Weekly Bulletin - April 2/15

Gayle was in the Chair today.  Except for our speaker, there were no visiting Rotarians and no other guests.  The birthday and anniversaries were also devoid.

Members of the Fundraising and Board committee met and thus are credited with a makeup.  The Chairs reported the attendance to Edna.

 

The 50/50 draw this week was a meager $26 with members looking for the 10 Diamonds.  Sue Purdy's ticket was drawn but she missed out on the top prize as she drew the 9 Clubs.  The $5 consolidation prize went to Happy Dollars.

 

George was happy to be back from Florida..........Sue was happy that she won the 50/50 consolidation prize........Josh was happy that a long weekend was coming.............Dianne enjoyed the World Curling Bonspiel in Halifax last week......Louise was happy to report that in 6 weeks on the Gold Mine draw, the Club has given our charities over $1,500.

 

Chairperson -  Dianne

Greeter  - Charlie

Set up - Tim

 

The President's time was all about presentations this week.    First off, John presented a pin to George for bringing in a new member.  Next he did the same thing to Ove.  Finally he presented Josh with a brand new extension cord to replace one lost at one of our events.  

 

Fundraising - Last weeks Gold Mine draw was not won thereby automatically increasing the pot.  Over 900 tickets have now been sold...........The Beer & Wine Fest organization is progressing.  Josh announced that 7 vendors are now confirmed........The next breakfast will be on May 2nd.  Tickets were distributed..........A new fundraiser was announced.  We will be selling Flapjacks at the Farmer's market every Saturday beginning on May 9th.

 

Projects - Trish explained our involvement in the upcoming music festival on June 3 - 6 in Sackville.  The project committee is proposing that the Club fund the festival to the tune (sic) of $500 to be used for scholarships.  After some discussion, Trish moved that "the Club will contribute $500 to the New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals in support of scholarships to be handed out at the Provincial Finals to be held in Sackville  June 3 - 6, 2015".  The motion was seconded Edna.  The Motion was carried.

 

 

Club Administration meets next Wednesday at 7 pm at Wayne's

Membership meet right after this mornings meeting.

Fundraising later this morning @ 10:15 am.

 

Our speaker, Frank Strain, was introduced by Josh.    Frank is a professor at MTA and his topic was Searching for Tornadoes:  A talk on the Future of Dimensia in New Brunswick.  Not surprising, Frank indicated that population changes show that seniors are a larger part of the population base.  Thus Dimensia is a growing issue in the Province.  Frank was thanked by Ove.

 

Gayle concluded the meeting with the 4-Way Test