Club News January 28, 2019 (Jan 28, 2019)

President's Remarks:

President Chris Perret welcomed everyone to the last meeting of January....hard to believe how time flies. President Chris advised that he will be gone from Feb 15 - Mar 10, participating in a trip with Rotarian Dick Northcott's Canadian Humanitarian organization to Ethiopia and Malawi. He will be there working on economic development opportunities, to help citizens provide income on a more year round basis. A number of Directors will take a turn at the microphone to run the meetings in the next month, and we should enjoy these opportunities for training and development.

Rotary Club Information:

Upcoming meetings:
- Monday February 4, will be a presentation on the community.
Housekeeping:
- Please bring auction items. It is an important part of our meeting.
- If you have a Meeting Minute, please send Pres Chris a note (email, phone, in-person)
- Board minutes can be found on Clubrunner, under Club Documents.

Upcoming Rotary Events:

Rotary Executive Training (formerly PETS), on Saturday February 2nd, in Medicine Hat.
Rotary District 5360 Convention, May 3 - 5, 2019 in Olds, AB. DG Dan is proposing a different and exciting district conference, so members are encouraged to register.
Rotary International Conference in Hamburg Germany in June 2019

Club Strategic Planning:

Just as a reminder, a short Strategic Planning Questionnaire has been emailed out to members, asking for feedback on strategic priorities and fundraising. The results of this survey will be part of the strategic planning session in the New Year. The date for that session is April 6, the first Saturday in April.

Please complete the Strategic Planning Questionnaire and either bring it to the next meeting or email it back to Chris. This is an opportunity for all members to express their opinion and to have their voices heard.

Future Programs:

For more Club activities, to keep up with events and stay in touch, check the Club website at: www.medicinehatrotary.com

If you have any future program ideas, please email Jillian Koch at jkoch@jmhca.com

Introduction to Clubrunner

Posted by Dave Panabaker

President Chris Perret presented a short introduction to Clubrunner, the software program that Rotary in this District (and many others) use to run their administration, their websites and provide event planning and attendance management. As well as the PC based program, a new addition to the options available is the clubrunner "app", which is available for download on most major smartphone platforms.

Clubrunner has a "public" face, as well as a confidential side that is available only to Rotary members.

Chris went through the login information, and if any member of the club is having trouble with that, please contact Doug Fleming who can provide your login name and password.

President Chris showed the members present the public club documents, as well as the location of the private paperwork, such as member lists, Board agendas and minutes and other Rotary documentation. He also spent some time showing members the advantages of using the Clubrunner app, which provides contact information for all members.

Clubrunner has a great number of valuable features, today highlighted just a few and more will be explained in the near future. As displayed at the meeting the "Club Hub" button at the top of the website, now contains President Chris's presentation and the information on downloading the app.

Meeting News

Posted by Dave Panabaker on Jan 28, 2019

Introduction of Guests:

No guests today.

Birthdays:

Honorary Rotarian Jim White Jan 31.

Anniversaries:

Gregg Martin - 28 years - Feb 1, 1991.
Marg Mazerolle - 27 years - Feb 1, 1992.

Weekly Draws:

Attendance draw today was Dieter Brand who was in attendance at the meeting today to win a free meal.
Uwe Krickhahn won the ticket draw for a cooler bag, and "re-gifted it" to the next draw.

Club 500:

No draws today.

Make Ups:

None announced.

Family of Rotary:

No report this week.

Minute People:

John John was happy to report that our volunteer teams for the Casino on Feb 4 and 5 are full. Thanks to everyone for supporting this major source of funds.
Don Davis again reminded Rotarians there are a number of music festival awards that need sponsors. Don advised all award donations will receive a donation receipt that is tax deductible. Please contact Don if you are interested or have any leads.
Chris Perret announced that Brian Robinson, President of MH Saamis Rotary Club is hosting the District Youth Exchange students on Feb 8. There will be an opportunity to meet them for dinner on that Saturday, more information next week.
Don't forget the "Lovin' the Library" event will take place on Friday February 9th. There will be no charge for the event, but space is limited, so if you wish to attend, you will be required to contact the library and get tickets to this event.