MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday March 20, 2018

ROTARY GRACE

O Lord, The Giver of all good,

We thank Thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve Thee all our days.

Grace: Myles Fisher

O Canada: Peter Dueck

Toast To The Queen : Robert Kipling

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

From the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT - Welcome to Carolina Rodriquez, Youssef Mansour and

Natisha Gordon-Dove

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:

March 17 – Colleen McLaren – pictures of Colleen poolside on her birthday were on facebook!

March 18 – would have been Pat and Ken Dyck’s 51st Anniversary

March 23 – Marilyn Taylor

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dave Andrews - announced the Leading Women, Leading Girls – Building Communities awards for two member of our Rotary family – Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Director of Service Kim Boatman and President of the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT Carolina Rodriquez. Both were nominated by the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, for their exceptional leadership, breaking barriers, displaying diversity and being a positive role model, and passion to serve others in our community. The presentationof the awards will be done by MPP Jennifer French on April 3 from 6 to 8pm at the downtown branch at the Oshawa Public Library. If you would like to attend, Please visit Eventbrite to register, and feel free to forward the information to any other guests you would like to bring with you that evening. If you cannot register on Eventbrite, please contact Vice President Linda.

VP Linda received the agreement from club member that, in honour of these two recipients, our Rotary Club Meeting on April 3 has been cancelled so that our Club member can attend.

Lennis - announced that the Rotary Club of Oshawa -Parkwood came in first place in the 2016-17 District 7070 Governor's Membership Challenge with a total of net 6 members from July 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017 Membership Award. And first palce include $2,500 to be use on service projects will be presented at our regular weekly meeting on May 8 by Past District Governor Jim Louttit and our Assistant Governor (also our District Governor Nominee) Beth Selby will be in attendance.

Lennis – And also on May 8 at 5:15 pm, Past District Governor Lars Henriksson, who is also our Rotary Foundation District 7070 Grants Committee chair, will be at a photo op and will present the District Grant to the 10 Durham Region Rotary Presdients which will be used towards the rennovation and expansion of the Kids' Safety Village. Following the presentation, Lars will be attending the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, to formally present the cheque to the Rotary Club. The Durham Region Rotary Club Presidents have also been invited to attend the meeting, if they wish. The speaker that evening will be member of our Reverse Draw Committee going over the final last-minute items for the May 10 Reverse Draw, Dinner & Silent Auction evening at the Oshawa Golf Club.

Lennis – asked everyone to consider hosting a Rotary Youth Exchange Student starting in he fall of 2017 (for about a 3 month period) for the 2018-19 Rotary year. The Youth Services Committee will be working with the Rotary Club of Oshawa to persue the possibility of hosting a student and sending a student form Oshawa somewhere in the world on Rotary Youth Exchange. Before our club can commit, we need you and your family to commit to host a student. That is our first step. Details on the Youth Exchange program can be found on the District website at http://www.yepd7070.org/

VP Linda - Thank you to Janice Coupland for organizing an outstanding night of fun and friendship at our St. Patrick’s Day party on March 13 at Fionn MacCool's. Special thanks to Kris Sachdeva too for taking so many great photos. They are on our club website.

VP Linda – March 13 was also the 50 th anniversary of the founding of the first Rotaract Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The past week as been World Rotaract Week. Click here to find out more about Rotaract.

VP Linda – Asked us all to be sure to read the report this week from Steve Rutledge on the status of the projects in Laos with Adopt A Village in Laos. This year, his team completed 2 water projects and created a cultural teaching centre and distributed 623 family water filters. Amazing work done on $38,000 Canadian dollars which included a District Grant form the Rotary Foundation, including our Rotary club donation of $1,000.

VP Linda – encouraged all members to join in on the Rotary Club Central online workshop - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – ONLINE. You will learn how to access Rotary Club Central as well asn inputting goals and achievements for your club. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/616117253 You can also dial in using your phone. Canada:+1 (647) 497-9391 Access Code: 616-117-253

VP Linda – Reminded everyone that The District 7070 District Membership Committee is holding a repeat of the

Membership Priority # 1 Seminar, if you have not been before. Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.., Location: Best Western Address: Burnham St, Cobourg. Once again the workshop will be limited to the first 50 registrants. There is no charge to participants (however no shows will be charged $25). President Ted has asked as many club member to attend as possible.Register online at the District 7070 website in the events section.

VP Linda – Encouraged everyone to register for Rotary Leadership Institute on April 14, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at Centenial College Event Centre, 937 Progress Ave., Toronto, ON M1G 3T8 . This is your opportunity to learn more about Rotary and share your ideas with other Rotarians. And it is a great learning experience for newer Rotarians. Be sure to register on line today. Watch for the District website for details. For all Rotarians who have joined a Rotary Club in District 7070 in the last year, our Rotary District will pay your tuition fee for Rotary Leadership Institute part one !!! And our Rotary Club will reimburse you for Parts I, II and III if you have been a member longer than one year. All you have to do is sign up online at http://rotary7070.org/event/rli-centennial-college-event-centre-1/

VP Linda – Reminded everyone about the District 7070 Rotary Poker Walks for AIDS – Time and location in Toronto and Belleville on the http://rotaryaidswalk.ca/ . Our club could form a team, raise funds, go on the walk in Toronto, and help people right here in Durham Region who have AIDS. Who wants to Champion this worthy cause?

REMINDER - Reverse Draw –May 10 is fast approaching Tickets have been printed . It is Time to SELL - Last year we had 125 people for dinner, with 156 tickets being sold in total. This year the ticket is $125. We need YOU to help sell more tickets this year and get more Silent Auction Items to reach the profit levels that our members said was our top fundraising priority in our Visioning Exercise and also in our Strategic Plan.

THERE IS A REVERSE DRAW COMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 27 AT 5:00 PM AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB.

Dave – Reverse Draw –May 10 is fast approaching . We want to highlight our Silent Auction items on facebook and on our website. We need your help. When you get a Silent Auction item, take a real nice photo, get a detailed description of the item , get the name of the sponsor, and get the info to Dave as soon as possible. The sponsors will like getting their names associated with our big event and the item they are donating.

Bob Koski – Brought in a framed poster of a nice silent auction item from Skyzone. And he also got a nice service offer from Staples in Whitby. They will print posters of our silent auction items for our big event! Thank you Bob.

REMINDERS:

Lennis – Safety Village has cancelled Easter Egg Hunt due to the renovation and expansion project. Therewill be a meeting of the KSV Board and Committee on March 26 at 7 pm and the Region of Durham Headquarters on Rossland Road.

Ted – Kids Against Hunger – Meal Packing Day - May 5 – 9 am to about 12:30 pm - location is confirmed as Durham College, Please ask your friends and family , grandchildren too (over 8 years old) to come out and help!!! Joint project with the Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise . Our goal is to pack 15,000 meals.

VOLUNTEERS - MONTH OF MARCH

Front Desk - Jamie Gorycki / Stanley Igboanugo / plus any volunteer would be most appreciated

Bulletin Editor and Official Greeter - Sue MacKinnon

VOLUNTEERS - MONTH OF APRIL

Front Desk - Peter Dueck

Bulletin Editor and Official Greeter - Sandy McDowell

NOTE: Sandy needs a replacement for April 10.

(Editor’s note: If you cannot be there, please find a replacement)

SARGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT: BOB KOSKI

ACE OF SPADES DRAW

Sonya Thompson won – and she drew 5 of Clubs (with Youssef's help)

HAPPY TOONIES:

Bob Stewart had his correct coat on this week and was able to donate his tooney from last week; always pays his debts.

Dave is looking forward to April 3 to attend the leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Awards Presentation at the Oshawa Public Library.

Kim thanked Ted and Dave for the nomination.

Robert K. and Myles are just happy!

Sonja happy that the Rotaractors are here today.

Janice is happy because she answered her phone (even though it was a US number). It was Ted and he

Is having a great time in Florida.

ROTARY MOMENT:

VP Linda announced that March 31 is the last day to register for the Rotary International Convention to receive a discount!

There are many events to volunteer at or attend. Aside from the speakers and breakout sessions there are lots of Host Organizing Events happening. Jazz and Dinner at the Aquarium, an event at the Distillery District and Rotary Fest which is a RibFest. In addition there is a Betond Borders Zone 24 and 32 Dinner Gala at the Hockey Hall of Fame. The side trips to Niagara Falls are also of interest.

There is a dinner to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Rotaract at the Rotaract preConvention. On June 22 World Water Summit #10 is being held at the Delta Hotel. On June 22-23 and there is a Rotary Peace Building Summit.

Note: Peace Building Summit and Water Summit are separate from the convention.

There are opportunities to volunteer if you are not attending the convention. Including our Home Hospitality dinner event on June 25.

Be sure to go to our Rotary Club's Calendar of Events to see all of the details how to register for each of these events.

GUEST SPEAKER:

Name of Speaker: From the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT - Carolina Rodriquez, Youssef Mansour and

Natisha Gordon-Dove

Introducer: Kim Boatman

Thanked By: Sonya Thompson

There were 10 new members were recruited this year all at the Meet and Greet Event that many member of our Rotary Club attended. And as with the case of a university based Rotarct Club, all but 3 will not be able to return, next year. As students, Rotaract is not a priority, but getting a job is! In spite of this, the Rotarct Club of Durham College-UOIT carried out several fund raising events and contributed to many servcie projects including a donation to PolioPlus and Rotary's endeavour to eradicacte Polio from the world.

Our Rotary Club said to the Rotarct Club if you know where the Rotaract graduates are going, let it be known to our YouthnServices Committee and the info will be forwarded to a local Roatarct or Rotary Club where they are going.

Carolina will advise Sonja, with the names of the Rotaract executive for next year, which is being looked at right now..

Just some of the events for the Roatract year included fundraisers such as a bake sale, haircuts, game/video night with candy kabobs and a movie night.

Be sure to see their activities on their website at https://sites.google.com/site/rotaractdcuoit/ and on their Facebook page at : https://www.facebook.com/rotaract.dc.uoit

REMINDER TO OUR SILENT AUCTION PRIZE COLLECTORS:

CONCENTRATE ON EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN PHYSICAL ITEMS

Here is just a partial list of ideas and our Rotarians who have volunteered to get these high-end items for the Silent Auction:

Premium Membership with CAA – Janice to call

Local Radio Station – Value of $500 of Advertising – Janice to call

Hair Salons - $100 Gift Certificates – Janice to call

Four massages from a day spa – Sonya to call

Dine Around Oshawa – multiple gift certificates from the Oshawa Area that we can package together – Jan to call (and everyone can help Jan get these gift certificates)

Local caterer – to prepare and serve dinner for eight in your home – Dave Penney to call (perhaps Kevin)

Gift Certificate from local car wash for 20 car washes – Kim to call

Contact local golf pro for two free golf lessons – Mike and Dave A to call

Ask a local plumber to donate a new toilet with installation – any volunteer to get this item ?

Lunch with the Mayor of Oshawa – Sonya to call

Local Car dealer to provide 5 oil changes – Kim to call

Lunch with the Police Chief and a tour of the Station – Sonya / Stanley

Regent tickets – Sandy to provide

Tribute Centre – Box at a Generals Hockey game – Dave and Sonya to connect with them

Sports Tickets – Raptors/Leaf tickets - Sonya to call

North End Bowl – Birthday party for 10 youngsters – Larry H / Sue to call

Local Lawyer to donate a will – Sue to call

Books – trio of books – Sandy to provide

Toronto Zoo – Family pass with a behind the scenes tour – Sue to call

Package of Movie nights / Refreshments (from Landmark & from Odeon Cineplex) – any volunteers to get this package?

YMCA Membership for 1 year – DONE

Holiday Inn Express – accommodation and dinner – Sonya to call

Port Hope Theatre – Fiddler on the Roof $39 each and a restaurant - any volunteers to get this package ?

Ride in Police Helicopter OR Marine Boat – Stanley to call

Automotive Lover's package – Tour for a family of 4 - of Parkwood, Automotive Museum & GM - any volunteers to get this package ?

Bank – Safety Deposit Box for a year – any volunteers to get this package ?

Flowers a bouquet once a month for one year delivered – Janice confirmed DMP Florist

Churchills / Melanie Lyn – package gift certificates together – Janice will acquire

Limo company – Marquis Limo and a Hotel in Toronto and dinner for a night – Janice to call

Jeweller – would like to get a really nice item for a possible draw

Winery Tour - Janice

We will all continue to think of prospects to connect with. Everyone in the club needs to participate and contribute a silent auction item for our evening.

We may be able to set up a Facebook Page with some of the major items, which will also entice the public to purchase tickets for the evening.

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.