Kelsea MacNeil, Director Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Membertou, guest of Gord.
Acceptance of Minutes from Previous Meeting
No minutes provided.
Review Action Register (Separate document, maintained by Club Administration Director)
Hoyles reviewed AR with group
Confirmed that Darren has asked Keith to post pictures on social media.
Darren hasn't sent out the video about Ribfest. Cheryl did say that the video has been shared with a bulletin about a month ago.
Committee Reports
Club Administration Committee (Director: Hoyles Whiting)
Report provided by Hoyles.
Cheryl Marsh was added to Club Administration Committee.
Membership Committee (Director: Krista Rose)
No report provided
Public Image Committee (Director: Keith Buckland)
No report provided.
Service Projects Committee (Director: Debbie Walsh)
No report provided.
Bob reported that we had earlier applied for a student to attend Adventures in Citizenship. There is space for a second student, so a student is registered from Eskasoni as well as Riverview.
Ways & Means Committee (Director: Dave Mitten)
No report provided
Rotary Foundation Committee (Director: Bob Munroe)
No report provided.
New Business
Gord mentioned that global grant was approved for $41,000 US for equipment for Armenia.
Topic #1 (if applicable — to be determined prior to the meeting)
Topic: Proposal of Drive-thru Ribfest
Presenter: Lisa MacDonald
Notes: Ribfest Committee will be meeting on April 6 at 5:30PM at Boston Pizza. A notice will go out to all local clubs this evening. New members will be welcome as well as members of the original Ribfest Committee.
Kelsea added that Membertou is willing to set up a site meeting to discuss using the Membetou Sport & Wellness Centre parking lot.
Topic #2 (if applicable — to be determined prior to the meeting)
Hoyles presented the District Governor Notes for March 2021
Topic #3
Hoyles gave a tutorial on vlook up for Excel spreadsheets
Round Table
Gord reported that the get-together last Thursday was a success. Rotarian Frank Elman was presented with a 50-year pin. Nine members of both the Sunrise club and our club attended, as well as the District Governor.
Cheryl is now the Ribfest person at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation as it falls under philanthropy. Lisa noted that since this won't be a normal year, it won't count as a year of the Foundation's 3 years as the Ribfest charity.
Meeting Host (Happy/Sad Fines, Ticket Draw, Distribution of Meeting Fines)
belated birthday greetings were given to Gord and congratulations to Lisa on her 7 year membership anniversary.
President's Remarks (Directors' Meetings, District News, Special Reports)
In Darren’s Absence, Brandon said that he is planning for the upcoming year as President - directors and handbook. If interested reach out to Brandon.
Brandon mentioned that the club elections take place in May but the training takes place in April. Maybe we should move the election to earlier in the year. Training for leadership is coming up: This message has been sent to all members of District 7820:
Registration is now open for Training for Leaders of Clubs (TLC), on Saturday, April 17, starting at 9:30am ADT/10:00am NDT via Zoom. This year’s format consists of two, 2 hour sessions, including content on Data Management; Public Image; role specific information for Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers; information on the Systemic Racism Toolkit; and more! Although the content is targeted to the incoming club leadership, all members are welcome to attend!
Register in advance for the April 17 TLC:us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduCqqTIrH9GFzYs6hrUVnxBII1ZgjVKCAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing information about joining the meeting (check your junk folder if you don’t receive it in your Inbox right away). Please register at your earliest convenience so we may adequately “staff” the session to answer your questions. We look forward to seeing you online on April 17!
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