Club Assembly
Sue Hrickovian, President Elect, announced that Yvonne Howell has been working on a Women's Night Out for March. She plans a spa event with food and drink at the Library Restaurant and is expecting some of the male Rotarians to be on hand to serve and to drive the ladies home. Thanks to Yvonne for her initiative and effort.
Hamper Night is on track, thanks to Roger. The Auction has been put back to March 3 and the contracts will be out after Christmas.
There are still some vacancies on next year's Board so, for an opportunity to help direct activities of the Club, let Sue know of your interest.
President Phil and Past President Ralph announced that Mr. Weber is donating a 2009 BMW Z4 as a prize in a raffle. Proceeds will be split with the Georgian Bay Cancer Centre but the expectation is that they will help sell tickets. The event will be held next summer and at no cost to the Club so all proceeds will be realized. Jamie Tripp, Jamie Hunter, Mora, Roger, Bob and Bruce Wilcox volunteered to form a committee to plan the project.
Ron Crane, Chair of International, said the Committee had contributed to expenses for the Friendship Exchange, had about $5,000.00 from the Golf Tournament for RI, had sent $1,000.00 worth of filters to Nigeria, had $5,000.00 each for Polio Plus and Polio Partners, was working with a Club in South Africa to get $2,500.00 to a school there and another Club in El Salvador for another $2,500.00 towards Leukemia. The Tblisi orphanage is doing so well with the vines the Club helped to plant that they now need a wine cellar which the Committee is considering and they have recommended a donation of $5,000.00 for the Kids4Life orphanage in Kenya. Ron asked for a show of hands and the Club approved the donation.
Bruce Thompson reported that the Bingo account holds $75,000.00 but 33 of that is committed to the MCC, 15 to CLH, and 40 to the Midland Play Centre. The Trip of the Month Account has been renamed and repurposed - it now holds Visa transactions. Club bills are out for this quarter and Accounts Receivable - beyond 60 days - are holding steady at $15,000.00 though that's down a lot from the position he inherited. Another set of statements should be out soon and if anyone has any questions about theirs, talk to Bruce.
Mora reminded everyone of Hamper Night. The Dec. 29th meeting will be an informal one with wine and snacks and a "Christmas Regifting" and a silent auction.
Michelle reported getting good coverage on our events and Student of the Month. Both papers are being co-operative. Julie will be profiled in the paper soon, We will be getting press on the MCC donation, there will be some features on the Dock radion and she is working on a new slideshow of our events which will oblige Fred to pay up.
Britt reported that Community Service has spent $53,000.00, most of it on the accessible playground. $500.00 was given to a family in Lafontaine that has three sons with autism. The Club has bought a tuba for the Georgian Bay Brass Band and a computer for the Quest Art Gallery.
Aaron said that even with Bill and Jason net membership is down but one candidate is being interviewed now. There will be a membership event on Jan. 19 and a College of Knowledge in the spring.
Phil thanked the Board and the Club for all their efforts. Rod spoke for the Club when he told Phil that he was doing 'not a bad job, so far'.