Stories

1. Different president
2. It was in the evening not morning
3. It was at the University Club not the Delta
4. There was alcohol
5. 5. The food was great

1. Why she left journalism to become involved in politics;
2. How their teachers, parents, students and others stepped forward to enable theschools to cope during Covid
3. The importance of an independent elected school board;
4. The new school curriculum
5. The future of education in Edmonton

 

1. The impact on staffing and workload n her hospital.
2. The impact of Covid measures on  patient care and patient experience
3. The stress and exhaustion that she and her co- workers are experiencing
4. Medical professionals that are leaving the province and/or the profession
5. The treatment of nursing staff by AHS and the provincial government

   

1. Services that promote socialization, intellectual stimulation, skill and information acquisition;
2. Services that enhance the safety and well-being of older persons who are, or who may become, isolated, disadvantaged or at-risk in the community;
3. Information and services that assist older persons to participate as active members of the community and to reside safely in accommodation that meets their needs; and
4. Research and advocacy on issues affecting older persons.

1. Ivor Dent school -800 lunches
2. Laudedale School – 400 lunches  and;
3. Prince Charles school – 600 lunches

1. Gary Smith who brought this idea to the Club;
2. Gary Smith and Elizabeth Bonkink who purchased supplies and delivered 600 lunches to the Prince Charles School
3. Pat and Joan Coyle who purchased, packaged and delivered 400 meals to the Lauderdale School;

   

1. The Club Pat reported our Club delivered 400 more lunches to the Ivor Dent school
2. Jamie is exploring an opportunity to provide lunches to another deserving schoo
3. Our Casino has been postponed again. It is now scheduled for the 3^rd ¼  of this year

 

1. Bringing elite level baseball to the Park.
   1. They have obtained a Pacific League baseball franchise and they will field a team (the Edmonton Riverhawks);
   2. They have hired a quality coach and they are in the process of recruiting. They expect to have no problem recruiting a competitive team
   3. They will partner with local businesses in order to provide quality local food and fun promotion events to attract people who are only casual baseball fans
   4. Ticket prices to be reasonable
2. They will make the ball field available for minor  and recreational league baseball, fastball and slowpitch to use
3. They hope to host concerts and other events on the site as well.

 

1. Pat Coyle is recovering from heart surgery
2. Jamie is recovering from back issues; and
3. Agnes is fighting cancer

1. Generous support from Cindy’s cousins;
2. Cindy’s “Gratosity” fundraiser promotion; and;
3. The assistance of mark and Tony with our bottle drive.

1. Difficulty getting Foundation funds because they are “brick and mortar” projects;
2. Our successes at Xia Xia and Pusa
3. Our association with the Canadian embassy in Mozambique and our new project near Maputo
4. Our progress in registering “Stephen’s Hope for Mozambique Society”  as a charity

1. The drinks are cheaper;
2. You don’t have to drive after drinking and;
3. You don’t have to get out of bed to participate; but

1. If you want to eat something you have to prepare it yourself
2. You are still at home; and;
3. It is just not the same

1. Zoom Meeting – 9:00 am October 14, 2020
2. Zoom meeting – 9:00 am October 21, 2020
3. Pub Night
4. Hybrid meeting – 7:15 am McKay Avenue Schoo

    

2020. – 2021 Changeover Party

1. Primary goal for this year will be to support our members through the difficult pandemic times we are facing, maintain the Club. Our theme will be that we are family and our theme song is “We are Family”
2. She plans, starting in September; to rotate our meetings each week as follows;
   1. First week will be an in person meeting @ Mckay school;
   2. 2^nd and 3^rd meetings will be virtual meetings via Zoom;
   3. 4^th week will be a Pub night (at the Halo Pub)

         

1. The theme for this year will be “We are family”. In these times our Club’s focus is to keep our members together and to offer support to our members who are undergoing challenging times
2. She will be scheduling meetings as follows;
   1. Two zoom meetings followed up by
   2. A Pub night then
   3. An in person meeting

1. We will have a presentation from the Yellowknife Rotary Club;
2. We are scheduling an on line presentation from Yona for August
3. We will be inviting a speaker from the Senior Care facility industry to talk about how her facilities have been impacted her facilities and her industry

1. The challenges that children with Type 1 diabetes (and their parents) face including;
   1. Monitoring all food they eat
   2. Frequent needles or wearing an insulin pump;
   3. Worries about sugar lows and potentially fatal consequences;
2. The research by Dr. Shapiro at the U of A that the DrifCAN foundation funds and;
   1. The life changing effects that it has had

   

1. Our fines master, Lionell Usunier, held a new Year’s trivia quiz. It is amazing how much useless information there is in this world.
2. Judy Wilson arrived before our meeting started for the second week in a row!
3. Brian Liddell invited everyone to his office’ open house on Thursday. Than You to everyone who showed up.
4. Judy gave a report on our Salvation Army kettle drive participation and reported that the Salvation Army is very appreciative of or efforts.
5. Gary Smith thanked everyone for their contributions towards the Christmas hampers, He and Elizabeth planned to organise and sort the gifts and prepare them for delivery that afternoon. Pictures below.
6. Several of our members are also volunteer guides for the Anne frank exhibit at the Mckay school. They shared some heartwarming stories of their experiences.
7. We are planning a couple road trips this January
   1. On the 17^th Potluck for Polio
   2. On the 22^nd we will be at McKay school
   3. On the 29^th we will be at the Center for Autism
8. Our scheduled speaker did not show so Trevor Mowbery gave us a Classification presentation. Trevor
   1. He said this was his 4^th Rotary Classification presentation and his second to this Club!
   2. Trevor is the son of our alumnus member Terry Mowbery
   3. He has 2 sons
   4. He was married last year in Vegas
   5. His roots go way back with our Club. He was a member when;
      1. We built the Millwoods water park, and;
      2. We built Rotary house at the Millwoods Hospital
   6. Trevor is currently with Willow Glen Systems. His company designs, build and installs data control  systems.
9.       

1. There is still time to get your money in for Rotary Foundation this year;
2. Potluck for Polio is scheduled for January 17, 2010 (mark the date in your calendar)

    

1. Looking for a theme for next year. Please provide Pat with your thoughts;
2. Next year there will be no paper programs. It will all be on your phone;
3. Big thanks to RBC and Rotaract for their help

  

1. Robust Reds Committee wrap up meeting Tuesday October 22, 2019
2. Evening at Shadow Theater on November 7, 2019
   1. No tickets. Email Deb to advise how many guests.
3. Christmas party at Normands (date to be announced)

1. Heather has a great deal of experience and expertise in the international; aid community. She was involved with the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation for many years. In fact here first overseas mission was to Mozambique;
2. Heather was the Alberta delegate to the UN on sustainable development;
3. She said that the objective of the NDP  is not to shut down Alberta’s oil industry but rather to prepare us for the new green economy;
4. The NDP has committed that they would not shut down the Trans Mountain pipeline as a condition of forming a coalition government with the Liberals. It would, however, seek implementation of universal pharmacare and dental care coverage for low income Canadians.

1. Please put a final push on to get your tickets sold;
2. We still need silent auction items;
3. Please retweet/share social media posts promoting the event;
4. If you haven’t donated you bottle of wine yet please do s
5. This year we will have a ohone app to supplement the wine bulletin

1. Meet at the airport at 2:00am on Wednesday Sep 18 to see off Gary Smith and David Keam with the Dreams take Flight kids;
2. We will be meeting around 2 pm at Landon Park to plant trees with a barbecue at Ken Saunders house afterward;
3. We won’t have any “no meeting” meetings at the IHOP until October 30

1. Climate Change - He said that climate change is debateable but he believes in it. He does not think that a carbon tax helps to address the issue. He believes that the answer is through technology, tax credits for patents and dinner will be on May 2^nd.  Please contact Ken for tickets.
2. Pipelines – He is pessimistic about the trans mountain pipeline construction. He does not share the Liberal’s optimism.
3. Abortion rights – Matt is personally pro choice. The conservative platform provides that the party will not introduce legislation that would restrict a woman’s right to choose but if such legislation is proposed they would allow their members to “vote their conscience”.

1. Only 5 weeks to go until the event (September 28)
2. We are looking for silent auction items. Please try to get them in asap (It makes Pat’s job a lot easier)
3. We need help selling tickets;
4. We are asking everyone to donate a bottle of wine for the wine draw. If you have not already done so please bring a bottle to the next meeting (or give $20 to Lionell and he will provide one for you)

1. Tax cuts
2. Child tax benefits;
3. Infrastructure investments
4. Purchase of a pipeline.

   

1. Taking time out;
2. Exercising “planned neglect”. (as Dr. Hook says “let the loose end drag)
   •  
3. Be kind to yourself. Avoid self criticism
4. Drink lots of water
5.  When eating consider “Forks over Knives”
6. Stay active
7. Surround yourself with good people

1. Gathering silent auction items;
2. Recruiting sponsors;
3. Wine bottles for the wine raffle;
4. Ticket sales;

1. This year will be our 13^th year;
2. Our partner is the Centre for Autism Services
3. The biggest money maker for the Robust Reds event is our live auction;
4. Our biggest expense is the food

1. An introduction letter has been prepared to present to potential sponsors and donors. She has emailed a copy to all members;
2. Trevor Mowberry has recruited IT staff from his company to assist with updating our website. She expects it to be operational soon

1. Presented a “Rotarian of the Year” to two or our hardest working members, Pat Coyle and Elizabeth Bonkink. He reminded us all of how much work they put into making our Club a success and how critical their contributions are to our success. (I think that both people are very strong members and David could noe have made better choices)
2. Handed over his “Presidents Pin” to Shannon;
3. Announced that our long time member, Doug McEwan, has reached a milestone with the Rotary Foundation. He has donated $10,000.00 US to the Rotary Foundation. Unfortunately Doug was not at our meeting last week. Hopefully he will return soon so that we can properly recognize his achievement and his generosity.
4. Thanked his outgoing board of directors and announced that, instead of giving gifts to each outgoing director he was making a donation to our Scholarship fund with the Edmonton Community foundation. (Thanks David, I think that is a great idea)

1. Announced his new board;
2. Announced that next year the board meetings will be held on the same night and location as our monthly Pub Nights; (first meeting August 1 at the Faculty Club)
3. Summarised his goals and proposed schedule for the upcoming your (it looks like we will have a great year)

1.  begin canvassing for silent auction items;
2. Sell tickets early. Although we do not have an “early bird” discount for ticket sales it is important to get an early indication of the number of attendees we can expect;

1. Tuesday June 11 -Pub Night / Scholarship selection – 6:00 pm at Joeys Mayfield
2. No scheduled meeting next week (June 12). There will be fellowship breakfast at the IHOP
3. Turnover party June 15^th.

Kinsmen Club of Edmonton

4. June 19^th  Murray McAnn speaking to our Club about his “Homes for Heroes” project
5. June      Joint Board meeting

1. September  27^th at Renaissance Hotel
2. 300 tickets are out for sale
3. Looking for each member to donate a bottle of wine for the basket of wine draw
4. Looking for silent auction donations

1. Incoming President

Kinsmen Club of Edmonton

2. Treasurer’s report
   1. Financial statements circulated
3. Youth Report
   1. We have 4 applications for scholarship.
   2. We will convene a review and selection committee to select our recipients at a Pub night at the time and place of my choosing.

4. Social
   1. Kylie is looking at organizing another fundraiser for Mozambique and she proposed that our members attend the Night Golf Tournament at Pineridge on July 20^th to check it our. It looks like there are 2 foursomes from our club already lined up to play.
   2. The Social director is also looking at another golf tournament, a club 5.        attendance at the Canadian Derby and maybe lawn bowling this summer
5. Foundation
   1. Doug McEwan just qualified for his 10^th Paul Harris! Congratulations and a big thank you to Doug. He makes our Club look good.
   2. We had 100% participation last year

1. The robust reds Committee met on Tuesday
2. Some of our members met for breakfast at the Ihop on Wednesday and;
3. The board meeting was held on Thursday

Kinsmen Club of Edmonton

1. Karen Pallet
2. Lionell Usunier  and
3. Agnes fisher

      

1. It will be held at the Mckay School
2. Will be in support of the YESS Society;
3. Be held March 9, 2019
4. Tickets $45 each

• March 21, 2019, 5:00 - 8:00 pm and
• April 18^th, 2019, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

1. Nutrition;
2. Instrument time;
3. Break time;
4. Musicianship;
5. Choral and movement;
6. Academia and
7. Expressive art.

1. We will be meeting in the restaurant on the 23^rd;
2. We will be presenting a donation to the Yona organisation next week. Information about that organisation is attached.
3. Board meeting this Thursday at the faculty Club. http://www.yona-sistema.com/#new-page-1-section

1. We had a great turnout for our featured speaker, Senator Paula Simons;
2. We started our meeting with our fines master, Gary Smith, asking each table some Canadian Senate trivia questions. We all failed miserably.

  

1. Incoming executive will be;

2. Audit Committee will be;
   1. Tony Thibaudeau
   2. Peter Elder and;
   3. Dave Dorcus

3. Financial statements approved as read

4. By Laws amended to more accurately reflect the procedure we follow to select our President and board.

1. Jamie Pallett announced that our own, humble, Lorne Parker has been awarded the Governer General Award for his work in Mozambique. Congratulations Lorne. We are all very proud of you. I can not think of anyone who deserves it more.
2. President Keam announced that the Club has sold it’s first corporate membership. The membership allows a corporate member to be represented by two employees.
3. The meeting was run by Team 3. David Dorcus conducted a trivia contest for fines. Did you know;
   1. McDonalds is the worlds largest distributor of toys; and;
   2. Lego is the largest distributor of tires and;
   3.  implemented a new schedule for the Club. This week we had a speaker. Next week will be fellowship meeting. We will not have a speaker.
4. President Keam reminded the Club that our November 21 meeting will be an evening meeting at the Faculty Club. Anne McLelland will be our speaker. Please bring a guest. This will be an opportunity to introduce potential new members to the Club.

• At the performance, we are planning to have extensive information available about our club, our projects (Mozambique), and Rotary in general.
• We are going to invite the military community to attend through the Military Family Resource Centre - a cross-section of our community that we have not really tapped into for new members.
• We are going to encourage Gateway members to bring guests that they think might make a good Rotarian.
• Deb Jack has a friend in Calgary who is the creator of the memory project in Calgary with the crosses on Memorial Drive (Deb has more details on this.  He is being honored by the PPCLI with a 21 gun salute for his efforts this year as he is named Citizen of the Year.
• Deb has asked him to come and speak to our club at our meeting on November 7 in the morning, then a shortened version at the start of the play - where Dave Keam will also speak about Gateway and what Rotary does in the world - to encourage the guests to learn about Rotary during the intermission and chat to a member.
• We know you usually get a speaker for the Remembrance Day meeting but are hopeful this will work just as well as November 7 is our meeting closes to Remembrance Day.
• ......whew - that is about all of it!  coffee if you have time - would be nice to catch up!  Deb can fill in the spots about the fellow from Calgary.

What’s So Funny About Mud, Death And Machine Gun Fire?

A FICTIONAL RECOUNTING OF AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY!

·  IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR 1

1. We had a much better turnout this week We completely filled 4 tables!
2. Team 2 ran the meeting again this week. Ed Korbyl (who ran the entire meeting for his team last week) was not there but Lionell and Pat Coyle stepped in and did a great job.
3. Pat Coyle reported that Robust Reds Committee is still looking for silent auction items.
4. Lorne has starting planning for a Club trip to Xia Xia this spring. If you are interested in joining him please let him know
5. Tony Thibeadeau is putting a team together for a Bowlathon fundraiser for “Food for Good”. If you would like to join him give him a call.
6. We did not have a speaker this week. We spent a good portion of the meeting enjoying each other’s company. My table included Wyatt Libiron from the U of A Rotaract Club. Wyatt is also an interpreter at Fort Edmonton. We started our conversation talking about the period of warm weather in the fall after our first taste of winter. Then Wyatt gave us a fascinating history lesson about the history of Edmonton and how the natives in our area were treated at the turn of the last century.
7. Remember this year’s District Conference is in Edmonton. Friday October 18 to October 20
   1. Our Club should make an effort to have a good showing as t is in town this year;
   2. The Club pays the registration costs
   3. Elisabeth says the ball is always a lot of fun!

1. The history of the air cadet program in Edmonton;
   1. Started by local businessmen in 1941
   2. Originally intended for ground training for young men
   3. Now thousands of participants across Canada of both genders;
2. The program
   1. No costs to participants
   2. Excellent training, fellowship and leadership skills offered;
   3. Summer camps, team participation;
   4. Offers opportunities to participate in teamwork opportunities outside of sporting environment;
3. The growth and changes that her son has experienced by participating in the Cadets.

1. President David Keam  implemented a new schedule for the Club. This week we had a speaker. Next week will be fellowship meeting. We will not have a speaker.
2. This month our meetings are being run by Team 2 (Pat Coyle,  Cindy Davis, Brian Hamilton,  Ed Korbyl,  Jamie Pallett and  Lionel Usunier). Ed was the only team member in attendance. He did a great job;
3. President Keam reminded the Club that we will be sponsoring another “Dreams Take Flight” on September 19^th. We will be represented by a Rotaract Volunteer and several of our members will be available at the Airport early that morning to see the kids off;
4. Lorne Parker will be travelling to Mozambique in January to check out the new school construction site. He is planning on hosting another Club members work trip to Xia Xiua in the spring;
5. Robust Reds Committee is making a final push for auction items and ticket sales

1. We had a very disappointing turnout this week We barely filled 2 tables!
2. We did not have a speaker this week. We spent a good portion of the meeting reminiscing about our good friend Alan Stuart and sharing stories.
3. This meeting was a Club assembly so we board members provided their reports;
   1. Treasurer’s report;
      1. We just received funds from our Casino ($75,000.00 +/-)
      2. Our finances are in good shape;
   2. Community report
      1. Plans are underway to fund a Shadow theater production on the night of November 7^th. The theater will perform a historical musical review that was written and performed by WWI soldiers. We will have the entire theater and we will host military members and their families
      2. We are sponsoring a volunteer for the Dreams take Flight trip. A Rotaracter has agreed to travel as our representative. We will need volunteers to help at  the airport;
      3. The Community Committee is also working on
         1. Mustard Seed volunteer nights;
         2. A visit to the Jasper Place Wellness center
         3. Christmas Hampers;
   3. Social
      1. Plans are underway for our Christmas party. It will be at Normands again. Stay tuned for more information.
   4. Robust Reds Report
      1. Ticket sales are going well
      2. Still need wine and silent auction items
4. Elizabeth Bonkink reminded everyone that this years District Conference is in Edmonton. Friday October 18 to October 20
   1. Our Club should make an effort to have a good showing as t is in town this year;
   2. The Club pays the registration costs
   3. Elizabeth says the ball is always a lot of fun!

1. Our Club Meeting on the 15^th was a “Rotary Meeting”. We did not have an outside speaker. Instead some of our longest term members shared stories of how they joined Rotary.
2. Judy Wilson told us how she tried to join Rotary in the 80s when her and David Winfield were working in Kanaskis. Her application was rejected because Rotary did not allow women members then. She persisted and later joined our Club (invited by David Winfield). Judy talked about the Rotary history and how that rule was changed. She shared some “fun and caring” stories about the early days of our Club
3. Peter Elder joined our club in the early 90s when it was still called the “Millwoods Rotary Club”. He talked about the dissention and lawsuit that nearly lead to the demise or our Club and did cause the Club to change it’s name to the “Rotary Club of Edmonton Gateway”. He circulated one of our Club Bulletins from the early 90s. It was in a paper book format and contained pictures of some people who are still members of our Club. Peter also talked about some of the Club’s early projects including;
   1. The Millwoods Water Park;
   2. The Rotary House at the Grey Nuns hospital;
   3. Building a playground at the Mckee school;
   4. Sponsoring of a girls school in India and
   5. Sponsoring projects in Poland.

1. Dave Dorcus also joined the Club in the 90s. He talked about participating in Reading Week and McKee school, hosting and chaperoning kids on the Cross Canada tour, hosting kids and participating in the Rotary Student exchange program and other great Club activities.
2. Thanks to Elizabeth Bonkink’s organising several of our members got together to attend the Mayfield Dinner theater.
3. Although there was no scheduled meeting for Wednesday August 22 but several members got together for breakfast in the restaurant at the Delta.
4. Once again, Elizabeth organised another event for us. Several of us got together for Pub Night at the Courtyard Marriott downtown after work on August 23 thank You Elisabeth.

1. Pat gave us a brief update on Robust Reds planning;
   Date:                           Friday September 28
   Location:                    Renaisance Airport Hotel
   Ticket price: $85 ($75 if purchased before August 15, 2018)
                                         Buy 10 get 11^th for free
   Ask:                              Silent Auction items
                                         Bottle of wine for Dutch Auction
2. The date for our 3^rd annual golf tourney has been rescheduled to Wednesday August 8, 2018. We will not have a meeting that morning. Instead we will meet for 9 holes of golf at the Pinecrest golf Club then adjourn to Dave Douglas’ cabin at Seba Beach for a barbecue. More details to follow.
3. Doug McEwan invited the Club and members to join him in sponsoring and manning the barbecue for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Northern Alberta’s annual Hope Classic fundraiser. It is my understanding that that event will be Saturday August 11.  http://www.sbhana.org/events/hope-classic/ . Doug has promised to forward more information. This is a great cause and we sponsored this organisation fairly significantly in the past. I strongly encourage members to get involved.

Our Speakers this week was our own Lorne Parker.

Lorne talked about the history and the future of our Club’s involvement in the education system in Mozambique.

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world and we have made a significant contribution to the education system for children in that Country.

Our involvement began in 2005 when Lorne visited Xia Xia Mozambique and he was invited to tour a local school. The circumstances he saw there were dismal. He saw approximately 400 elementary age students studying in grass shacks and under shade trees. He was challenged by a good friend of his to do something about it. He brought that challenge back to our club and the rest is history! We now have a school, a high school and washroom facilities serving over 1700 students!

Lorne has insisted that all construction be done using local contracters and that those contracters have an apprenticeship program.

Lorne has also been instrumental in organising the construction of a new school in Pusa Mozambique to replace their school that was destroyed in a cyclone.

Lorne brought an exciting new project to the Club. We have been invited by the Canadian Consulate to partner with them in the construction of a new school in Mat9la Mozambique.

1. Their organisation is large. It has over 120 staff plus summer staff;
2. They offer respite for children and adults with developmental disabilities
3. They provide summer camps for children with developmental disabilities

1. Our assistant deputy governor Stefan Vanburen joined us for breakfast. He helped president Al present a Paul Harris pin to David Keam and to encourage us to attend the district convention in Edmonton in October;
2. We were also joined by Murray Soroka and another representative from the JP Wellness center. They were there to accept the first $5,000 instalment towards our donation towards that organisation;
3. Cindy is walking in a walkathon for osteoarthritis. She needs sponsors. She has sent an email to all members. Please consider sponsoring her.
4. Several members took Elisabeth up on her invitation to participate in the Edmonton Community Foundation sponsored party at the zoo. It was a great evening. Thank You Elisabeth.

1. Our assistant deputy governor Stefan Vanburen joined us for breakfast. He helped president Al present a Paul Harris pin to David Keam and to encourage us to attend the district convention in Edmonton in October;
2. We were also joined by Murray Soroka and another representative from the JP Wellness center. They were there to accept the first $5,000 instalment towards our donation towards that organisation;
3. Cindy is walking in a walkathon for osteoarthritis. She needs sponsors. She has sent an email to all members. Please consider sponsoring her.
4. Several members took Elisabeth up on her invitation to participate in the Edmonton Community Foundation sponsored party at the zoo. It was a great evening. Thank You Elisabeth.

1. We will be presenting the first instalment of our support for the Jasper Place Wellness Center at next week’s meeting will be held at the JP Wellness center. Murray Soroka and one of his staff members will attend to accept our donation.
2. Dave Dorcus reported that the social committee is planning another fun day of golf. Stay tuned for more information
3. We will not have an evening meeting this week.
4. Mark is still looking for count room volunteers for out May 21/May 22 casino. Please contact him if you can help.
5. Lorne Parker was back from his visit to our school in Xia Xia Mozambique. He had lots of good information and stories to share. He will make a more formal presentation to the Club in the near future.
6. Lorne did report that the school is so successful they need to build a high school!
7. Elisabeth invited all members to join her with the Edmonton Community Foundation appreciation night at the Zoo on May 17^th;
8. The joint board meeting for the incoming and outgoing boards will be held June 4^th.
9. Our Club has presented a donation to the JP Wellness Center
10. Club duty roster

1. Upcoming speakers

• May 16, Raymond Swanek, CEO Greater Edmonton Foundation Seniors Housing
• May 23, Patricia Stansky, Fund Development officer, Adaptabilities Association
• May 31, Bob Jensen, GM, Edmonton Potato Growers  

1. President Al announced that he has scheduled a potato grower to speak to us o the last meeting of May.
2. Mark reported that there are still count room opportunities open for out May 21/May 22 casino. Please contact him if o can help.
3. We still need to recruit 2 or more people to replace Kylie as the Robust Reds Committee chair for the 2019 Robust Reds. The duties she has been carrying as chair include Social Media for the event, chairing the committee meetings, running the whole event. There is always wine and food at the committee meetings. Please consider stepping up! Elisabeth invited all members to join her with the Edmonton Community Foundation appreciation night at the Zoo on May 17^th;
4. The joint board meeting for the incoming and outgoing boards will be held June 4^th.
5. Our Club has presented a donation to the JP Wellness Center
6. Thanks to all the members who came out to join us and congratulate our Club’s Integrity award nominee Darrin Park.
7. Club duty roster

1. President Al proclaimed that spring is here. We all hope he is right!!
2. Dave Dorcus iwas not at the meeting he n cruising in Europe this week.
3. Our Mustard seed meal preparation will be next Thursday,  April 26^th 
   We will  not have a breakfast meeting next week. Our evening meeting will be at the Brewsters at Oliver Square after the Mustard Seed Dinner (7:00pm?)
4. We need to recruit 2 or more people to replace Kylie as the Robust Reds Committee chair for the 2019 Robust Reds. The duties she has been carrying as chair include Social Media for the event, chairing the committee meetings, running the whole event. There is always wine and food at the committee meetings. Pleas e consider stepping up!
5. Our condolences to Carolyn Meenchuk and her husband Craig on the passing of Craig’s dad.
6. Cindy Davies was not at the meeting this week. She is recovering from surgery. Get better fast Buttons, we miss you;
7. Just a reminder Our Casino will be on May 21 and 22. If you have not volunteered yet call Mark and get that done. Mark is still looking for volunteers for the count room
8. The clubs in our Rotary district annuallyy present Integrity Awards to promote high ethical standards and  awareness of Rotary ideals. The purpose of these awards is to honour adult, non-Rotarian members of the community for their integrity as citizens. Our Club has Darrin Park to recognize at the awards dinner. Darrin is a EPSSB teacher on disability leave due to cancer challenges that he is facing. Darrin was an impressive teacher with Best teacher and APEGGAGA science teacher awards to his credit. He has also been actively involved with extra curricular events, community coaching, volunteering in his community . He volunteers with Santa’s Anonymous and the Terry Fox run. Please consider join us for this wonderful evening of celebration, food and fellowship at  Double Tree by Hilton (16615 109 Ave) on Wed, 2 May starting 5:30 PM. For tickets call Ken Saunders.
9. Jamie Pallet did an excellent job collecting fines again this week Jamie reported that Lorne has picked up his school supplies and arrived in Maputo Mozambique to visit our school.
10. I am advised that the duty roster for this month and next month is as follows

1. We had decent attendance this week.
2. The District 5370 Capital Region Rotary clubs annually present Integrity Awards to promote high ethical standards and raise awareness of Rotary ideals. The purpose of these awards is to honour adult, non-Rotarian members of the community for their integrity as citizens. Our Club has selected one such individual to recognize at the awards dinner. 2018 is the 21st year of The Capital Region's Rotary Integrity Awards. Please consider join us for this wonderful evening of celebration, food and fellowship at  Double Tree by Hilton (16615 109 Ave) onWed, 2 May starting 5:30 PM. For tickets call Ken Saunders;
3. Our Casino will be on May 21 and 22. If you have not volunteered yet call Mark and get that done.
4. Please take the time to support Pat Coyle’s daughter’s Grade five video initiative for the Canada's Classroom energy challenge. Sara and her students produces, performed and edited the final submission. Last year her class finished 2nd with a little help from the club she may be able to win the contest. You can vote once a day till the 26th of April. If you have multiple devices you can vote on each one. Watch, share, and vote.   http://energydiet.canadiangeographic.ca/2018/main/video_gallery/168/6734/dream-team
5. Our Youth director extended an invitation from our Rotaract Club to attend their year end meeting and wind up party. Al Stuart and ken Sanders joined me at their party. It was a great inspirational meeting (it is incredible what those young people are able to do in a school year!!).It was a potluck dinner and Al brought a great chilli.

1. They distribute sporting equipment (including hockey and soccer equipment and bicycles) to kids in need in Edmonton, Central and Northern Alberta and worldwide;
2. They have been in operation for 26 years;
3. They distributed equipment to over 8500 kids last year
4. They use a means test to determine eligibility
5. They ensure that they only distribute quality equipment

1. Long term member, Pat Coyle, was presented with his third (second jewel) Paul Harris pin. Congratulations Pat. Thank you for your generous support of the Rotary Foundation.
2. President Al reported that we have received a donation of $10,000 towards the Xia Xia school washrooms project from the Yellowknife Rotary Club. He has extended a thank you to that Club and an invitation to it’s president to join us for breakfast;
3. If you have not already registered to volunteer at our may 21 – 22 Casino please consider doing so.

1. We met this week at the new Whitemud Equine Center.
2. We were treated to a very healthy breakfast including fruit and yogurt.fundraiser dinner. It will b
3. Agnes is putting a group together to attend the SE Rotary Club’s annual dinner. It will be held on March 24 and it will be at a new location with a new name. Please contact Agnes if you would like to join her.
4. President elect David Keam presented Al Stuart with his Paul Harris +6 pin. Congratulations AL
5. Congratulations to Tony Thibodeau on his brand new, first, granddaughter (picture below);
6. We missed Nadia at our meeting. She is home recovering from surgery. Our thoughts are with you Nadia. Get well soon, we miss you.
7. Please remember the fundraiser event that the Rotaract Club is hosting (Rotaraction for Change : Project Water). They arefundraising for several charitable projects in Nicaragua. The event will feature live entertainment, a silent auction and appetisers. It will be held March 3 at the Archives and Museum (Cindy’s place). We are a sponsor Club for the U of A  Rotaract Club, please contact Kathe (kdebenha@ualberta.ca) or check out their Facebook page to get tickets.  https://www.facebook.com/events/2054811231416240/
8. Agnes reminded us of the upcoming Guess Who is Coming to Dinner and circulated reply forms. Please respond to Agnes immediately. She needs to know who is interested.
9. Oil Kings game Sunday February 25.

1. Interesting and informative speakers;
2. Daily luncheons;
3. Transportation;
4. Outings;
5. Workshops
6. Cultural diversity
7. Social events

1. President Al opened the meeting with a tribute to Robbie Burns (his birthday was the following day – January 25) including a brief biography, a recitation of some of his poems and a rendition of one of his songs. Thanks Al it was very interesting and informative.
2. Kathe Debenham from the U of A Rotaract Club joined us to talk about a fundraiser event that the Rotaract Club is hosting. It will be a fundraiser to fund several projects that the Rotaract Club is involved with in Nicaragua. The event will feature live entertainment, a silent auction and appetisers. It will be held March 2 at the Archives and Museum (Cindy’s place). We are a sponsor Club for the U of A  Rotaract Club so please contact Kathe (kdebenha@ualberta.ca) or check out their Facebook page to get tickets.  https://www.facebook.com/events/2054811231416240/
3. Agnes reminded us of the upcoming Guess Who is Coming to Dinner and circulated reply forms. Please respond to Agnes immediately. She needs to know who is interested.
4. Oil Kings game Sunday February 25. If you do not have your tickets yet contact Ken Saunders

1. Last meeting before Christmas and Dave Dorcus and Lionell arrived in their “ugly” Christmas sweaters;
2. Ken Saunders is coordinating ticket purchases for the Polio fundraiser and Oil Kings hockey game on the 25^th of February. Tickets are $29 each and they include a mixer before the game. If you can not make it please consider buying a ticket anyway. We will donate it to a member of the U of A Rotaract Club.
3. Dave Keam reported that we are still looking for volunteers to sit on toilets for the Toilet Challenge on March 9.
4. Lionell reported that he and Dave Dorcus had delivered our Christmas hamper. The family consisted of 9 people (7 kids 15 years and under) living in a small townhouse. They were very appreciative. Thanks for doing that Lionell and Dave.
5. Dave Winfield and Agnes Fisher shared Christmas jokes (groaners);
6. We collected from the members in attendance and gave a gratuity to our server. She has looked after us all year and she did a great job.
7. Do not forget Breakfast with Al at the Courtyard Marriott . 7:30 December 27!

1. Incoming executive will be;

1. Finance Committee will be;
   1. Tony Thibaudeau
   2. Peter Elder and;
   3. Dave Dorcus
2. Financial statements approved as read

1. We held our annual AGM in conjunction with our regular meeting this week.
2.  We resolved to strike a committee to review our by laws and recommend any changes. Several members volunteered to participate on that committee
3. We resolved to try moving one weekly meeting a month to the evening in an effort to attract new members;
4. The Robust Reds committee announced that we will be presenting a check for $15,000 to our Robust Reds Charity partner, The Centre for Autism Services Alberta
5. Dave Dorcus is organising teams from our Club to participate in the Rotary District Curling Bonspiel (Feb 22, 2018 – Feb 25, 2018, Thistle Curling Club & Radisson Hotel Edmonton). We will extend an invitation to the Rotaract Club to sponsor a team from their Club
6. Brian Liddell invited all members to attend the open house at his office (320 11808 St Albert Trail) 3 pm to 5 pm December 14.
7. There will be no Club meeting on December 27 but Al invites everyon to join him for an informal meeting/breakfast that morning at the Courtyard Marriott.

1. We were joined by two representatives from the University of Alberta Rotaract Club. , Katie MacLean and Paige Shelemey.
2. Dave Dorcus reported that Lionell is in the U of A hospital and he is receiving visitors. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lionell.
3. Tony collected fines again this week. He challenged us with a “This Day in History” quiz. We failed miserably.
4. Dave Dorcus reminded us of the Christmas party on December 14. If you have not yet advised Dave whether you will be attend or not please do so NOW
5. Agnes reported on her sock drive for the homeless. She has collected 54 pairs of socks and $150.00 but she is still looking for donations
6. Our casino will be May 21 and May 22. Mark your calendars.
7. Kylie gave an update on the “Porcelain Prison” fundraiser plans. It sounds like a great event. So far our own Dave Douglas and Lorne Parker have agreed to throne sit. In addition Ken or one of the other Saunders boys will take another of the thrones.
8. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Shannon Troke and his family. Shannon’s dad passed away on November 21.

1. We were joined by three representatives from the University of Alberta Rotaract Club. Cara, Wyatt and Kristy.
2. Judy gave us a last minute briefing prior to our Club manning the Salvation Army kettles.
3. Dave Dorcus reminded us of the Christmas party on December 14. If you have not yet advised Dave whether you will be attend or not please do so NOW
4. Agnes is collecting donations for a clothing/sock drive for the homeless. If you have not made a contribution to Agnes yet please consider doing so.

David has organized a road trip for us to visit the Edmonton Opera. Details as follows;

Day  27^th September 7-15 am

EDMONTON OPERA

15230 128Ave easier to access off 156st because of

The possibility of train delays off 149st ( important that Judy gets that information)

Ladies please make sure you wear flat heel shoes as we will be walking through a working area

During our tour of the building

This is a most interesting facility which I hope you all will enjoy

Lots of Parking

Call David Winfield (780 910 9174 Cell) or email him to let him know you will attend

1. Still looking for silent auction items;
2. Still looking for ticket sales;
3. Still looking for wine bottles for dutch auction
    
   Board meeting reports;

1. Shannon     - finances are in good shape. Most people have paid their dues;
2. Brian          – Interact and Rotaract Clubs will be starting up soon as the 2017/2018 school year starts. We will be supporting the Club activities and sponsoring camps and scholarships again this ear;
3. Judy           -  several ideas will be brought forward for activities including a military outreach and cooking a meal at the Mustard Seed
4. Elisabeth    - we will be striving for 100% participation in donations by members to the Rotary Foundation
    
   Pub Night at the patio at the Marriott downtown. Thursday August 31 at 5:30

We did not have a guest speaker this week. Kylie gave us a progress report on Robust Reds preparation. She gave an excellent power point presentation and advised us;

1.     TICKETS

a.     370 tickets out, 50 confirmed sold;

b.     13 online sales to date;

c.     Online ads start this week

d.    was Ellie Shuster from the Learning Disabilities Association.

2.     SILENT AUCTION

a.     28 received to date;

b.    Biggest needs are for dinner gift certificates, apparel and experiences

3.     VIP ROOM

a.     36 people confirmed

b.    Goal is to use the experience to drive sales next year

4.     SUPER SILENT AUCTION

a.     Over eleven items received so far including Westjet flights, Renaissance Ultimate Chef dinner and golf with Gizmo and at least 8 more

5.     ONLINE AUCTION

a.     Goes on lin on September 5

b.    Do not have to attend Robust Reds to bid

c.     Online bidding will continue to the end of the event

6.     WESTJET RAFFLE

a.     Tickets available for sale now

b.    Only 100 tickets sold

c.     Do not have to go to event to win

7.     Wine raffle & dutch auction

a.     Bring in about $5,000

b.    Require a bottle of wine from each member

c.     Raffle tickets sold by our Rotaract Club members

d.    Dutch Auction tickets sold by Autism group

8.     ROBUST REDS VENDOR CUP

a.     A trophy will be presented to the vendor with the best table

b.    An award will be made for the best wine;

c.     We are looking for judges

10.  THANKS TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS

a.     Westjet

b.    Reside Furniture

c.     Global

d.    Keg n Cork

11.  EXTRAS

a.     After party with DJ

b.    Special room rates (use code er5)

The meeting started with a presentation of a check to our partner for this year’s Winemaker Dinner proceeds Mckay Avenue School. The check was accepted for the school by our own Cindy Davis

One our guests this morning was Pat Coyle’s daughter Sarah. Sarah is a grade 5 teacher. Her class won a $500n award for a eco awareness video. Our club then donated some funds to the class to fund a bus trip to Telus World of Science. Sarah attended our meeting to thak us on behalf of her class.

Al Stuart reported that he had attended his first Robust Reds Committee meeting and he was impressed with their commitment and professionalism. He then encouraged us all to get out and sell at least 10 tickets each. This year’s Robust Reds promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Kylie gave us some insight into this year’s Robust reds planning;

1. Tickets are available now
2. There will be an early bird draw for all ticket holders who purchase before August 1^st;
3. The committee plans to have members visit all Edmonton area Clubs and invite them to attend. There are too many clubs for the committee so they are looking for volunteers from the general membership to participate;

Lorne is back from Africa. He reports that the Xia Xia and Pusa schools are thriving. More information to follow.

1. Our feature Speaker this week was our incoming president, Al Stuart.
2. Al chose to use his time to more thoroughly introduce himself to us. He gave us a brief autobiography.
3. He talked about his early years n Scotland, immigrating to Canada, childhood school experiences, becoming a Canadian Citizen and the many phases of his career in marketing of agricultural products (his specialty now is potatoes).
4. Thanks Al for a very entertaining and informative presentation.

1. Assistant District Governor, Marlyn Mucha, joined us for breakfast this week.
2. Our new president, Al Stuart, introduced his board of directors
3. David Dorcus and Lionell did a movie trivia quiz for fines ths week. Dave asked the question and collected the fines while Lionell gave a powerful, and spirited, demonstration of his acting talents.
4. Al Stuart formally announced that the Jasper Place Wellness Center has been selected as out signature community project
5. Elizabeth Bonkink reported that we had a small but mighty group for June Pub Night at Brewsters.

3. Lionell advised that this year’s golf tournament will be held at the Pine Ridge golf course in Seba Beach Alberta to be followed by a barbecue at Dave Douglas’ mansion on the lake.
4. Elisabeth has arranged for a private tasting for our Club at the Oliver Brewsters for pub night on Friday June 30^th
5. The last act in Ken’s presidency was to hand his gavel over to Al

Our guest speaker this week was Lynne Christianson from Christianson Developments. Lynne talked about the Senior Focus housing that her company is developing and, in particular the “Life Lease” concept that they use.

Lynne talked about the unique form of investment that the “Life Lease” offers and how it can be advantageous to their tenants. She also talked about the social environment and maintenance free environment that they offer.

1. Next week we will welcome our newest member to the Club, Deborah Jack.
2. Your reporter attended the wind up meeting of the University of Alberta Rotaract Club. It was a great event and I was honoured to be invited. The Club presented awards to it’s members and to it’s sponsor Clubs although the Rotaracters have impressed me with their enthusiasm, generosity and goodwill they did demonstrate a remarkable lack of culinary taste (must be due to the beer and kraft dinner diet of university students). They awarded our Club with the “BEST BREAKFAST AWARD”;
3. Lionell showed up in a Oiler Jersey and ball cap. I fervently hope that he is wearing that again next week. It would be unbearable if Dorcus shows up in Maple Leaf garb and Lorne is wearing his Habs jersey but the Oilers are golfing by next week.
4. We were treated by the YESS Society to a fantastic breakfast.
5. Dave Winfield reported that the Westlock Convention was a great success.
6. President Ken suggested that we consider putting together a significant group of members to attend the next convention in Fort McMurray in September. Sounds like fun.

1. We will welcome our newest member to the Club, Deborah Jack.
2. Your reporter attended the Election meetng of the University of Alberta Rotaract Club. I acted as scrutineer. It was an actively contested election. I attach the names of the incoming board. We look forward to working with them next year;

Hi everyone! I do not have any real meeting minutes from today's meeting, but I do have exec election results if you missed them :)
For the 2017-18 school year we will have:
President: Amy Boyd
President Elect: Kathe Debenham
Treasurer: Steve Cook

1. We did not have a regular breakfast meeting this week. Instead we held a dinner meeting in conjunction with our Annual Assembly. We were treated to a great meal and reports, director’s reports and a report from the Winemaker Dinner/ Robust Reds planning committee.
2. We had a great turnout at Fionn Maccool’s for Pub night on Friday night. Good food, great beer and fantastic fellowship.
3. Peter Elder and Tony Thibaudeu were tasked with the challenge of identifying a feature Community Project for our Club to report. They presented their report. They discussed the various projects and causes that they considered and recommended that the Club consider sponsoring the Jasper Place Wellness Center. Thanks to both Peter and Tony for all their work and for a great report.

Our guest speaker on March 22 was Mark Hall. Mark is Executive Director, Blatchford Redevelopment.

Mark talked about the history, origins and progress of the Blatchford Development on the old City Centre airport site.

The development was started by Edmonton city Council when the City Centre airport was closed and it’s operations were transferred to the International Airport. Council’s goal was to develop a sustainable community. To that end the design has been centered around making the development carbon neutral, and not car centered.

Mark expects construction on the first phase to begin this spring.

This is a very interesting and forwarding thinking project.

For more information please visit their website.

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/blatchford/designing-blatchford.aspx

1. President ken reminded us that there will not be a breakfast meeting next week instead our Club Assembly will be held that evening as a dinner meeting. Please let Dave Winfield know if you will be attending so that he can order meals.
2. The Club will be holding a fireside in the third week of May. Stay tuned for more information;
3. Tickets for the Winemaker Dinner on are available on line. Please order your tickets and you’re your friends. https://portal.clubrunner.ca/449.  Tickets are going fast. Get yours soon!
4. We are looking for two corporate sponsors to sponsor a “Prestige Room” at this year’s Robust Reds Event. If you know of a company that would be interested in participating please forward the information to Kylie;
5. The Robust Reds committee is looking for gift cards for the balloon fundraiser at the Winemaker dinner;
6. Steve is looking for nominations for the Integrity award. The dinner will be held this year at the DoubleTree by Hilton on May 3^rd .
7. Elisabeth Bonkink has invited us to attend two Edmonton Community Foundation events ;