Our weekly meeting via Zoom was a little different than most meetings. After fifteen minutes of socializing while people logged on to the meeting, Wayne called Meeting #39 to order and offered his words of welcome. “Our Rotary theme this year is Rotary Connects the World. What a theme for a year when we’re being told to stay home, to self-isolate, and to avoid large groups. Thank goodness for technology. Now (speaking for myself) some of us just have to learn how to use it.”
Les and Leon pointed out that the local paper featured a picture of the tulips at the arboretum where club members have donated hundreds of hours of labour. Wayne shared a message from DG Brad about a future volunteer opportunity, Volunteer Surge, which is now in the United States and plans to come to Canada. More information will be sent out to all Rotarians in our district very soon. Club members welcomed guests Dwight Bennett (again appearing as the telephone in our snapshot) and Jack Miller to our meeting. This week we had sixteen people involved in our meeting, a new high for our online sessions. Claudia shared the results of the recent membership survey she conducted, and the information will be used as we plan future meetings.
President-Elect Veronica then led a brainstorming session where we exchanged ideas about what we would like for our club and how we can make the Rotary experience more meaningful for all members. Leon recorded ideas on a whiteboard and we will continue the process next week.
Happy dollars were donated and will be saved for future delivery. We closed with a toast to Canada. Cheers! For more pictures visit April 23, 2020.