Reporter: Wynn
Photo: Bob Schelle
Our new President Lori opened the first meeting of the New Rotary Year together and began by giving the Director pins to Mandy, Lorna and Joan F. as they missed the Installation last
Tuesday.
We began formally by
singing O Canada in Tom Lidkea’s preferred version which was more upbeat and shorter by two seconds.
Helen gave the Invocation.
Guests:
There was one visiting Rotarian, Bruce Willis from Laguna Beach, but no
non-Rotarian guests.
As Lori had a full meeting there was no Sergeant at Arms today.
The draw was at the end of the meeting. Neil Rawnsely had the winning ticket
but picked the wrong marble.
In her opening remarks President Lori told us that each month has a Rotary
Theme.
The theme for July is, ‘A New Rotary Year’ and in this spirit she has planned
that each of the new Directors would speak to us about their goals for the coming Rotary Year.
Lori asked if each of the Directors could email their prepared notes to the
Bulletin Editor so that a fuller version of their plans and goals would be available than one overheard by your humble
scribe.
Lori wishes to make greater use of ‘Rotary Moments’ as a means of communication
information.
As each month has a theme, the Director whose portfolio is most relevant to
that theme will be asked to take at least one meeting in the month with that theme.
Among our August Rotary moments will be John Jordan on Rwanda.
Committee Reports
YOUTH SERVICES
Janna was pleased with the trust put in her as a first time Director.
Anne MacIntyre will cover for her when she has to take some maternity leave
later this year.
Janna has two goals: to raise $1,500 through mini fundraisers such as a Nearly
New Sale in November and to provide a Rotary presence in the community by volunteering more e.g.
reading to elementary school children.She hopes to send three students to RYLA, in Comox, in October and one
to Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa.
The Youth Budget is $5,850
She hopes we will continue to invite Interact and Rotartact members to lunch at
the Hotel and to that end an envelope began circulation requesting members to donate $20 towards a
luncheon guest. This opportunity will continue for several meetings.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Neil Rawnsley, Chair
The Salish Sea Marine Kiosk project started last year and needs completion.
Two more bicycle racks are scheduled for Uplands Park.
The Thrifty Smile Card program will continue to be Janette's responsibility. 5% of all money loaded onto the Smile Cards, to a maximum of $2,000 can be used for an approved community project and this year, the money will go towards two new picnic tables at the Carnarvon
Waterpark.
Carnarvon Park is to be redeveloped by Recreation Oak Bay and stakeholders such
as us will be asked for our input. With the demolition of some buildings there will be the
possibility of the expansion of the Waterpark.
We will continue to support George Jay School and we hope to use some of the
money in the Ted Harrison Legacy Fund at Monterey Middle School, possibly a woodworking project.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Co-chair Mandy gave the report as Peter Lawrie are in Vancouver to
celebrate the birth of their
grandson, Logan.
$3,500 has been budgeted for John Jordan’s Rwanda project, $1,000 for Naida’s
Lesotho project, $2,000 for the Malawai Girls School, and several others including a project in Cambodia
for which ManDy is holding a fundraiser in Vancouver in August.
Two proposed fundraisers for next summer, 2017, are ’Strut your Mutt” and an
Asian Fusion Barbeque.
PUBLIC IMAGE
This is once again Perry's responsibility. Perry's goal is to publicize all the good work we are doing both to the Club and to
the public. Our Website needs rejuvenating and to make this happen we are hiring a
professional web developer at a cost of $3,000 with our Rotary discount.
Perry was pleased with the amount of coverage we have been receiving in the Oak
Bay News and Victoria Times-Colonist. Giles encouraged us to continue this avenue of publicity.
The next Paul Harris Fellow Recognition Dinner will be held on Thursday March
2, 2017 and the committee will be asking for nominations.
MEMBERSHIP
Lorna is happy to be back on the Board in this role as nothing happens without
members.
Membership, she said is more than coming to a lovely lunch at the hotel for Rotary, it is a
Service Club. Current members are asked to look for where there are gaps in the
classification of members and keep a lookout for newcomers to Victoria who would make great prospective members.
ROTARY FOUNDATION COMMITTEE (INTERNATIONAL)
Committee Members:
Joan Firkins, Chair
Neil Rawnsley
Ron Cooley
Brian Lamb
Will Carter
Goals for the Rotary Year
- Joan F will be putting a $10 bill in each new
member kit, along with a brief blurb about the Foundation, to be used for their
first contribution to our Foundation.
- Once a month we will
have someone at a Foundation collection table for members to make their annual
contribution or any additional contributions to the Foundation i.e. $26.50 to
celebrate the Rotary Foundation’s Centennial.
- 3 or 4 minutes at each meeting, twice a month, for either me or someone
else to give a testimonial about their involvement in the Foundation and/or to
provide the club with information as to how our club is doing towards meeting
our goals.
- Joan F will be putting
together a display for the club of all the different types of recognition
pieces there are re varying levels of contributions – it makes for a pretty impressive
display and is a great talking point.
- Probably twice
during the year I will initiate a Special Recognition Matching program that
will hopefully incent people to give – I and many others of us have multiple
recognition points that can be used for this purpose and it is normally a
successful practice.
- We will ensure we
have at least one fundraising drive to raise $2,650 for PolioPlus.
- Goals will be
entered in Rotary Club Central for our Rotary Foundation.
- This is the Foundation's
Centennial Year. The Foundationstarted with a donation by Arch Klumpf 100 years ago of $26.50 USD. This amount would be $536 in today’s dollars.
To help President Lori earn the Presidential Citation, Joan would like each Club
Member this year to donate $26.50 USD to the Foundation (approximately $34 CAD)
OAK BAY ROTARY FOUNDATION (LOCAL)
Heather – liaison of Club Foundation and
Club Board
Scholarships – 2 awarded this year to Oak Bay High students
2nd year of awarding Oak Bay Rotary
Scholarship, 1st year of awarding Sno'uyutth Legacy Scholarship.
Rotary Scholarship – open to all students - approx. $30,000 in funds. Monies
accumulated from donations. Scholarship value $1,000
Sno'uyutth Legacy Scholarship – First Nations, Metis and Inuit students – approximately $15,000
in funds. Monies from Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday Concert (December
2015), some of the surplus funds from the Sno'uyutth Welcome Pole. Scholarship
value $500.
Funds for both scholarships are invested
through Scotia Bank
Scholarship Selection Committee
Marilyn McCrimmon – retired SD 61 secondary
school teacher. Well versed in student preparation of scholarship application,
completing scholarship applications, scholarship selection (bio is on RCOB F
web site)
Representative from Clubs' Youth Services
Committee – Alyx Gilgunn-Valdal (a recipient of numerous scholarships)
Marilyn, Scott Alexander (OBHS) and Joan P worked on the application forms. Approved by OBRF Directors. Scott distributed them to students at OBHS.
He collected them, sent them to me. Selection committee members were sent
applications for reading, dissection and comments! Scholarship committee met
for discussion and selection
2 for Sno'uyutth Legacy Scholarship –
Recipient - Ellery Kirkland
5 for Oak Bay Rotary Scholarship –
Recipient - Jessica Izard
Donations to both scholarships/and or the
Foundation can be made to Treasurer, on
line (oakbayrotaryfoundation.org), in your will, life insurance policy.
Fundraising proposals
should be presented to Joan’s committee who will vet them and forward them to the Board for approval.
Lunch Program: Bob Schelle
Selects speakers (co-ordinate with President)
Schedules speakers (contact, schedule, confirmation, reminder, thank you letter)
Advises Master of Ceremony
of list of members assigned duties
Ensures guests are
escorted to front of meal line
Blocks out
schedule for club assembly meetings as required by President
Provides meeting
& speaker info to website administrator
Upload meeting photos to ClubRunner for storage
Sergeant at Arms: Lynne Murray
Emails members re
roster duties
Receives substitute member
info for absent members for lunch duties
Introduces new Members and their sponsor when they
are being inducted
Submits list of lunch attendance names to Secretary
Reports the attendance to D5020 monthly
Meeting Venue: Bob Schelle
Coordinates with OBBH regarding lunch meeting venue and special requirements
Coordinates with OBBH regarding meeting rooms for committee
meetings
Assigns lunch time
duties in 3 month increments
Assigns double duty
for LOA and travelling members
Ensures members or
substitutes are available for performing duties
Maintains a list of
LOA members
Receives weekly meeting notes from the assigned reporter; edits notes and uploads the bulletin and photos from the photographers, to the website.
Notifies members when the new
bulletins have been published online.
Lunch Photographer: Jack Petrie, Steve, Mandy, Eugen
Send photos to
bulletin editor
Send photos to Bob
Schelle for uploading to ClubRunner site for storage
Social Convener: Wendy Townsend
Selects and coordinates venue and food for lunch for 5th Tuesday’s social meetings
Initiates and coordinates other Club socials in
consultation with the President
Website Administrator: Vacant
Maintenance of club
website including updating program, roster, event and member information
TREASURER'S REPORT - Vicky Pitt
Vicki gave a brief budget
presentation….the good news is that we are in the black.
A more detailed report will be given later.
SOCIAL EVENTS - mark these in your calendar if you are in town:
- Our next social is a Kitchen Party on August 6, at Bob S's house. 4 pm - 8.30 pm. Bring your swimsuit! Liquid refreshments, great food and live music. $30 per person. Sign up sheet circulating. See Lorna for a ticket!
- The District Governor's Salmon BBQ at Sooke is at 3-6 p.m., August 21. Cost $40 each. See Lori McLeod for tickets.
Lori closed the meeting with a video of Stevie Wonder and Paul
McCartney singing
and playing a piano duet "Ebony and Ivory".
