Cambridge North Rotary Club (Mar 10, 2021)

OPENING CEREMONIES

Posted by Allan Fox on Mar 17, 2021

President Laureen was missing in action, Past President Sean however was quick to come to the rescue and without missing a beat (he did need a little prompting) easily filled in for the President. Sean did the invocation and the toast to the Queen and Canada

TABLE TALK

There was a bit of Zoom talk, Larry was back from Arizona and gave us a brief report on his Covid experience there. Since we did not have a Guest Speaker today I will report his experience in the Guest Speaker area.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT

No Sergeant-at-Arms reported today but we had 9 members join us on Zoom, Hopefully we will meet again soon in person and those missing will be able to rejoin us.

HAPPY-TOONIES

Ken Denholm was getting his motorcycle out and will be riding this afternoon.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Environmental clean-up date is not yet established . Paul has not been able to contact GRCA. They seem to be missing in action. Dean promised to make a special effort to contact them and arrange an environmental clean up.

Fred Schiedel informed us that Charlene's brother Ron Doyle has passed away. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Fred and Charlene and family.

We discussed information on the Chase the Ace program, Larry and Dave Thomas will try to restart discussions on this topic.

Peter informed us that we have only 1 empty speaker slot for this Rotary year.

GUEST SPEAKER

We did not have a Guest Speaker today, We were very fortunate that Larry was available to give us a brief description of his recent stay in Arizona.

In the Park where he stayed Covid was well controlled. Some residents got very sick from Covid, the Park had a lot of controls in place, new arrivals had to quarantine for 14 days. Unfortunately 2 people in the park passed away from Covid and a few were quite ill. Larry picked up bronchitis while he was there, likely from daily clearing away the dust in the Putting Green. Both Larry and Anita received both Covid vaccinations complements of the Government of the USA.

On returning to Canada they decided not to fly into Toronto since this would entail a 3 day stay in a hotel in Toronto. They flew into Buffalo and did a taxi ride to the Rainbow Bridge. They walked across the bridge and had a relatively pleasant interaction with the Border Services before they were released to self quarantine at home. They were also given a Covid test kit which had to be done as soon as they arrived home.

Fred Schiedel ended the meeting with an Irish Prayer and Past President Sean dismissed us.

Laureen's Questions!

NO QUESTIONS TODAY !!!

No questions from Laureen today!

BINGO SCHEDULE

The Bingo hall has a new name and logo .

We are not yet needed to volunteer in person .

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 Mar 17, 2021

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.)

anuary 29. 2020 KINDER, Dave ASHENHURST, Peter February 5, 2020