Members: Tyler, Cheryl, Kendra, Michelle, Jose, Lisa, Dana, Gabrielle, Kathleen, Cedrick
Guests: Lisa Peters
Duck Race (covered at the very beginning of the meeting so Darrell could get on the election-beat)
- This year’s race was successful, but A LOT of work for our small committee
- In order to proceed with it next year we need a commitment from the ENTIRE membership
- We’d like to appoint individuals to look after one entire aspect of the lottery (ie. gaming, volunteer groups, ticket sale locations, marketing, finances)
- Many suggestions were made for next year, including implementing a large fine for volunteer groups that miss shifts (the fine is then withdrawn from the proceeds for that group)
- Darrell has suggested that the President Elect serve as Chair of the Duck Race committee (as the race takes place at the beginning of the Rotaract year, this will ensure that the President at race-time is the authority for all things Duck Race because they’ve been chair of the committee for a year already … it also gives them a focus (beyond helping the Pres.) for their year as President Elect
This, of course, means Darrell himself will be chairing the 2009 Duck Race committee
Work on sponsorship & prize development will start in November … if you can spare some time to help on the committee it would be VERY MUCH appreciated
Duck Race Meeting, Tuesday November 4th … time & location TBD
Motion to Approve the Minutes of the Previous Meeting
- Cedrick motioned
- Dale seconded
Motion to Approve the Agenda
- Kathleen motioned
- Jose seconded
October Social Night
- Sarah has offered to host a Game Night, Friday October 24th
- Bring snacks, drinks, board games, friends, or prospective Rotaractors
District Assembly - and upcoming District Events
- Cheryl, Gabrielle & Cedrick attended the Rotary District Assembly in Peace River
- Cheryl noted that one of the ways we could be more effective as a club is if our members are aware of district goals & look for opportunities to get involved
- Members NEED to attend these kind of events to get an understanding of the Rotary Family and how clubs work locally, regionally & internationally
- The Rotary District Conference is planned for May 14-17 in Jasper (Jasper Park Lodge)
- Our club has been asked to make a presentation about our club activities & future plans … who will spearhead this?
- Kendra, Cheryl, Gabrielle, Kathleen, Dale, Jose, Michelle & Cedrick are interested in attending
- We need to book hotel rooms NOW, preferably large suites so we can fit 4-5 people per room … who is making these bookings?As long as the rooms are booked in advance, we can worry about exactly WHO is coming later … people can register online … Rotaract Rate is $250 for the weekend
- Just a reminder, Cheryl is in charge of fundraising for the Zone 22 Conference scheduled for September 2009 … she needs volunteers to ask Rotary businesses to help fund the conference … if you’re interested in helping behind the scenes or being the person to ask for donations, contact Cheryl
Scarecrow Festival
- Gabrielle was approached by the Sunrise Club to provide a ‘Keys Please’ service at their Scarecrow Festival
- It was suggested that we rent vehicles ($45 each for the weekend … the rental place would give us one for every one we rent)
- Members suggested that we would MAKE more money for the club if we used our own vehicles
- 9 people volunteered themselves & their vehicles for the night - THANK YOU!
- It was determined that we would provide drive-home services for a minimum donation of $20 to Rotaract. Drivers are needed starting around 9:00
November Social
- Proposed by new member Mark Forman … Gingerbread House Decorating!!
- Mark has volunteered his kitchen & is suggesting we actually make these things from scratch
- A few people suggested just DECORATING … maybe getting a kit for the actual walls & roof?
- Date in November, TBD by Mark’s work schedule … plan for Late November
Rotary Christmas Party
- December 5 @ GP Inn
- The Rotaract Club has been asked to coordinate decorations
- Cheryl is leading the Décor-Team, so contact her if you’re interested in helping out!
Meeting on Remembrance Day
- It was decided that our meeting on November 11th is still on, as Remembrance Day ceremonies are held in the morning
- That means Tuesday, November 11 … 7:30 at the Stanford Inn
Rountable
- Tyler kicked off his GPRC Curling season with a win
- Cheryl is excited to get into her new house (any day now, really) so she can host a painting party (everyone quick - DUCK!!)
- Kendra is full of news … she got a CAR (a hot little blue one), and her & Jamie bought a house!! Kendra will now be spending her free time admiring the purchases that will keep her at home for the rest of her life!
- Michelle is hosting a Halloween Party - Friday October 31st … drop by any time after 8:00 & feel free to bring friends (7831 Cedarwood Park, Park on 79 Ave West of 100 Street)
- Jose’s clinical work is exposing him (and therefore the rest of us) to detailed medical descriptions about c-sections and other things that make me queezy
- Lisa has recently moved back to GP & although she has a busy work schedule is interested in getting involved in the community through Rotaract - WELCOME LISA!!
- Dana is excited for: pumpkin carving, a season of Dexter, and a bubble bath (please Dana … one at a time!!)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
September 23, 2008 Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Kathleen Crouse, Gabrielle Boulet, Cedrick Leblanc, Jose Magat, Tyler Bulford, Dale Tiedemann, Cheryl Budjak, Dana Moody, Miranda Leclercq, Sarah Davison
Guests: None
Approval of previous minutes: Kathleen motion, Jose second
Approval of Agenda: Sarah motion, Jose second
Action Items: NONE! Whoah....
Ongoing Business:
Chris Andersen stopped in to follow up with the person who so graciously volunteered their services to him when he was our guest speaker - duties were to sort through books, lost and found items, etc...... after Chris left, we pondered this and came to the conclusion that Darrell was the one who had offered - Darrell, defend yourself at the next meeting, buddy.
Duck Race: SO much hard work accumulated to a very successful barrell draw at the mall - way to go!!!! There was no cash prize winner, but the other recipients were pretty darn happy with their prizes. Michelle did a superb job of reading the rules and MC duties, and the other members in attendance sure looked cute drawing tickets, punching all the info into laptops, manning stations and notifying winners! We had a last minute burst of sales at the mall just hours before the draw - 109 tickets sold in 1.5 hours to be exact! There are still 6 books of 25 tickets MIA after recovering one of them from Corey, cheque the online site for details on refunds for these ticket numbers. There will be some sort of cheque signing get together for the committee to do an official tally and all payouts. They will keep us posted of final numbers!
NOTE: Signing authority must be done again for Rotaract bank accounts - committee members required to sign on, make a time to do so together.
Social Night: Plans??? Cheryl?! Glow golf is a no go, so what about games night? Sarah volunteered her shack to host it, see above dates and times and rsvp at next meeting when date confirmed..... let's be social butterflies...let's also bring some board games, as Sarah has a few, but not enough.
NOTE: Miranda needs help from 2 members to audit Rotaract financial statements - not sure whether they were volunteered or voluntold, but the lucky ducks (NO pun intended) are Cedrick and Jose. Thanks to both of you!
Coats for Kids: The dates and times have been confirmed - have you volunteered? Cold kids need your help - come to Crouse's Cleaners and help sort and launder Coats that have been donated by the community. DATES, TIMES, AND VOLUNTEERS SO FAR ARE AS FOLLOWS: Tuesday October 7 - 5:00-8:00: Jarrett, Gabrielle, Vaughn, Sarah, Michelle. Wednesday October 8 - 5:00-8:00: Gabrielle, Kathleen, Michelle, Dana. Anybody else that can come out and help, it's much appreciated!
Gratituities: We have a free room each and every month for our club - this is pretty awesome!! In return, the hotel asks that you maybe order some grub every once in awhile at a meeting, and tip your sever! 15% is the going gratituity rate - please make sure you do this. Hey, if you're a moneybags, tip more! Thanks in advance - hoepfully by us being a little generous, we'll continue to be lucky to have a free meeting place.
ROUNDTABLE. MEETING ADJOURNED
Guests: None
Approval of previous minutes: Kathleen motion, Jose second
Approval of Agenda: Sarah motion, Jose second
Action Items: NONE! Whoah....
Ongoing Business:
Chris Andersen stopped in to follow up with the person who so graciously volunteered their services to him when he was our guest speaker - duties were to sort through books, lost and found items, etc...... after Chris left, we pondered this and came to the conclusion that Darrell was the one who had offered - Darrell, defend yourself at the next meeting, buddy.
Duck Race: SO much hard work accumulated to a very successful barrell draw at the mall - way to go!!!! There was no cash prize winner, but the other recipients were pretty darn happy with their prizes. Michelle did a superb job of reading the rules and MC duties, and the other members in attendance sure looked cute drawing tickets, punching all the info into laptops, manning stations and notifying winners! We had a last minute burst of sales at the mall just hours before the draw - 109 tickets sold in 1.5 hours to be exact! There are still 6 books of 25 tickets MIA after recovering one of them from Corey, cheque the online site for details on refunds for these ticket numbers. There will be some sort of cheque signing get together for the committee to do an official tally and all payouts. They will keep us posted of final numbers!
NOTE: Signing authority must be done again for Rotaract bank accounts - committee members required to sign on, make a time to do so together.
Social Night: Plans??? Cheryl?! Glow golf is a no go, so what about games night? Sarah volunteered her shack to host it, see above dates and times and rsvp at next meeting when date confirmed..... let's be social butterflies...let's also bring some board games, as Sarah has a few, but not enough.
NOTE: Miranda needs help from 2 members to audit Rotaract financial statements - not sure whether they were volunteered or voluntold, but the lucky ducks (NO pun intended) are Cedrick and Jose. Thanks to both of you!
Coats for Kids: The dates and times have been confirmed - have you volunteered? Cold kids need your help - come to Crouse's Cleaners and help sort and launder Coats that have been donated by the community. DATES, TIMES, AND VOLUNTEERS SO FAR ARE AS FOLLOWS: Tuesday October 7 - 5:00-8:00: Jarrett, Gabrielle, Vaughn, Sarah, Michelle. Wednesday October 8 - 5:00-8:00: Gabrielle, Kathleen, Michelle, Dana. Anybody else that can come out and help, it's much appreciated!
Gratituities: We have a free room each and every month for our club - this is pretty awesome!! In return, the hotel asks that you maybe order some grub every once in awhile at a meeting, and tip your sever! 15% is the going gratituity rate - please make sure you do this. Hey, if you're a moneybags, tip more! Thanks in advance - hoepfully by us being a little generous, we'll continue to be lucky to have a free meeting place.
ROUNDTABLE. MEETING ADJOURNED
September 9, 2008 Meeting Minutes
Attending: Sarah, Cedrick, Tyler, Amanda, Kathleen, Dale, Gabrielle, Darrell, Jose, Mark, Michelle, Cheryl, Amanda, Jarrett
Guests: Chris Andersen
Approval of previous minutes: Cheryl motioned, Darrell seconded
Approval of Agenda: Sarah motioned, Michelle seconded
Guest speaker: Chris Andersen
Summary: Chris enlightened us on some majorly amazing international projects that are both past and ongoing within Rotary District 5370 (our district spans all the way down close to Red Deer and north of us). The most prominent one discussed was one undertaken by World Community Services Society, which is a sector of Rotary specifically created to tackle international projects, available grant information, and basically guide different clubs who wish to create new or contribute to projects. A few examples were a project in the Dominican that addressed leprosy and water filtration systems; one in Irkutsk Siberia through 2005/2006 that focused on education improvement, orphanages and high schools; and one in Belize that is focusing on on literacy, teacher facilitation skill improvement, and gaining new equipment (ie computers) for the schools' use.
Gabrielle accepted a certificate on behalf of our club relating to our contributions in 2005/2006 to the Siberia project - way to go!! Some fast facts for you keeners: Currently on the Belize project, there are 60 clubs in our district, and 45 of these are supporting this project - pretty great, really. It also received a $300,000 humanitarian aid grant from Rotary International. With the combined efforts of Rotary and 24 Albertan teachers who have volunteered their time, this program will reach out and affect over 80,000 students - quite the accomplishment.
The bottom line: Chris wanted to stress to our club how key international projects are - if we can handle a commitment of this sort, he would urge us to do so. Darrell inquired as to what we could in the form of non-financial commitment (as our club is a little less resource rich than some others). There was some great ideas thrown around involving school lost and found item donation program, and possibilities of other sweat equity projects.... perhaps details to come in the future??
Lastly, Chris touched upon a Christmas card campaign that donates funds generated to entrepreneurial women in Ethiopia and restore of goat, cattle, and horse herds to pastoral communities. Get this - Chris and his wife started this one up in their own home, made the cards from their own picture stash, and, with help of their computer savvy son, raised over $50,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR! Again, pretty amazing stuff...
Thank you, Chris, for coming and talking with us about all these things that our own district should be proud of helping with.
Now, back to biz, folks....
New Business: How about those other non-lottery events???.....
Terry Fox Run: This Saturday, September 13 @ 9am Terry needs your help.... Race starts at Muskoseepi Park, it's a 10km run/walk. Anyone care to volunteer? Most likely helping with set up, take down, etc. Sign-up sheet available, or give Gab a ring-a-ding and catch her on the jimmy-jangle..... ps. This is a great cause! Terry Fox thanks you in advance...
Lottery Food Bank Drive: Have a vehicle? Some kindly donated food needs a lift from neighborhood doorways to the Food Bank.... please check with your C-A-R and see if it's available. Dates and times TBD.
Coats For Kids: Now til October 15. It's what it sounds like - people donating coats for kids this winter. Duties the cause needs your help with include (but are not limited to) sorting and cleaning coats, collection of coats from various locations. Tentatively marked for Sept 23, 24 (Tues/Wed). Let Gab know if you can help out if you did not sign up on the beautiful sign up sheets (which, I might add, she made all by herself and they looked wicked).
Festival of Trees: The committee has asked for our help, and wanted quite a large commitment from us - what with our schedules, time constraints of work, etc etc, Gab has asked them to revamp their request and present it again. More details to come.
ADDITION TO AGENDA: SEPTEMBER SOCIAL THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 12 @ LION'S DEN, 9PM. Please note, we are attending the Storm game same night, at 7pm, to sell as many more Duck tickets as humanly possible, then we will be moving on to the Lion's Den after this for our social. Come on down - it will be a good time!
Ongoing Business:
Dues: Who owes? Who will be renewing membership, who may not? Let Ashley or Michelle know, and give Miranda your money.
Ross Tyson: Yes, Ross Tyson wants to do lunch and even dinner with YOU. Please let's get a poll on attendance over the next few weeks via email.... The details: Lunch - Fri, Sept 26 @ 12pm at our regular meeting spot. Dinner - $31 gets you fed at the Quality Inn, same day as lunch.
DUCK RACE: 10 days left!! We have confirmed it will be a barrel draw, as we are far into the process with the lotto corp to do so - although there is enough water in the reservoir again, Ducks Unlimited cannot host a day event on such short notice, and the barrel approval process is almost complete. We need a video camera for this.... there were a few volunteers, so please keep the Duck Committee posted on whether you can get one for this date. Ticket sale update: approx 5300 sold - this is not including the outstanding tickets that we can't count til we get in......so......GET THEM IN. Darrell committed to getting an email out with the Ducks Unlimited website info for online ticket purchase, so stay tuned.
ROUNDTABLE
MEETING ADJOURNED
Guests: Chris Andersen
Approval of previous minutes: Cheryl motioned, Darrell seconded
Approval of Agenda: Sarah motioned, Michelle seconded
Guest speaker: Chris Andersen
Summary: Chris enlightened us on some majorly amazing international projects that are both past and ongoing within Rotary District 5370 (our district spans all the way down close to Red Deer and north of us). The most prominent one discussed was one undertaken by World Community Services Society, which is a sector of Rotary specifically created to tackle international projects, available grant information, and basically guide different clubs who wish to create new or contribute to projects. A few examples were a project in the Dominican that addressed leprosy and water filtration systems; one in Irkutsk Siberia through 2005/2006 that focused on education improvement, orphanages and high schools; and one in Belize that is focusing on on literacy, teacher facilitation skill improvement, and gaining new equipment (ie computers) for the schools' use.
Gabrielle accepted a certificate on behalf of our club relating to our contributions in 2005/2006 to the Siberia project - way to go!! Some fast facts for you keeners: Currently on the Belize project, there are 60 clubs in our district, and 45 of these are supporting this project - pretty great, really. It also received a $300,000 humanitarian aid grant from Rotary International. With the combined efforts of Rotary and 24 Albertan teachers who have volunteered their time, this program will reach out and affect over 80,000 students - quite the accomplishment.
The bottom line: Chris wanted to stress to our club how key international projects are - if we can handle a commitment of this sort, he would urge us to do so. Darrell inquired as to what we could in the form of non-financial commitment (as our club is a little less resource rich than some others). There was some great ideas thrown around involving school lost and found item donation program, and possibilities of other sweat equity projects.... perhaps details to come in the future??
Lastly, Chris touched upon a Christmas card campaign that donates funds generated to entrepreneurial women in Ethiopia and restore of goat, cattle, and horse herds to pastoral communities. Get this - Chris and his wife started this one up in their own home, made the cards from their own picture stash, and, with help of their computer savvy son, raised over $50,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR! Again, pretty amazing stuff...
Thank you, Chris, for coming and talking with us about all these things that our own district should be proud of helping with.
Now, back to biz, folks....
New Business: How about those other non-lottery events???.....
Terry Fox Run: This Saturday, September 13 @ 9am Terry needs your help.... Race starts at Muskoseepi Park, it's a 10km run/walk. Anyone care to volunteer? Most likely helping with set up, take down, etc. Sign-up sheet available, or give Gab a ring-a-ding and catch her on the jimmy-jangle..... ps. This is a great cause! Terry Fox thanks you in advance...
Lottery Food Bank Drive: Have a vehicle? Some kindly donated food needs a lift from neighborhood doorways to the Food Bank.... please check with your C-A-R and see if it's available. Dates and times TBD.
Coats For Kids: Now til October 15. It's what it sounds like - people donating coats for kids this winter. Duties the cause needs your help with include (but are not limited to) sorting and cleaning coats, collection of coats from various locations. Tentatively marked for Sept 23, 24 (Tues/Wed). Let Gab know if you can help out if you did not sign up on the beautiful sign up sheets (which, I might add, she made all by herself and they looked wicked).
Festival of Trees: The committee has asked for our help, and wanted quite a large commitment from us - what with our schedules, time constraints of work, etc etc, Gab has asked them to revamp their request and present it again. More details to come.
ADDITION TO AGENDA: SEPTEMBER SOCIAL THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 12 @ LION'S DEN, 9PM. Please note, we are attending the Storm game same night, at 7pm, to sell as many more Duck tickets as humanly possible, then we will be moving on to the Lion's Den after this for our social. Come on down - it will be a good time!
Ongoing Business:
Dues: Who owes? Who will be renewing membership, who may not? Let Ashley or Michelle know, and give Miranda your money.
Ross Tyson: Yes, Ross Tyson wants to do lunch and even dinner with YOU. Please let's get a poll on attendance over the next few weeks via email.... The details: Lunch - Fri, Sept 26 @ 12pm at our regular meeting spot. Dinner - $31 gets you fed at the Quality Inn, same day as lunch.
DUCK RACE: 10 days left!! We have confirmed it will be a barrel draw, as we are far into the process with the lotto corp to do so - although there is enough water in the reservoir again, Ducks Unlimited cannot host a day event on such short notice, and the barrel approval process is almost complete. We need a video camera for this.... there were a few volunteers, so please keep the Duck Committee posted on whether you can get one for this date. Ticket sale update: approx 5300 sold - this is not including the outstanding tickets that we can't count til we get in......so......GET THEM IN. Darrell committed to getting an email out with the Ducks Unlimited website info for online ticket purchase, so stay tuned.
ROUNDTABLE
MEETING ADJOURNED
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