Meeting Minutes - February 9, 2010

Members In Attendance:

Gabrielle Boulet, Chris Murray, David Crouse, Kendra Wilson, Dana Moody

Guests In Attendance:

Cedrick Leblanc, Kendra, Brette Madden

Meeting Called to order at 7:30 PM by Past President Gabrielle Boulet.

1) Introduction of Members & Guests:
1.A.) As listed above, 3guests were in attendance at tonight’s meeting.

2) Approval of Last Meeting’s Minutes:
2.A.) MOTION: Lisa Approved, David Second. MOTION CARRIED.

3) Approval of Meeting Agenda:
3.A.) MOTION: To accept the agenda as presented. Motion by David Crouse. Second by Dana Moody. None Opposed. MOTION CARRIED.

4) Review of Action Items from Previous Minutes:
4.A.) Executive Nominations: Still looking for Executive nominations for positions of:
President Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Please send your nominations in to Darrell before Feb. 23, 2010.


4.B.) Social Night - Social night was at the Kokanee comedy night at the Great Northern Casino. Gab and David were the only members at the meeting that attended the comedians and said they had mixed reviews, but overall a great night.


4.C.) T-Shirt Order – Due to Dale’s absence at meeting, we will be carrying over the order to next meeting. The T-Shirts will have the Rotaract Emblum on them, and are $30.00. Please email Dale with your size.

4.D.) District Curling Bonspiel – Tyler is planning on attending this bonspiel in Athabasca, last call for three more members for Rotaract team. Please contact Tyler if interested.

4.E.) Club Regalia – Have received our first shipment, Rotaract club pins, and second order should be in soon which will contain the Rotaract banner.



5) February 12-15, 2010 – Activities you could be doing as a Rotaractor

5.A.) Quad Club Ski Trip to Jasper – Family Ski trip for Rotarians during the long weekend

5.B.) Spirit Speakers Youth Conference – This conference is requiring volunteers to help with registration (from 3-7), and the introduction of speakers (All day Saturday). Please contact Dale if interested in helping out.

5.C.) SPCA and PetSmart Adopt a pet weekend – From 11-4pm at the PetSmart location, they will be needing volunteers to assist with the many adoptions that will be taking place (handling, paperwork etc.). SPCA will provide training for any volunteers. Please contact the volunteer coordinator for the SPCA @ (780) 538-4030 ext: 109.




6) “Rock”ing out with Rotaract Curling Fun-Spiel

6.A.) March 19-20 will be the first annual Rotaract Fun-Spiel held at the Grande Prairie Curling Club. We need help in collecting sponsorship for prizes, as well as cash donations. We need to recruit teams of 4, tickets for the weekend costing $210.00 for four games and a banquet dinner. Please contact Dale for more information.

7) New Business -

7.A.) Arctic Winter Games – Are calling for volunteers for the games being held in GP Mar 6-13, 2010. They will require help for March 14, 2010 (Sunday) putting the classrooms back together at the schools the athletes were housed in. They will need 4-5 club members to help. Please contact Michelle Dupont if interested, there will also be a sign up sheet at the next meeting.


7.B.) Rotary Green-A-Thon - Rotaract will be needing a liason from our club to be involved with the Green-A-Thon. Chris Murray has volunteered for this position. Thanks Chris!



Round Table

Meeting Adjourned

Meeting Minutes - January 26, 2010

Rotaract Meeting Tonight at 7:30 PM, officiated by yours truly, with gavel in hand!

Ok, so my good streak of getting meeting minutes out in a timely fashion came to a end. But at least I'm getting them out ... right?!

1. Introduction of Members & Guests - Kris Podalski and Crystal

2. Approval of Last Meeting's Minutes - Dale, second by Lisa

3. Approval of Meeting Agenda - I have nothing written down, usually it's a fight to see who can put their hand up first. Let's try harder next meeting!

4. Review of Items from Previous Meeting

* Rotary Ski Trip - February 12 - 15. U-Drive. Rooms blocked at the Sawridge.
* Social Event - Comedy Night at the Casino, Wednesday February 3rd. Please RSVP to Darrell.
* Executive Nominations - we are still looking for nominations for President-Elect, Treasurer and Secretary. We will vote next meeting. Please email nominations - either for yourself or someone else to Darrell.
* Club Materials - Darrell has placed the order, they are on the way!


5. Fun-Spiel

* "Rock"ing out with Rotaract Fun-Spiel is March 19 & 20th held at the Grande Prairie Curling Club. Let the play on words fun begin!
* $210/team (based on 4 players), including 4 Saturday night meal tickets
* We are looking to secure 24 teams
* 6-8 end games, guaranteed 4 games
* Additional Meal Tickets - $40
* Please see Dale, Lucy, Lisa or Tyler if you have questions, suggestions, etc.


6. New Business

* Spirit Speakers Youth Conference - approached Dale looking for volunteers to help out during the event. February 12 & 13th. Please contact Dale if you are interested in volunteering for this event.
* T-Shirts - Dale passed around samples of the shirts we can choose from. The scoop neck ladies T-Shirt in the bamboo cotton was a HUGE hit - so soft! Please let Dale know your preferred T-Shirt size.
* Curling Team for District Bonspiel - ROAD TRIP!! Can this year beat last year's shenanigans? Darrell & Tyler are interested, please let Darrell know if you would like to join the team. Experience/talent not required.
* Volunteer Projects - our club is sitting idle, not what we do best. As usual, once May gets here, we will be busy with plenty of projects, but if there are suggestions for volunteer opportunities for our club in the mean time, please contact Darrell.


7. Round Table

Lisa

* Doing home renos in her basement - looking forward to sending the bachelor furniture back to the basement!
* Her mom has mini schnauzers for sale - contact Lisa if you are interested.
* Joined the Fit N Firm Challenge through the college - go Lisa!
* Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Days are coming up - week of March 21st
* Volunteer Opportunity - Daffodil Days & Relay for Life


Miranda

* has a new camp stove - looking forward to trying it out!


Tyler

* broke his hand since the last meeting, but it is healed
* Permanent Full-Time in Beaverlodge. He'll be sticking around for awhile


Gabrielle

* has a Wii Fit and is using it to monitor her cats weight. One cat is petite, the other, well, not so much. So far, the little one has lost the most weight. Oops!


David

* Played new Super Mario Bros - conquered the entire game, including all Star coins in all levels. Wow!


Crystal

* Welcome! Crystal's boss Jen send her our way. She works at Speed Pro Signs and Original Joe's.


Kris

* Welcome! Kris was introduced to Rotary through a client. Kevin Hilgers sent Kris our way. Kris works for TD Financial.


Matt

* has a busy semester at school and is working on his role in the Arctic Winter Games play. The play is showing February 26/27/28 & March 3/4/5 - can you say Rotaract outing to cheer on Matt?!
* Matt bought a guitar and is learning to play (someone suggested Matt get mono so he can stay home for a few weeks and concentrate on his guitar skills ...)


Darrell

* is working on social media trends - and is following a GP network of Twitter followers.


Meeting adjourned at 8:31 PM. See you Tuesday, February 9th!