President Chris Perret welcomed everyone to our meeting today, on this cool morning. AG Dave Panabaker provided President Chris with the yearly Rotary theme pins, this years theme under President Barry Raisson is "Be the Inspiration".
President Chris also mentioned that there is an upcoming Board meeting, Wed August 22nd if guests would like to join. Next weeks meeting is our annual budget meeting to set the yearly fees, and in two weeks time District Governor, Dan Doherty will be in attendance at our meeting of Monday August 27
Membership Update:
No updates this week.
Rotary Club Information:
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.
Rotary Presentations:
AG Dave Panabaker presented President Chris with an acknowledgement and thank you from the Rotary Foundation for his sponsorship of new member Krista Lawson into our club. the Foundation is awarding 100 Foundation points to both the new member and the sponsor, to encourage membership.
Upcoming Rotary District Events:
RI Conference for 2019 is in Hamburg Germany
Our 2019 District Convention, May 3 thru 5, 2019 will be in Olds, AB.
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
The Rotary Club welcomed Kristen Price, one of the Adult Leaders of the RYPEN camp held every fall under the sponsorship of Rotary.
Kristen has been involved in RYPEN for 15 years, as a participant, youth leader and now as an adult volunteer. RYPEN (which stands for Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment) takes place at the South Alberta Bible Camp (SABC) near Lomond on Sept 20 - 23. RYPEN focuses on students who wouldn't normally get an opportunity for this type of training, those students who are marginal or "on the edge"
It builds character and teamwork through a holistic - whole person approach and uses a lot of team based positive reinforcement.
Kristen spoke specifically about the "letting go" ceremony, and how it helps kids move forward by dealing with a past issue in a positive way.
Please encourage school counselors and teachers, to enroll kids during the back to school period, it can certainly change lives.
Attendance draw today was #46 Dave Panabaker, who was present and won a free meal.
Terry Cooper won the ticket draw for a package of "Peace by Chocolate", donated by Wayne Chesley. Wayne took a minute and told the story of this chocolate, made by a Syrian immigrant family who have re-established their chocolate business in Antigonish, NS. Wayne learned this story at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, in Winnipeg. A great piece of positive news about immigration, second chances and the power of diversity.
Club 500:
The club is a little behind on draws last month, so both the July draws and our first draw for August were held today.
The $1,500 draw for July was won by Cameron Kemp, on a ticket sold by Papa Ray
The $500 draw for July was won by Taylor Rae, on a ticket sold by Adolf Seiler.
The $1,500 draw for August was won by Dr Mark Gripp, on a ticket sold by Don Davies.
Make Ups:
None announced today.
Family of Rotary:
The club was delighted to welcome Brenda Bauman to the meeting and get an update on her plan for health.
The club also sends best wishes to Doug Thorson, who is in hospital in Lethbridge with a TIA, or small stroke. We wish him a speedy recovery!
Minute People:
Dave Stalwick did a minute on the upcoming bingo, Sunday afternoon August 26. If you haven't done a bingo in a while, please consider helping out.
Adolf Seiler announced that he had a few Saamis Rotary Harley tickets ($100/ticket) for their draw on September 28.
Karen Blewett reminded the club to attend the RAYEC camp business day, on Saturday August 18 from 11 am to 1 pm. See invitation below
Dave Panabaker took a minute (or two) and explained the progress and current status of the "Rotary Centennial Drive" project, as part of our Centennial Celebration. Although the name is part of the approved database, waiting for that name to be used in the "R" area of the City may take some years, so the idea of renaming 23rd St NW, from Division Ave N to Box Springs Road NW is being discussed with the City of Medicine Hat. More information to come in the fall.
Don Davis, President of the Rotary Music Festival Society took a minute to update the club on a few summer happenings within the Music Festival Society.
Our Executive Director, Delynne Lorentzen has agreed to serve another year.
The Committee is considering the advantages of replacing our printed program with a digital one. It would make things much simpler for most people, still allow advertising but avoid the high cost of paper printing.
The Committee is also reviewing the use and need for trophies at the Festival. Many are not really used or meaningful to participants, and cost the festival to have maintained.
Also, there was some mailing confusion last year, which has been identified and hopefully corrected.
