Cambridge North Rotary Bulletin October 02, 2019 (Oct 02, 2019)

OPENING CEREMONIES

President Laureen brought the meeting to order a few minutes after the usual time, she was excused however because she came rushing in directly from a meeting of the Board of Directors. There was a spontaneous start to O Canada, Dave Thomas led the invocation and the Pres gave the command EAT.

TABLE TALK

As we sat down to eat Paul Witmer the Chair of the Family of Rotary, passed around a sheet of paper asking each member present to add his/her name, birthday, anniversary and any other significant event. The committee of the family of Rotary would like to acknowledge these dates. It was not necessary to put your full birth date just the day and month would be acceptable. Interestingly Dave Thomas at our table let it be known that he was quite proud of his birthday and was happy to include the year as well. If you were not present at today's meeting Paul still wants your information.

Dean Fitzgerald gave us a brief explanation on the travels of a Monarch Butterfly, he also had a novel way to kill grubs on your lawn. It seemed to include a battery and holes in the ground but you may not want to try this at home.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT

Sgt-At-Arms Dave Thomas announced that 18 of 22 members were present today, representing 82% attendance. We had Marg Stahlbaum and her daughter Jocelyn also join us for lunch.

HAPPY-TOONIES

We usually make our newest members happy for a few meetings and today we did that for our newest member Jim Robinson.

Steve Witteveen had s sad toonie, he missed last week's meeting because his Father-in-Law passed away. The funeral was on Friday. Steve on behalf of the club we extend our sympathies to you and your wife.

Dave Thomas was happy to have spent last evening with Fred working the Bingo Shift. His oldest son got married last Saturday and Dave officiated.

Paul Witmer was sad that he was unable to join in the Bechtel Park construction but he was out west visiting with his grandchildren.

Larry Olney had some problems with his 1988 Buick Riviera but got it fixed.

Fred Schiedel thanked everyone who came out to help in the construction event at Bechtel Park. It was a success.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

There are some changes coming for Bingo, we need to make sure that we follow the rules, make sure that we have full attendance, we do not want to lose our slot.

Pres Laureen is still accepting comments on Ribfest.

Dec 04 will be bring a guest to Rotary Day, Larry Olney is encouraging you to bring a prospective member with you to the meeting.

Mike Bernard the Chair of Allocations announced that they had approved some funding which includes support for a room at Cambridge Memorial Hospital

GUEST SPEAKER

Today was a special day for our club, we presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to an outstanding member of the community. Paul Goetz introduced Marg Stahlbaum to the club.

Marg Stahlbaum has been travelling to Swaziland for many years where she works with people with HIV and visits people in the remote areas. They help organize books for the school libraries and she collects and ships books, furniture and clothing to Swaziland. Marg is a Librarian at Grandview Public School in Cambridge.

For those members who need an updating on the Paul Harris Award, it is the highest award in Rotary and It is given to a Rotarian or a member of the community that has made an

outstanding contribution to the community.

Marg then give an excellent talk on the amazing work she and her family and friends are doing in Swaziland. She first corrected us that the new name for Swaziland is eSwatini. It is one of the smallest countries in Africa. Her group has shipped over 750,000 books to eSwatini.. They also work with teachers and helping to build facilities to hold the books.

Pres Laureen thanked Marg and her daughter for her talk and the amazing work they are doing, she then gonged us back to work.

Laureen's Questions!

We had a Guest Speaker today so we escaped Laureen's Questions.

BINGO SCHEDULE

Bingo Schedule – 2019 – Rotary Club of Cambridge North – TUESDAY @ 6.30pm

TUE, OCT 29 - Stephen Witteveen & Mike Bernard

TUE, NOV 26 - Paul Witmer & Dean Fitzgerald

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE YOUR DATE, PLEASE FIND YOUR OWN REPLACEMENT. TO BE SURE OF YOUR SCHEDULE, CONTACT YOUR PARTNER THE DAY BEFORE!

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS SCHEDULE

Posted on Oct 02, 2019

The Sgt.‐At‐Arms (SAA) shall mark the attendance sheet, input Guest Names, Visiting Rotarians and Make‐ups submitted by club members, as well as calculate the meeting percentage. You will also give the invocation when requested by the President. At the end of the meeting make sure the Secretary has the “Secretary’s Copy”.

In addition, the SAA shall also fill in the attendance details on the “Bulletin Editor’s Copy” and make sure the editor receives it by the end of the meeting.

The person who is responsible for any Ticket sales shall enter the cash details on the “Treasurer’s Copy”. They shall also collect the Happy Toonies and enter that information on the same sheet. At the end of the meeting they shall give the treasurer the tally sheet along with the cash in an envelope. There is a supply of banker’s envelopes in the tote box.

Date Sgt-At-Arms Finance (Happy Toonies etc.)

October 09 Mike Jennings Gerry Menezes

October 16 Greg Rawn Larry Olney

October 23 Mike Bernard Jim Robinson

October 30 5th Wednesday of the Month

November 06 Peter Ashenhurst Jeff Matyas

November 13 Douglas Cameron Jody Moore

November 20 Don Daggett Sean Carragher

November 27 Ken Denholm Fred Schiedel