Meeting of November 26, 2013

We welcomed guest speakers Fab Giuliani and Jo-Ann Savoie and soon to be inducted Wayne McHale. President Jan was absent this morning. Her mother, Wilma, passed away. Visitation is this afternoon from 2-4 and this evening from 7-9 at the Cattell Eaton Chambers Funeral Home in Dundas. The funeral is Wednesday November 27 at St. James Anglican Church in Dundas at 1:00 PM.

SAA Dave wished Lindsay Palmer a Happy Birthday before telling us the many dates in history the Tiger Cats aka Tigers lost the Grey Cup. Art mentioned some of their wins and Bill couldn't lose seeing that he is a Saskatchewan boy. Happy Dollars from Shirley because the TiCats made it into the Grey Cup. Barbara spoke with David Lowery who hopes to go home from hospital in a couple weeks. Ken will be visiting David on November 27. If you want to join him be at his house by 4:30 PM and ride with him. Barbara was also pleased to have babysat the last few days even though her daughter-in-law was in hospital. Wayne Massey returned from a vacation in Cuba where he played golf almost every day. Ken had a warm fuzzy for Wayne as he congratulated him for all his efforts with the program and advertising for Rotary Stars which turned a profit of just over $10 000.

Three motions were put to members, each requiring approval because the amount of donation was over the $500 limit for a director. Director Bill asked for $2500 for St. Joseph's Villa to go towards new beds; Director Rob requested $1000 to send another student to Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa; and Director Barbara requested $1000 towards disaster relief in the Philippines. All three passed with the Philippines donation being further examined to see if it can be increased by a Burlington auto dealership's possible match.

Ken informed us of the meeting at his house on December 4 at 6:30 to discuss the Eco Park;and, the Christmas Tree decorating in the park on December 7 at 9:00 AM. Everyone was reminded to bring auction items next week to be sold at the St. Matthew's House auction on December 10. See if your friends or better still, a possible new member, would like to join you that day.

Next week will be the last day to order a golf shirt or fleece jacket with the club logo. See Ross for details.