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Rick Evans led us in Oh Canada, Rob Reid offered Grace, and we toasted the Queen and Canada.
President Larry introduced the Head Table - to introduce our speaker, Tom Arkell; speaker, Ron Sloan; President, Larry Iggulden; Sergeant-at-arms, Henry Becker; Registrar, Pat Hoggan
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Tom Arkell |
Pat Hoggan was on hand to introduce our Guests, but there weren't any.
Rotarian in the Spotlight - Pat then began to profile Mike Michaud. Mike was introduced to our Club by Ross McDonald in 1998 and has been very active in many of our committees. He is currently chair of our Civic Affairs Committee and is a member of our Board of Directories. Iin the community, Mike has been involved with the United Way and Hotel Dieu. Mike is an engineer and retired as VP of QUNO. He is married to Diane and they have three children.
Birthdays:
Sept 15 - Gerry Wooll (a standing ovation for 95 years)
Sept 17 - Ross MacDonald, Sept 19 - Bill Orr
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Gerry Wooll |
Our Civic Affairs Committee makes a presentation to City Council on Monday. Join them at City Hall if you can, or watch the sparks fly on Cogeco 10 if you can't.
There is to be a Youth Exchange meeting right after today's meeting
World Community Service is meeting on September 21 st at 5:15pm at Sullivan Mahoney.
President Larry read portions of a letter from Tammy, on behalf of Canadian Blood Services, thanking us for our blood donor clinic, and Kelly Buckley for her leadership in the project.
Sam Walters came forward to recognize and honour the Rotarians who were the first to bring items into the TV Auction. He reminded us to bring back our data sheets, even if we weren't successful in getting a gift. The information gets plugged back into our data base. Sam also pointed out that many of our TV Auction forms are available on our web site - www.rotaryniagara.org
Harold Nash came forward to remind us that the GSE team from the Philippines are arriving on September 28 th for four days. He needs drivers to ferry them around, so if you can help, contact Harold at jnashltd@vaxxine.com
Kim Widdicombe carried the basket and is happy that her occupancy rate at the nursing home has reach its cap of 200, but only with here own occupation of a bed.
John Crossingham is happy that the Brazilian friendship exchange team was here.
Coach Denham is happy because he has a new son, William Matthew.
Bill Word is happy that Gerry Wooll was in attendance and thanked him for proposing him as a member of Rotary.
George Doty was also happy to see Gerry at the meeting.
Rick Merritt is happy to announce that he has decided 34 years in the bank is enough.
Dr. Don Fraser - happy to see Gerry.
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Don Fraser |
President Dan Patterson - announced National Coffee Break day for Alzheimer next Wednesday.
Howard Lackie is happy to be back after three weeks in Israel and the middle East.
Ken Wright is happy to be married for 50 years
Doug Geddie is happy that he was invited to the Amherst South club to recognize our newest District Ambassadorial Scholarv, Betsy Cooper, who is off to Oxford. He thought it odd that they have a sing-song, but don't provide their pianist with music.
Larry Ross is happy to have slept with the same woman for 44 years. That drew some comments.
Graham Kennedy was happy to have enjoyed his daughter's wedding, despite a parking problem.
50/50- Harold Nash drew a card, but not the right card.
Membership Committee presentation
Tom Arkell and Ron Sloan were the tag-team for this week's program. Ron began by introducing Tom Arkell, responsible for Community Activities at Brock. He is also our second vice-president, and therefore our Membership Chair.
Tom repeated our goal - one new member per club, and reminded us that our District Governor will be with us on October 20 to ensure that we are striving toward our goal.
Last year we recruited 15 new members but lost 16. The numbers are great, but the arithmetic stinks.
He explained that by having Joyce Western assisting with registration at our club that we hope to tidy up our actual attendance. (Some of our older members have admitted that they don't check in because they can't read the attendance check-off sheets!)
Ron Sloan came forward to talk about the process of recruiting new members. He described the friendliness he felt when he came to his first meeting, and reminded us to extend that feeling to others. He pointed us to a guide-sheet on "How to Recruit a New Member."
Bala Kathiresan came forward to speak about his experiences being a new member. He described the first year as difficult, especially in fitting into the existing membership cliques. He felt that being engaged in the club would have encouraged him to belong. Howard Lackie's talk about Polio Plus' efforts in India, impacted strongly on his recognition of the value of Rotary. He suggested that Rotarians other than your sponsor should reach out to welcome new members.
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Bala Kathiresan |
Dr. Don Fraser came forward to induct our new members -Jean Gigenti, Pat Hoggan, Henry Klassen and Dave Martineau. He reminded them of the value of Rotary and the world-wide entré that we enjoy by wearing the Rotary pin.
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Henry Klassen, Pat Hoggan, Dave Martineau & Jean Gigenti |
Brian St. Hilaire thanked our speakers and President Larry added his thanks and made the donation to the Canadian Land Mine Foundation in their name.
President Larry told us a Rotary fact about membership retention. It has been an issue since the beginning. Two of the four founders of Rotary resigned shortly after joining. Despite those shaky beginnings, Rotary has grown to what it is today.
Sam Walters rose to announce that we have 70 items in-hand for the TV Auction, which is 6% of our goal.
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Auction Winners |
Next Week- Niagara Symphony Summer Music Camp
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