Rotary club of Vermilion
Sept 12, 2019
Call to order 7 am
O Canada
Rotary Grace
Four Way Test
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Rotary Anniversaries -September 13 Darlene Barlow(1 yr)
Announcements:
- Thank you to team 2 for breakfast
- Please remember your bag of school supplies for Robin for Books for Belize. If you did not you have until the end of September
- Pints for polio. The executive decided not to do a special event this year due to Harvest Gala and timelines.
- Rebecca and Erwin are doing a baby pool with the proceeds going towards the polio campaign. There are two pools(date & weight) and the winner in each pool has the funds donated to Polio Plus in their name. Rebecca and Erwin will match the donation(up to $100)
- Hot Lunch: Dawn is circulating the sign up sheet for the Oct-May season. Please don’t put Kirby on a meatball day!
- 2 bartending events coming up. Sept 28(wedding) and Oct 19(Small Business Awards) September is covered, let Dawn know if you are available for the October event
- Harvest Gala Security: we need 10 people for security…please talk to Dawn
THINK ICE PROJECT: Town of Vermilion Ice Plant
President Mary Lee proposed a club donation of $50,000 split over 3 years. This can be increased if we want and doesn’t tie the club down over to long of a time line. $15,000 this fiscal year and the remainder over split over the following 2 years. Cost for the project is $2 million, the Town of Vermilion put up $500,000 hoping to receive a grant for $1 million. The application was denied. If the town is able to raise the full $1 million and reapply, hopefully, the grant will be approved. Rotary members Mary Lee, Erwin and Mike W attended the “Think Ice” town meeting. Representatives from the County of Vermilion River were also present, and at this time the county has pledged $50,000 by way of a grant. Questions from the floor…
- Brenda asked if Shawn was promoting the Think Ice Project as part of the fundraising for the Harvest Gala. Yes and the advertising on social media went out today.
- Craig mentioned that we set the benchmark for fundraising for the last large community project ie: Lodge expansion. Should/could the club push the benchmark higher? As of now there is no official fundraising plan in affect for the project. Rebekah also mentioned on behalf of incoming President Mike W that $50,000 is a “doable”amount and won't tie up our fundraising dollars too far into the future
Laurel Wynnychuk moved that the Rotary Club of Vermilion donate $50,000 to the Think Ice Project over a 3 year span. Darlene Barlow seconded
Motion carried.
Sargent report: Erwin shared a fun activity with members from the International Convention, how to fold a Peace Dove out of paper. If at the end of the activity you have a mangled bird pay $1.
Meeting adjourned