ATTENDANCE: Quite a few members attended the meeting in person (The week's newsletter editor forgot to count attendance! Fire him!) We also had 4 guests and 1 online Rotarian.
GUESTS: We welcomed the following guests at today's meeting.
- Noted in President's Message
MEETING DRAW:
- Dave Stalwick won a hand woven table rug from Paraguay! Given Dave was also in charge of the draw tickets, the outcome seems a bit suspicious! Benefit of the doubt goes to the winner I suppose!
Dave is looking a bit smug here….almost as if he knew who would win today's draw…Greg looks like totally innocent!
BIRTHDAYS:
Gwen Dirk - October 4
Sharon Hayward - October 7
Peter Mueller - October 13
Igor Grujic - October 15
ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES:
Dale Stein - 19 years, October 22, 2007
Anne Carrier - 13 years, October 7, 2013
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ROSE RUNNER FOR OCTOBER 2026:
The Rose Runner for September is Gwen Dirk.
NEW MINUTES AND REMINDERS:
- BINGO - Dave Stalwick advised that our next bingo session will be on Saturday October 17th in the evening beginning at 4:45 pm, and 3 volunteers are needed to make up a team of nine. The signup email will go out this week.
- ROTARY CLUB OF MEDICINE HAT DINNER CLUB: Milan Vujovic is helping out Odessa Vermee is away on a family emergency. If you are interested in signing up or want more information on the Dinner Club please contact Milan.
- REACH THE SUMMIT WORKSHOP: On Tuesday September 29, Karen Blewett and Danielle Skogan led a workshop for all Rotary clubs in Medicine Hat. The purpose of the workshop was to help Rotary Clubs create a strong vision for what they want to achieve this Rotary year and beyond, using the supportive framework of the Rotary Action Plan. It was attended by our president, Doug and Milan.
- NEW GENERATIONS SERVICE EXCHANGE PROGRAM PARTICIPANT - Davi Pereira from Brazil is coming to Medicine Hat from 1 January until the end of February 2027. Terry Brekko, the Craciun family, and Peter Mueller and Gwen Dirk are hosting Davi, possibly also a member of Saamis Rotary Club. However, additional hosting of different sorts would be great. You could for example opt to have Davi for a weekend, for a meal and/or a day trip. Please contact Margie Booyens (403.952.7340) for more information. Davi is studying to become a school teacher. His English is very good!
- MEETING OF OUR CLUB WITH DG: DG Darcy will be attending our club meeting on Monday 19 October at noon.
- DISTRICT GRANT WEBINAR: Online, on Saturday 24 October, from 9-12. Our club needs at least one member to participant in order for the club to qualify for grant applications - but anyone interested in District grants is welcome to register.
- The serving of the mid-afternoon meal at St. Barnabas on October 31 has been re-scheduled to December 5 if you were intending to volunteer for that event. Contact Milan for details.
- CLUB SHIRTS: Club t-shirts and golf shirts are available at $25 and $30 respectively. If you ordered, please pay and collect from Anne Carrier or Odessa Vermee!
Family of Rotary:
- We continue to keep the Presley family in our thoughts and prayers. In speaking to their son Darren, a celebration is “tentatively” planned for Saturday Nov 14th, The club will be informed of the details as they emerge.
- Deb Best is home and on the mend.
- Dawn Barr has had a procedure on her knee, and will be recovering over the next few weeks.
- Deb Panabaker will be in Calgary in early November for a day surgery, as her battle continues.
To all, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Please keep a Board Member informed about members health and/or any other changes, so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.