It was a business meeting at the Rotary Club today. President Melanie Harty has been running regular business meetings for communication with the club members and for introducing new ideas. One of those ideas is the idea of a smaller, less expensive lunch. Although the sandwich's today were generously filled, they do need a little fine tuning.
Melanie spoke about the need to do a few things differently, and wants to make sure that everyone has the opportunity for comment and input as we go forward with our strategic plan and some changes.
Mike Christie spoke about his two directorships, both membership where we are hopeful that our newest member, Alain Guerard will be joined by one or two more in the near future. He also talked about Community Service, and took a few questions. He also mentioned that although Highway Cleanup is officially on May 6th, because of the conflict with District Conference our club will work on our roadway and trail at another time. He also indicated that discussions are ongoing with the Stampede Organization regarding cake cutting on Canada Day.
PE Bruce Shepard reminded everyone that the discussion on the new Strategic Plan will be the business meeting on May 1st, which will be on ZOOM. He issued a "last call" for comments and suggestions, and invited everyone to review it in advance of that meeting.
Rotary Club "What-z New":
A few more meeting helpers are required to run cameras and sound during our hybrid meetings. Anyone wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.
Rotary Club Membership Update:
Please consider joining 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, text 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 April 10th - No Meeting - HAPPY EASTER!
Monday April 17th - Club Meeting at The Lodge - Guest speaker: Sue Withers
Sunday April 23rd - Next Rotary Bingo (afternoon)
Monday April 24th - Rotary in the community
May 8th and 9th - Next Rotary Club Casino
Friday June 16th - Rotary at the Ballpark, Athletic Park
Upcoming Rotary District and International Events
Rotary District Club Learning Webinar: Wednesday April 5th from 7-8pm, on LITERACY - learn what it means to be literate, why literacy is so important, and how everyone has a role to play in helping others. Register on the District 5360 website, using this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7e_bYUPmRl-sxyCqb_TOtQ
Rotary District Club Learning Webinar: Wednesday April 19th from 7-8pm, on THE OPIOID CRISIS & DRINKING WATER CONNECTION - Project SMART. Register on the District website, using this link https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zBJQhdE-Sc2AHrYU8-PN8A
Next District Conference: Lethbridge: May 5/6, 2023. Have you registered yet? The conference website is located at https://www.discon5360.ca Margie mentioned that some ride sharing and car pooling might let more folks attend.
Rotary International Convention: 27 - 31 May 2023, in Melbourne, Australia.
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.
There were 15 Club members in attendance; with another 3 joining using our ZOOM link.
Club Draw:
The winner of the club draw this week was President Melanie Harty, who won a small bottle of Cabernet Merlot.
Please remember to contribute items for the weekly draw as the stock cupboard is running low.
Makeups:
None mentioned
Birthdays:
Glen Presley April 03
Neil Mardian April 03
Sarah Koch April 04
Bernie Scott April 09
Rotary Anniversaries:
Dick Bide Apr 11, 1971 52 years.
Terry Brekko Apr 01, 1989 34 years
Joe Hrankowski Apr 03, 2000 23 years
Dave Panabaker Apr 01 2004 19 years
Donald Davis Apr 01, 2011 12 years
Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for April 2023:
Glen Presley
Reminders about important Minutes:
Dinner Club
Dick Bide would like to get the Dinner Club underway. He encouraged those put their names down, to send him a date for the dinner at their house.
E-bike Raffle Tickets
The e-bike raffle provides funds for the Sunrise Rotary Club to sponsor community and international causes. An important one for them is literacy, through the “Sunrise Rotary Ride the Road to Reading” program at the Medicine Hat Public Library, for grade four students in the city. Use this link to buy tickets with a credit card: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/18de336b-5b29-4ee9-8e0a-81ade75a8684
Sunrise Rotary Club anniversary
Just a reminder of the 25th anniversary celebration of the chartering of the Sunrise Club will take place in the evening of Tuesday June 20, 2023. The draw for the two e-bikes will be done same evening.
The Medicine Hat Club chartered the Sunrise Club in June 1998. Past President of our Club, Mark Sorenson, was one of the charter members. Plans will be announced when they are finalized but please mark the date.
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!
Clubrunner "Changeover" Training Series: Clubrunner, our Club Operations Software is providing a broad series of training webinars, to coincide with the changeover of club executives. Sessions on every aspect of Clubrunner are available, from District Executive, Membership, Club Executives and Website operations. Register online at https://site.clubrunner.ca/page/changeover-training
Meeting Room Setup
John John needs assistance setting up the meeting room on a go forward basis. 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 Panabaker.
Family of Rotary:
The club sends its prayers and best wishes to former Rotarian Ray Kemp, who is struggling with his radiation treatment in Lethbridge, and is now in the MH Hospital. He is not able to receive visitors at this point, perhaps as he gets stronger.
Please keep Adolf Seiler 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.
