Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 26, 2015

 

Dianne chaired the meeting which opened with a moving video put together by District RYE students of many nationalities pleading for understanding and tolerance and asking everyone to “Pray for Paris.”

 

 

In place of a bio Dianne noted that her name is spelled with two “n”s. She explained that her mother and one sister were both called Anne; brother John suggested that if another daughter came along she would have to be called “Trianne.”

 

Guests:  Rotaract President Colin and V-P Elise.  Rotaract will be at Midnight Madness next week aiming to raise $400 - and hoping that Rotary might match it.  They need crockpots for hot cider, and would welcome donations of apple juice.

 

Louis (below left) explained how the RYE students put together the “Pray for Paris” video with the help of Facebook.  He also quickly sold out of tickets he was selling to raise money for TRHS Grad (he’ll bring more to the Christmas party).

 

 

50/50 Draw:  Wayne’s number came up but he failed to draw the Jack of Clubs. The pot stands at $23.

 

Happy Dollars:  Charlie leaves on 4 December for 4 months in Victoria, B.C. and will miss getting up at 6:30 a.m. every Thursday; he has left Mary 17 toonies to put in the Draw while he is away.   Gayle had an unhappy dollar: on Monday night she drew the winning number for the record Gold Mine pot - 278 looked very like her own number 273 (especially with her thumb over part of the number).  Louise took Mariah to have her eyes tested and explained that Guylaine was a Rotarian -  “Does that mean she doesn’t eat meat ?” -  “No, it means she likes to help people” - “So, does that mean I’m a Rotarian ?”  Wayne put in a sad dollar for Trish (in absentia) for the Hamilton Tiger Cats’ recent loss.   Guylaine was glad to be feeling better after 3 weeks on the sick list.   Bill is happy to be going to Newfoundland next week to celebrate Christmas early with family but he’s sorry to miss the Christmas party.

 

Admin Committee:  John explained a proposed change in Bylaw 2.01 specifying that the Board should have no less than 10 members.  John moved, Bill seconded the motion which passed unanimously.

 

Pam confirmed that the money sent for the Eden Children’s Village project will result in 181 RF points being credited to each member of the club.  Grocery card sales have netted $720 so far this year; the target is $1000 by 31 December.  When Pam is away this winter Dale has agreed to look after card sales.

 

Next Week:   No morning meeting.  CHRISTMAS PARTY  6 p.m. at 22 Park Street.  Please remember to bring a book (for local schools). Parking available across the street.  Enter via the garage - “Back door guests are best.”

 

President’s Time:  Dianne read a letter of thanks from Open Sky for our recent donation.  Open Sky are facing a serious financial crisis due to withdrawal of funding. Next Tuesday 1 December is “Giving Tuesday” - a good day to donate to the Rotary Foundation.

 

Gold Mine Draw:  This week saw a record amount paid out of $4,722.00.  In the last three weeks 98 new people have signed up.  To date the Draw has taken in over $60,000 with half going to winners and half going to local charities.

 

 

Louise presents the record win to Teri LeBlanc who said “This is more money than I have had in my entire life.”

 

 

Sackville Tribune-Post editor Scott Doherty accepts a cheque for $522.50 on behalf of the Trib’s chosen charity, the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.

 

Elections:  The slate of office bearers for next Rotary year (2016-2017) was approved as follows:

President:  Josh;   Past-President:  Dianne;   President-Elect:  John;   Secretary:  Joyce;   Treasurer:  Darrell;   Sergeant-at-Arms:  Mary;   Admin:  John;   Membership: George;   Fund-Raising:  Jamie;  Projects:  Dale;   Rotary Foundation:  David;   Youth:  Sue F.

 

 

Photo:  (left to right)  Front row:  Darrell Harvey, Mary Sears, George Woodburn ; Back row:  Dale Creelman, Joyce Ferguson, John Murchie, Josh Cormier, Jamie Smith, Dianne Oulton.

 

The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.