Reporter: Lorna Curtis
President Lori opened the meeting with an upbeat version of Oh Canada from the Nylons! She reminded everyone if you cannot do your roster duty it is YOUR responsibility to find a replacement!!!!
Joan Firkins provided the Rotary Moment - she reminded everyone about the Centennial contribution to the Rotary Foundation: $35 CAD to commemorate all the good work the Foundation has done over the years. So far 20 club members have contributed but still another 30 to go to get to the dollar goal of $1750. Different ways of contributing:
Rotary Direct: recurring gift to support the Rotary Foundation $10 and up per month on your credit card can be set up online or see Joan F.
Benefactor is a minimum $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation upon your death - you receive a recognition pin and certificate - do not need to do anything other than leave this information with your will. See Joan F for more information.
Jean Dickinson who was inducted by District Governor Joanne at the bbq on Sunday, was presented with her new member Rotary package and was asked to say a few words - instead Lori and Jean sang about Rotary members to the tune ‘Summertime and the Living is Easy’.
Announcements:
- September 13th and 27th no meeting at Oak Bay Beach Hotel meetings will be at Oak Bay Recreation Centre
- Lorna announced the Kitchen Party has been moved to Saturday, October 22nd so put that date in your calendar. She reminded members that they should have one of the club business cards to give to a potential member to visit our club, discover Rotary and have a complimentary lunch. The new rack card from the area PI Committee was circulated - the rack card advertises Rotary - where/when/times of Rotary Club meetings in Greater Victoria.
- Volunteer for "Remembering Our Canada" - bring stories and join artists at the Volunteer Orientation Session, August 24th, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hillside Seniors Centre 1454 Hillside Avenue.
- Club in the Pub Penny Farthing this Thursday, August 25th 5pm
- John Jordan 178 Beach Drive - Plant Sale 10 - 3pm on Saturday, September 3rd, to raise money for his Rwanda project..
Celebrations Master - Wynn Taylor quizzed members about the art installations around Oak Bay - apparently there are a couple of nuts on the Oak Bay Municipal lawn and not a dead deer as suggested by Neil Rawnsley. Thank goodness we did not have to know where the pianos are located!
Happy/Sad $.
Brian Lamb won the draw but also won last week so we drew again and Joan Peggs won.
Guest Speaker:
Tom Croft introduced speaker Mandy Pui for her vocational talk.
She spoke of Knowledge translation - how to get someone to remember something and use it. Getting knowledge out to people so they can use it! Infographics - one page explanation about your organization, key messages. Go to nounproject.com to get images to use for infographics. Mandi works with many different non-profit organizations including the StemCell matching program to raise money and attract donors. When it comes to a cause it helps to attach a face.
When to use # or @ on Facebook:
# is used for general topic and you want anyone to see your post
@ specific person or page
Ask each other why we joined Rotary and what are the causes you are interested in. Once you have the answer to one of these questions and then post on your Facebook with a @ or #. Everyone got busy on their mobile devices.
Mary Canty thanked the Mandy - even though she does not have a Facebook page!
The meeting ended with all of us singing a very bad version of Lori and Jean’s Summertime and the Living is Easy!
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