Club Assembly
Meeting called to order at 11:45 am.
Health of the club - good.
Announcements
- Please see Grant to pay dues.
- New Rotary pins available as well as pins left from Mikkels stay.
- An email was sent out by DG Frank Reitz for Donations to BC Wildfire Relief Fund. Fort McMurray challenged all Rotary clubs to donate $100 per person to the relief fund. Individual donations can also be made online.
- BVJ Parade is a few days away and we are asking for any volunteers to walk with organizations Rotary Supports. Jeff Bonner will be walking with the Women's Shelter in the Famous Red Shoes.
- T-shirts are available to purchase for $10 with the slogan "Rotary People of Action" and are also available for free to borrow for Rotary events.
- Kim has 4 people who have volunteered to judge the parade but is still looking for a few more. The judging will end 1/2 hour before the parade starts, so if available please contact her, also you receive a free ticket to the BVJ Kickoff.
- Shirley is looking for volunteers for next Tuesday evening Aug.8, to plant 12 trees in the Stoney Creek Park. It will take about 1/2hour per tree. Please contact her if available and have a spade in hand. She will also need volunteers who have trucks to transport and physically plot the trees.
- Dennis Johnson sent a letter of Thanks to Rotary honoring their family and their contributions.
Happy Bucks
- Ted - will be leaving for Scotland to visit his daughter.
- Dave - will be spending a week in Penticton.
- Maurice - After BVJ Parade, he will be leaving to fish in BC and hopes for luck while driving through the fires.
- Ray - Elaine entered the Camrose Flower show and has won Grand Champion. At the last minute, she decided to enter the Wetaskiwin Flower show and through an arrangement together and won 5 - 1st places.
- Jeff - will be walking with the Women's Shelter in Parade and has been practicing wearing high heels around the house. He is also asking for pledges.
- Carman - Will be locked up for the ATB Jail and Bail Charity event for the Bailey Theatre August 2, from 8-11am. He is asking people to come down and bail him out and a free breakfast will be included.
- Jim - Attended a Model T Race in Bruderheim. He won 2 of the 4 races and it was very good entertainment.
- Lou - Three sleeps until her favorite time of the year - BVJ Weekend - when her kids will be coming home.
- Sheila - She will be renting a room for a student and has received a queen size mattress from the Yarbroughs and is looking for a queen size bed frame and a student.
Fines
- Carman - for being guilty of whatever it is he's being jailed for
- Jeff - hoping for rain because he has rain gear in stock.
Appreciation
- Shirley, Carman, Dan, Brian, and Jeff for the SC Park, the trees and the watering of them
- Sheila for arranging Martha's Table and all those who volunteered their time to do it.
- Lou, Lisa Rohr, Destiny Reay, Tina and Sheila for making the BVJ Parade signs
- Canadian Tire and Jeff Bonner for donating the Adirondack Chair for Rotary BVJ Contest.
- CRE for donating 2 tickets to the BVJ Kickoff for the Rotary BVJ Contest.
Lou, in order to change things up and encourage member mingling, she had members choose a card placed on the tables and according to that card, you were to sit at a certain table. We didn't have a speaker as it was a club assembly, instead, we had a work day consisting of attaching lollipops to BVJ Flyers that will be distributed by Rotary members walking in the parade. It was clear that some people are really adept at this task and missed their calling.
Rotary Cares Draw - won by Karen Vinet and sold by Dawn Anderson
50/50 Draw - Ray won but drew the 6 of Clubs.
August 7 meeting is canceled due to the long weekend.
Meeting Adjourned at 1:00 pm
Next meeting - August 14, 2017, Evening Meeting
Speaker Mike Ryan