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Rotaract Meeting Minutes - Jul. 26, 2010

Welcome – Members and Guests;
Regrets: Sarah, Kinga, Charmaine, Lavinia, Maria, Sasha, Andrei, Dana

PROJECT UPDATES

International

• International Recipe Calendar – tally, funds, donation, prize, international versions by May 3rd final deadline – still outstanding
o Sarah to tally funds and fwd to Andrei & Lavinia – still outstanding.
• One international project to drive the theme for the year. Send ideas to Vashti. More details to be provided at the next meeting.





Club Service

• Club Rally – to be held in High Park, Saturday October 2ne.
o Survivor theme?
o Maria to send out fbook invite
o Call rotary office to get the contact for Rotary Voice. Valerie is no longer there.• Membership Drive
o Charity speed networking event for $5 per person – September 16, Thursday
o Guestbook

• Club Survey – see the previous results and possibility re-do another survey. Lavinia to forward to Vashti

Community Service
• Trump AIDS Poker Walk – to get total funds raised and it will go to Dignitas.
o Sept 7 for Ken Dickenson to come to deliver the cheque and small presentation – Chialing to coordinate with Ken.

• New projects - : trick or eat on Halloween, xmas party, earth day tree planting (March, Bradley), Brickworks
• Clothing drive in spring for “spring cleaning” (April)

Professional Development
• Waruna to take pics of upcoming speakers (for website and newsletter)
• Jean Renaud to talk to Waruna re: new speakers
• Joe Pantalone confirmed? - Date?


Communications
• Website is up-to-date. Bradley is working with Lavinia.
• Executive update should be done July 26, 2010
OTHER
• President’s Citation – deadline has passed. Think of next year, to meet March deadline (Kelly)

• Write ups (due this Friday):
o Montreal Preconvention – Chialing to send
o Changeover 2010 - Maria
o Trivia Night - Bradley
o Microcredit - Sarah
o Fast Lane in the Community - Liz G / Andrei
o Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - Liz G to get pics
o GSE Team – Lavinia to get pics
o Tapped – Sarah

• Newsletter
o Anna sent pic from Camp Scugog to sarah already
o Pic from Trivia Night – Maria
o Pic from Make a Splash – Liz R
o Pic of speakers – Bradley / Waruna

• Rotaract Mail
o Chialing to chat to Lavinia to take responsibility. Email Sarah too.

• Google groups
o Change admin rights – Lavinia


NEW BUSINESS

• District Conference in Niagara Falls– Oct 22 - 24 weekend – Maria to get details on registration. Also to contact Jayson Phelps (Rotary Liasion) re: cost/rooms, more info


TODAY’S SPEAKER
Erin Rozanski, Co-founder of Helping Hands Uganda-Canada Aid, a charity that sponsors children living in Eastern Uganda.
- currently have 18 childern to sponsor and provide an income source (usually through farming).
- All volunteers, 100% $ raised goes to the children and their families
- Registered charity. Extra fundraising event for treating illness.
- www.helpinghandsuganda.org.
- To donate, go to www.helpinghanduganda.org/donate.html (paypal) and cc admin@helpinghandsuganda.org for Erin to send a tax receipt.

Important Dates to Remember:


Next 3 Regular Meetings: 6:30 PM + Upcoming Speakers
Monday, August 9th, 2010 – Duke of Devon – Speaker? Joe Pantalone?
Monday August 23rd – Duke of Devon - Speaker is Rob Ford, Mayoral candidate
Monday September 7th – Duke of Devon - Speaker is Jayson Phelps, Rotary/Rotaract Liasion; also trying to get Ken Dickenson for Trump Aids.

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