July 4 gossip

Posted by Brian Liddell on Jul 09, 2018
Overheard at Breakfast on Ju5, 2018
  1. Palehswan Chitrakar and her mom, Keshani,  joined us for breakfast. Palehswan is the second recipient of our annual scholarship. She is graduating from Harry Ainlee this year and will be going to the U of A this fall. Congratulations to Palehswan and her parents.
  2. Wyatt and Morgan from the University of Alberta Rotaract Club joined us to meet Palehswan  and to introduce her to their Club.
  3. Past president Ken Saunders opened the meeting and handed control over to our incoming president David Keam.
  4. Elisabeth Bonkink gave us a report from the Rotary International convention;
    1. The theme this year is “Be the Inspiration”
    2. Now that polio is virtually eradicated Rotary is exploring opportunities to use the international structures that were developed to fight polio for other medical causes.
  5. President David Keam gave us a brief peak at his plans the upcoming year. Specifically;
    1. He identifies three major themes that a Rotary Club incorporates;
      1. Service
      2. Fellowship and;
      3. Fundraising
    2. He is planning changes to the club structure and scheduling to address and enhance all three of those themes.
  6. I remind you that Doug McEwan has asked for volunteers to man the BBQ at the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Northern Alberta’s annual Hope Classic fundraiser on Saturday August 11.  http://www.sbhana.org/events/hope-classic/ .  Please let Doug know if Doug you can help. This is a great cause and we sponsored this organisation fairly significantly in the past. I strongly encourage members to get involved.
  7. David Dorcus reminded us of our annual golf event will be August at Pineridge Golf Course. If you have not told him whether or not you will attend. Please do so as soon as you can.
  8. Incoming president David Keam then assumed control of our meeting and presented Al Stuart with his past president pin and plaque.