Please join us at Renaissance Event Venue, 285 Queen Street, Kingston ON
The Rotary Four Way Test
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned
Rotary Reflection
For food in a world where many walk in hunger
For peace in a world where many walk in fear
For friends in a world where many walk alone
And for the opportunity to serve others through Rotary,
May we be truly thankful!
The Loyal Toast
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Queen of Canada!
Acknowledgement of Territory
We are gathered on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. we are grateful to be able to join together in Rotary Fellowship on these lands.
Maya presented the banner from her sponsoring club, Hasrtad Rotary Klubb, Norway.
Fun Master Spontaneous: John Farrow
no pin or name badge
not here last week
not on bingo roster or haven’t done one yet
Happy and Sad Bucks
Marcel Gummert: thanks for sponsoring him and Maya on the recent District Youth Exchange weekend--great event to start the new Youth Exchange year
Greg Mumford: sad buck—boats out of water
Terri Hodges: My Son Jeff & i survived “Tough Mother” in Toronto. We went as a mother-son team.
John Gale: a great sail
Terry Hicks: Happy two bucks. Bill and Joan Egnatoff gave concert at Rosewood. Absolutely thrilled inhabitants of Rosewood. They’re already engaged for another concert.
Announcements
Greta du Bois: Friendship exchange to Chennai, India, February, confirmed, about two weeks, max of 12 participants. Awaiting more details.Greg Mumford: bingo next covered, need a few more people for October (see schedule below)
John Farrow: read article on polio eradication in The Rotarian. Answered many questions. Bingo AGM with Greg. Profits up. Kingston Pipe Band may apply for grant; presentation with demo in the works. Membership (re discussion last week). Great membership cookie challenge. Challenge: if you bring a guest twice, get a free dozen of Patty’s cookies. (Note: Patty of Kingston Dodge makes cookies, which are a regular feature at Auction Committee meetings, held there.)
Membership Committee
Rick Frasso, chair: The Membership Committee voted to attend the Downtown Promenade Saturday September and Chamber of Commerce Connect. These events will be key for our membership drive. Members are also encouraged to take “Be Our Guest” cards to be ready to invite people they meet who might be interested in Rotary.
President's Report
Update from Board meeting September 12: Robert Reid will serve as interim treasurer; discussions are underway with an outside firm to do our book-keeping. That would help greatly with regular monthly reports. Robert will have signing authority. The venue fee will be issued for October to December. Hopefully, given the current work of the Membership Committee, we can eliminate this tax soon. Honorary Rotarian presentations: Joan Egnatoff next week; Pat Brown, November. District Conference October 26-28, in lieu of meeting October 30th. Originally we were not going to meet October 23rd but now we have a very interesting speaker lined up for that date. We will still gather on October 30th for some Hallowe'en fun, but will not have our usual formal meeting. A show of hands affirmed this decision.
After the Auction, we will have a celebration for the whole club. We will combine the auction thank you with what used to be our holiday season party. Date to be announced.
Randy Jenkins, Gananoque: fundraiser at Gananoque Playhouse, October 2, one-woman show; proceeds to Rotary Foundation; tickets directly from Randy (click on his name to send a message).
Next week: Joan Egnatoff, honorary pin; Elizabeth first in a series of reports on fundraising and grants. Other chairs will also be reporting in future meetings. Also speaker on Adventures in Understanding and RYLA.
John invited Lilly to be our guest speaker July 31, 2018 to talk about her work with Ducks Unlimited on controlling invasive species on Wolfe Island.
Greta du Bois, herself very concerned about human influence on the environment, thanked Lily for her work and her excellent presentation.
Lily is a student at Guelph in Environmental Science. She is working for Ducks Unlimited Canada on Wolfe Island to battle invasive species.
European Water Chestnut – floating plant that quickly forms a dense floating mat that lowers oxygen levels detrimental to fish and wildlife. Seeds are sharp and dangerous when washed up on shore.
Currently hand-pulling to remove them. Need to be careful if wrapped around lilly stems. Pulls out quite easily. 2 people pulling weeds all day! J
Leave on land to dry out.
Native to western Europe, Africa brought as ornamental plant in 1879.
66% reduction in 3 years.
After pulling the plants in an area, they do surveillance around the area to look for more.
No bio-controls known for European water chestnut (which have risks of their own).
Volunteer, avoid boating in infested areas, never release non-native plants or fish.