Our meeting on Monday was a Partner’s night and it was great to see a couple of members bring along their partners to hear PE Peter’s report on his recent trip to the Rotary International Conference in Atlanta.

We also heard from Community Chair Alan report on the success of the Snow Train fundraiser that was held on Saturday.  Alan again asked for volunteers to assist in selling coffee and soup for next Sunday when the Snow Train again arrives in Moe.

I again spoke on the possibility of holding a Fundraiser Gala later in the year.  Discussion took place regarding the costing and potential funds that could be raised.  After careful consideration, it has been decided to defer this event to say April next year.  This will give us more time to organise and plan for the event.  I will keep you all in the loop as we progress through these plans later in the year and early next year.

Last Wednesday, I attended my first President’s meeting chaired by AG Carol Crewe. 6 out of 7 club Presidents from our cluster attended.  We had a very enjoyable night and exchanged lots of ideas.  Discussion took place regarding the possibility of holding a Cluster event and Drouin President, David, volunteered his club to host the event.  We all agreed to meet again in a couple of months time.

We have a couple of busy and interesting weeks coming up.  Next week, we will all be patting Michael Koch on the back for not only 30 years in Rotary but ‘30 years of 100% attendance’.  A great achievement by Michael but I think I will put the challenge to him to now make it to 35 years of 100% attendance!!!  If anyone wishes to bring along their partner to share this milestone with Michael –please do so and let Kishor know.

Monday 14^th August will be our Membership night with a presentation by our Membership Chair, Diane Wilkinson.  This has been identified as an important night for all members to participate in as we need to keep the topic of Membership right up there on our agenda in order to both maintain and increase our membership.

On Monday 21^st August we will be welcoming District Governor Don Ripper, his wife Jude and Assistant Governor Carol Crewe.  Don will be meeting with the board from 5pm to 6pm and then will join us for dinner at 6.30 to meet all members.  He will be updating our club on information from the District and Rotary International.  Don has suggested that this meeting also be a Partners’ night and encourages the Partners to participate in the discussion.  Jude Ripper will present a report on her Partner’s Project being “Rotary Tree Project 2017-2018”.  This will be a great night to showcase our club to the District, and therefore, it would be great to see as many members present as possible.

Have a great week everyone

President Maureen