Weekly Bulletin - April 9/15

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on Apr 09, 2015

Dianne was in the chair today. There were no visiting Rotarians today, however our Gold Mine winner Dwayne Estabrooks joined us for breakfast this morning. Like last week, there were no birthdays or anniversaries.

Dianne thought she had a pin pal story this week when she read Snapped, a weekly paporazzi pictorial published in Moncton. In it were pictures of herself, Trish, Bente and Bill. In the makeup category, members of the Admin committee had a meeting last night, the Gold Mine Committee met Monday night and Wynn returned from Florida with 8 make ups.

The 50/50 draw was worth a paltry $30 this week with members trying to pull the 10 Diamonds. Dianne drew the ticket but drew the Jack of Diamonds from the deck. No one was disappointed as she won the "biggie" a few weeks back.

In the I'm Happy, I'm Sad category, Sue was happy that the cherry blossoms were out in BC,.............Louise was sad as the daughter of a work associate has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer,.......Dianne was happy that were have now been holding our meetings at Goya's for a year,..........Edna was happy that she and Peter are headed our West,............Ken wasn't happy that upon arriving in Halifax last weekend, he had car problems and hotel issues..........George had a PSA regarding a Rotary fundraiser in Port Elgin featuring the Edderly Bros.,..............Dale was happy that Doug Key (Gayle's husband) spoke at the Legion last Friday night on Model Railroading...........Wayne had a PSA regarding his band will be playing at a fundraiser for Theresa Malifant in Moncton Friday night at the Press Club..........Wynn was happy and sad. Happy to be back from Florida, happy his granddaughter won a silver medal in curling, sad that the snow is not gone and happy/sad - his house is sold, and he is about to be "homeless"............Trish was happy that she and Bruce are headed for Ontario this weekend to see the Tragically Hip..........Joyce was happy that her Grandson will be a RYE student next year. He is going to France..........Gabi was happy that she went to Montreal and today was her son's birthday.

Duty Roster for Next Week

Chairperson George

Introducer Joyce

Thanker Sue P.

Greeter Frank (alternate needed)

Set up Tim

As today was a Club Assembly, President Elect Dianne asked all committee chairs to update the membership on their activities year-to-date.

Committee Reports

Administration Committee - Wayne updated members on the by law changes. After discussion Wayne moved that "the bylaws dated ammended 2015 previously distributed to all members be ratified". The motion was seconded by Bill and carried. Wayne detailed a synopsis of his committee's activities including:

Role of the Committee

The committee has designed a new podium to be used at our weekly meetings and at community events. It has been designed by the committee and will be built when Darrell comes back from Portugal.
The committee will be pursuing the replacement of the Rotary Lookout in the updated Waterfowl Park. The committee is dealing with the Town. As soon as the snow melts, the new sign will be erected at the Rotary Lillas Fawcett Park.
Awaiting the snow to melt so Rob Lyons can add Goya’s Restaurant to Roadside Sign.
Begun the inventory process to document our assets at both Andy’s store & Goya’s Restaurant. If you have Rotary stuff at you home, let Gayle or Wayne know. The process will contain a description, serial/model #’s, quantities and a picture of the major items. The final list will be published in Club Runner where all committees have access to it.
Still need someone to assist with the weekly speakers. The role is primarily emailing speakers as a way to remind them. Some booking will also take place. Person should think about taking over this role.
Square-Up will be available on Edna’s I-Pad to take Visa & MC for weekly breakfasts. An easier way to pay for them is paying by the Quarter. Can be done on Club Runner. Cost is $132.
The Annual Lobster Party is on September 3^rd. Location is yet to be decided. The DG will attend. There will be a morning meeting as well with the DG.
The Annual BBQ and Service Awards event will be held at John Murchie’s house on June 25^th. There will be no morning meeting.
JOEisms will be done at the end of June. Beginning July 3^rd, we introduce “meet the Rotarian”. Each member throughout the year will introduce themselves for 2 minutes. It is designed to let new and newer members know who their fellow club members are. Members will be reminded thru the weekly roster email.
The Club AGM will be held on September 10^th. Each Committee Chair from 2014/15 will report on what their committee accomplished in 2014/15.
The committee is considering doing something different on the 5^th Thursday’s in April, July, October, December, January 2016 and April 2016.

Membership Committee - Recently the committee has accepted the resignation of three members due to conflicts ith their jobs. The committee is looking at the classifications where we do nit hve members currently ie: education and medical. The committee will be organizing a special Fireside Chat this spring.

Fundraising Committee - Josh announced that Jamie will be taking over the committee beginning on July 1st.......The next breakfast will be at the Legion on May 2nd. Sue Purdy is the Chair........The Club will be partnering with the Sackville Blues Society to provide the entertainment/dance at the Beer & Wine Fest on May 22nd. The event will be at the Curling Club.......The Gold Mine Draw is progressing very well with almost close to $10,000 raised thus far........Last weeks winner Dwayne Estabrooks was here today to receive a cheque for $1,757.

Projects Committee - Trish indicated that there is now more money to spend as a result of the fundraising activities. As well, district funds have increased. $7,000 is now available for both international and local projects.........The Club is also a member of a consortium of clubs from the SE involved with a water filtration project in India.

Foundation Committee - Ken reported that the recent member auction netted $1,717.........The bi-annual Paul Harris Community event is scheduled for June 18 and will be held at the Anglican Church hall. Nominations will be solicited from club members of deserving community members.

Youth Services Committee -Sue Fisher reported that we still need host families for next year beginning in August. Next year we will be entertaining only 1 student, a boy from Belgium........The Rotaract Club at MTA is now wrapped up for the year as the student go back home.

Upcoming Committee Meetings

Fundraising - Tonight at Mary's

Foundation - After this mornings meeting

Youth Services - After this mornings meeting.

Dianne concluded the meeting with the 4-Way Test