Directors
President Gord Mitchell
President elect Len Ross
Secretary Debbie Knobelsdorf
Treasurer Debbie Liddle
Past President Will Gibson
Community Service Ross Kirwin
Vocational Service Brandy Van Gelder
Club Service Mary Rashleigh
International Service Cathy P. Jordan
Rotary Foundation Len Ross
Membership Jay Richardson
Environment Len Ross
Club History Hugh Holland
Public Relations Ross Kirwin
Program Ken Stronach
Rotary TV Bingo Rob Saunders
Community Development Debbie Liddle
World Community Services Doug Fairhall
Auction Hugh Holland
RYLA Brandy Van Gelder
Bulletin Editor Cathy P. Jordan
Sargeant at Arms Len Ross
Youth Exchanges Lou Luvison
Youth Exchange Counsellor David Van Gelder
Director - Service Projects, Local Ross Kirwin
Director - Service Projects, International Cathy P. Jordan
Director - Rotary Foundation Len Ross
Director - Membership Jay Richardson
Director - Club Administration Mary Rashleigh
Director - Publicity Ross Kirwin
Interact Lou Luvison
New Generations Brandy Van Gelder
Director - Public Relations Ross Kirwin
Attendance Secretary Debbie Knobelsdorf


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Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:15 PM

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Stories
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Karen Broad, General manager of FM 105.5, spoke about the expansion and the new ownership of the Moose FM Radio Network. 
She then introduced the well known Radio personality Dick Smythe, who kept us entertained with stories, memories and ideas.
Posted by Cathy P. Jordan

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Some of the many volunteers behind Sussical the Musical.  Thanks to Nicole, Helena, Tia, Carole and Rob.
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Lunch will be held at the High School on May 16.
Posted by Cathy P. Jordan

ImageHelena Renwick, President of the Huntsville Festival of the Arts, presents president Gord Mitchell with a cheque for $4,000.00, our portion of the proceeds from Sussical Jr.
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YOUR DONATED ITEMS NEEDED NOW!- For our 7th Annual GIANT GARAGE SALE in Gravenhurst - A Mine Free World Foundation

We will pick up your items now - call or email: Lisa McCoy
705-687-8538 or Linda Harrison 705-687-7679 lharrison@surenet.net

No clothing please.

Posted by Cathy P. Jordan

ImageThe next Board meeting will be held on Wednesday May 16 at 6:30 at Brandy's home 56 West Browns Rd. 
All are welcome.

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June 2nd 2012 will be a Leadership Traing day for our Club
The 2011 and 2012 Boards of Directors will get together to discuss their positions and plans for the upcoming year
The event will be held at The Rashleigh residence in Dorset.

This is an exciting new addition to the betterment of our Club that came out of the Visioning sessions we held last year
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D id you know that Rotary founder Paul Harris wasn’t the first president of a Rotary club?

That distinction is actually held by Harris’s friend Silvester Schiele, who served as the first president of the Rotary Club of Chicago. Harris deferred his club leadership duties until February 1907, when he was elected the third president of the Chicago club.

Other firsts: Canadian E. Leslie Pidgeon (1917-18) was the first Rotary president from outside the United States, Sydney W. Pascall (1931-32) was the first from Great Britain, and Maurice Duperrey (1937-38) was the first from continental Europe. Learn more about past Rotary presidents.

Foundation firsts

In 1929, The Rotary Foundation gave its first gift, US$500, to the International Society for Crippled Children (later Easter Seals), which was founded in 1921 by Rotarian Edgar F. Allen, of the Rotary Club of Elyria, Ohio, USA. Read more about Allen and Easter Seals.

Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established in 1957 to show appreciation for contributions, and to encourage substantial ones, to what was then the Foundation’s only program: Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships. Today, the recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation. Learn more about donor recognition.

Convention facts

Edinburgh, Scotland, hosted the first convention outside North America in June 1921.

Rotary’s first convention in Asia was held in Tokyo in 1961. Among the record-setting 23,366 paid and unpaid registrants was the emperor of Japan.

The largest convention to date, based on the number of paid registrants, was Osaka, Japan, in 2004, followed by the Rotary centennial convention, held in Chicago in 2005.

Read more convention history and learn about the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, 6-9 May


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Rotary International and ShelterBox have signed a project partner agreement that will allow the two organizations to collaborate more closely to provide relief
and temporary shelter to survivors of disasters

RI General Secretary John Hewko said the agreement will enable Rotary club members to have an immediate, lifesaving impact in communities hit by natural disasters. “ShelterBox will be able to ensure that local Rotarians are provided an opportunity to participate in the distribution of ShelterBox containers,” he said.

Each ShelterBox typically provides a tent designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, stove, water purification kit, blankets, tools, and other necessities to help a family survive for six months or more after a disaster.


Posted by Will Gibson

I am still occasionally asked why we decided to develop our Future Vision Plan. The question is, if the Foundation wasn’t broken, why fix it? The truth is that our Foundation, which has served Rotary and the world so well for over 90 years, was becoming dated. We were reacting to a changing world by adding yet another program or altering our rules, which made the Foundation increasingly complicated and expensive to administer. It was time to face the reality that we must change or see our impact on the world diminish.

We asked over 10,000 Rotarians what changes we should make and then began to work on a Foundation that is simpler and easier to understand, that involves clubs and districts more in spending and stewardship, and that builds more sustainability into our activities.

Just as polio eradication has defined Rotary to the international community in recent years, in the future, our six areas of focus will define us. We will have lifted ourselves above the multitude of little projects that felt good but addressed symptoms, not causes, and too often had a short-term impact. We have demonstrated through our polio efforts what we could do, and we will show the world that there are answers to other major issues, and that Rotary is prepared to lead the way. We can’t do it on our own, but we can and will make a difference.

The pilot districts are saying that Future Vision is exciting, leads to greater engagement and enthusiasm, is more efficient, is creating more interaction between clubs, is making Rotarians more aware of opportunities, has scaled up the size of projects, and is leading to greater giving to the Foundation. As chair of our Foundation, I can only agree!


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ImageAlan Darlington of Nedlaw Living Walls spoke to our Club about the construction of the Living wall at the Waterloo Summit Centre for the Environment.
With most of us living inside 90% of the time we are reliant on mechanical systems for our indoor environment. The Living Wall creates a biofilter to clean the air through biological action.As the air passes through the extensive root system of the Wall microbes in the root system filter contaminants.
It looks great too.







Posted by Gord Mitchell on Jan 13, 2011

Here's the schedule for the next few weeks:

15-May J Jackson D Sullivan P Miller                        DAVE

22-May J Jackson D Sullivan P Miller                         ROB

29-May J Hutton J & C Richardson                              LEN

5-Jun     J Hutton J & C Richardson                             KEN

12-Jun   J Hutton J & C Richardson                             DAVE

19-Jun   W Gibson Cam White Barb W                     ROB

26-Jun   W Gibson Cam White Barb W                    LEN

 

Posted by Will Gibson on Mar 17, 2011

Listed below are the Greeters for the next Month

If you cannot make the meeting please arrange a replacement


May 16    Bill Sibeon

May 23    Cam White

May 30    George Young



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