Minutes from September 19, 2017 Meeting

September 19, 2017: 
Attendance 30 members plus exchange student Daichi, prospective returning member Jenni Mudge-Winters, and speaker Melanie Doerksen.
 
Gail Catherwood announced:
  • Malta trip information session October 12, 7pm at Venture Norfolk
  • Please keep Don and Gwen Emerson and their family in your thoughts
  • Secret greeter was Nancy Sherwin this morning
  • Jordana Armstrong to breakfast first after the successful car wash fundraiser for Welshpool exchange. 
  • Great Race October 9
Sergeant-at-Arms Jim Oliver tested us on Norfolk craft breweries and wineries.
  •  Jordana: $1189 was raised at the car wash on Saturday.  If any members are able to drive Welshpool students during the week they are here at end of October, please let her, Cheryl Peck, or Dave Douglas know. 
  •  Joanne Kiefer: Mark the date : RCNS Christmas Party Thursday December 14, 5-7pm at Lighthouse Festival Theatre
  • Dave Nicolle: Burtols will be supporting Coats for Kids again this year.  Fliers are being printed.
    • Let Dave know by end of this week (Sept. 25 at the latest) if you will be going to Brantford Sunrise meeting 7:15am Wednesday September 27.
  • John Wallace: Operation Eyesight Dinner September 30 will be raising funds for the next project, in Kanpur.  The Rotary Club of Simcoe has donated $2500 to this project.
  • Gail Catherwood: Keith Flexman has offered to be our club’s RI Convention Promotion Chair
    • Australia Vocational Training Team is coming in the spring and District is looking for volunteers for the coordinating committee
    • District sent out information on RI Hurricane Relief efforts
  • Nancy Sherwin asked that members enter their birthdates on their profile in ClubRunner to help District collect data on member ages.  If you need help with this, let her know.  September 30 deadline for this info.
Happy Bucks
  • Yvonne DiPietro : Simcoe Chamber of Commerce awards night is September 27 at the Port Dover Community Centre
  • Marjorie Dawson announced the Spirit Journey Lecture Series at Grace United Church, Port Dover. 
    • She and Jim are headed to Pikanjikum for 10 days.
  • Lucine donated $20 from recent winnings at a Southampton Club 50/50 draw
Keith Jones introduced our speaker Melanie Doerksen who spoke about her family businesses “Carolinian Hop Yard” and “Charlotteville Brewing Company”, “the other CBC”.
 
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