Bulletin July 12, 2012

Posted by David McKellar 
on Jul 12, 2012
 
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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Photographer: Pam H
Editors: David M & Susan F

NEXT MEETING DUTIES
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: Barb J
District Governor’s Visit
Introducer: Ken
Thanker: Pam B
Photographer: Pam H
Bulletin Editor: David & Susan F

THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON: TrishImage  
• Greeter was George
• O Canada Pam B
• Blessing Pam H
• Breakfast

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

July 12

1836 - Canada's First railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway, starts service between Laprairie, Québec  and St-Jean on the Richelieu River.

1874 - Founding of the Ontario Agricultural College.  Today its the University of Guelph. 

1960 - Louis Robichaud sworn in as Premier of New Brunswick, replacing Hugh John Flemming. 

2002 - Ontario court rules that refusing legal recognition to same sex marriage is unconstitutional. 


VISITING ROTARIANS: none

GUESTS:
 Image Katrin (former RYE) introduced Mum and Dad,                                                          sister Kaiya and brother Stem
Kathy – husband MikeImage 
                                            Dale – son KyleImage 
 Image Louise – daughter Mariah.

MAKE-UPS
Ken – Tuesday CRA meeting, District conference call; 
Pam B ??

BIRTHDAYS
            ImageImage    
                          Mary - 19th                                   Peter – 13th

ANNIVERSARIES Peter & Tanya – 18th

PIN PAL Wynn has a stained glass Rotary symbol on his door and his physiotherapist mentioned that her common-law husband is a Rotarian in the Dieppe RC Peter – mentioned that someone at the Paris tradeshow he was attending noticed his Rotarian pin and mentioned that he worked for a Rotarian.

50/50 DRAW by Katrin
Won by Mariah!Image  

HAPPY DOLLARS
Louise said that Mariah is both happy to win the 50/50 and that Mariah has a new
completed play structure........ Sue F is happy for 3 happy days of sailing on the Saint John River with the skipper DaveImage   Peter was happy that he went                                                                                 to Paris and also happy to be home.
 Image   Wynn is happy he has a new knee                                                                           after years of waiting.
Ken is happy with the information on Future Visions Imageon the RI website.
  Image Scott is happy that one of his friends had a baby girl
                               Image Barb is happy for her son’s birthday
Diane is happy to be leaving early to play golf in NSImage  
        Image   Katrin is happy to be back in Sackville
                                                        Trish is not happy about her deflated balloons,                                                          but she is happy to host Tanya Silverman who                                                          is raising funds for SOS.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Pam discussed the “78” envelops which are raising money for polio. Only 78 cases remain.
Pat: Dylan Wooley-Barry was to have been delayed in getting a visa for France but a cancellation resulted in an appointment for today.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership: will be right after this meeting at Save Easy meeting room.
Executive: next Wed, 5:15 for 5:30 at the Harpers

CLUB ASSEMBLY - TrishImage  
District Governor will be attending next week’s meeting (so be early!)
Discussion on the committees to ensure voluntary participation on the committee of choice. Only 8 people have responded to date to the president’s previous request for committee choice.
Each Committee Chair then spoke on their committee
Membership: Image Andy- Committee role is to develop and implement an                                               action plan for membership development. Meetings are                                             monthly
Club Administration:  Image Wayne- Role of committee                                      is to conduct activities associated with the effective operation                                      of the club. Examples include organize weekly and special                                          programs such as Paul Harris, Christmas party, speakers,                                          bulletin, attendance, bulletin. Subcommittee deals with Paul                                      Harris Fellowships. Meeting is first Thursday of the month.
Projects: Dale- Committee role is to help Image 
develop and implement educational,
 humanitarian and vocational service projects
that help your community and communities in
other countries. An example of a local project is the Marshview Middle School breakfast program.
Fundraising & Public Relations:
Image
Josh- Committee role is to develop a fundraising strategy to meet the financial goals of the club, enabling them to offer their programs. Current Events include Wine Tasting, Golf ball drop, Breakfasts. Meetings monthly, as events approach more frequent meetings.
New Generations: Patricia- Image RYE-Katrin is a great                                 example of RYE. Committee meets monthly. There is a Rotarian                                 counselor for each student. Students are both inbound and                                       outbound. Rotaract – needs a chair to liaise with the club at Mt.                                 A. Interact – possibly a new club at the high school. Needs a                                     chair
Foundation:
 Image Sandy- Develop and implement a plan to support                                                      the Foundation though program participation and                                                      financial contributions through community and                                                        international service.
President Trish adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Jul 26, 2012
Chairperson: Wayne
Greeter: Josh
Speaker: Dale Creelman “Classification Talk”
Introducer: Louise
Thanker: Pam H
Bulletin Editor: David M & Susan F

                                                 
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