Rotary Club of Oak Bay Meeting 3 November 2015 - Tax Auction

Reported by Jenny Hildebrand

Meeting commenced at 12:00 noon

Mistress of Ceremonies: Lori McLeod

Opened with the singing of “O Canada”

Wynn Taylor said grace.

Guests:

Terry Toone, Victoria Rotary Club

Joan Toone, Victoria Rotary Club

Nicole Quast, Oak Bay Interact

Announcements:

• Jim Force and Nicole Quast unveiled the new Interact Club banner.  Nicole thanked Rotary on behalf of the 25 member Oak Bay club. 
• Jim Force requested volunteers to assist with moving the trailer Saturday Nov 7^th, 9am – 11am 
• Joan Peggs reminded members to attend the Nearly New Sale and Christmas Market at the Monterey Centre this coming Saturday, Nov. 7th from 1-5pm and requested volunteers to help with the fundraising tables.
• Jack Petrie encouraged members (and guests) to attend the Christmas luncheon on Dec 1^st and enjoy the surprise entertainment! The District Governor will attend the November 17^th meeting which will be held at the Victoria Golf Club.
• Perry Bamji reminded members to submit nominations for the Paul Harris Awards Dinner to be held April 21^st, 2016.  The requirements for nominees are as follows:  they must be able to attend the dinner;  they do not yet have a Paul Harris award;  they will have made a significant and positive contribution to the community
• Joan Toon talked about the World’s Greatest Meal - The Rotary Club of Victoria is hosting Susanne Rea, one of the founders of WGM to speak at their luncheon on Dec. 3^rd.  They are inviting Rotary Clubs in Greater Victoria to join them and hear this dynamic woman speak.  To date the WGM has had over 85,000 participants and raised over $4, 000,000 together with the Gates Foundation. 
  The concept is simple, have lunch, hear Susanne speak then a basket will be passed around to collect funds for Polio Plus.  Pictures of the event will be sent to the WGM website along with total collected.  It is suggested that Rotarians wanting to have their donations go to their club’s credit put the donation in an envelope, with the name of their club, and the amount donated on the outside.  Later the amount will be tallied and send to WGM.   It is an opportunity for Rotary clubs to come together for food and fellowship, to hear a good speaker and to be a part of this magical world event.
  Tickets for this event are available from Joan Toone at joantoone@shaw.ca at a cost of $25 – 

-       Celebrations Mistress (Dallas Chapple):

Birthdays, Wedding Anniversaries, and Club Anniversaries:

Rotary Club Anniversaries in November include: Perry Bamji (1992), Rod Sim (1994), Renate Gibbs (2010).

Happy Birthday was sung to Creole Carmichael.

Happy and Sad Dollars:

Tav Macpherson gave a happy dollar because the New Zealand team won the World Rugby Cup, and a sad dollar on behalf of Janette, because they beat Australia.

Lori McLeod had 20 happy dollars as she was taken to the ballet by a friend for her birthday and wished “Happy Birthday” by the artistic director.

Perry Bamji had a happy dollar to celebrate 23 years with Rotary.

50/50

David Philip won the draw and pulled the black marble to win the big pot.  Way to go David!

Rotary Foundation Tax Auction

This was conducted by Neil Rawnsley.  $3,500.00 was on offer in 22 separate lots; the sale of which raised a total of $9,725.00. Special thanks to Jack, Perry, Bill, Lynne, Janette, Vicki, Heather, Joan P., John E., Bob, Dallas, Neil M., as well as a few absent bidders, for their generosity.

The meeting was closed at 1:25 pm with the singing of “God Save the Queen”.