Presiding - Bruce Cunningham was acting President for this meeting in the absence of club President Lisa Wells.
Guests were Janis Cunningham (Bruce’s wife) as well as Carl Jolly from Salvation Army.
Carl performed the Remembrance Day ceremony at the start of the meeting.
Invocation - Robin Ferro.
50/50 was won by James Stewart. He drew the Queen of clubs and donated the $10 back to Rotary.
Happy Bucks –
Hazel was Sergeant At Arms and fined all those who did not attend a Remembrance Day ceremony over the weekend. Hazel also paid happy buck to announce the Western Mustangs Football Team won the Yates Cup on Saturday by defeating Wilfred Laurier.
Liam paid to announce the 100th anniversary of Passiondale Battle in WW I that cost 16,000 Canadian lives. Hazel paid sad buck as one of her cats went missing while her roof was being replaced.
Club announcements –
Olga mentions ways to fundraise for Polio. Buy certificates as Christmas a gift or make a donation to our club Foundation and receive tax receipt. Also our club shoebox auction will take place on Monday December 4th with Glen Murray as auctioneer. Bruce thanked all members for signing up for Meals on Wheels Nov 20th – 24th.
Guest speaker was our exchange student Lisa Van Someren. She spoke on the topic of Vaulting which is acrobatics on horseback. She is self taught in this sport along with her sister. Her mother is involved as coach and lunger (person who controls the horse during routine).
The sport is most popular in Europe and was invented around the end of WW II in Germany. There are different formats including Individual, Pas de Deux (2 person), or Squad (6 people with max 3 on horseback at any given time). Routines last 1 minute and are scored by a panel of judges that observe technique, style, difficulty of moves + the choreography to music and the horse speed. Lisa showed some videos of her routines during events in Australia and here in Canada. She answered various questions from the members.