The Buzz - May 25th, 2015

 

1.         President David called the meeting to order at 11:45 am.

 

2.        As there are no guests today (speaker cancelled), we will have a mini club assembly.

 

 

3.         Health of the Club – Dan reported that while Darcy was on the canoe trip with the PACE students, he suffered a cardiac incident and was med evaced to Red Deer hospital, and at last report was doing okay. The Club will send flowers or a cars.

 

4.         Maciel’s Report – he covered the last two weeks, owing to no meeting last week. He did enjoy himself during a visit to Drayton Valley over the long weekend. He went swimming and reported that it was COLD, and got stuck while quading, but enjoyed canoeing (no running aground) and tennis activities as well. Last week, he moved over to the Stetters for his last few months in Canada and is enjoying it there as well. At a recent garage sale, he did buy his cowboy hat for BVJ!

 

            a.         Dan gave a quick Gala update – rough estimate of $75000 gross income, less estimated expenses of $15,000 will see us very close to our budgeted goal of $60,000.

            b.         A final Gala meeting will be held next Wednesday (June 3^rd) at Dan’s place – he is offering a bar-b-cue and an evening meeting – details to follow.       

            c.         Carman mentioned a park clean-up work party planned for this Wednesday – details to follow, but food will be provided and meet at the Ski Hill about 4:30 pm. Bring gloves and tools!

            d.         President Dave reminded members that annual dues are due before the end of June (to help with our cash flow needs to remit dues to District and RI on July 1^st!). Annual dues are $250, but if you pay before end June you will get a $10 discount! Tyler should be at the next meeting with his swipe machine so that credit cards can be used.  

            e.         Morris reported that our Casino back in January netted the Club $18,961.24 – he was a bit disappointed in the amount, but still, it is more than we had before the Casino!!!

 

6.         Judge/Greeter Ken D requested Happy Bucks – Carman, Randall, Jim R, Kim B, Jerome, Ken R, Shirley, David T, Ray, Sheila, Dan McP, Dave S all were happy. Ken “fined” himself $50 for his 50 years in Rotary this year! Congratulations Ken on an historic achievement!

 

            a.         President Dave brought forth some business resulting from the recent executive meeting, specifically budget items. The Club has approximately $23,000 remaining in our 90^th Anniversary fund for local projects. After reviewing the remaining unfunded applications, the Executive is recommending that the Club support the following two community projects:

            1.         The Bailey Theatre Society’s desire to build a historical display cabinet (approx. $5000); and

            2.         The Camrose Legion elevator and elevator shelter project (outdoor elevator due to space limitations) for about $23,000. This could also be a “hands-on” type project for the Club.

There was some discussion about the Legion project, where members were looking for a bit more detail. According to our financial rules, proposed expenditures are subject to a requirement for a Notice of Motion at least one week before a vote can be called. It was decided to bring forward two separate Notices with the Bailey Theatre request being considered for a vote at the next meeting, while the Legion project would wait two weeks to allow the Executive (funding committee) to obtain a bit more information on the Legion project and report back to the membership.

 

 

MOTION 2 – It was moved by Kim, seconded by Sheila that the Club support the Camrose Legion elevator shelter project with a grant of $17,000, with the vote to be called at the June 8th meeting.       

            b.         The Club’s Small Grants fund has approximately $1`250 remaining. The Committee recommended that the Camrose Women’s Shelter receive these funds to assist with the upgrading of their kitchen facilities to a Commercial kitchen standard. As this is already an approved budget item, the Committee has full authority to dispose of the funds as they see fit. The general consensus at the meeting was in favour as well.

            c.         President Dave then offered the floor to President Elect Tony – but given the time constraints, all he could mention was that with budget preparations well underway for the coming fiscal year, he asked members to consider establishing a fund for a “big” project in support of our coming 100^th anniversary. This might mean doing a bit les over the next few years, as we “save” for a yet-to-be determined large community project. He has suggested a savings in 2015/16 of $15,000.  Feedback from members seemed to indicate general support for the idea. David T added that a minimum of $15,000 was needed to obtain any matching grant funding from District, so the amount was a good start. Additional discussion will take place over the next few meetings.

 

8.         Two draws were happening today – our monthly Rotary Cares draw was won by Cheryl Feth, and Sheila sold the winning ticket. The 50/50 draw was won by Paul, and he did NOT pick the right card. The “pot” continues to grow...