July 28, 2015 Meeting (Jul 31, 2015)

July 28, 2015 Meeting

Guests - Liz Kawahara invited by Larry Rumming & Guy Massey invited by Bill Robinson.

Foundation Minute – This week’s topic was the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial scholarship program. It is for students who wish to improve their foreign language skills through intensive language study and cultural immersion for 3 – 6 months.

Announcements.

President Greg reported that the club received a bottle of Inniskillin Cabernet Sauvignon in recognition of our level of participation at the District Conference last month. It was awarded as the door prize this month.

President Greg also announced the August 8^th garage sale raising money for Senyo’s surgery. Contact Bev Hilton of Oceanside Club if you can help or to donate items for the sale.

Jim Turley asked for volunteers to collect donations at the Symphony by the Sea on August 8.

Notice of Motion – Jim reminded us about the notice of motion emailed to members on July 16^th :

Moved by Ed Poli, Seconded by Jim Turley

That the Rotary Club of Nanaimo North make the following donations from is gaming account:

Errington Therapeutic Riding $1000.00

Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp $1000.00

Loaves and Fishes Food Bank $5000.00

Please advise either of us if you have any concerns. Barring comments to the contrary received by Friday, July 31 we will consider this motion to have been passed by club.

Audrey announced that Alan Lomax has resigned from the club. Alan transferred to our club from Ladysmith in 2011. He is currently on the executive of the Nanaimo Probus Club.

Donation to Nanaimo Foodshare. President Greg introduced Melissa Garside, Summer Lunch Munch Program Assistant at Nanaimo Foodshare and handed her the club’s donation of $5,000.

Photo by Craig

Program. Larry Rumming

Photo by Don Dempson.

Larry reviewed the results of the questionnaire & facilitated a discussion about the future of our club. A detailed summary will be posted on the website.

Vincent Kusi-Kyei dropped by at the end of the meeting to say goodbye. He successfully defended his thesis and will soon return home to Ghana.

HAPPY/SAD: Skipped because we were over time.

DOOR PRIZE: Doug Pearson won the bottle of wine.

Next Week: Offsite meeting at Rewsters Restaurant, 223 Commercial St.

NORTHWIND EDITOR – We are still looking for a new Northwind editor. Please contact Craig know if you are interested. Doing the bulletin really keeps you in the loop!