Bill Egnatoff - District Conference takes place in Clayton, New York, May 3rd to 5th. Early arrivers on Friday can go on a tour of the boat museum in Clayton. Please consider attending and enhance your Rotary experience.
Ana Sutherland - On February 17th, there will be a "fireside chat" for newer members, their mentors, and any other interested members. We want to know, what is your Rotary experience? This will be held at Bill and Joan Egnatoff's home, 10:30 am arrival, 11 am start. Bring your questions and opinions. This is a part of our 10-year visioning exercise.
There will be a tour of the Loughborough Greenhouse and kitchen on the 15th of February. John Richards has 30 interested people from the community coming. This will be a great way to show our project, but also to inspire others to undertake a similar project. Thanks John.
This week and next there will be tours of the Tiny Homes being built by Habitat for Humanity. Ana will send out invitations when she has more details.
Little Forests Kingston is meeting Thursdays at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Planning for the year will take place. There will be a LFK table at our District Conference.
Membership moment - liability insurance covers us all in our Rotary activities. It's important to wear your name tag or pin to identify yourself as a Rotarian. Also, take a look at Rotary Fellowships. These are groups of Rotarians that share a common passion or hobby.
Bill Gray - February 23rd at Kingsbridge Retirement Community, 950 Centennial Drive, Carolyn Ferguson, Senior Major Gifts Officer from the Rotary Foundation Canada will be having a Fireside Chat from 12 to 1:15 pm. Also in attendance will be Edina Mehovic, Senior Annual Giving Officer. What a way to celebrate the 119th anniversary of Rotary! RSVP by February 20th.
Bill attended the celebration at the Tenderfoot School virtually on Saturday, for the handover of the digital classroom project. We will hear more in the months to come. Maybe we can connect them with Alan's students :)
Greg Mumford - we are looking for students for Adventure in Citizenship and RYLA. A in C needs to be selected by end of March.
Social Events
This month's social will be at Bistro Stefan at the Best Western Fireside Inn. Charge is $15 for finger foods, and it runs from 5 until 7 pm. Please respond to Ana's invitation. Bring guests please. We will be inducting Roger Romero as a Friend of Rotary. Pathways students will also be there.
Ed Thompson - 9 people were at the Superbowl party. Top scorer on the quiz was Greg at 77 points. Ed noted that he did not finish last.
Upcoming Meetings