asked some interesting and fun Rotary based questions
The speakers, Michael Pavan & James Weber representing the District Environment Committee, were introduced by Michael Bissauge
What can we do? Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something – the power of one!
Michael gave some examples of what each of us can do, including making a personal pledge
He explained the carbon footprint and water intake for a variety of different foods
He then laid down a couple of simple challenges
Replace all lightbulbs in your house with LED lightbulbs, if you have not done this already
Try a plant-based burger – veggie burgers have come a long way in recent years
What can our club do?
Have an Enviro Champion
Start an Environmental Committee
Educate & Engage
Do a monthly Enviro Challenge
Complete an Enviro Project
James mentioned a number of Rotary projects from around the Rotary world, and the types of projects that will attract RI funding
RI has already spent $18m on Enviro Projects, and has another $15m in the pipeline
He encouraged us to read the Enviro Articles in the Rotary Magazine
He asked us to check out
www.totary.org/environment
Reena asked whether the removal of toxic chemicals was an area that would be attractive for RI project grants
Ralf asked about potential cluster projects, as an introduction to (way forward to) club projects
Mike H mentioned Toronto’s potential plans to ban 2 stroke leaf blowers, given their effect on the environment
Michael and James were thanked by Gary Comerford, for their interesting and topical presentation
Next Meetings
July 19 Bashshar Atif Adventures in Citizenship + Bob M classification talk
August 9 GF's Backyard BBQ
August 23 Club Assembly I
President Michael closed the meeting at just after 8pm, with a toast to friends and Rotarians around the world.
