Bulletin - May 12, 2011

As this was Club Assembly today, President Ken was in the Chair.  

There were no guests of Rotarians nor visiting Rotarians today.  Come to think of it, a few members were also “missing in action.”

On the makeup front, Su C. had a makeup in Amherst.  She reported that it was painless.  The Executive and Club Admin Committee had meetings this past week and Dianne attended the RYE conference in Moncton (should be good for a medal).

There were no Anniversaries in the coming week, but Louise was celebrating her Birthday today and Pauliina will have a birthday on Tuesday.

Ove had to go to Cuba to have a PinPal story.  Seems he ran (sic) into a fellow Rotarian, all the way from Riverview NB.

The 50/50 Draw was won by Beth.  She had a Happy Dollar because she won and a sad dollar because her nephew had to cancel a trip to Europe as his girlfriend was burned in an accident……..Pauliina was happy because she went to the Rotary camp……..Ove was happy that his daughter was married in Cuba.  He was also glad to be back in Sackville (he is not well)……….Dianne was happy that hubby Frank was to be presented with an award for volunteerism by his industry association………..Bruno was happy that Laura Fox (an outbound RYE student) was recovering from an illness that forced her home early……….Robin was all smiles as the spring crop of MACIE students arrived.  She still needs one host family to entertain students on the weekends and special events……….Sue P. was just happy to be sitting up and taking nourishment.

The duty roster for next week is as follows: 

          Chair           Mary

          Introducer   Dale

          Thanker       Gayle

          Greeter        Louise

          Laing Squad  Darrell

The committees were winding down after a flurry of activity earlier in the month.  Gayle requested members who still have unsold tickets remaining from the Wine Tasting event to turn over those tickets to her.

Leslie presented a Presidential Citation Award to Prez Ken.  This is the same one presented to Ken at the District Conference, only Leslie had it framed.  A nice touch.  Ken indicated that as far as activities go, our club participates in all Five Avenues of Service, unlike some other clubs.  Ken recanted some of the awards our club won at the District Conference.  Our Foundation contributions were recognized (although next year will be the big one as Sandy indicated that our contribution per member are now approaching  $477), and Pam H. was recognized with a Paul Harris Fellow for her work on the Paul Harris Society.  Leslie received a Paul Harris Fellow for her work in the Dominican Republic earlier this year, the District Newsletter and her school work.  Ken highlighted aspects of the District Conference.  Next years conference will be in Houlton ME.

Dale gave a presentation on a new pilot project from RI – Associate Membership.  This recruitment tool will allow potential members to “act like a Rotarian” for upwards of a year to see if Rotary is for them.  They have no voting rights, and the membership fees are much lower as the club does not have to remit fees to the District or RI on their behalf.  Members present approved of the trial run.  At the end of the trial, RI will evaluate and either drop this category or have in included in the next sitting of the Council on Legislation in 2013.

The meeting adjourned with the reciting of the Four Way Test.