PRESENT: Darrell Winwood, Chris Murray, Matthew Hall, Cedrick Leblanc, Glen Tissington, Lisa Hansen, Michelle Dupont (recording)
GUESTS: Pete & Jenna
MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING Moved by Chris, Seconded by Jose
MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED Moved by Jose, Seconded by Chris
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A block of rooms are being held until Dec. 4th in the hotel that many GP Rotarians are staying in, so BOOK NOW if you’re planning to attend. The conference is in June in Montreal, QC.
NURSING ‘ROLE-MODELS’ PROJECT: 1st year nursing students are looking for ‘community rolemodels’ to visit grade 6 classes and bring their students anti-tobacco messages. Four volunteers signed up & Darrell has connected them with the students via email – as of yet no confirmation back from the students.
SOCIAL NIGHT: Chris is planning a ‘Game Night’ for the club and is looking at a potential date in early December at The Oasis in Sexsmith. Email Chris if there’s a specific board or video game you’re interested in playing, or a game you can bring. Chris will be confirming a date very shortly & will email everyone with details.
HOTEL PROMOTION: Dale to source prices on promotional materials to adorn our meeting room and promote within the hotel that we meet here (think a ‘Rotaract Meets Here’ plaque). Dale is out of town this week but will report back at the next meeting.
EXECUTIVE SPOTS: Two executive positions are available,
Secretary – take minutes at the meeting & distribute them to the membership in a timely fashion (she says while emailing the minutes out they day prior to the next meeting).
Treasurer – take care of the financials. This will be a much easier task without the Duck Race, and Miranda will train whoever is taking over.
ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY: A good time is always had by all. This year’s party happens December 18th at the Holiday Inn. Tickets are $40 each. The club will cover the cost for members to attend, so you need only pay for your guests! Lisa is our club’s representative and has some beautiful centrepieces in the works, confirm your attendance to her at the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
ROTARACT FUN-SPIEL: The idea of a Rotaract funspiel was proposed not long ago, and the only initial concern from the club was that the only dates available were coming up too quickly to give us time to do it right! Darrell has inquired and discovered that there are some later dates available, and has tentatively booked the weekend of March 19-20th. Tyler was very interested in coordinating this event, so Darrell will contact him prior to our next meeting to get an outline of the tasks required. This could be a great fundraiser and awareness builder for the club without requiring that much work to plan. This item will be reviewed at the December 8th meeting so people can sign up to assist with planning, prizes, activities & promotions.
ROTARY DISTRICT BONSPIEL: Coming up in Athabasca, February 18-21. Many teams from Grande Prairie’s 3 Rotary Clubs will be attending, so there are many options for car-pooling! Email President Darrell for details.
DUES: The Rotaract year started July 1st, and membership dues for many members are still outstanding. Miranda is compiling a list & will be sending out email notices shortly. Please bring payment to our next meeting or mail a cheque payable to GP Rotaract Club to P.O. Box 21356, GP, T8V 6W7
DUCK RACE: There’s still some paperwork outstanding for gaming, which Miranda & Darrell are working to complete. We should be able to cut cheques for our partner groups shortly!
ROUND-TABLE
LISA HANSEN – is looking forward to ‘Shoot for the Cure’ a fundraiser & awareness builder for the Canadian Cancer Society held at the Storm Game December 12th. Also a New Year’s Party which will benefit the CCS being held (you guessed it) December 31st.
JOSE – Growing a movember moustache to support research against prostate cancer, and although it’s a VERY worthy cause it did negatively affect his photo with Brent Butt.
MATTHEW – auditioning for a role in ‘Sonny’s Song’ tomorrow, a wonderful play written by a student at GPRC that will run during the 2010 Arctic Winter Games.
CHRIS – GP Greenworks is busy busy busy, they’re registered for their first robotics competition in Calgary!
DARRELL – represented the club at a Charter Night for the Sexsmith Interact Club, bringing the total to 3 Interact Clubs in our local region (Peace Wapiti, Dawson Creek, and now Sexsmith).
NEXT MEETING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8th
7:30pm Stanford Inn
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