Bulletin - March 30 2017 #35
Posted by Anne Atkinson on Apr 03, 2017
President George Darte welcomed members and guests to this weeks meeting at 12:15
Grace was by Chris Blake
O Canada was started by the club at large with encouragement from President George
Toast to her Majesty the Queen, and the people of Canada
President George then introduced the Head Table
Trevor Van Nest - introduction of guest speaker
Mike Allen- Classification Talk
Stuart Butler- SAA
Larry Kent- Rotary Story
Oksana Fisher - introduction of guests
Finally our humble President George
Oksana was called on to introduce our guests today:
Doug Carter - guest of Lezlie Murch
Laurie Carter - guest of Lezlie Murch
Ana Cristina Delgado - guest of Lezlie Murch
Larry Kent was called upon next by President George. Larry wanted to officially launch the Sponsorship Campaign for Ribfest 2017Larry reminded all members about the importance of each and every one of us getting engaged in the process of obtaining sponsors
This year's Committee includes
Sandra Holloway as Chair, Dave Darby and Larry Kent- BUT others are available if newer Rotarians would like some tips on approaching potential sponsors. Larry also talked about having some
heartfelt stories to share with potential sponsors on the good Rotary does both locally and globally.
Some facts
Sponsorship Levels
Friends 500.00
Bronze 1000
Major Levels are in the range of 3,5,10k
Larry reminded us that last year sponsorship brought in $54,000 plus $16,000 for a total of 70 thousand
Overall the RibFest 2016 brought in 90 thousand so you can appreciate why it's important we start working on obtaining sponsorships - remember, speak to a committee member if you have questions or require some assistance
New members Introduction:
President George then asked President Elect Vicky Rudachuk to the podium
Vicky then asked that Lezlie Murch, Doug Carter and Ana Delgado to join her.
Vicky started by reminding the club about why we chose to introduce the corporate membership category - to increase our clubs ability to attract and retain qualified and diverse professionals within our community.
Vicky then went on to introduce to our club our newest Corporate Member- Niagara Academy of Tennis
Niagara Academy was founded in 1997 by our long time Rotarian Lezlie Murch.
The academy attracts students from around the world.
As part of Niagara Academy of Tennis Corporate Membership besides Lezlie will be Ana Delgado and Doug Carter.
Ana first came to Canada as a summer camper to the Niagara Academy of Tennis. Ana has her BBA and MBA from St Bonaventure and an Events Management degree from Niagara
Ana has been at the Niagara Academy of Tennis since 2010 as Program Director and most recently as Managing Director
Ana is married to Brad and are soon to be expecting a son or daughter!
Doug Carter is a graduate of Brock University and has been Lezlie's business partner since the Academy's inception in 1997. Doug is also the Tennis Director - over his career Doug has received many Tennis Canada awards
Doug and his wife Laurie reside in St Catharines with their twins- both go to Niagara College and both are in the Interact Club with Laurene being President
Welcome Ana and Doug to the club!!
Speaker:
President George called upon Trevor Van Nest to welcome our guest speaker
Trevor had the pleasure of introducing our guest speaker - who in fact is Rotarian Mike Allen giving his classification speech
Mike then provided the club with an excellent talk and we came away knowing more about Mike and his position as a financial planner
Quick summary
Mike was born in Niagara Falls
As a youngster lived in South Africa
Upon return his family lived in Fonthill
Mike received his BBA from Brock
Mike was married in 2014 and in 2016 he and his wife (Anna) had a baby girl - Evie
In between Brock and now, Mike shared with the club the many travels he took Australia, Europe, Alaska to name a few. Mike's mother was British so spent time visiting family across the pond through the years
Mike also shared some interesting stories about his passion with sports cars and taking apart a dashboard!
Mike then spent time sharing his professional side working for Aurora Tancock Financial Services as a Financial Advisor
While Mike spoke to the importance of sound financial planning he also shared with the club a short funny video on the challenges an advisor may face
Ross MacDonald thanked Mike on behalf of the club and noted this is the first Classification Talk by Corporate Member 
Chris Bangham and Sam WaltersPresident George the announced some Birthdays
Ed Silver March 27
Chris Bangham March 30
Terry McDougall April 4
Sam Walters April 6
Anniversaries:
Lisa Gerrie 1 year sponsored by RaRa Asaro
Eugene Gillies 35 years sponsored by Bill Finley
Jennifer Hansen 1 year sponsored by Anne Atkinson
Serge Paquin 10 years sponsored by Oraine DeRosa
Announcements:
President George reminded members of our Joint Meeting to be held April 17th
Bob Gosselin was called to speak to next weeks Citzenship Court Some important facts
Members must be in seats by 12:10 sharp
Cost $12.00
Lunch - sandwiches will be served after ceremonies- around 1:00 p.m.
Please notify Joyce if attending - if not at today's meeting where a head count was done
Annette Hemerik Golf Tournament Co Chair was called to the podium to speak to the Algoma- Rotary Golf Tounament being held June 19 at Lookout Point Annette reminded the club how important our 3rd largest fundraiser is to our club.
Information and registration forms available on all tables
Annette did challenge our women members to get out there and participate! Annette noticed last year woman were not there in big numbers!
Doug Carter announced Niagara was awarded the 2021 Games!!! Big cheer was heard.
Lezlie Murch asked the Youth Services members to stay for a quick meeting.
Brian St Hilaire presented President George a cheque from the Steering Committee of the TV Auction for a grand sum of $78,544.00!!!!!! Well done Rotarians!50/50 Draw:
President George asked Mike to draw the ticket- and while Margaret Jarrell had the lucky number she did not pull an Ace
President George closed the meeting with an inspirational quote.
Remember next week Citizenship Court- please be in seats by 12:10 sharp
KERB in honour of Lezlie Murch 
Invitation is extended to all Rotarians for a Group KERB at RaRa's on April 5 7:00 p.m. Please rsvp to Kathryn RaRa Asaro Mayers or Lezlie Murch!
Come KERB with us! Lezlie Murch is our guest of honour and we plan to KERB with fun in our hearts!
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