We enjoyed our social conversation as we signed in, catching up with each other and discussing any concerns or topics of interest. Les reminded, “It’s time, Veronica,” but she exercised her presidential prerogative and delayed the start until concerns about the link for joining the meeting were resolved. She then announced that the Les alarm clock has spoken and called meeting #12 to order, reminding everyone of our theme, “Rotary Opens Opportunities.”
Leon played a version of O Canada featuring photos from outer space, and a number of our members were so intrigued that they forgot to sing along.
Announcements: Veronica and Doug celebrating an anniversary; September is Education and Literacy Month, and we donated $500 to the Guatemalan literacy Project; Trisha sent out information regarding a webinar on peace and environmental action; 50/50 Mega Draw tickets will be dropped off in Brookswood at Nora’s house; executive meeting next week. We sang Happy Birthday for Brendan and Jim C.
We then moved into our Annual General Meeting chaired by Past President Wayne. Club members may click here for AGM information.
Foundation chair Wayne read the Rotary Foundation announcements for last week and this week, incorporating them into his Foundation Committee report. Click What is Rotary Direct? and What is a Major Donor and Arch Klumph Society Member? to read the short articles. Our club has seven Groups of Five with members donating $100 US (or more) every year, earning each member a Paul Harris recognition once every five years. The Committee recommends that members become Rotary Direct donors having funds transferred directly to TRF each month. To ensure that the total equals at least $100 US per year, it was suggested that the monthly contribution be $15 CA (or up to $20 CA) and this would avoid the difficulties we’ve faced in the past getting all the $100 US donations in during October and November each year. It was pointed out that this year we will again need to collect the one-time payment, and that members could then sign up for their monthly payments and we’ll be in great shape for next year.
Wayne shared information about how much our club has donated to Annual Fund and Polio Plus over the past five years and the numbers were very impressive.
Happy and sad dollars and a toast to Canada and we were done.
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