President Melanie Harty led the club through our monthly business meeting. Several of the Executive and Directors, presented updates and information for the club. President-elect Bruce Shepard provided a heads-up on the Strategic Plan work, which the Board has been reviewing.
PE Bruce spoke about the need for an effective plan, for having a "Vision" that was easy to remember and understand. He encouraged all members to read the document when it was released next month and provide feedback, perspective and advise.
He also spoke about the need for targets, for steps to work toward goals and having measurements. Because usually what "gets measured, gets done".
Club Secretary Doug Fleming has been hard at work at compiling and updating our list of historical projects. He had copies for the table, and the list is impressively long. A copy will be placed in our Club Documents section of Clubrunner when it is complete.
Membership and Community Service Director, Mike Christie spoke about recent meetings and updated all of us on our Community Service projects.
Terry Cooper, Director of International Service spoke about the delays in the 3D limbs project that we are contributing to in Sri Lanka. He also spoke about the great work by Team Freewheel and our bike donations.
Rotary Club "What-z New":
A few more meeting helpers are required to run cameras and sound during our hybrid meetings. We are all learning to adapt to this new reality. Anyone wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.
Rotary Club Membership Update:
Would you like to join the membership team? Check out a meeting of this team and see how exciting it is! The committee meets on the second Wednesday 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 December 12th - Club meeting
Monday December 19th - Christmas lunch - members and partners - at The Medicine Hat Lodge
Monday December 19th - 5 pm - Bingo
Monday December 26th - NO MEETING, Merry Christmas.
Monday January 2nd - NO MEETING, Happy New Year
Monday January 9th - Talk by Cathie Catalano - Rotary Music Festival Society
Upcoming Rotary District and International Events
Next District Conference: Lethbridge: May 5/6, 2023.
Next RC Casino - May 7/8, 2023.
Ideas for Future Programs
The Rotary Club's Program Committee members are Jillian Koch (jkoch@jmhca.com), Dave Panabaker (d.panabaker@hotmail.com) and Margie Booyens (margiebooyens@gmail.com).
If you have ideas for future programs, please contact them.
President Melanie presented a handmade Christmas ornament to the draw winner, Dick Bide.
Makeups:
The bingo team from the evening of Dec 1st.
Birthdays:
Dieter Brand Dec 10.
Dale Stein Dec 12.
Gail Halderman Dec 16.
Adolf Seiler Dec 17.
Ken Zollner Dec 18.
John John Dec 19.
Reagan Weeks Dec 27.
Kitt Brand Dec 28.
Rotary Anniversaries:
Terry Cooper 15 years Dec 4, 2007.
Emilia Dirk 1 year Dec 6, 2021.
Linnsie Clark 1 year Dec 13, 2021.
Sarah Koch 7 years Dec 14, 2015.
Brent Secondiak 2 years Dec 14, 2020.
Theresa Eisenbarth 24 years Dec 23, 1998.
Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for December:
Milan Vujovic
Minutes:
Rotary Bingo: Dave Panabaker advised that the next Rotary bingo is Monday evening, December 19th. It is the last bingo of this calendar year, so please sign up if you have time.
Christmas Kettles: Adolf Seiler encouraged members to fill the gaps on the schedule for Saturday 17 December, when our Club will be collecting for the Salvation Army at various venues in the city. There are several 4 pm to 6 pm shifts left to complete the entire day. The shared signup sheet is located at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pARyfXud12-MzJtZLoL_UlcxqQvIOOuidwV4AxD4_94/edit
Ken Sauer School Invitation: Anne Carrier passed on the invitation from the staff and students of Dr. Ken Sauer School, where we have helped with BBQing and food serving in the last year, to attend their Christmas concert.
Team Freewheel Bike project: The Bike Project encourages everyone to visit the project at 551 Spencer Street (Knowles Electric building). Thursday mornings are a good time to swing by for a cup of coffee and a chat with the team working on the bikes. Active involvement in the project would be warmly welcomed!
Dinner Club startup: Dick Bide had signup sheets for the dinner club available at the meeting. Milan Vujovic will assist Dick in setting up and running the dinner club this year. Please contact Dick if you wish to sign up.
Next Rotary District Learning webinar: The next District learning webinar will be held on Wednesday December 14, 2022 starting at 7:00 pm. This month's topic is "Imagine Your Rotary that Leads Reconciliation Efforts", presented by Cam Stewart, a member of Calgary East and the District Indigenous Relations Committee. Sign up here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WiXS50t5QrW3XMRpuJOZtQ
Christmas Partners Lunch: 19 December (noon)
The Rotary Club members and partners are invited to a special Christmas lunch celebration, at noon on Monday December 19th. A Christmas buffet will be laid on, and cost will be $30.00/person. Invitations, to obtain a needed head count, are out so please sign up.
Meeting Room Setup
Due to his physical injury, John John will need assistance setting up the room on a go forward basis. Ian McLaughlin is helping through November, however more volunteers are needed. The time commitment is about an hour before the meeting, starting at 11:00 am and about a half hour after the meeting, usually ending around 1:30 pm. If you are willing to help, please contact John or Dave.
2023 Club 1000 update
Our new Club 1000 tickets for the 2023 raffle have been packaged, distributed and/or are available for pickup (call Glen Presley). Please work hard to sell these tickets in support of the Rotary Music Festival. Our tickets can be purchased online at https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/63a3f617-fe73-44ad-9913-d0296da68041.
Family of Rotary:
Everyone present wishes Dale Stein a speedy recovery from his recent foot surgery. Hope you up and about soon!
We also wish the best to Carol Cooper as she recovers and gets ready to travel to Mexico.
The club also sends along our prayers and best wishes to Carolyn Presley, as she undergoes heart surgery in Calgary on Wednesday.
Please keep Adolf informed about members health changes so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.
The Rotary Club of Medicine Hat has returned to meeting in person, face-to-face meetings as of Monday March 21. A ZOOM link will still be available for those who are cautious, ill or are away on vacation.
