R Dan gave a brief history of the Club - Al Romberger (sp?) instigated the idea of a club - committee formed in 1988 to form a club in Brighton - 30th anniversary year 2019 - sponsored by Colborne Club - applied for a charter - got 25 members and received a charter - Bob Briden was the first president - meetings at first were Monday mornings but then moved to Fridays - location moved back and forth between The Gables and Douglas - 1989 women joined Rotary - in the 90s the club grew to about 60 members - moved to the Legion for meetings - selling Tilley hats was a good fundraiser for a while; sold them at different venues - auction dinner was begun, and grew over the years - the essential character of the Brighton Rotary is a club of enjoyable meetings and mutual support in support of local and international causes |