Meeting Recording
Today’s meeting was in-person and no recoding is available.
President's Comments
President Bryn welcomed all to the meeting today
Guests
David Bennett, guest of Hubert Singh
Trevor Eaton, guest of Paul Rostrup
Serena Gillespie, our exchange student, a guest of the club
Happy Jar
Past-President Adrian is quite delighted that he actually is the PAST-president.
Gary Parker is happy that he and Susan celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary this past weekend with a stay at Langdon Hall in Doon.
Louise Gardiner is happy to have given up a few of her Rotary tasks in this new year and replaced them with a role of an Ambassador for the new regional hospital campaign with a focus on Kidney health.
Club Announcements
Indigenous Relations
Erin Way let members know of the upcoming Powwow, July 21-23 at the Ohsweken Speedway. She has attended in the past and highly recommends it as a great family event. For more information check out their website at grpowwo.ca
50/50 KW
The next early bird draw for 50/50 KW is coming soon on Wednesday July 12th. Purchase tickets before 11:59PM on Tuesday July 11th for a chance to win a Broil King BBQ.
Program Highlights
Our program today began with an introduction of and a few comments from our outbound exchange student Serena Gillespie. Serena will be leaving for Japan on August 26. She has been in touch with her host Rotary Club, family and host sister and is getting quite excited. She is very happy that the school she will be attending has a focus on languages, which is a keen interest of hers. She has been studying Korean for the past couple of years and is now taking Japanese lessons as well. Serena thanked as all for this opportunity and will be providing a full report of her year away when she returns.
Our club supported the Nutrition for Learning Program at Forest Hill; Public School again this year and we were treated to a short thank you video from the students.
Our main program today was the Year Ahead Kick Off by president Bryn. He began with an update of his Who Am I, here are a few highlights:
- Bryn is a local boy having attended Trillium P.S., Laurentian P.S., and Cameron Heights C.I.
- He graduated from the University of Waterloo in Mechanical Engineering
- His parents immigrated from England and his wife’s family from Vietnam
- They have two children a girl and a boy
- Bryn has worked at several local businesses and organizations over the years, including – Tenneco, Faurecia, Stantec, exp., Pinchin and Walterfedy
- He now teachers at Conestoga College full time and the U of Waterloo Part time
- He has studied traditional martial arts for over30 years which has included six trips to Japan
- He is also a keen skier
Bryn then spoke about some of our priorities for this year and showed the clubs’ committee structure for the year which can be seen on our website – Click on Club Executives under the About Us Tab. Not all committee chair positions have been filled for this year and anyone wishing to take on a role is asked to contact Bryn directly.
Closing Remarks & Reminders
Members are reminded that the next meeting will be on Zoom on July 17th. See details below.
