Box of Culture Pictures

At the meeting on October 23rd the club took time to open the Box of Culture. The pictures are just making it up now.

The Box of Culture is an international project of the FUTA Rotarct Club in Rotary District 9130, Nigeria. They packed a box full of Rotaract info, pictures and cultural products from their home and sent it to our club.


The box was actually a small parcel, but we were in for a surprise when we saw how much was squeezed in there!


President Michelle did the honours opening the package...


.. and right away was intrigued with what was inside.


We were excited to see everything from Rotaract bumper stickers....


.... to certificates....


... to district newspapers!


All in all that little package had a lot of culture stuffed in there! It was impressive to see how organized Rotaract is in District 9130. Considering that we only have 4 clubs in our district it was eye opening to see so many events and materials produced by Rotaractors.

Also in the parcel were CDs with pictures of events from the FUTA club - which we posted to our Grande Prairie Rotaract group on Facebook.

Next up is our return package for FUTA! Don't forget next meeting is the last opportunity to contribute something.

January 8, 2008 Minutes

Attending: Darrell, Bill, Cedrick, Miranda, Cheryl, Kendra, Jacqueline, Kathleen
Guests: Page (friend and guest of Jacqueline), Glen Tissington - member Sunrise Rotary Club

Agenda: Added to agenda, President-elect training costs
Approval motioned by Cheryl, seconded by Cedrick - passed
Minutes of last meeting: Approval motioned by Bill, seconded by Jacqueline - passed

Review of old business:

Duck Race:
Darrell give update on Duck Race, plans remain on track.

Rotary Bonspiel:
Volunteers are still needed to help with event which runs Feb. 21-24. Members can volunteers as drivers. Kendra will volunteer at registration desk. Contact Cedrick or Michelle if interested. Rotaract will also register a team to curl, so if anyone actually can curl please speak up soon.

Parcel of Culture:
Parcel will be mailed to African group in February so bring any items to next meeting.

New Business

Guest Speakers:
Goal is to bring in more guest speakers to club so we can all learn more about the community. Early potential speakers include president of a local Lion’s Club who has spoken to Bill, and Murray Hampshire with Ducks Unlimited. Plan is to have a guest speaker once a month, the second meeting of the month.
Kendra volunteers to coordinate the speakers. Any suggestions e-mail her the information at: yourmom365247@hotmail.com.
Speakers would speak for 10 minutes.

Rotaract District Co-chair
Rotary district interested in more communication with Rotaract Clubs. Seeks club nominations for district Rotaract co-chair. Details of proposal are confusing, not sure of what responsibilities would be included but Cheryl agree to be club’s nomination. Suggest club contacts some one from the district to get more details of event.

President-elect training costs
Gabrielle attends training session as the president-elect for next Rotary season. Club owes $57 in costs to Grande Prairie Rotary Club. Cheryl motion for payment to that club, Kathleen second motion. Club to cut cheque for costs.

Election nominations
Elections for next Rotary year (starting Canada Day) will be held in March. Start thinking about whether you want to run for the executive.

Membership director
Jacqueline stepping down as membership director as she is expecting and due in the coming months. Ashley has previously volunteered to take over the position and club moves acceptance in her absence.

Round Table
Darrell - Informs club that former member Ellen has given birth to her son Mikah. Congrats all around.
Cheryl - Her skating club will be doing another bottle drive soon, save up your bottles for her please.
Glen - Shares with club that he will be going back to Mazatlan with the Rotary trip in March representing the Sunrise Club. Asks why Rotaract not included this year, no one has a really good answer.
Bill - Will be attending the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife in March.
Jacqueline - Volunteer Services Bureau has received donation of furniture from Conaco-Phillips. Jacqueline needs two volunteer