President: Don McKay (Kent Whaley Chairing) President Elect: Don McKay
Secretary: Monica Cook Sargent at Arms: Peter Totte
Call to Order: CTBO – Round 9 will start on September 9, 2025.
1. Land Acknowledgement
2. Guests: None.
3. Visiting Rotarians: None.
4. Birthdays & Anniversaries : Don Murphy’s birthday August 17.
Keith Young’s birthday is August 21.
Anniversaries: Dion and Amanda Bird – August 20.
Margaret and Glen Ross – August 25.
Crystal and Jordan Krost – August 26.
5. Minutes: Approval of August 5, 2025 minutes. Motion Don Murphy/Second Peter Totte to approve the minutes as distributed. Approved.
6. Presentations: None.
7. Correspondence: None.
8. Committee Reports:
a. Catch The Big One: Don Dunnigan confirmed that the first two weeks of tickets for the next draw (draw date September 9) will be ready for September 1. The OCN license number has been updated and the rules and regulations will
be updated to reflect the change to holdback the 30% for seed money (he is awaiting the formal approval on this). Doug Long indicated that the Lotteries license number will also need to be changed – Don D. will ensure this is
updated. We will start selling tickets September 2 for the first draw on the 9th. Peter confirmed that the Grub Box has been booked for ticket sales up to Christmas. Kent confirmed that Gary has agreed to do the accounting for and
distribution of tickets until the snow flies – and then we will have another Rotarian take this over. Rick reminded that we had a brief discussion about selling tickets and doing an actual draw for CTBO at the Fish Fry on SepT 20.
After much discussion about the pros and cons, it was decided that tickets Service Above Self Rotary Club of The Pas Meeting Minutes Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 12:00 P.M. Location: A&W would be sold at the Fish Fry, but that
there would not be a separate draw on that date – the draws will remain on each Tuesday.
b. Clearwater Lake Marathon: Volunteer Appreciation BBQ will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 5 PM at 190 Sunset Beach Road. Please BYOB and a lawn chair – hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided. Please RSVP to
Heather and Ruby Giesbrecht (text to 204.624.5460). Rick indicated there were about 30 people there last year and it was a good event – a mix of various volunteers including Rotary members.
9. Board of Directors Report: None.
10. Unfinished Business:
a. UCN Rotaract Club – Further discussion on this matter will be held at a future meeting.
b. Getting to know one another – Members are asked to submit information about themselves for our Rotary Club as a “getting to know you” exercise. Four people have submitted something to date. Don McKay has generated a list of questions for those who have not submitted something, and at a later date (when we are back to the Wescana), if Members have not submitted their own “biography” with the information they wish to share, they will be asked to
respond to a selected question(s) to share information with the Club.
c. Social Meeting – We will restart this discussion in the Fall to plan a get-together.
d. Name Tags – Awaiting the corrected name tag for Peter Totte. Monica will follow-up with Stitchworx.
e. Fish Fry – Rick has found another place to purchase fish if needed. We purchased 75 lbs last year – it was agreed to purchase the same for this year (we had about 30 fillets left). Last year we also had the cheeks, but it was decided
we would not get the cheeks this year. Rick also mentioned the importance of levelling the cooking area – this will need to be done prior to that afternoon (September 20). He also said that we have an approved health permit, but it
does state that we need to get our “outdoor” building approved. Since this is not put together until the day of the event, it was agreed to invite the inspector to view the premises and explain the plans and take it from there. Peter
mentioned the trailer that Flin Flon use Rick will also talk to them, as this is an enclosed space and there are not burners in there at all times, but it may be a good option, and they may be willing to come and help cook as well. Monica
reminded the Club that Gerry Miller will not be available, so another Rotarian (or two can be on the license) will need to apply for the liquor license. Monica will check with Gerry to see if he has a copy of the last application for the
liquor license, and will let Kent know. The Fish Fry poster was approved and Monica will ask Crystal to have them printed. Peter agreed to get them distributed around town – and the event will be posted on personal Facebook pages
and on the Rotary page. The tickets will be available on August 26 and we will ensure they get distributed as soon as they are available. g. Rotary Radio Spots – Volunteers are needed for the Wednesday radio spots. Monica agreed to
do the August 20 spot. 11. New Business:
f. Evening Meetings – This discussion will occur in late summer/early fall.
g. Report on the Opasquia Ag Society and Exhibition. Val B. was not available – no report.
h. Meeting Location. Peter mentioned that as we leave A&W soon as a meeting spot, we may want to consider locations such as the Metis Hall ($25/hour for Clubs, and some storage may be available or we can build our own storage
unit and leave it there). We will want to ensure that we speak with the Wescana out of respect for all of the history with Rotary there. We can check to see if Alan is willing to do something different for Rotary – the current cost would
be about $7,500/year there. Rick pointed out that we can also use the C-Can for additional storage – we only need a locked cabinet for the lottery documentation. We can also follow-up with the Museum Rotary Room (parking may
be a concern). Monica will check with Crystal as she had looked into this previously and will know the details. We will need to check with the Chamber of Commerce as they have files in the C-Can as well – should we consider
charging a fee for them to continue storage there (that is if they still need this storage – it seems that no one has looked at this for some years). Doug will let the Chamber contact (Dan Quesnel) know that there are a number of files
still in the C-Can and will check what will be done with these files. This issue will be followed up once Don McKay is back.
i. UCN Linkages: Doug Long mentioned that UCN has requested our bartending services have been requested again on October 21 for the Linkages Conference. We would need 6-8 people (and they have requested to bring pouring
spouts if we have them). Peter and Don M. mentioned that the bartending isn’t a concern but the dinner service/clean-up was more difficult. Monica will clarify with UCN whether they are requesting only bartending services (and if
they require the Serving it Safe certification) or if they also need serving/clean-up services. Doug said that they did make a donation of $700 to Rotary last year. 13. RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award): No new information
available.
11. New Business :
12 : Excchange Student
13: RYLA (Rotary Youth Learning Awards)
14. Installation of New Members: It has been some time since we focused on recruitment of new members. This will be discussed further in terms of generating ideas (eg. “prospect letter”) – especially with the extended incentive from
Rotary.
15. Sargent at Arms next meeting (September 2): Doug Long.
16. Club 100th Anniversary (2029) PERMANENT AGENDA ITEM: Kent, Don 2, Don 3, Val U, Monica, Kristi
17. Four-Way Test: Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?