Bulletin - May 19, 2011

           Mary Sears

           Judy from British Columbia

           David escorted Susan Coish

            Lesley did something, somewhere recently

           Elizabeth happily wore the birthday girl hat

           Pam had a story from Vancouver

           Diane saw Pam (but not in Vancouver)

            Lucky Trish for $12

            Trish was happy, of course.

            Pam was happy about the Dragon Boat which will be in Silver Lake.

            Catrine was really happy as she met Peter Mansbridge at his Chancellor’s Dinner.

            Susan happily told us of the Trib’s upcoming Rotary insert.

            Judy, Diane and Pam were also happy in their own special ways but your hapless recorder missed what those were.

            Bruno must have been happy because he will not have to be our President as he will sadly be leaving Sackville this                    summer to become the University Librarian at Bishop’s University.

            Chair Ove                      Introducer Darrell

            Thanker George          Greeter Mary

            Paul Harris : the June 2nd anniversary dinner is fast approaching. Tickets are $26.50 / peson. Bring your money

            next week!

            Wine/Beer Event: Gross over $14,000, net a little over $9,000. Gayle reported that although this is down from 2010,     still it was a terrific community event and lots of fun.

            Membership: Dale reported that the committee will be meeting and is actively recruiting new members. He issued a  call for nominations.

           Treasurer: Darrell asked all committee chairs to forward to him by June 1 the proposed budget for the committee for   the coming year

            Projects Committee, Wednesday May 25

            Ken noted the recent Slave Lake tragedy and that there will be a call for assistance noting that the town’s new library        was built by the Rotary.

            Ken also reiterated Dale’s call for nominations for new members and reminded us that you never know who will   make a great Rotarian.

Name Michael Fox was introduced by his neighbor Dale and graciously thanked by Gayle.

As a professor at Mount Allison much of Michael’s academic interests and research have focussed on issues of university/community relations especially housing issues. Bishop’s, Acadia, St.Xavier and Mount Allison all find themselves in similar community environments. In 2007 the four came together in a Town/Gown Conference. One of the outcomes of the conference was that Michael established a course “Community Classroom” in 2008 which he has offered very successfully each year since then. Essentially, the class offers an opportunity for the student and some part of the community to enter into a contract which Michael mediates. The lead and responsibility are very much given to the students, individually

and collectively to develop a real relationship with the community they find themselves in, to become a part of the community by playing a role in it, and to receive official acknowledgement

from the University (in the form of credits toward graduation).