News August 11 2017

Members: 13
 
Guests: Allan McIntosh, R Laetitia DeWitt from St. Catharines South, and Bobby from Whistler BC club
 
Correspondence:
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Announcements:
  • R Murray circulated duty roster for the Interclub BBQ August 21.
  • R Mark advised that Ken Gibson is not doing well. Remembering Colleen is advised.
  • Club is encouraging members to attend District Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake November 3, 4 2017 and will support any member who has never been to a District Conference with $100 towards registration.
  • Request from Sears National Kids Cancer Ride (coast to coast ride Sept 6 to 23) for Brighton Rotary to provide riders lunch at 1pm on Monday September 18. Expect about 50 for lunch. R Dave is looking for volunteers.
  • Brighton Rotary Board meeting scheduled for Monday night, August 14 at 6:30pm at home of R Dave.
  • Do we have champion for Foundation Walk?
  • JR's now open Friday and Saturday until 8pm.
  • R Ricardo advised that Brighton soccer club may ask Rotary to help with BBQ, but later confirmed that Lion's are assisting.
  • R Daphne heading to Napal Sept 6 for 3 weeks. There is a 10 year old student who needs help paying for his education. Cost of $40US/month. More details to follow.
  • R Mark gave update on proposed Gazebo in Memorial Park. Committee preparing Trillium grant application and with Rotary's assistance, about 1/2 funds in place. Committee is asking Rotary for a letter of support.
  • From RI - Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, has been selected by the Nominating Committee to be President of Rotary International in 2019-20. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates. The clubs are where Rotary happens; Mark believes. His priorities are to support and strengthen clubs at the community level, preserve Rotary culture as a service-oriented membership organization, and test new regional approaches for growth. With the eradication of polio, recognition for Rotary will be great and the opportunities will be many; he says. We have the potential to become the global powerhouse for doing good. Mark is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the southeastern and midwestern U.S., and he has chaired the American Bar Associations Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. Mark has chaired his church’s finance council and local Catholic school board. He has served as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Decatur, chair of Morgan County Meals on Wheels, and director of the United Way of Morgan County and the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce. Mark Maloney joined Rotary in 1980. He has served as an RI director; trustee and vice chair of The Rotary Foundation; president’s aide; zone coordinator; and a leader on the Future Vision and 2014 Sydney Convention Committees. He serves on the Operations Review Committee and has served on the Rotary Peace Centers Committee. He has received the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. Mark and his wife, Gay, are Major Donors and Bequest Society members. Please join me in welcoming and supporting Mark as he prepares to lead us as RI President in 2019-20. H. Dean Rohrs Rotary International Vice President 2017-18.
  • Please find attached an invitation to club presidents (or designates) and partners to be our guests for the Official Launch of the Rotary Local Lager. A collaborative initiative of The Rotary Club of Peterborough and The Rotary Club of Guelph with Wellington Brewery in Guelph. An initiative with the direct blessing of, and benefit to Rotary International and water filtration projects around the world from a portion of the net proceeds of the initiative. The Launch is set for Wednesday August 30th 4pm to 6.30pm with reception and presentations at the Guelph Curling Club incorporating the opportunity to Taste the goods, enjoy the appetizers, get the pitch, and tour the brewery. We believe that the initiative can be a significant fundraiser for Rotary and participating clubs in the respective districts and beyond program details to be announced at the event! Kevin Duguay or Helmuth Slisarenko, the respective project champions for Peterborough and Guelph clubs, would be pleased to answer any questions related to the initiative. To determine the prospective number and identities of attendees we require prospective attendees to RSVP with name and club by Tuesday August 21st 4pm to broadwith@xplornet.com. Yours Sincerely, Richard Broadwith, Chair Corporate Coordinating Committee, Rotary Club of Guelph 519 823 3846.
  • Rotary Global Rewards- Rotary Global Rewards, our member benefits program, offers discounts on products and services from local and global merchants, along with opportunities to give back to Rotary. Over 33,000 members have signed in to use Rotary Global Rewards. To raise awareness of this program, you can: Recommend Rotary Global Rewards to all club members. They can visit www.rotary.org/globalrewards from a computer or download the Rotary Club Locator App to use the program on mobile devices. Post a "Rewards" link to www.rotary.org/globalrewards on your club and district websites. This gives members easier access to Rotary Global Rewards. Encourage club members to post offers on Rotary Global Rewards. Suggest that club members help the program grow in their communities by asking local merchants to post offers. You can find instructional videos, how-to-guides, and promotional materials on the Rotary Global Rewards page of My Rotary.  If you have any questions about the program, write to rotaryglobalrewards@rotary.org. Thank you for your help, Sincerely,  The Rotary Global Rewards staff.
  • Hi everyone… I was thinking about doing a Membership posting on our FB. and welcome input from each of you… can you pls send me a quick email consisting of a couple of sentences or paragraph as to Why you joined Rotary. and what you get out of it today. If I can have them by this coming Sunday evening, I will prepare the FB posting by Monday. Thanks in advance. Dave.
  • Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Brighton Rotary this morning.  I appreciated meeting all of you and can’t thank you enough for the beautiful Hozelton Apple.  I passed around some of my contact information to the group and I hope some Rotarians will consider participating on October 17th (I confirmed that is the day of the student workshop).  If you could please let the group know, I confirmed and it is in fact the 17th. I am also hopeful that as a group, the Rotary will consider a donation towards providing lunch for the students for the workshop.  I will be working with the culinary department at ENSS to see if we can feed the students through their efforts.  This would potentially mean we just need to cover the cost of the food.  I anticipate this would be approximately $400-$500.  Please let me know if there is any other information needed for this request. Thank you again, Kristina Nairn RN, BA, BScN,  Determinants of Health Nurse
Song: Dixie (we had fun with this one)
 
50/50 - $26 won by R Patty who donated it to Foundation.
 
Happy Bucks: both sad and happy, to be here, good weekend, 1st card from 5 year old grandson, holidays in Quebec, POD members helping each other, guest speaker, golf game, trip to Gaspe, AMO, countinued success of club, flood cleanup next couple months, dog is doing well with no anxiety, thrilled to be here, 43 day countdown, off to UK and Rhine for 4 weeks, dress fitting, new home Wednesday.
 
Rotary Minute: From R Mark shared some wisdon that I can't remember.