Acting President Doug Fleming welcomed all to the first meeting of February 2022. Doug started the meeting speaking about the 117th anniversary of Rotary. The actual anniversary date is Feb 23, 1905. Doug quizzed the club with many questions on the start of Rotary and highlighted all the very positive events of this start for all of us.
Doug also mentioned that the Rotary theme for this month is "Peace Building and Conflict Resolution", and perhaps we can all hope for a little of that to be applied at home. Doug mentioned that the application form for the 2023 Rotary Peace Fellowships are currently available, a copy of the information was sent to every member. Our club has never sponsored one of these fellowships, but members were encouraged to think about someone who might qualify.
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:
Thursday February 10, 2022 - Membership Meeting (ZOOM 5:00PM)
Thursday February 10, 2022 - Community Service (ZOOM 6:30PM)
Thursday February 10, 2022 - Bingo
Monday February 14, 2022 - Club Meeting (ZOOM)
Tuesday February 15, 2022 - Board Meeting
Monday February 21, 2022 - NO MEETING (Family Day)
Upcoming Rotary District and International Events:
Watch for the March webinar, on March 16 with Margie Booyens, where the subject is New Generations Service Exchange (NGSE).
The Global and District Grant Refresher Webinar, for anyone who is interested in putting Rotary money to work in the community or around the world will be held on Wednesday March 9th, beginning at 7:00 pm and running for approx. 1.5 hours. This is NOT the club qualification session, which happens every fall, but with changes to the Global Grant process, it was deemed a great opportunity for learning. Any Rotarian can register at https://rotary5360.ca/event/grants-application-refresher
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 meeting, and Doug Fleming started his month as "Vice-President".
The 23 Rotarians at the meeting enjoyed the presentation. Through the ZOOM connection we have members join from Mexico, Hawaii 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 and with volunteers after the meeting, we have a full team.
Sunrise Rotary Club has kicked off their spring fundraiser, a raffle for two electric bikes. Support for their many worthwhile projects was encouraged.
Family of Rotary: (PLEASE KEEP ADOLF INFORMED ABOUT MEMBERS SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED ON TO ALL IN THE WEEKLY NEWS).
POST MEETING NOTE - We wish President Melanie Harty a sure and swift recovery from COVID. She sent her apologies for not making the meeting.
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.
