Members: 14
Guests: Prospective member Jeff Wheeldon, Karen White, Emmy Riktor and Stefanie Shakura. Also pleasure to have honourary Rotarian Jeff Brace with us today.
Correspondence:
Presentation:
Cheque for $1,000 was presented to Karen White representing Relay for Life.
New Member Application
The following person has been nominated for membership in the Rotary Club of Brighton:
Jeff Wheeldon with the classification of Real Estate
Should any member have knowledge why membership should not be offered to this person, they have the right and obligation to inform the Secretary in writing within 10 days of this notice.
Announcements:
- R Mark advised that History Week starts in Brighton this weekend.
- R Daphne will collect old batteries and take to local school as fundraiser.
- R Daphne said that interact students recently hosted lunch for earlyact students.
- R Daphne is representing Brighton Rotary at Camp Enterprise this week. About 12 ENSS students registered.
- R Ricardo shared that exchange students were at Ganaraska this past weekend for orientation. Our new outbound student is going to Taiwan.
- No Frills $1,000 raffle in March. R Murray circulated sign up sheet for shifts each weekend in March.
- R Murray advised that there is an open house March 2 at Community Centre at 7pm to educate public concerning renovations to the library.
- R Chris advised that on March 13 at Community Centre there will be an open house concerning the new skate park.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Brighton Rotary Golf Tournament at Barcovan June 18, 2018
- D7070 Curling Bonspiel - Sunday March 25 - 9am to 2pm at Oshawa Golf and Country Club. Cost = $200 per team.
- D7070 Membership Seminar #1 to be held at Cobourg Best Western - Saturday April 7, 8am to 2pm.
- Trenton Rotary Surf & Turf dinner and auction to be held at Air Force Museum - Friday April 27. More info to come.
- Colborne Rotary St. Patrick's Day Curling Bonspiel - Saturday March 17. Cost $40 each or $160/team.
- Nathan Kelly Fundraiser at Keeler Centre May 5 - live entertainment.
World Rotary Day - Rotary's 113th birthday
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 = 1 + 2 for Jeff taking application and submitting it Feb 16
POD#3 = 1 for Lee visiting Feb 2
Now we have a competition. Let's 'ASK'.
Song - Frere Jacques
50/50 - $28.00 won by R Clay who donated to Foundation
Happy Bucks: for guests, to be back, to be nominated, for Olympic medals, for brother / husband Relay for Life, taking pup to dog park, PS I Love You team, moss on a fossil, with friends, regards from Vancouver, weather better, Chris Hadfield presentation, car show in Toronto, great time at Ganaraska, Alan Doyle, cruise in Carribean.
Rotary Minute:
Student - Emmy's Bucket ListChristmas 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
