Called to Order by President Ray Marshall at 7:19am. November is Rotary Foundation month.

Anthem and 4-Way Test

Grace: Doug Radford

Minutes: Shelley McCaffrey

Thank you to Bob Castle for Set-up and Tear down.

Guests:  Commanding Officer of the Brockville Rifles, and Bill Fox (potential new member)

Fellowship: Bob Barbour – Sadly, Brent Collett’s Father passed away. He will have his services at Barclay Funeral Home this week.

Rotary Minute:  Cathy Hunt – Origin of the 4-Way Test.

Joke Master: Chris Hum – joke about a golfer.

Mystery Greeter:  Cathy Hunt

Birthdays and Anniversaries: None this week, but Brent and Karen were last week.  Steve and Carrie Read celebrating 21^st, and Don and Kim B both

50/50- $52.00 7 of Diamonds. Chris and Shelley both drew cards but no winner

Don DeGroot is happily reporting for Scott Fraser being away in Florida.

Susan B is happy to have attended the District Conference. Michelle Peters reported that the kids at her school all say the 4-Way Test every morning.

Dave Paul is happy to have been in France, Belgium and Austria. He and his wife did a military tour – very powerful.

Kim Barr is happy to be a new Grandmother.

Andrew Kiziell is happy his son is 13 and having a bar mitzvah.

Ray is happy to have attended the Conference and how well it was attended. Next year’s conference is at the Casino at Akwesasne on September 28-29^th, 2017.

Attendance: Gord McCrady  21 Regulars for 61.8% and 2 guests .

Fines Master: Anne Denny with questions about  Remembrance Day.

Next Thursday at 7pm , at the Gallery at SLC in Brockville.

Business cards for each member? Thoughts? To give to potential members. Suggestion to give to potential members; Susan Brister brought up a good point that our two clubs work well together, and other cities clubs are more independent of each other. Ray will have some printed off saying Rotary Brockville.

Some clubs organize visits to other clubs ie. Prescott, Kemptville, Gananoque.  Suggestion of getting a group together when other clubs are holding specific events. Discussion followed.  Ray will send emails out to other clubs, and will send out sign-up sheets during meetings.

Rotary Foundation has a program for regular donations. Rotary Direct payments and Paul Harris points for a Fellowship. Ray has written to the Foundation for further info.

Rotary Leadership Institute – Nov. 12^th at Best Western in Cornwall. $65 to attend. See Ray for more info.

Darren G - Christmas cakes, cookies and chocolates are here! Come and take them!

Santa Claus Parade- ReMax is having an Open House during and after the parade. Meeting tomorrow night for the Committee.

Anne Denny did a presentation on ClubRunner – how to edit your profile, changes to the home page and banner.  Everyone should check their Profile on ClubRunner. Anne will regularly present on the site to get us more involved.

Introduction of Speaker: Andrew Melchers presented Commanding Officer Lt. Colonel Paul D’Orsonnens.

Mawi, Congo, Afghanistan and South Sudan are some of the international locations that Paul has served in – including helping to disarm child soldiers.

The Brockville Rifles has a good sense of community and partnership. He chose to be a part of the Brockville Rifles because of this. It is celebrating its 100^th anniversary and it will be winding up with a New Year’s Eve event.

His family name is Swiss and difficult to pronounce for us.  He comes from a long line of soldiers within his family. Developing disciplined, respectful, highly trained young people is one of their missions. They offer part-time employment (50 part-time positions), training, and this is a good opportunity for people to help their education along, as it helps to subsidize the costs.

A challenge for him is to ensure that the $3.25 million in renovations comes to fruition to ensure the Armouries remains a Heritage building.

There is a lot that goes into training young soldiers – in their manner, their attitudes, their presentation.  They are a different regiment than what people assume – no yelling and ‘shake down’ of soldiers, but getting the best out of them and creating strong, community members.

He spoke of his work in South Sudan during the rainy season to disarm Child soldiers.

The Brockville Rifles encourage everyone to Remember, especially with November 11^th quickly approaching.

May be asking in the future for Rotary to sponsor a soldier for the anniversary of VIMY ridge – will have more details in the future.

Thanking Speaker: Bob Barbour