Bulletin June 7, 2012

Posted by David McKellar 
on Jun 07, 2012
 
 2011-12RI-theme               Bulletin of the
                                      Sackville Rotary Club,
                                      Thursday, June 7, 2012
                                      Ken Draper, President
                                      Editors: David M & Susan F 
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NEXT WEEK
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Chairperson: Ken “Club Assembly”
Greeter: David M Bulletin Editor: David M


CHAIRPERSON: Ken DImage  
• Greeter was Dianne
• O’Canada
• Blessing – Pam
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for the day: Hard things are put in our way not to stop us but to make us stronger
• As the speaker was unable to attend, many pithy remarks were made

VISITORS None

GUESTS
Josh introduced Scott YorkeImageImage    
Pam introduced Diane Stephens

MAKE-UPS District Conference: Trish, Sue F, David M Executive Meeting last night Pam - Moncton Sunrise Projects Committee: Dale and Trish met Wednesday to discuss projects

BIRTHDAYS None

ANNIVERSARIES None

 PIN PAL
Sue F and David were returning to Canada from the Houlton District Conference and picked the slow lane at the border. It turns out the border guard was a Rotarian and wanted to know all about the conference.Image   
Image   Peter wore his pin at a conference in Ottawa and                                                            was noticed by a Rotarian from Mississauga.

50/50 DRAW Imageby Frank  
Won by Sue P

HAPPY DOLLARS
Sue P was happy to win the 50/50 and is happy to have a new associate and is looking forward to possibly having a day offImage  
Image   Frank was happy he attended the Sports Hall of Fame                                                     Induction. He was happy that Wynn was inducted
Pat B also added a dollar as she was happy about this too
Dianne noted birthdays of her brother and her nieceImage
Peter is happy he is heading for Paris, the city of lights
Marita did the walkImage   in Moncton and her daughter Kalita walked 2 km!!!!
Pam attended the Dare program graduation in River Hibert and noted the RCMP speaker should be considered for a PHF in the future

COMMITTEE REPORTS RYE: RYE students went to the district conference. Our two students are heading for the cross-Canada tour on the 27th of June. The students spoke at the conference briefly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Membership: right after this week’s meeting RYE: right after this week’s meeting Fundraising: Barbeque is June 21 – there will be no morning meeting that day

PRESIDENT’S TIME - Next week is a club assembly - Wynn, Peter, and Brian(?) will be sitting on the committee to review club documentation - Ken spoke about Trish’s spreadsheet about being involved with the club. - Specifically Ken mentioned the bulletin, as Dave and Sue are only able to do it for the summer as well as taking the money in the morning.
Image- Wayne introduced the new club stand up banner; it is portable and will be                          carried to various events as necessary. The banner was designed by Leslie                          and the photograph was John Shardine.
- Fundraising – Ken would like to hear of any new fundraising ideas. Perhaps one or two major projects might raise the club’s profile in the town. The work of the club is not as well known in the community and awareness could be raised by fundraising projects.

GUEST SPEAKER: Trish on the District ConferenceImage 
- The guest from the Heart and Stroke Foundation
cancelled so Trish filled in on the events on the
District Conference.
- Trish introduced the new fundraising chair Josh Cormier.
- The first trepidation of attending the conference was crossing the border with the two RYE students. It was not a problem after all.
- District Conference will change to the autumn vs the spring – will be in Moncton Sept 21-23.
- Houlton is known as the music capital of Maine. During the conference, there were a number of community bands performing. Offbeat drumming, Grade 6 Jazz & Blues, High School Vocals were some of the performers entertaining
the Rotarians.
- The weekend was an adventure in fellowship and very interesting meeting all the different Rotarians from the different clubs. Trish expounded on the fun that Sackville Club appears to have in comparison to some of the other clubs.
- The speaker from RI was a wonderful speaker and brought messages from RI. Even though District 7810 is a small district, the average club size is on par with the rest of the world. Our district transcends the international border.
- Don Fendler spoke about being lost in the woods in Maine at the age of 9, he spent 9 days in the wilds of Maine and since then he has spoken numerous times about the ordeal and the tenacity that is needed in life. A book by Don was purchased and Trish passed it to Mary to be added to the speaker’s
books.
- Sackville was acknowledged for our RotaryImage
Foundation Polio donations. Pam noted that
contributions to Polio Plus were not counted
towards the per capita recognition of dollars
contributed to the annual giving fund.
- Another award was presented to a former RYLA nominee from Matthieu Martin HS who has recently won a $48,000 scholarship to Mt. A. next year.
- Sackville, in conjunction with 5 other Moncton and Shediac clubs were awarded the GUS Trophy for International projects. Our club contributedImage
$1000 and it grew to $50,000 through other
contributions and matching funds from the RF for the
Mulanga Village Farm Training Project in the Congo. It
is hopeful that these joint club project initiatives will
continue.


                           Speaker thanked by Pam

President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 21, 2012
“Club BBQ” at Gayle’s
Note: No morning meeting
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Sue F
                               wh-4p-ol




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