Today's meeting was chaired by Treasurer Gail Halderman. Gail thanked Dieter and Kitt Brand for hosting a very successful Fireside Chat for new members on Friday, February 21. He also thanked those who sold Club 1000 tickets at the Mall and at the Tiger's Hockey game on Saturday, February 22.
Program:
Gail presented members with a presentation on where the Club's current income and expenses are at in this Rotary year.
Mike Christie presented his idea about the Rotary Club hosting a public event as a potential future fundraiser for the Club. This could involve hosting a speaker-series type of event focused on an issue of public interest, similar in concept to what the Kiwanis Club has done in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce on the State of the City Address by the Mayor. Further information on Mike's concept can be found in the attached link: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/967/Documents/en-ca/db0b72f0-d89b-4e8f-9256-2d241a467aa3/1/
Paul Harris Pins:
Sandy MacKay took pleasure in awarding Paul Harris Fellow pins to:
Elaine Behiel
Joe Chakko
Rotary Club Information:
Meeting Meals: The catering options at the Medicine Hat Lodge are changing and will affect our lunch-time meal. An explanation of some of the options and a questionnaire has been sent out to all Rotarians. For the month of February the lunch meal will be a simple soup and sandwich. Long-term plans on meal options will be reviewed and further discussed in March.
Upcoming meetings: See the club calendar adjacent or the club website.
Housekeeping:
Please bring club draw items. It is an important part of our meeting and funds to run the club.
If you have a Meeting Minute, please send President Margie a note (email, phone, in-person)
Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.
Upcoming Club Program, Activities, and Meetings
Rotary Club Board Meeting: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Rotary Music Festival: March 1 - 14, 2020
Elaine Behiel's Classification Talk: Monday, March 2, 2020
Hot Meal Volunteering at Salvation Army: Wednesday, March 4 at 4:30 pm.
Shalla Shaharyar's Classification Talk: Monday, March 9, 2020
Membership Committee Meeting: Thursday, March 12 at 5:00 pm.
Stars of the Festival: Friday, March 13
Rosebowl: Sunday, March 15
Rotary Club Board Meeting: Wednesday, March 18 at 7:00 pm
Tri-Club Social at Grit City: Friday, March 20 at 5:00 pm.
Upcoming Rotary Club, District and International Events:
Club1000 tickets: Glen encouraged all who have sold tickets to return the stubs and the money – as well as unsold tickets. He encouraged those who are able to continue selling as many as possible. Tickets will be on sale at the Rotary Music Festival until Monday, March 9.
Bingo: Terrry Partis recruited a full team for the Bingo game on Wednesday 26 February.
On the request of Rotarian Shalla Shaharyar, Margie invited members to attend a ‘Cultural Fair’ on March 7, 2020 from 11:00 – 14:00 at the Veiner Centre, Medicine Hat – to celebrate the 2020 International Women’s Day theme ‘An equal world is an enabled world’. This free event, put on by Unisphere, of which Shalla is the chair, will include cultural entertainment and artifacts, ethnic food and the opportunity to listen to diverse stories of diverse women in diverse roles in our very own community.
Birthdays: The month of February
Gerry Nadeau Feb 13.
Bruce Shepard Feb 17.
Don Davis Feb 23.
Lavar Payne Feb 23.
Jason Hertz Feb 27.
Lisa DesRoches Feb 28.
Margie Booyens Feb 29.
Club Anniversaries: The month of February.
Gregg Martin 29 years Feb 1 1991.
Marg Mazerolle 28 years Feb 1 1992.
Ted Cowtan 5 years Feb 9 2015.
Chris Perret 11 years Feb 24 2009.
Makeups:
Saturday Club 1000 ticket sellers
Fireside Chat
Other meeting makeups
Family of Rotary:
Georgia-Jean Kemp has completed a round of chemotherapy and is doing well.
For those other members of the club who are facing health challenges, we keep you in our thoughts and prayers and also wish you well.
