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John Joined the Rotary Club of Guelph on November 30, 1973 and resigned, due to health reasons, on June 30, 2019. Following his resignation and on the recommendation of the Award Committee The Board awarded John the designation Member For Life. There was hardly a committee that John had not volunteered for or was appointed to by the President. He was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Rotary years 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987 and again in the Rotary Year 1997-1998. In the Rotary Year 2003-2004 the Board appointed John club Insurance Advisor, a position he continued to hold until the end of the Rotary Year 2016-2017. John declined the position for the following year. John used the fine-tooth comb to review each annual insurance policy the District negotiated for all District Rotary Clubs. Annually each fund-raising committee consulted John on whether was the event adequately covered. Where John recommended additional coverage the committee requested he arrange for the insurance. The many Rotary committees that John served on include: - Publicity
- Skate-a-thon
- Property
- Futures 86
- Sunshine
- In 1979-1980, for the first year of the club's Lobsterfest fundraiser, the President appointed John as Chair of the Committee. The committee is still going strong and just held its very successful 43rd annual Lobsterfest on September 30, 2023
- Bulletin, served as co-chair in 1979-80 and chair in 1981-82
- Interclub, served as co-chair in 1978-79
- Club music and singing was a most favourite topic for many years. Each regular Friday meeting when the meeting chair announced it was time for the sing-along, John would jump to his feet, head to the front of the room, encourage everyone to join in and sing along using the distributed song sheets he had prepared. Not satisfied that the singing went on well without accompaniment, John donated a piano to the club for the sing-alongs.
- Fellowship, chair in 1978-1979
- River Boat Gala, Chair in 1991 – 1992
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