ROTARY CLUB OF SASKATOON
MAY 15, 2023
MEETING AT THE SASKATOON CLUB with Zoom alternative.
Members sang ‘O’Canada. Steve Wilson gave the blessing.
Mark Gryba monitored Zoom. Cashier was Wayne Palmer. Graham Pearson was greeter and introduced visitors and guests. Wendy Cooper chaired the meeting.
The visitors and guests were Don Lepp, and Wynne, a guest of Maureen Torr.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Steve announced:
The next Board meeting was announced for May 17th, which has since ben postponed to May 24th .
The President’s Dinner will be held in the evening on Monday June 26.
HAPPY AND SAD DOLLARS
- $20H Avis had a good time attending High Tea with her daughter at Station Arts in Rosthern.
- $100H Graham was happy with the district conference and the weather
- $100H Jack matched Graham but has also expressed he was happy with the RAP presentation at the conference .
- $10H Maureen was happy with her conference experience and for the sales of brightly coloured homemade crafts,including bandanas. She was also happy with Wynne’s help, who has been with Maureen on the Joy’s Home committee for years.
- $20S Mark is sad that he won’t be with us for the next three weeks because he will be in Greece.
GROCERY CARDS
We have Sobeys cards right now with denominations in multiples of $50.
ROTARY MOMENT
Don Lepp as inducted as a new member of our club.
Presentations:
There was no specific presenter. Several of us gave our reactions to the District Conference. Steve was first and gave a summary of the conference. Attendees were welcomed on Thursday night at the Travel Lodge. There was a social time between 6 and 9:00 pm. The next morning we served at various locations in the City, including the Friendship Inn, garbage pick up at the river, and at some schools. After some sessions and lunch we were able to observe a citizenship ceremony where 25 people became Canadian citizens. Following the ceremony most of us went to Wanuskewin. On Saturday there were some more sessions, including a RAP presentation. A dinner and a live band ended the day and the conference.
Kent Smith-Windsor was happy with the RAP presentation and spoke of trying to help other venues to incorporate RAP.
Linda Petrow was pleased to learn a lot more about RAP than she knew before.
Maureen and Wynne were very happy to have been at the conference and were struck by the acceptance and general friendliness of the members. Wynne ended up staying a lot longer than she originally planned.
Wayne was impressed, having heard some other clubs presenting about successful projects, where a lot of money was raised to expand some recreational activities in Dauphin and Prince Albert (noting two of them).
Next Meeting - May 29. Presenter is Jolene Magill from Hope Restored Canada.
- reported by Steve Wilson
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