Acting President Mike Christie welcomed all to the first Business Meeting of 2022.
On behalf of PP Mark Sorenson, Mike announced that Bruce Shephard has agreed to step into the Club position of President Elect from 1 July 2022. Bruce responded that he feels honoured, is looking forward to working for and with our Club, and has already had meetings with incoming President Melanie Harty.
This announcement was warmly welcomed by the members, as was the fact that Edward Lipin will join the 2022/2023 Board as a Director-at-Large. From the response of the members, it is clear that the incoming Board will have great support!
Incoming President Melanie shared with members that the Rotary International logo for the 2022/2023 Rotary year will be ‘Imagine Rotary’. She expressed support for the logo, pointing out how it encourages all members, those of long-standing and new members, to think about and express their hopes and dreams of what Rotary could be.
President Melanie encouraged members to attend both the District 5360 conference in Cochrane in May and the Rotary International convention in Houston in June (see dates below).
Melanie encouraged members to be active participants during Business Meetings, not just relying on the Board to report matters, but asking questions and expressing views, to make these meetings interactive.
Rotary Club "What-z New":
As it is most likelyour hybrid meetings will continue in the future, a few more meeting helpers will be required to help run cameras and sound. We are all learning to adapt to this new reality. Any wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.
Rotary Club Membership Update:
There is always room for more interested Rotarians to join the membership team, check out a meeting and see how exciting it is. The committee meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5:00 pm, contact Mike Christie to join in.
Rotary Club Information:
Housekeeping:
If you have a Meeting Minute, please phone or email the President and it will be included in the next Newsletter.
Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.
Upcoming Club Program, Activities, and Meetings:
Monday February 7, 2022 - Club Meeting (ZOOM)
Thursday February 10, 2022 - Bingo
Monday February 14, 2022 - Club Meeting (ZOOM)
Tuesday February 15, 2022 - Board Meeting
Upcoming Rotary District and International Events:
Watch for the March edition, on March 16 with Margie Booyens where the subject is New Generations Service Exchange (NGSE).
The next District 5360 Conference is a "single day" event in Cochrane, on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Attendance will be possible by ZOOM as well. Register at https://www.discon5360.ca
No special guests today at the business meeting, and confirmation of Club Executive for 2022-2023.
The 25 Rotarians at the meeting enjoyed the presentation. Through the ZOOM connection we have members join from Mexico, Florida and Arizona.
Club Draw:
No draw until we get back together in person.
Makeups:
No report this week.
Birthdays:
Bruce Shepard Feb 17.
Don Davis Feb 23.
Margie Booyens Feb 29.
Rotary Anniversaries: .
Gregg Martin 31 years Feb 1, 1991.
Marg Mazerolle 30 years Feb 1, 1992.
Ted Cowtan 7 years Feb 9, 2015.
Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for February: Ted Cowtan.
Minute People:
Dave Panabaker thanked everyone who has already been out selling Club 1000 tickets. We have lots of tickets to sell and if you need more please contact Dave, Glen Presley or Doug Fleming. Sales of these tickets are our principle fundraising effort for the Rotary Music Festival each year, and we have until the beginning of March to sell them. The QR code will take you to our Credit Card site.
Dave also mentioned that ad's will appear in the Medicine Hat News on Feb 12th and Feb 19th, in the Marketplace supplement in both the Feb and Mar editions and will also appear in the Rotary Music Festival program. The team is trying to drum up additional support in the broader community. Currently approx. 1/4 of the tickets are sold and returned, many more books are being worked on and thanks to everyone who has participated.
The next Rotary bingo is Thursday evening, February 10. A sign up email has gone out and we are still in need of 3 workers for a full team.
An email went out to everyone for door monitor duty at the Music Festival. The link in the email is to a shared Google document that will allow you to sign up for a specific time.
Family of Rotary: (PLEASE KEEP ADOLF INFORMED ABOUT MEMBERS SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED ON TO ALL IN THE WEEKLY NEWS).
The club sends its thoughts and prayers to the Stein family, on their recent loss.
The club also sends get well soon wishes to former Rotarian and friend of the club Stu Smith, who fell and broke a hip.
As of Sept 20, 2021 our club is meeting online through the end of February 2022. As we progress through the Public Health Emergency we will modify as required.
