Reporter: Ron Cooley
Photos: Steve Sharlow
The meeting was held at the Oak Bay Rec. Centre. President Jim opened the meeting with a joke about how the residents from Oak Bay had to be restrained from returning (if) they got to heaven.
Pablo Diemecke said Grace
Mary Canty introduced our visiting Rotarians: Eero Viitanen from Pirkkala Rotary Club in Finland and Mark Bedford from Penticton
Guests:
Anneliese Sanghara from the Rotaract Club of Victoria
Johanna Kaipio from Finland guest of Eero Viitanen
Perry Bamji announced that the International committee, with the help of Peter Lawrie and John Jordan, raised $2,405 from the sale of the Rotary Club of Oak Bay's 40th Anniversary DVD.
The DVD was sold after John Jordan's talk on his work in Rwanda last meeting. They had hoped to raise $500 which would provide 1 student with tuition and room and board for 10 months at University. They raised another $95 at today's meeting which will provide for 5 students.
Jim Laing was our Celebrations Master- He called on his experience as a sports announcer to levy huge fines to both hockey fans and non fans.
Happy/Sad:
Wendy Townsend was happy she was going to Hawaii
Jim Force was happy his oil tank was not contaminated when it was dug up.
Lorna Curtis was happy that she would focus on shopping next time she was Celebrations Master.
Mark Bedford was fined $5 for interrupting Jim Laing during his Hockey -Stanley Cup declamation.
Ron Cooley had a sad $5 as he was follicley discriminated against by Dallas Chapple and was forced to shave off his goatee to avoid constant fines.
Brian Lamb explained to us how the 50/50 draw was actually a 50/25/25 draw with 50% going to club and the balance split in half for the weekly draw and 1/2 going to the pot to be won if you chose the correct marble.
Wendy Townsend won the weekly draw. She said she won last time she went to Hawaii. Good thing for the rest of us she does not commute from there.
Speakers:
Lorna Curtis and Peter Lawrie were our speakers for the week and the topic was the District Training and Leadership Assembly
Lorna said our district 5020 has 88 clubs divided into areas and a territory that runs from Pt. Hardy to Woodland, Washington, including the Olympic Peninsula. We have 16 Assistant
District Governors who cover 5-6 clubs each. They all meet 4 times per year to discuss issues. The District Governor chain is in place to provide continuity for the District. Once confirmed, you are on a 5 year path.
- District Governor Nominee Elect
- District Governor Nominee
- District Governor Elect
- District Governor
- Past District Governor
The chairs of the District Governor committee covers issues such as membership, public image and foundation. They assist the clubs with operations.
Peter Lawrie started his talk with the importance of looking good and focused his good looks on his shoes which came up just a bit short of Lorna's shoes (as you would expect). Great try though.
Peter focused on Grant Management. He encouraged members to investigate the Certified Grant Management course. This covers both the Global and District Grants.
When a grant is applied for, the Club President must sign a memorandum of understanding to follow the Rotary International rules surround grants
At least 1 club member must be Certified.
Peter said it was the #1 reason Rotary International rated 4*'s on a study of Charitable groups. We had 2 people in attendance who had 1st hand knowledge of what it takes to complete a final project report. This is especially difficult in places like India and Rwanda where it is not common practice to give receipts. John Jordan had to provide 150 receipts for his report.
Both said it was only scary the 1st time. Mark Bedford thanked Peter for all of his help in completing the final report as it was very frustrating. The International Committee and the District Governor help with the grant application.
Anne McIntyre has a proposal for a youth leadership project in Zambia. The Shoulder to Shoulder Grant shared with Berkley CA for a project in Mexico was approved for $159,000.
It is crucial to go to the Club with your grant proposal as it must be signed off by Lorna, Tav Macpherson or Peter.
It was announced that District Community Grants of $3500 (1st yr for this) with applications from Apr1-June 1, 2015 will be combined for a total of $10,500. It must be a joint USA and Canadian club application.
Be sure to volunteer for the Car Raffle. (Contact Bill Burns if you are unsure how to sign up.) We are partnering with other clubs in Greater Victoria this year. The Victoria Foundation will match our proceeds up to $100,000. BC gaming rants guidelines require that the money be spent locally. This year's launch is at Thrifty Foods Cloverdale and Quadra.
President Jim spoke about paying our dues in May as the money remitted to Rotary International is based on June membership.
We closed the meeting with a YouTube video by the Rotaract Club of Victoria lip dubbing to Taylor Swift's song called "Shake it Off."
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