ROTARY CLUB OF SASKATOON
JANUARY 30, 2017
WILLIAM PASCOE, HOTEL BESSBOROUGH
PRESIDENT, JACK BRODSKY PRESIDING
WAYNE led O’ Canada and Bill Johnson said Grace
WAYNE declared there were no Visitors and Guests . Peter Whitenect was the Greeter and
Paul Gauthier was on Cash.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM PRESIDENT JACK:
- Jack and his wife, Shirley, enjoyed their trip very much . They visited several countries in Africa and there were three safaris. They also stopped in Amsterdam .
- Gary Rusu is taking orders for Grocery Cards .
- Our club will be serving at the Friendship Inn on March 20th . Sign up through Peter Zakreski, who is sending a sheet around .
- There are tickets available for a draw for Hope for Malawi . Funds raised support a shipping container being put together .
ADRIAN VAN DUYVENDYK acted as Sergeant at Arms .
- We were tested on how many countries in Africa, Jack visited
- Dave Sundby was fined for four badges that still need to be provided to our newest members.
- Happy and Sad Dollars:
There were several dollars given and a highlight is a happy dollar by Bev Johnson for her daughter finishing fourth with her bobsled team in a major competition .
VOCATIONAL TALKS:
Susan Blum will be giving a talk in the near future .
Wayne Palmer - Wayne and his wife arrived in Saskatoon about 11 months ago . Before
that they were in Brandon, Manitoba, and before that in Barry, Ontario. Wayne works in the Insolvency and Restructuring industry . He worked for a company on Ontario called RSM who are now expanding into Saskatchewan . They restructure debt for individuals and companies . The idea is to avoid bankruptcy, although there are times when it is unavoidable . There are debt settlement companies out there too but the advantage with Wayne’s company is that when they put together a settlement and the majority of the creditors sign on then all the creditors are bound by it . That is not the case with the debt collection companies . The creditors are not all bound .
Business has picked up in today’s climate .The company assists mostly with issues surrounding unsecured debt, high tax debt, and credit card debt . He observes that the difference with today’s generation is that they have an air of entitlement and want things right now, regardless of the financial consequences . He observes that Canada Revenue Agency is much more aggressive now in pursuing debt .
Wayne and his wife have two grown children, one in Ontario . He enjoys playing golf and while for some it brings glory, for him it brings despair .
Wayne joined Rotary to meet people and to connect with community, giving back and volunteering .
Gary Emde- Gary grew up in Imperial, Saskatchewan and moved to Saskatoon in 1973.
He got into house construction and development and eventually into Real Estate, receiving his licence in 1984 . He was recently president of the Real Estate Board, in fact acts as Past President this year .
Gary was at a meeting in Banff recently for realtors which involved many companies . There is a feeling he brought back from there that this years is going to be a better year in real estate . With the caveat that condos are still flooding the market house sales she be on the upswing in 2017 . With condos, despite the troubles, it would be a good investment, an opportunity to buy low .
The cost of building is down because of the wages costs being lower (materials are not lower) . Because the housing inventory is down there will be more demand, which will stimulate growth .
- reported by Steve Wilson
