Previous bulletins can be read on our club website under News
Weekly meetings IN PERSON at the ICC
Looking ahead, our weekly club meetings will continue to be held IN PERSON at the ICC up to and including April 14th (with the exception of Good Friday on April 7th). See you at the ICC!
Oops ... a re-do of our voting on board members
Inadvertently, some wires got crossed about terms of office for different board members. Just in time and before finalizing results from the recent voting, an honest mistake was identified and is being made right ... with a re-do of the voting. Be sure to vote again by February 9th. Thanks for everyone's cooperation!
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Coming up on Friday, February 3rd - Dave Latreille reports on our club's Environment work
Dave Latreille and Carolyn Weatherson are Co-chairs of our very active Environment Committee. This Friday, Dave will summarize our legacy Rotary Forest project at Guelph Lake (a project that gained global recognition from Rotary International), and he'll also share details about our newest Rotary Forest project in Guelph's south end. Read more here:
ROTARY FOREST EARTH DAY VIDEO 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UxS_eZuyIyI5pfSNjwtrY4uncA68myZN/view
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Guess what? We have a new Sergeant At Arms!
Helmuth Slisarenko joined fellow Rotarians for a friendly pint and chat at January's fellowship night on January 25th at Fionn MacCool's ... and before he could escape, found himself appointed by the enthusiastic members present as our Sergeant At Arms, a club role that has been vacant for a while. In traditional Tom Funk style and good humour, Helmuth found one attendee as being "Too good to be true" and awarded a free ticket to the Guelph South Pasta Dinner, while another member was fined for arriving late.
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Last week, we got to know more about Jacquie Gray
Jacquie shared her fascinating career path from librarian, to teacher, to health & safety advocate. She told her personal story by means of showing Tarot Cards, a lifelong hobby that has helped her find strength, balance and purpose through many personal difficulties in her life, and she now puts her insights to good use today in helping others through their difficulties. In recent years, she has specialized in supporting school kids with unique developmental issues, teaching life skills. Currently, she is conducting Safety Audits for schools in the UGDSB. Her concluding personal story was about standing up for oneself, and using that strength to make the world a better place for all. Jacquie - what an asset you are to our club and community!
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Board meeting summary
Club Secretary Kerry Johnson briefly reported on discussions at the club's most recent board meeting held on January 17th, 2023.
10 board members in attendance
Mark Gilroy formally appointed Club Treasurer
Discussions about our club's grant application and review process, work in progress
Plans to review our club Bylaws
Club currently has 95 members, with 7 of those being new in this Rotary year
Member resignations - Jim MacKenzie and Jan Jofriet
Discussions about a club "changeover" event in June 2023, possibly at the Delta Hotel, to celebrate 2022-23 and kickstart 2023-24.
Fundraising activities: Nanita in discussion with other Rotary clubs about Pride Festival support next June; Sean looking into a bigger Hockey Challenge event in 2024
Discussion about FIRESIDES and whether to hold them this year
Read the past December 2022 board minutes here:https://portal.clubrunner.ca/151/Documents/en-ca/a66c374d-8e6b-4895-80d5-052fbc1cc4a0/1/
Guess what? We have a new Sergeant At Arms!
Last week, we got to know more about Jacquie Gray
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