Meeting of October 13, 2015

Recorder—Ross Bannatyne, Greeter—Paul Clifford, Desk—Harold Gruneberg, Sergeant–at –Arms—Shirley Molloy, Guests & Visiting Rotarians—John Henley
Attendance—19 plus Guest Speaker
Happy Dollars: Ralph acknowledged our lone female in attendance—Shirley; Steve Roblin spoke of his 9th Anniversary as well as his visit to New York City for the Global Citizen Festival; Vlad is back & we were glad to see him; Phil is happy to have a break from teaching this week; Paul spoke about scary politics; Glen is glad to be back from the cottage; Dave is looking for help this weekend in cleaning up at the Community Garden; George lamented that the flu bug struck his wife last week; Bob Neibert confirmed that Kevin Rempel will be the guest speaker at The Paul Harris Dinner on Nov 24th; and, Shirley is happy about The Blue Jays winning ways.

 

Announcements: Steve Roblin was awarded a pin by Shirley for bringing in Nic as a new member; Phil announced that he is selling tickets to the Chicken BBQ @ St Mark’s on October 23; Art announced the Routes Scrap Metal drive on October 17; and, Ross reminded everyone present about our 6 Meals that Heal commitment at Ronald McDonald House & circulated the signup sheet.

 

Ralph introduced our guest speaker, John Henley and thanked him for his efforts including coming in ahead of time to familiarize himself with the Club’s Audio Visual equipment.