Lubricator March 6, 2017 (Mar 06, 2017)

President's Remarks

President Uwe welcomed everyone to the meeting at 12:20 pm.

President Uwe specifically welcomed everyone to attend both the Rosebowl competition on Friday March 17^th and Stars of the Festival on Sunday March 19^th. Details of the music festival program and events are available on the website www.rotarymusicfestival.com

Membership Notice

As required by our bylaws, this is the second notice of potential membership to be offered to Dominique Hirsch, owner/operator of the UPS Store in Medicine Hat. Her name has now appeared in the newsletter for two weeks and assuming there are no objections, her induction would be scheduled into late March.

Rotary Information:

Jenna Raimbault needs additional help on the Fundraising subcommittee for the Gala in April, please contact her at jenna.raimbault@gmail.com if you can help out.
The Centennial Celebration group is still looking for major sponsors, and for donations of timeshares or vacation packages that we can give away.

Rotary Presentations:

Jenny Hetherington was happy to call Jillian Koch forward and remove the star on her name badge, to designate that she has completed the necessary tasks to now "Shine for Rotary" on her own. The list of activities required of new members is quite long, and shown under club documents.

Upcoming Events:

It's all about the Music Festival, running from March 5^th thru March 19^th. Volunteer, attend, support, it is our premier community event!
For more Club activities, to keep up with events and stay in touch, check the Club website at: www.medicinehatrotary.com

Future Programs:

If you have any future program ideas, please e-mail Heather at heather.bach@ahs.ca.

Mentoring Presentation by Membership

Posted by Dave Panabaker on Mar 06, 2017

Jenny Hetherington, Director of Membership for our club did a short presentation on mentoring for new club members and the value that can bring to their connections to our club. A sample letter which Don Reid, as the Rotarian in charge of mentors, will be sending out to prospective members was provided on the tables. Jenny encouraged anyone who was approached about being a mentor to say "yes" and to actively work to increase the education and engagement of their partner in the Rotary experience.

Active mentoring can make the club a more friendly and approachable environment, and will help new members feel comfortable at meetings and when they need to ask questions.

The mentoring drive will continue until all new members have an established Rotarian partner.

Jenny also provided a short presentation on her home based business which buy's and sells books on Amazon.ca.

Club Meeting News

Posted by Dave Panabaker on Feb 13, 2017

Introduction of Guests

Kathy Walker, a guest of Theresa Eisenbarth was welcomed by the club.

Attendance Draw

Dale Stein was NOT in attendance today and therefore did not win a "free" meal.

Birthdays:

Dave Panabaker March 7.
Brenda Bauman March 10.

Anniversaries:

Jack Snedden March 6, 1989 28 years.
Don Reid March 9, 1992 25 years.
Adolf Seiler March 9, 1981 36 years.
John John March 10, 2003 14 years.
Teresa Schile March 10, 2014 3 years.
Robert Shepard March 10, 2014 3 years

Weekly Draw:

Jillian Koch won samples of French Dijon mustard, and Jenny Hetherington won a rose.

Club 500:

No Draw today.

Make Ups:

None announced, but with the Rotary Music Festival going on, there are lots of opportunities to serve.

Family of Rotary:

The only announcement was that Rotarian Dave Maclean has fallen outside his home, and broke his leg. Apparently he is resting at home, if you care to visit.

Minute People:

Don Davis advised that there are a number of information desk positions available at the Music Festival, and got some volunteers from the audience. Thanks to all who are putting in volunteer time at the Festival.
On behalf of Chris Perret, Dave Panabaker advised that tickets for the Rotary Celebration 2017 are available on the website, which is is www.rotarycelebration2017.ca and paper tickets will be available at the club after each meeting. GREAT WORK! Please sell your tickets and return them when sold, so an accurate count can be determined of attendance.
Denise Henning did a minute on the recent SEED (South East Alberta Energy Diversification) conference that was held at the Medicine Hat College. There are opportunities for significant investment in this part of the country, because we are blessed with both wind and solar energy in the same abundance as our oil and gas. It was forecast that over $7.0B worth of renewable energy investment could occur in this part of the world, with literally 100's of potential jobs.
Adolf Seiler was looking for a Rotarians who will be traveling from the US to Canada over the next few weeks to help bring some material for the Centennial Celebration back to Canada.
Dave Panabaker also did a minute on the importance of responding to the Event emails (pressing either accept or decline) both for head counts and for the reminders that appear on the bottom of the Lubricator when you are registered for an activity.
Gregg Martin has sent out notice about a bingo on Wed March 15th, please hit "accept" if you can help out.