Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 18, 2015

Dianne got the meeting off to a prompt start at 7:31 a.m. and Joyce (yes Joyce) ably led the singing of “O Canada.”

 

JOEism : We have four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.

 

Guests welcomed :  Adam Niles outgoing RYE student to Brazil in an as-yet badgeless jacket;  Duncan Allison here for the next year articling with Wynn.  Kevin, no longer a guest, was welcomed to his first meeting as a member.

 

Birthdays/Anniversaries :  Wynn was probably the last person to wear the birthday hat. Gabi and Dave have an anniversary.

 

Make-ups:  Club Admin, Gold Mine, BBQ Planning all met;  John, Jean, Charlie, Dianne, Bill, Jamie and Tim all worked the canteen at the Salem School Summer Send Off last Saturday.

 

50/50 Draw:  Ove (again !) won the draw but drew the wrong card thus missing the $90 pot.

 

Happy $$ :  Dianne was happy her father celebrated his 90th birthday last Sunday.  Trish was (temporarily) speechless when she received her Paul Harris Fellow from the club last Thursday.  Gayle liked seeing everyone dressed up for the occasion.   Wynn played four rounds of golf recently with the score ending in zero in each case.  Josh is building a deck in front of his house and finds it handy to have family do the work for you.  Both Gabi and Louise are glad tomorrow is the last day of school: a break from making lunches.

 

NEXT WEEK Thursday 25 June:  No Morning meeting. This means this was Bente’s last regular meeting; Margot will have one more. BBQ 6 p.m. at John and Gemey’s.  Gayle reported that pork loin steaks have been ordered for 50, so come one, come all.  Bring deck chairs and BUG SPRAY.

 

President’s Time:  Dianne read a nice thank you card from John and Lesley Read.  Committee chairs please email Dianne a list of their committee members. 

 

Club Admin: Wayne reported that the new sign is now in place at Lillas Fawcett Park.

 

Other items relating to new Rotary year - a new set-up schedule is to be issued;  the Lobster Party will be on 3 September;  in place of JOEisms each chair will give a 2-minute bio;  Anniversaries to be dropped;  birthday Hat to be phased out, replaced by a make-up card.

 

Grocery Cards: The club approved Dale, Pam and Ken as signing authorities for RBC grocery account.

 

Projects: Trish reported that giving of three TRHS bursaries this year was approved by mail vote.  A motion to give $500 to help fund Sappyfest Kids’ Power Jam was approved.

 

Budget:  Darrell presented the budget for the coming Rotary year, with the help of input from committees.  A highlight is the estimated $80,000 revenue from the Gold Mine Draw.  $3,500 allocated to the RYE program.  The budget was approved as presented.

 

Grocery Cards: Pam outlined the benefits of this program and urged everyone to buy cards regularly.  35 members buying a $100 card per week would yield an annual income of $8,400.

 

House of Friendship:  Trish gave a presentation on the House of Friendship at District Conference (11-13 September, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Moncton).  Our club is again to be responsible for the House of Friendship which provides opportunities for Rotarians to meet old friends, make new ones, share ideas and learn about other clubs.  Each club furnishes a display table with info on their own club activities. A small organizing committee is needed: Pam and Dianne volunteered.  The theme will be the same as next Rotary year:

 

The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test which is featured in a new life-sized banner.

 

Gold Mine Draw:  Last week’s winner of $1,404 was Roland Cook.