Members: 13
Guests: Lidia Vouchak as a prospective member
Correspondence:
- card of appreciation from R Grant Southwell to club for concern and support of the passing of Dianne
- Letter of appreciation from Disaster Aid USA for Club's support last year
Announcements:
- No Frills $1,000 raffle in March. R Murray will circulate sign up sheet for shifts each weekend in March next week
- R Ricardo advised that Exchange student Emmy moved to her new host family this weekend, to Kristina Ward on Harbour Street. She is in exams this week. We hope to see more of her in coming weeks. She and new outbound will go on Rotary outdoor trip to Ganaraska Forest in mid February.
- R Chris advised that due to recent misappropriation of funds with Lighthouse society, Brighton Rotary needs to tighten checks and balances and this will be on next board agenda.
- District Conference next year to be held in Wellington October 27th. 'Rotary Reunion'. Easy to attend and minimal cost. Register in D7070 web site, also opportunity to host fellow Rotarian from away.
- Adult Spelling Bee at Trenton Rotary January 29, Brighton defending champions. R Dan T, R Victoria and R Clay will defend Brighton's reign.
- Too bad and too sad to those who missed a great fellowship and concert January 21 - Port Hope, Cobourg and Northumberland Sunrise with Northumberland Orchestra & Choir present 'Glorious Hollywood' at Port Hope United Church.
- Campbellford Super Hero Trivia Night - Saturday February 24 at Rotary Hall. Doors open at 6pm, starts at 7pm. $100 entry per team of up to 8 members. Prizes and fun. To register contact Rob Pope at 705-760-1608 or Email: rob_pope@yahoo.com
- R Dave is looking for someone to step up and help represent Brighton Rotary at the local school spelling bee committee.
- Loyalist College undergraduate awards event March 1, 2018. Looking for representative for Rotary busary.
- RLI sessions to be held at Centennial College February 24. Go to District 7070 website for more info.
- Grants Qualification Seminar to be held Saturday Feb 10 at Oshawa Golf and Country Club. 8:30am to 1:30pm. We need 2 to attend or we cannot participate in District and Global Grants.
Membership Challenge
Time Period - December 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
Rules:
1. Teams consist of each of the 3 POD's.
2. Points: 1 point for the presence of a guest as a potential member; 2 points if the guest takes a membership application; 3 points when the guest is inducted.
3. Upon receipt of the application, the usual process for dealing with the application is to be followed.
4. The team at March 31 with the greatest number of points is the winner.
5. Members of the winning team (POD) are to be treated to a breadfast at the expense of the losing teams at a regular Breakfast meeting.
Suggestion - POD's can identify potential individuals to be approached and a Rotarian to approach and invite the individual to join us.
Scores - POD#1 = 1+2 for Lidia taking application Jan 12
POD#2 and POD#3 have some work to do.
Song - This Land is Your Land
50/50 - $17.00 won by R Al
Happy Bucks: for presentation, fascinating classification, warmer weather, R Keith can give short presentations, starting new course to teach older adults fitness, to be here, youngest grandchild 2 today, son into playoffs, no reason to be unhappy.
Rotary Minute: R Patty shared interesting story of carrots, eggs and coffee beans and how they react to being boiled for 20 minutes. There was an analogy to people and how we react to stress and adversity.
Student - Emmy's Bucket List
Christmas and Fairs
Join different sports
Blue Jay game
Concerts
Wonderland in Toronto
Riding a forest trail in the fall
Fire a firework in daylight
Skiing
Try surfing
Joining YMCA