Club Assembly

President Ilan started the meeting with reading a thank you card from Carnarvon School for their literacy program.  He also reminded us that next week our guest speaker is Wally Oppal and about 20 members of 3 other clubs will join us.  We are the first to host a joint meeting and next month another club will be the host.  Members were given aprons and t-shirts with Rotary At Work on them for the Coffee Clutch on Sat. Sept. 8th in Kerrisdale.  We will meet at 8:30 at 41st and Yew and give out free coffee and muffins.

Ilan asked us to be open that not all Rotarians are the same and that we all have different needs and wants.  Teddie reported that the attendance for the first 2 months has been between 60 -70%.  Davinder gave us the results of the survey she had us fill out a few weeks back.  Members want to continue with scholarships, CALS and to do a matching grant with another Rotary Club.  Jag presented us with a possible project in a small town of 6000 in Cameroon.  They have a new city hall with a library and he has a donor for the books.  But they need funding for the lumber to build the shelves to store the books.  He will get back to us with a cost for the lumber.  Davinder mentioned that the survey  showed members wanted more fellowship occasions and she is looking for someone to organize RYLA and a possible Interact Club at St. George's School.  She has sent 285,714 Rupees to the Rotary Club of Luthiana Greater to fund infant heart surgeries.  Ilan closed the meeting reminding us it is very important to engage with youth and he asked anyone who wanted to bring anything to the table to please do so at the next club assembly.