Bulletin
Opening/Chair: Chairperson for the day, Chester opened the meeting by calling for the singing of O Canada and the moment of reflection.
Happy Mug: Richard was happy that some renovations his home had been complete well ahead of time and Al for his upcoming wine trip to BC
Attendance: 55% without makeups
Fun Fines: All those who did not have their yearbook work done paid a dollar. Most paid.
Visitors/Guests: There were 13 members of the Trurobotics lego team, their coaches and family members in attendance to make a presentation to the club.
50/50: Dale Saunders got the ticket in a trade with Wayne but the joker eluded him.
Member Health: Dave MacNaughton is progressing well after his stroke. It was also reported that Bob Gogan who had been a member of the club had recently passed away as a result of an accident.
Committee Reports:
- Judy announced the annual summer social will be on July 16th at Ed MacDonald's cottage at Shortt's Lake. It would be a pot luck event and people would be assigned to bring mains, sides or deserts based on their last name. It was a bring your own chair event. An electronic notice would be coming out shortly
- Ken Maclean reported on the "Cheering for Charity" program at the Truro Raceway. The club has been offered the month of July and we are expected to have at least two Rotarians during each of the 8 races that will be going on. It will be great publicity for the club. Ken asked if there would be volunteers for the dates and there were plenty. He will email the dates and times out to the club and will make up a list of each night.
- Larry reported that the yearbook committee would be meeting shortly and asked people to get calls made so the photographer can do his work.
Secretaries's Report: None
President's Report:
President Kevin reported on some of the discussions and decisions made at the director's meeting.
- He thanked Ken for agreeing to take on Cheer for Charity project at the racetrack .
- He reported that Ted had the budget ready for presentation at the Semi annual meeting.
- He reported that there had been a motion to support workshop to a total of $6,500 for the annual trip to Halifax but that this would be the last year for supporting that request.
- The Directors had decided to set aside $100,000 for the capital campaign for the Workshops and and will provide that support at proper time.
- The president named the three bursaries winners.
- An announcement was made for three plays to be held Watermark Theatre in North Rustico.This was a new theatre who's summer season begins June 28th and includes the comedy Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. The Club had declined sponsorship but indicated they would make Rotarians aware of the events.
- President Kevin informed the members about a person walking across Canada pushing a grocery cart in something called "Push for Change". The person will be in Truro at the Willow Street Home Hardware store on July 11th. Watch for more details in the local media.
- People were reminded of the Pictou Rotary Club's Presidents's Night and Change Over party on June 24th. Jim and Barbara were going but others were invited. It would be at Pictou Lodge.
- There was also the District Governors Change Over party on July 3rd that Rotarians were invited to. It be in the Valley at the home of Jo Ueffing.
Speaker: Matt introduced representatives of the Trurobotics team.
The team has competed in the regional and then provincial lego robot competition at NSCC. In addition to robotics the team is encouraged to come up with an innovative project or idea.
At the provincials they were presented with an exciting opportunity to. They had developed a project and had been chosen to go next week to Washington DC to compete In the GLobal Innovation competition. The global innovation Award is worth $10,000 US.
The team explained their project in some detail from conception to development and testing. They issue they were trying to solve has to do with the problem of plastic bags in the compost stream. The plastic mainly comes from dog waste bags. What is needed is a better biodegradable plastic bag. They had developed and made their own and then demonstrated to the group.
The bag is safe for the environment and is even edible! They had tested it at the bale fill site and it breaks down within two weeks.
They have also looked at marketing of the product and had talked to multiple experts in all fields.
In conclusion they felt that their new bag would help the community and the environment.
The group was congratulated and thanked by both Jim and Brian for the innovation of their product and the way they presented it to the club. The Rotarians present wished them best of luck a the competition.
Closing: 1:00
