Chair: Bill Denyar
Blessing: Shelley Fleckenstein
O Canada: Susan Ueffing
Happy $$:
Randall: Happy to have his newest granddaughter with them – she’s just ten days old! He’s also happy to have gone on a very eventful canoe trip on the Gaspereau River with Craig – everyone got wet, some a couple of times!!
Shelley: Happy to have had four driveways re-paved on the weekend. She gives Bowlby Paving from Kingston a lot of credit for doing such a good job! But, she did have a few wakeful nights chasing after students trying to steal pilons and barricades!!
Sue: Happy for a terrific weekend with her grandchildren in Ottawa, they went to the fair and went on the Ferris wheel.
Ellen: Not happy, but a PSA about the Covid information that she gets through the health authority. It’s hard to believe but in the Northern Zone where there is a cluster of outbreaks currently, there are six people in ICU. Also, in the past six months 28 people have died from Covid 19 in Nova Scotia. Of those, 24 were unvaccinated, 3 had one vaccination and one was fully vaccinated.
Doug: Happy to be back in meetings!
Announcements: Bill reminded everyone that as of October 4th, there will be a vaccine passport system in Nova Scotia – so you will need to be double vaccinated to come to meetings at Paddy’s.
He also expanded on the shirts that Phyllis had brought up last week – in consultation with Kim it is looking like they will be $35.
Other reminders – Charter Night is coming quickly, registration ends on Tuesday! There are 32 signed up so far. There will be committee reports from the project committees on that evening.
September 30th is a new holiday in recognition of Truth & Reconciliation.
November 3rd is the tentative date for the joint club meeting, held at Paddy’s again this year.
Bill then explained that the board passed a motion to make an acknowledgement at the beginning of every meeting that we are in Mi’kma’ki , the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. He also explained that there was an amendment to the motion that we endeavor to better understand the acknowledgement and the reasoning behind it. He continued by giving a brief explanation of the Treaties of Peace and Friendship and how these treaties did not deal with the surrender of land or resources, they described the ongoing relationship between Indigenous people and the British. To learn more about territorial acknowledgement and the Treaties, see the links below.
Committee Reports:
Phil – Valley Faces – Phil presented the final cheque to President Bill from Valley Faces 2020 - $8,419!
This year’s book will be distributed after Thanksgiving and has raised over $140,000!!
Nominating Committee – Phil has been reaching out to people about potentially being on the board. Below is the Org chart for the club – if you are interested in taking on these roles, please get in touch with Phil.
RI Minute
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Strategic Plan:
Rick Ramsay explained to the club some of the comments that had come out of the SWOT analysis meeting. Strengths: Profile of the club in the community, service record, use of technology, connection to municipal units. Weaknesses: New member retention and engagement, membership diversity, accessibility, classification (are we losing it), cost. Opportunities: New business start ups, local government, 100th anniversary, new potential members moving in, better relationships with local schools. Threats: Ongoing pandemic, stagnant membership numbers, engagement of current members.
Rick went on to explain the next steps in the Strategic Planning Process. He told the club that these comments have gone back to the committee who will use them to create 4-5 key strategic priories and compare those to the current plan. They will then draft a report for the board’s consideration. The board will discuss and takes the strategic priorities back to respective committees for their help to plan goals/a work plan for the next three years. There should also be a financial plan to go along with the work plan. After those steps there would be a special meeting with the membership for any last comments or feedback and then the board would approve the final strategic plan.
Chase the Ace:
Susan drew the lucky ticket… Shelley won… but didn’t get the ace, so it’s a roll over!!
Bill and the club read the 4-Way Test and adjourned.
See you next week!
