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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.
The meeting opened with the singing of the National Anthem and acknowledgement of territory.
Guests:Katie and Steve Koopman, Joe Reid, Brad Revell, and Sydney-Jane McCarson - Paul Harris Recipients; Amanda Stolk; Sean Adamson; Karla McGrath, Jane Wright
Friends of Rotary:
Visiting Rotarians:
Service Commitments (Makeups):.Ed Thomson read the list of service activities. The following were reported. Elizabeth Cohoe, National Committee; Bernie Allard, Paul Harris Awards Committee; Heather Kembel, Greta DuBois, Heather Nogrady, Robert and Wendy Reid, Zoe MacKenzie, Jackie Blakney, Ana Sutherland, and Michelle Chatten-Fiedorec all attended the gift wrapping project for the children of Tipi Moza.
Member Sharing
Fun Master - Heather Kembel
Fun Master Heather Kembel entertained with some seasonal questions.
Who has already wrapped a gift pay a buck. Elizabeth had some wrapped and mailed. Who hasn’t even thought about what to buy. John paid $5 because his wife Lori does it all. Anyone not have snow tires on? Jim Rymerson paid for that one.
Who hasn’t picked up their auction items? Greg said Rotarians have all picked theirs up. One person (not a Rotarian) has not paid. Last in? Heather said it might have been herself.
Happy/Sad Bucks
Rick Fiedorec was looking forward to doing his presentation this morning. On the weekend he took some grandchildren to Brockville to see The Little Mermaid put on by St. Lawrence College. Trixie has recovered from her injuries reported last week. Rick has volunteered to do kettles and they need more volunteers. Members who are interested in this cause may phone 613-531-5918 to register.
Ed Thomson reported that he and Ana had been shopping in Costco and saw Santa. They moved on to Canadian Tire only to find that Santa was there too. Ed reported that Ana was very excited and greeted Santa enthusiastically.
Greg and Joan Mumford had cause to drive back to Kingston from Scarborough before the recent snow storm.
John is happy that their annual parts inventory is over.
Ana has new car. John said, “I didn’t see you signing a deal at Kingston Dodge!” but… “I know where you can get snow tires”
Announcements
Bingo
Volunteers are needed for Bingo on the 26th of December and the 2ndof January. John Farrow will do 26th.
Auction
Thursday’s auction item pick-up has only Greg so far. Members can sign up for 11 – 7 or half of that. We need three more. 30 – 40% of gifts are still left. All it entails is taking the certificate and handing out the item. Ed will do 11 – 3.
Year End Party
Ana reminded us of end of year party. There will be no cash bar. Instead, there will be wine and beer by donation. Music starts at 6:15 so be here at 6, to enjoy it. Dinner will be at 7 with more music during dessert. Please bring food for food bank. There will be NO morning meeting.
Calendars
Robert reported on the calendars. They come in boxes of 90 and he has 5 left. He will restock but can’t be here for the year end dinner. As they don’t draw until about the 3rd week in Jan, there is still time after the new year. Robert will have a box here on Dec 10th. We have a meeting on December 17th so that day works as well.
December meetings
John Farrow reminded everyone that there will be no meeting on the 24th or 31st. We meet after that on Jan 7th.
Lunch by George
Turkey roasting and carving for Lunch by George is on Dec 10th and serving on the 11th. Murray has organized the teams.
St. Lawrence College Bursary
Greta talked about the St. Lawrence College bursary. This comes under the care of the National Committee. The committee decided to add to the principal so that two students could be awarded a bursary, on the condition that at least one of two is indigenous. This year it was awarded to two students.
A thank you card was received and was very touching. Greta read it out in the meeting. Here it is:
To: Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston,
This letter serves my deepest thanks. It is an honour to be selected by SLC for my above average academic achievement, commitment to volunteerism and community servicee. Your generosity has and will continue to inspire me throughout my next academic journey. I was excited to see that the Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston had donated this grant to SLC students…my fiancé’s father is an active member in the Rotary Club of Brockville.
I cannot even begin to express how much confidence this grant has given me – to have an organization believe in my education by helping financially means so much to me. I hope to one day be a Rotarian and help future students like you chose to help me.
I wish you all the best,
(signed) Lauren Pringle
President's Announcements
President, Ana Sutherland:
Ana spoke about the gift wrapping, and added that they delivered the gifts to Tipi Moza and they were beautiful. On’a’Got’Tay said that we have made a lot of moms and dads and kids very happy, and he said thank you for what we do for the urban indigenous community. Ana said that Winnie Peters, the Director, was very happy and the kids will have their party on December 21st. We are invited to attend this at 933 Princess unit 1422, board room. 1 pm.
A reminder that AGM of Tipi Moza December 16th, 2:30 – 4:30, at Memorial Hall, 216 Ontario Street.
We hope to do the shoe box project again next year.
Upcoming Dates/Events
Dec. 10th - December Dinner and Party - 6:00pm -see poster for details
Dec 12 , 2019 - Board Meeting - Thursday - 4 pm at Kingston Dodge
Mar. 5, 2020 - Rotary Day at Brier Patch- Rotarians will volunteer at the Patch
July 19th, 2020 - Rotary Centennial Birthday Party at Rotary Park
Sept 19, 2020 - Tree Planting - Rotary Park - Rotarians to assist in planting 100 trees
June 25th, 2021 - Rotary Anniversary Gala, St. Lawrence College
Chase the Ace!
The 50:50 draw was won by Heather Kembel who drew the 10 of clubs
Ana reviewed the board positions that need to be filled. There have been conversations with someone who may be interested in President Elect but this is not confirmed. Elections will take place at the December 17th meeting.
Positions to fill, are: President Elect, Secretary, Director of Service Projects. Membership is also due for a changeover. Greg will carry forward one more year for Youth Service, while mentoring someone else to take over next year.
Ana called for volunteers. There were no volunteers so some "persuasion" will have to take place. Ana will chair Membership if Rick Frasso doesn’t carry on for another year. Ana called for nominations from the floor and there were none at the time.
Elizabeth described Director of Service Projects as not being onerous. It is mainly a job in which you organize and delegate, and find members willing to lead a project. You attend board meetings to report. There is one possible replacement but a further conversation is needed. Elizabeth will follow up.
The Secretary records the board meeting minutes and also communicates with the District by inputting data for members. We don’t record attendance. Make ups no longer need to be within two weeks of a missed meeting, and can be any time during the Rotary year.
We are a small club and for that we do phenomenal service. Ana urged people to come forward to participate in the running of the club.
We will bring this back on December 17th when elections will take place.
Treasurer’s Report:
Rick gave us a clear picture of where the club stands financially at the moment.
He is pleased to announced that we have been able to get our records caught up due to hiring a bookkeeper. Missing pieces of information have been found. This will all be presented to the board next week. All of the information that Rick presented is available on Club Runner, and Rick urged members to go there. Go to the members only area and you will be on the Admin page, click on view club documents. The CK Rotary Financial Statements are there. Choose which document you want to view and note any questions you may have.
Rick explained carry overs from last year. The new meeting venue has improved our finances in that regard, and he thanked Ana for finding it.
The Friendship Exchange is not a separate committee. $6K is still there from trip to India and it will be used for the Indian visit here. No club funds go into the Friendship Exchange. We will have Australians here in June 2021.
Auction: Currently no money has been transferred from Pay Pal. We do that when all the payments have been made. We expect about $40K to be the bottom line.
Bingo will probably bring in about $20K this year.
With calendars and nut drive we may have another $2K for next year. The Auction down about $7K from last year. Mostly sponsorships were down. We need to work on this next year, and although Murray Cotton did a great job of getting sponsors, we need everyone’s influence there. Not just Murray.
Local Projects has around $10K left for spring grants if the committee decides to accept proposals at that time. The Tipi Moza project and Martha’s Table were split with the National Committee.
International Projects has about $2,000US not committed. The Pathways project is included under International because a global grant has been applied for. That money ($15K) was transferred to International. You can make donation to this K2021 project through The Rotary Foundation. The project needs to have a global grant number first in order to do that. John Farrow (Foundation Chair) will send out an email to members about this. We can also put donations through the Kingston club and get receipt. If project is not approved you can reverse it or put into a different project. If you really want tax receipt for this year you can do it that way but the Kingston Club will get the Foundation credit. The preferred method is to go through the Foundation after the Pathways project gets assigned a project number.
National Projects: Currently there is about $4K unspent. National includes our bursary at SLC. Number 9 gardens is a 2021 project. The most recent project supported was explained by Elizabeth. Dark Spark uses song writing, recording of pop songs storytelling to empower youth to reduce prejudice and promote cross-cultural understanding. Their current project is taking place on Tyendinaga this week.
Youth Service: Adventures in history cost about $28. Bill Egnatoff did a great job getting local businesses to make donations in kind to keep the cost down.
Foundation Committee has about $300 left in their budget.
Club Administration is somewhat intertwined with Membership. There is a negative situation in Club admin but a surplus in Membership. The General Account overall surplus is about $1,400. We need 20 members at meetings to break even. Today there were 15. This is being balanced with 50:50 and happy bucks. Ana orders breakfasts for 20. The Mermaid Avenue Sandwich Factory caters and they are aware that we take our leftovers to Lunch by George. For this reason, they have been sending extra. This also is a buffer if have extra guests. The venue costs us $50. If you are upgrading your laptop, the club could use a new laptop, and John Farrow can arrange to scrub the hard drive.
Please go to Club Runner to view the details of what has been reported.
Rick would like to end the Rotary year with a $2K surplus in general account.
Rick is doing a great job as treasurer and an appropriate applause followed his presentation.
