Meeting Minutes - December 8, 2009

Greetings!!

Well, it's not the same day, but within 24 hours of the meeting - not bad!

Enjoy your latest meeting minute installment and the last of 2009!

1. Members: Darrell Winwood, Tyler Bulford, Matt Hall, David Crouse, Lisa Heck, Gabrielle Boulet, Dale Tiedemann, Chris Murray, Doug Porterfield, Cate Weber
Guests: Lucy and Jennifer

2. Approval of Last Meeting Minutes - add Jose to "in attendance"
Motion to Pass: Tyler
Second: Lisa & Cate - it was a tie

3. Approval of Meeting Agenda - add to New Business: Crystal Park Funding Request, Next Meeting Date, Greenworks
Motion to Pass: Dale
Second: David

4. Review of items from previous minutes

* Dues - PAY UP!
* Social Event - Thursday, December 10th at Oasis in Sexsmith. Lots of board games, Wii, Foosball, etc. Starting at 7:00 PM. Car pool if you can - save the environment. Chris apologizes for the short notice, he had a hard time getting a hold of the gentleman who runs the establishment (who goes to Hawaii anyways?! ... inside joke, you had to be there). Please come if you can, Chris has maps if you need one. Darrell would like you to bring your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/friends/crazy uncle, etc.
* Christmas Party - Lisa reminded us that the party is NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!! (December 18th) She passed the sign up sheet around again. If you are interested in coming, please sign up. If you have a silent auction item, please put your phone number on the sign up sheet to be contacted for pick up details. The club covers the cost of our MEMBERS to attend the party, members are responsible for the cost of their guest ($40) - the club will invoice you after the fact. 6:00 PM start, GPRC choir to entertain. Please let Lisa know by Thursday, December 11th at NOON if you plan on attending.


5. New Business

* Rotaract Fun-spiel, March 19 & 20. Dale & Tyler will co-chair the event with the help of Andrea from the curling club. We are hoping this will increase awareness of our club in the community. Our main goal is to gain members and overall awareness. Please let Dale or Tyler know if you are interested in helping, including door prizes and sponsorship.
* Duck Race - yay!!! Darrell and Miranda completed reports for Alberta Gaming and are VERY pleased to announce that approximately $41,000 was raised this year!!!! Woohoo!! Donations were made to the following groups (amounts are approximate): Ducks Unlimited $9,000, PACE - $5,000, Soccer Association - $5,000, SPCA - $7,000, Rotaract - $11,000. Our club's portion will be going directly to our $20,000 commitment to the Community Village which will complete our commitment - EXCLAMATION MARK!
* Executive nominations for the 2010 - 2011 term - We will be seeking nominations for executive positions - President Elect for the 2011 - 2012 term, secretary and treasurer. Gabrielle has cudies (according to Dale) AND has decided to take on International Director and will be in contact with the Mazatlan Rotaract club to see if there are some projects our clubs can work on together. We are still looking for secretary and treasurer replacements for the current term.
* Next Meeting - in light of the upcoming holiday season, the December 22nd meeting has been CANCELED. Meetings will resume January 12, 2010. Motioned by Michelle, second by Matt, passed. If you bring Bailey's and cookies, Gabrielle will host an impromtu Rotaract meeting December 22nd at her house - please RSVP by email (gabannie@hotmail.com) if you would like to come and so she knows if anyone will show up.
* Crystal Park Funding Request - "Everybody Needs a Christmas". Our club has been approached by a student at Crystal Park to donate funds toward a Christmas fundraising project to provide food and presents for the less fortunate. The executive recommends that the club donate $250 to the project. Motion - Chris, second - Scrooge, I mean David, passed by the club. Darrell will contact the school's principal.
* Greenworks a la Chris - the Greenworks executive has discussed bringing a robotics event to Grande Prairie. In order to run an event, they need PEOPLE (Hey! We have those!) This is an opportunity for our club to raise funds for the club by providing people.


6. Round Table

* Cate - Cate gets to share all the exciting news before Doug! They are moving this weekend and they are going home for Christmas. YAY!
* Doug - is taking credit for the new house they found. Doug & Cate took a cat from Cheryl who likes to lick Doug's face. And she toots! The cat comes with much personality ... like it's previous owner!
* Michelle - 91 days away from the AWG. And is still looking for volunteers for the games.
* Chris - is the perfect height to be the mascot for AWG. His son has a fantastic time in the bath and it makes Chris' day!
* Lucy - is going down to Calgary to share Christmas with her family.
* Dale - has 3 working bathrooms in his house.
* Gabrielle - shared all the gorey details about her wisdom teeth extraction. Good times!
* Lisa - Shoot for the Cure at the Storm Game, Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10 through the Society. New Years Eve - Shark Club partnered with the Society to have a Pink & White event. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go back to the Society.
* David - Kathleen & their mom are in Reno ... he is lonely. David will report on Season 5 of Lost at the next meeting.
* Jennifer - is trying to survive her finals and then she's going to Hawaii for Christmas!!! (pffft, whatever!)
* Matt - is also getting through exams. He landed the lead role in "Sonny's Song". Yay, Matt!!!
* Tyler - is experiencing hour cut backs at work and he may be transfered to Calgary, which he isn't too keen on. Today he "did a smart move" ... he lost his keys in the pit at work.
* Darrell - is the next Beatles lead singer. But, David (Scrooge) killed Darrell's dreams by confirming that "you can basically talk on easy and still get 97%". Watch "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog" - Hilarious!


Thanks for coming out on this wintery night. See you all in 2010!