Chairperson: Karen Corey
O'Canada led by Sue
Grace led by Sue - we sang "Johnny Appleseed"
Guests: Colby Clarke - guest of Bill Denyar and our Guest Speaker Stephen Dempsey.
Happy $$$:
Leah for up-coming dinner (Sunday APRIL 22ND AT the Ueffings) prepared by our Exchange Students - PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE or EMAIL LEAH DIRECTLY. Cost is $25.00 per person going towards Shelter Box and helping to fund the July trip to USA. Some extra potluck dishes would be appreciated. If you cannot attend please consider to make a donation for our students fundraiser. THANKS!!
Rod for the second successful Comedy evening at the Cornwallis Ballroom - Next event will be May 12th and again we will be looking for some volunteers. Our income from this past event was $1140.00 - great return on very little work on our part!! Thanks to those who helped out last Saturday!! Remember all funds raised will assist Youth at Risk!!
Sue for the renovation work on her kitchen and just to let Joe know that the International Dinner will be at their place April 22nd!!
Gerry Davis for seeing Dorothy Miller and extended greetings from Dorothy to everyone at the Club.
Larry for Yoga but somewhere or somehow he ended up in Hospital because of it!
No President's or Secretary's reports today - both were committed to other meetings.
Guest Speaker: Formally introduced by Bill Denyar, we welcome Mr Stephen Dempsey with OERA which is the Offshore Energy Research Association.
This was a very informative and educational presentation by Stephen which provided a general overall view of what is happening with choices of producing energy in Nova Scotia. Here are some of the points that Stephen shared with us:
Why Tidal? It's predictable and requires no back-up generation.
Potential to generate 65,000 MW of power.
We could become a Global Leader in this research.
Challenges include the right technology for the equipment - and there are choices!
Much more research is needed for environmental impact.
When will it be available is the most important question.
Plans already exist to ship the energy out of province and country. ie) underwater cable to NE USA.
There many good questions for Stephen and Rick Graham thanked our Speaker.
Committee Reports:
Board Meeting this Thursday April 19th and Shelly's office 4PM
Past President Dinner - May 7th - 6PM at Ken Wo Golf club - Spouses/Partners and friends Welcome - Please register on Club Runner!!
Valley Faces of Business - Reminder to please follow up on your existing contracts and encourage advertisers to return the signed contract for this year as soon as possible so the we can begin scheduling the Photo Shoots!!!
Chase the Ace - winning ticket drawn by Rod - But it's a ROLL-OVER
ATTENTION COMMITTEE CHAIRS - Any news or updates from your committee to the club can be included in the weekly Spokesperson - forward information to Pierre's email.
Not too late to register for either the District Conference in St.Johns or the International Conference in Toronto - all details can be found on the District and International Rotary Web sites.
Meeting April 23 - club business meeting
Meeting April 30 - Virginia McIntyre - talking about Chronic Pain
