cambridge north rotary bulletin (Oct 23, 2019)

OPENING CEREMONIES

President Laureen gonged the members present and we all very quickly followed her instructions. Fred Schiedel in his best baritone voice led the

singing of O Canada. Water glasses were quickly filled and we toasted our country Canada. Peter Ashenhurst the acting Sgt at Arms then read the invocation.

TABLE TALK

There was quite a bit of table talk and interestingly at no time did I hear Donald Trump, blockades or teacher strikes mentioned. Paul Goetz was asked a question and he said he would take the fifth. We learned that in Canada when you take the fifth it likely means you want a container of whisky unlike in the USA where it means you are unwilling to answer the question. We then were educated on other differences between courts in the USA and Canada. Canadian judges are not elected (thank goodness) and they do not use a gavel.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT

Acting Sergeant -at-Arms Peter Ashenhurst reported that 15 members attended today. This gave us a 71.4 % attendance. There were no maku-ups today and we had 2 guests join us. The guest were James Goodram our Guest Speaker and Denise Parkin a guest of President Laureen.

HAPPY-TOONIES

Dean Fitzgerald to a very tepid applause was again given the happiness award for the day. He then proceeded to share his happiness with the club.

HAPPY TOONIES:

Dean for the above award and happy that his family is all well.

Fred Schiedel - happy that he brought a few of his machines out of the garage and with a little help they all started. He and Charlene are off to another car show. He must be enjoying retirement.

Peter Ashenhurst - he was able to get his first bicycle ride of the season.

President Laureen - happy that the Alpine World Cup snowboarding championship was being held at Blue Mountain this weekend. Her daughter will be representing Canada and she will get to meet some of the world champions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

President Laureen announced that the upcoming tri-club meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 23. So, the weekly meeting will shift from Wednesday April 22 to Thursday April 23. As noted earlier, the 2020 District Conference on May 30th is in our backyard (Bingemans, Kitchener) and it is only a one-day family oriented event. The cost for a Rotarian/Rotarian Guest is $119 if registered before March 31, 2020.

The Board of Directors will be meeting next Wednesday, committee chairs should have their reports submitted before the meeting.

Jeff Matyas announced that RILA is coming up on April 26 to May 1st. If you know anyone between 18 and 26 years who may benefit from this leadership program, please contact Jeff. The meeting will be held in Orangeville.

GUEST SPEAKER

Gerry Menezes introduced our Guest Speaker for today. James Goodram is the Director of Economic Development for the City of Cambridge. He has been in this position for 6 years. He has a solid background in Economic Development before coming to Cambridge, he has been with Haldimand County as the Manager of the Economic Development and Tourism Division and has also spent some time with the City of Hamilton

James Goodram then gave us a brief but concise report on the future economic development plans for the city of Cambridge. There are 30 acres in the Boxwood Business Campus with over 300.000 sq feet of industrial space available. The Toyota plant is adding production of the Lexus vehicle. His department works closely with many partners including BDC and the region of Waterloo. He also explained that 80% of economic growth in the region comes from companies already there. He brought us up to date on development in the Gaslight District. The Gaslight District is envisioned to be a thriving hub in the revitalised urban core. The new development will respect the historic architectural components already there.

James Goodram 's talk was well received and there were numerous questions posed to him after his talk.

President Laureen thanked James for his talk and then gonged us back to work or where ever you wanted to go.

Laureen's Questions!

No questions from Laureen today!

BINGO SCHEDULE

The Draft Bingo Schedule – 2020 – Rotary Club of Cambridge North – TUESDAY @ 6.30pm

Mar 03 - Doug Cameron and Sean Carragher

Mar 10 - Don Daggett and Ken Denholm

Apr 21 - Dean Fitzgerald and Allan Fox

May 26 - Paul Goetz and Mike Jennings

Jun 02 - Dave Kinder and Jeff Matyas

Jul 14 - Gerry Menezes and Larry Olney

Aug 18 - Greg Rawn and Jim Robinson

Sep 29- Fred Schiedel and Dave Thomas

Oct 06 - Laureen Van Groningen and Paul Witmer

Nov 10 - Stephen Witteveen and Peter Ashenhurst

Nov 17 - Mike Bernard and Doug Cameron

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

BULLETIN WRITER SCHEDULE

BULLETIN EDITOR SCHEDULE FOR MARCH TO MAY 2020.

March 04 - Jeff Matyas

March 11 – Don Daggett

March 18 - Paul Goetz

March 25 – Dean Fitzgerald

April 01 – Allan Fox

April 08 – Jeff Matyas

April 15 – Don Daggett

April 23 – Paul Goetz (this is a 3 club meeting hosted by PH Club)

April 29 – Dean Fitzgerald (off site meeting at the library)

May 06 – Allan Fox

May 13 –Jeff Matyas

May 20 - Don Daggett

May 27 – Paul Goetz