Opening/Chair: Alana Hirtle was the chair for the day and she asked Ed MacDonald to lead the group in the singing of O Canada. This was followed by a moment of personal reflection.

 

Alana recently changed jobs and now works for Northern Opportunities for Business Ltd (NOBL).

 

Happy Mug: There were several happy Rotarians this week including Ed MacDonald, Sharon Corcoran, Jim Gould, Wayne Gillis, Laurie Sandeson, Martina Munden and Alana Hirtle.

 

Attendance: The attendance for the meeting was reported as  57 % before makeups are applied. 

 

(Editor's Note) If there are unreported makeups please let the secretary or Jim Goit know. We'll apply them for you.

 

Visitors/Guests:  Speaker Jo Anne Fewer and Margot White, both from Perennia, were welcomed quests.

 

50/50: Jean had the winning ticket but didn't find the joker so the $44 pot grows.

 

Member Health:  It was reported that Sharon Quinlan has suffered a fall at their home in NL. There are broken bones so recovery period ahead.

 

Committee Reports: Larry reported on the yearbook. There are 166 photos confirmed but there are still 30 potentials out there. He ran thru the 30 names that needed to be contacted and members volunteered to go to them.

 

Jim Gould reported on Bollywood Night on September 10th.  He is looking for ticket sales and silent auction items.

 

Secretaries's Report: None

 

President's Report: None

 

Speaker:  Jo Ann Fewer, CEO of Perenna was introduced by Alana and proceeded to give a brief history and summary of the programs of Perennia. 

 

Launched in its current form in 2012, Perennia is a fully integrated agriculture, food and bio-resource company.  It works with producers and processors to offer new perspectives on growing, value-adding, incubating and innovating. 

Perennia helps address production issues on farm, create internationally recognized quality and food safety programs, lease incubation space for new product development and conduct research to transform underutilized land- and marine-based bioresources into high-value products like nutraceuticals, functional ingredients and non-food based bioproducts.

 

Jo Ann and Margo gave examples of the companies that Perennia had helped over the last several year.  There is currently space for new tenants and she encouraged members of the club to refer people to Perennia.

 

Plans for future development of the company and the site in Bible Hill were presented and an invitation to come to see the facility was extended to the club.

 

Jo Ann and Margo were thanked by Jim Gould.

 

Closing: 1:10pm