President Uwe Krickhahn welcomed everyone to this meeting.
Rotary Information
President Uwe provided notice that the first meeting of this calendar year for the Rotaract club at the Medicine Hat College will be held in the Crowfoot room. This meeting is on Tuesday 27th at noon. All are welcome to attend as a guest.
We plan to reestablish our connection to DND Suffield and DRC Suffield. He is looking for anyone who has a connection to the base, and if so please call Uwe.
The BINGO on Monday Oct 3rd starts at 5:00 PM
Rotary Presentations
No formal presentation today.
Rotary Reminders
The golf windup has been moved to Oct 17th at Connaught Golf Club. Golf at 2:00 PM and Happy Hour and dinner at 5:00 PM. An email will be sent to all members.
Jane's walk is this weekend, please log onto the website to book a walk.
Chris Turner, a published writer and speaker is/ will be at the Library and at the College.
Prospective Members:
The club is actively recruiting new members. The membership committee, lead by Membership Director, Jenny Hetherington, would be happy to assist anyone who is considering proposing a member and would like feedback or help with the process. One of our Strategic Plan targets is to have 100 active, engaged members for our Centennial celebration in 2018.
Meeting Reminder:
As many in the club know, we recently had a member resign, due to extreme hearing loss. Because hearing difficulties are experienced by a number of Rotarians and guests, one of our members put together a list of helpful reminders to ensure we do our best to accommodate those with auditory challenges.
- Speak slowly and distinctly. Slow, concise speech can be learned and become habit-forming.
- Use the "4 P's" - persistent,patient, practice with a positive attitude. Emphasize each key word in a sentence with a slight pause.
- USE the handheld microphone, both for comments and during club activities.
- Keep table conversation to a minimum, out of respect for those speaking and to avoid background noise that is distracting.
With a little practice, we can help everyone in the club both hear and understand, both as a courtesy and to help engage all members in the club.
Up Coming Events:
For more Club activities, to keep up with events and stay in touch, check the Club website at: www.medicinehatrotary.com
Music - Don Reid was back to lead us on the piano.
Invocation - Anne Carrier
Guest Book - Herman Wahl
Greeter - Joe Chacko
Lubricator Editor - Dave Stalwick
Website Editor - Karen Blewett​
Introduction of Guests​
Delynne Lorentzen guest of Anne Carrier and the new Music Festival Executive Director.
Honorary member, Jim White was with us today.
Allan O is back from his summer fishing in Northern Saskatchewan.
Attendance Draw
Dawn Barr was NOT in attendance to win a free meal.
Birthdays:
Stan Sakamoto Sept 30.
Club Anniversaries:
Dieter Brand 22 years.
Weekly Draw:
The club auction is changing.
Everyone in attendance at the meeting will receive a ticket.
Donations can be made by anyone wishing to do so.
Keeping the payment voluntary, without removing the opportunity to participate, keeps the process outside the sphere of AGLC.
Whomever is the winner will collect any donated funds which are for the general operation of the club.
There was one draw today for special tea won Cathy Catalano.
Club 500
No draw.
Make Ups
Allan O'Bryne in Nipawin
Sandy M for meetings in Drumheller and in Ardrie.
Family of Rotary
Anke Krickhahn is recovering from a fall, and we send along our best wishes.
Future Programs
If you have any future program ideas, please e-mail Heather at heather.bach@ahs.ca.
Minute People:
Dick Bide has opening for Dinner club and we can start hosting dinners anytime.
Bruce Shepard advised that the grand opening of the new exhibit "Our Feathered Friends" is on Friday at 7:00 PM the opening is free and will have refreshments.
Don Davis made the announcement that our guest DELYNNE LORENTZEN is the new Executive Director for the Music Festival. He advised that Delynne has an extensive history with performing arts festivals as well she is accomplished with computers, visual arts training and marketing. He thanked the committee consisting of Anne Carrier, Joe Chacko, Heather Bach, and Brenda Bauman for their due diligence in finding the "right" person for this very important role.
Don Reid needs our older Rotary Magazines for distribution as well he thanked the club for the get well card.
Al Garden reminded us that the last golf event has been moved to Oct 17 th. He reminds us that this is a mixed event perfect for spouses (significant partners) and even friends to attend a fun evening. This is a perfect event for our new members as it a casual open event and easy to get to know everyone. There is also a dinner that you can sign up for. 9 holes of golf at 2:00, social time starts at 5:00 and dinner (if you like) at 6:00.
Gregg Martin is in charge of the next bingo, Monday Oct 3rd, in the evening
Happy Dollars & Fines: Sgt-at-Arms was Bruce Shepard.
Fines:
Bruce Shepard was fined for his picture in the paper.
Don Reid was fined for being back but we missed him. ( One of those really hard fines to understand, but he paid anyway)
Al Garden was fined for every "minute" he was over a minute.
Stan Sakamoto was fined for all his election (Liberal) signs as he now has more signs than the real estate agents. He was also fined for his birthday for which he accepted a "RED" rose.
Happy Dollars:
Allan O was happy for 4 months of fishing
Adolf S was happy he had won a 25 year old bottle of Scotch and found out how valuable it was.
Theresa E was happy for a successful show and that she raised $2,700.00 for cancer
Brenda B is happy to be back, and for new executive director for the music festival.
Anne C was happy that Delynne as agreed to come on board and.... that she is heading south in a week.
Joe C was happy for the new director.
Dave M was happy for the Jam and Jelly for draws and being with his family for 10 days.
Margie B is happy Don R is back to lead in O'Canada and the Queen.
Doug F was happy for all the well wishers especially those who brought him chocolate, he is steadily improving now that he is 2 weeks after surgery
Dave S was happy for a trip to Kindersley with DDG Dave P. He also was happy that he and Joanne could vote for the upcoming elections and advised the easy procedures.
Bruce S was happy to attend a Rotary leadership workshop.
Brenda B was happy that the 4 attendees to the recent Rypin event where they where very happy they attended along with 31 other students.
Dave Panabaker reminds everyone that the early registration period is available for the District conference in Red Deer on May 5th to 7th 2017.
Denise H was happy that the Rotaract will start up tomorrow at 12:00 in the Crowfoot room at the college.
Brian Rothwell was happy that we will soon celebrate our 100 th anniversary. He still needs some help with information on our International projects, Fellowship and how it has changed, fundraising now and in the past.
