The 2019-20 membership dues are due. An electronic invoice was emailed on July 3, 2019. The due date is August 16, 2019.
You can pay online from the link in the invoice or you can always open and click the link in the My Billing Account Balance link in the My ClubRunner box on the Admin page after login.
If you wish to pay by cash or cheque, give the $280.00 made out to "Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona" to Graham Gilchrist at your earliest convenience.
Membership fee in the club covers District dues, CN$80.00 annually and Rotary International dues, US$55.00 semi annually or US$110.00 annually.
Thank you for your prompt attention.
If you have any questions, please contact Graham Gilchrist, Treasurer, e:grahamtg@telus.net
It is my pleasure to inform you that at the Turnover Dinner of the Rotary Club of Ioannina, Greece, I was presented, by outgoing President Foti Drougas, with an Honorary Membership at the Club. I received this membership with honor filled with emotions as it is coming from my family's hometown Rotary Club.
This Honorary Membership also recognizes the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona for all its support for ELEPAP and recently the "Eleni Gyra" Boarding Residence. During the speeches there were several references to the RCES for its support and acknowledgement that without the financial assistance from RCES those two centers could not have been supported. I thank the RCES too.
Point to note, the President for the 2019-20 year is Eva Tsinavou the first lady President of the RC of Ioannina. Some of you that participated in the Tour of Greece have met Eva.
Effective immediately, Don Wedman, has graciously accepted the task with scheduling door duty and setup duty responsibilities.
If you have any questions or concerns as we move forward, please contact Don directly by text: 780-953-0358 or email: dwedman01@gmail.com
Please REMEMBER if you notice a conflict with your personal calendar, it is YOUR responsibility to arrange a switch with another member. Both schedules are posted and updated weekly on the club home page www.EdmontonStrathcona.Rotary5370.org
Our speaker this past Tuesday was David Ries, from ConnectAd, a company that helps non-profit organisations with the use of Google Grants for Digital Marketing. He told us that Google has a grant program for non-profit organisations that offers them ten thousand dollars worth of free Google advertising per month, if they meet certain criteria.
When anyone makes a computer search using the Google search engine, Google returns the answers in a specific order. People who wish to have their websites appear close to the top of the list, pay Google an advertising fee for each time their website is clicked on. They do this by submitting AdWords that relate directly to the service or product they are promoting, and when these words appear in a search request their website is listed near the top where people are more likely to see it. This is called pay-per-click advertising.
Google has some requirements for the non-profit organisations that apply for their grant. Some of these are that they must be a registered non-profit. They must be registered as a non-profit with Tech Soup Canada. They must have a clean high quality website landing page that leads directly to the relevant search result. They must not be a government entity, child care center, hospital, academic institution or university. They also need to be able to set up their website appropriately, select the best words for the project they wish to advertise and must be able to monitor their results. The Google grant is in the form of advertising credits that recur with no end date as long as the organisation continues to meet Google’s standards.
Organisations wishing to use this form of advertising can do it themselves or they can hire an outside company to do it for them. This is where ConnectAd comes in. They have the computer expertise to do everything needed from defining the project to be advertised, building the landing page, finding appropriate key words and on to monitoring the results. Google Grants could be one way our group advertises itself and our various projects and is something we could consider in the future.
Our outgoing President Vince Campbell thanked all of the members of his Executive and extended thanks to everyone in the club who has helped to make his tenure a success.
He presented our Rotarian of the Year Award to Carin van Vuuren for her outstanding service to our club over the past year.
Our incoming President Donna Hutton introduced her Executive and also the members of the various committees that will be helping to keep our club running smoothly. Donna said that almost eighty percent of our club membership help out in some capacity with club business.
She said that the three key commitments for our club this year will be Communication both with our membership and others including the use of social media, Staying Connected with our members and Having Fun.
DiscoverE is a nonprofit organization through the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta that provides fun, accessible, and inclusive summer camps to youth in Edmonton.
The Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona held their annual golf tournament and barbecue on June 25th at the Millwoods Golf Course.
This was the fall back date from our rainout last week. The rain did fall heavy before our tee off, but the skies cleared for dry and sunny afternoon. We had 19 golfers and 30 people out for the barbecue. The golf game was a 9 hole best ball game, requiring team work and strategy.
The golf game with our random golf ball team selection process ended up being very close. We had 3 teams who scored 40 and 2 that had 45 on the 9 hole tourney.
The winning team, determined by a total team par and birdie count, was Eric Germain, Ivan docker and Daryl Eggen. Second place team was Ellen Webber, Barb Craig, Rose Marie Basaraba, and Don Hughes. Third place team was Doug Mulholland, Scott & Cherri Montgomery, and Alison de Haan. Fourth place team was Donna Hutton, Gary Frohlich, Les & Jutta Cyrynowski. The final place team, often referred to as “the most honest golfers” was Ken Germain, Val Solash, Maxine Hetherington, and Vi Hughes.
The individual awards were, Men’s longest drive – Doug Mulholland; Men’s closest to the pin- Eric Germain; Ladies longest drive- Cherri Montgomery; Ladies Closest to the pin- Alison de Haan; Longest Putt- Rose Marie, and the putting contest 50/50 winner- Daryl Eggen.
Thanks to everyone who made it out and making it a great day. Thanks to Hans Granholm for his tech support, and to Ken Germain our MC and prize and silent auction set up guy & co-organizer.
On Tuesday June 18, a number of dedicated Rotarians, championed by Carin Jansen van Vuuren, Wally Romaniuk, Bob Sandercock, Rose Marie Basaraba, Sam Lilly and Jim & Karen Peddie, did kitchen duty at the "Operation Friendship Seniors Society".
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Effective immediately, Don Wedman, has graciously accepted the task with scheduling door duty and setup duty responsibilities.
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