Interesting general discussions included talking about Adventures in Citizenship and we’ll hear more about this from an upcoming speaker. After about fifteen minutes of greeting each other and welcoming faces appearing on the screen, we agreed that it was seven o’clock and President Veronica called the meeting to order.
Leon produced a version of O Canada as performed by Jessie Reyez. Possibly it was enjoyable to listen to (for some) but her key changes and note changes made it almost impossible to sing along with our national anthem tonight. We do appreciate the variety that Leon is bringing, though.
Announcements were announced: Rotary Opens Opportunities for us to assist others; ESRAG, the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group, is having a webinar; club phone call volunteers were noted; and Brendan updated information about peace and conflict resolution.
Then came our official social meeting and we were in for a surprise. Instead of the expected Valentine’s theme with naming (and singing snippets of) songs with the words “love” or “heart” we were asked to tell stories related to objects displayed by Lana, our Social Committee Chair. Some interesting comments were made and humour shown.
Happy and sad dollars were recorded and the meeting closed with a toast to Canada. Cheers! For photos please visit February 18, 2021.