Sept 19, 2016 Bulletin
Opening/Chair: President Ted Jordan was chair for the day. He lead the group in the singing of O Canada and then the moment of personal reflection
Happy Mug: There were a number of happy Rotarians including Richard for family visits; Jim Gould for his new grand daughter, and successful Bollywood and One Horse Town events; Kirk, for hitting the bullseye with this arrows; Marilyn for family visits and wedding; Jim Goit for the opportunity to ride for a short way with Chris MacDougall on his Charlie's Ride across Canada. He announced that there would be a drop in reception for Chris held at the Engine Room, Truro Center Mall on the Esplanade, Sunday October 2nd from 2-4 pm. All welcome to help celebrate this amazing effort.
Truro Rotarian Mike Hanes (4th from left) and his riding friends accompanied Chris from Pictou to Antigonish. Jim and Ron Zwaagstra from the Sackville and Area Rotary club turned back earlier to show the Rotary colours in the Pictou area.
Attendance: 63%
Visitors/Guests: There were no visiting Rotarians or guests.
50/50: The lucky 50/50 ticket was drawn by Jim Goit who was also lucky enough to find the Joker. He announced that the $86 pot would go toward his Rotary International annual fund donation.
Member Health: No report on members.
Secretaries Report: Secretary Ryan mentioned those who had had or will be having birthdays in September. A complete list comes with the bulletin each week. He also thanked all those who helped with the One Horse Town Event.
President's Report: President Ted outlined some of the activities that the club had been involved with during the past few months including:
- The Polio Swimathon across Shortts Late that had raised $1,400 for the Polio campaign
- The Club had gotten good exposure from the Cheer for Charity events at the race track. About $900 had been realized.
- Bollywood had been a success again and the two charities had gotten $3000.
- The Colchester Community workshops Golf Tournament had been a great success
- The One Horse Town event had been a success.
- There was going to be a Plaque at the IWK as a result of our gift from the Bethel Trust.
- There was going to be a bench in the new Civic Square with the Rotary logo.
- The Board would be discussing possibilities for using the $14,000 that came from the conference and the sorts of projects it might enable.
- He reported that the Christmas director's meeting and party would be a the Home of Jim and Barbara Goit on December 6th. Watch for further details.
- Charter night would be February 16, 2017. Watch for details.
- The president encouraged all members to think about who they knew that could come to a meeting and potentially become a Rotarian.
Committee Reports:
- Lydia reported on the Cameroon project. The funds from all the partners had been received in the country and the cooperators there were beginning to make progress towards building and completing the project.
- Jim Gould reported on Bollywood and thanked everyone who had helped make it a successful event. He reported that there had been some issues with food and service this year that would have be corrected another year. There was also confusion with winners of the balloon draw and problems with prize allocation. There would have to be discussion about options as some Rotarians felt the how it had ended did not meet all elements of the Four Way Test.
- Ken MacLean thanked everyone for their support of the Cheer for Charity program. While it had not made a lot of money for the Club (about $900) it had generated a lot of awareness for Rotary.
- Larry reported that there had been 187 completed contracts and the committee was in the final process of getting picture approval. It is that approval by the client that triggers the invoicing process. He stated that they were on track for completion by the end of November to go to the layout and print stage. The new process had had it's teething pains but the hard work of Matt and others had pulled it through. It should be much smoother in the future.
- Ryan reported on the One Horse Town event thanking all those who had participated. In addition to the proceeds from the bottle returns (As yet unknown) the rewards the club had been given a signed Dean Brody guitar that will be auctioned off and the proceeds returned to the club. The guitar is logoed by the sponsor of the event Coors and is also signed by Chad Brownlee as well as the River Town Saints who also performed that evening.
Speaker: As this was a club meeting, there was no formal speaker.
Closing: Closing was at 1:00 pm
