Rotary Meeting of July 8, 2020.
8 members were joined by Brenda Waugh (Scotland).
President Mike Donnelly led the discussion today. He spoke of a review of our Fund Raising for both the short term and the long term. Treasurer John Lohuis shared the financial statement for the Club as of July 1. This document was circulated separately to all Club members.
In the General Account, we will have dues payable to RI and the District of $3500 and Insurance of $400.
In the Service Account, we have $10,000 allocated for the work in Memorial Park.
We have a number of Expenses such as Youth Exchange, the Medals Awards, and the various other programs and awards that we give out each year for Youth.
There were a number of ideas for fund raising.
We could sell lottery tickets and have non-Rotarian sellers who would receive a portion or commission on what they sell.
PDG John Gilvesy shared ideas from other clubs. (see attachment).
Various ideas involving golf as both a fund raiser and as a program for young people were suggested. Brenda Waugh offered to share information from similar programs in Scotland.
Programs:
July 15 - John Gilvesy will update us on the Microfinance Project in Honduras (HEC).
July 22 - Jay Weiler will update us on the Communications program.
July 29 - open still.