The meeting was called to order right on time by President Joan Peggs, - and there were 34 members and guests present by the time the late arrivals Wynn Taylor and David Maxwell arrived. Tom Croft led the singing of O Canada. Joan reminded us that January is Rotary Awareness Month in the Rotary calendar.
Health of the Club: Mary Canty reported that Jacqueline Mealing’s son had been injured in a car accident near Kaslo. Jacqueline’s plan to work on our project in Guatemala has now been postponed to February so that she can be with her son. We extend our best wishes to him.
Eugen reported that Ted Harrison has been moved to the Parkwood Court Care Centre, Shelbourne and Hillside.
January Programs: Eugen also gave the program schedule for January: 10th: -- Silver Threads Service. 17th: Ann McCarthy on Weather Forecasting. 24th: Perry Bamji, International Service Chair, will be the speaker. 31st: - will be a social event, - planning is a work in progress.
David Stocks presented a Certificate of Commendation to President Joan. Our club is the third highest per capita donor to the Foundation. The 2nd highest per capita donor club is only $2 ahead of us; but the number one club is $78 per capita ahead.
Fines Master, Ron Cooley, collected dollars from latecomers and unsigned members; previous cashier for something to do with loonies and toonies; and a whole bunch of “didn’ts`that moved far too quickly for this scribe to keep up with. Dallas, Perry and Lynn paid Happy $s.
Joan Firkins and Joan Peggs were our speakers: After listening to them, one can only be extremely thankful that we have members in our club who have such enthusiasm, knowledge and experience in Rotary that our whole club, - and Rotary in general, are all enriched by their very generous efforts.
Joan F. spoke on the topic of Using Member Access. The opening paragraph of her hand-out explains the outline: Member Access is perfect for busy Rotarians. By using this password protected area on the RI website, you can register for the RI Convention or make club or district administrative tasks as simple as a few mouse clicks.
Joan used the computer to demonstrate on screen how to use Member Access.
Joan P. gave us a quiz on Rotary information, - from Polio Plus to Paul Harris; from RI to Rotary Anns; from the Foundation to Rotary History. Joan Firkins gave out prizes for correct answers, - and Lynne Murray garnered enough prizes to require a Brink truck to haul them home!
Jack Petrie presented a slide program of pictures of members that he had taken during meetings throughout 2011. A succession of great smiles from obviously happy members, - or good actors! Of all the members featured in the presentation, - the only one that was actually speaking was John Edgell!.
And thus, - a very informative, happy and worthwhile meeting closed with the singing of The Queen.
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