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The moving finger writes……… Let’s start with congratulating Bent and his Board for a very successful Rotary year, and recognizing some of its key achievements. This photo is from Bent's last Board meeting. Missing from the photograph are Lauri Asikainen and Jennifer Kay. ‘Taking the Pulse’ survey was successful in assessing where we are and what the club members would like to see in the coming years. Follow-up of the ‘Taking the Pulse’ input has resulted in a concrete action plan for the Membership committee, and Bent has agreed to facilitate similar sessions for other committees early in the 2017-18 year. For 2016-17, kudos to Trish, Cliff and their entire Ribfest team for a very successful Ribfest. The turnout on Saturday exceeded our expectations and stretched some of our capabilities to its limit. Conceived under the leadership of Past-President Brian seven year ago, this was our sixth Ribfest. Although we do not have the final score, it appears that this may have been our best Ribfest ever, both in terms of the number of visitors and the funds raised. It is funds from Ribfest and our co-fundraisers, Online Auction and Wines and Lines, that make our contributions to our avenues of service possible: International, Next Generation, Community Service and Indigenous Committee. To this extent, congratulations to June and Claire for being recognized at the District turnover last week for their tremendous effort and contribution to the WASH project. Also accolades to John and his team for organizing the very successful Education Awards in May. Both these are covered in more detail in this and previous issue of RIOTS. It is a collective effort of all our members that makes our fundraising and avenues of service possible. But one does not have to a be a RCOT member to contribute. We have the likes of Ilona Kopriva, Barb Ferrone, past-member Gino Paccione and Desmond’s several friends actively engaged in Rotary activities without being members. So, our focus in 2017-18 is going to be more on member engagement rather than getting the proverbial ‘bums on the seat’ for lunch. This is in line with the theme ‘Rotary: Making the Difference’ announced in Jan 2017 by Ian Riseley, RI President for Rotary year 2017-18. To this extent, we will be seeking members’ input on proposals to focus on more fellowship activities and enhance our lunch meetings. More on this at our upcoming lunch meetings. Let us go forward in this new fiscal year and make the Rotary difference! Happy Canada’s 150th Birthday! ………. and having writ, moves on!
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