1. Shawky Fahel was happy to bring two guests along to the meeting and was excited over the Raptors win yesterday. He was also proud to announce that his foundation that supports the Boy Scouts in Israel has expanded to new cities.

 

2. Paul Rostrup had attended the Rotary Leadership Institute in Cambridge last Saturday and enjoyed the experience. He and his wife are looking forward to the RI Convention in Hamburg, Germany in June. They will be going early [May 26] to do some sightseeing.

 

3. Lumi Mironescu, a guest of President Richard was happy to share that her son was born 20 years ago today. As well, her choir had a great performance at the Centre in the Square last week.

 

4. Lousie Gardiner was thankful for the 55 attendees for the successful Rotary Leadership Institute that she chaired. Next Leadership Institute is Oct. 19th, 2019.
 

All members of the  Rotary Pub Nite Team: Paul, Martin, Louise, Gary, Russ and Darren won praise from our President for the wonderful job they did and the many who enjoyed being there. Richard mentioned Mary Rielly for her hard work to sell 50/50 tickets for a total of $800. 

President Richard had a draw for two bottles of wine, instead of the quiz today. Russ St. Louis and Neil Swayze won a bottle each.

1. Darren announced the up coming "Forks & Barrels" festival at Bingeman Park on May 24 to 26. We will be setting up a booth to serve Rotary Local Lager. We can earn $1.30 per sample from a $2 token. There will be wine, food and street artists as well. He invites all to come out and enjoy.

 

2. Paul reminded members to sign up online for our next Club Assembly on May 28 at 6:30 at the Edelweiss Tavern. The topic is Fund Raising. He would like any new ideas and opinions on our usual projects.

 

3. Mike Lawrie, a guest from the Cambridge Sunrise Rotary club, was promoting the Superhero Run that takes place on Sunday, June 2 starting at 9:30 am in support of KidsAbility. Location: Hespeler Arena in Cambridge.

Lew stated that the pot has grown to $248.00. Lew Ford, Jim Brown nor Paul Rostrup were able to draw the jack of hearts.

   Dave Chatson lead the membership through the new way to pay our dues online using our ClubRunner system. He believes that this new system will make it easier and more secure for those using their credit cards to pay their dues. The individual member has control of the when and how they pay their dues now. The old way left members credit card number on paper that could have been lost or misplaced therefore not that secure. Dave explained the procedure by stating that an email will again inform members that payment is due. When email shows up, it will include an invoice of the dues owing; the member just clicks on "PAY NOW"; confirms USERNAME and PASSWORD on ClubRunner to LOGIN. Go to "My Transaction" then enter CREDIT CARD NUMBER and PRESS DONE. An email will then confirm the transaction. If not able to do it this way then you can download a permission form so our treasurer or Dave can manually access your credit card for payment.

Darren Sweeney also hilited ways to use ClubRunner for updating your personal profile by logging in and going to "MY PROFILE" There will be a photo of you and your personnal information which you can update. Darren also spoke about a new smartphone App that members can download and use to locate club stories executive members and attendance tracking; also has district member info, as well as, their stories and events.

 

Bryn Jones, a recent inductee, gave his, "WHO AM I?" talk today. He spoke of Family first telling us that his parents emigrated to Kitchener from England, so he grew up in the region. His father being a college professor and his mother working in an office at UW; he had a strong upbringing in academics. He has a brother in Windsor who runs a furniture store; while his immediate family consists of his wife Lena and their two kids [a son and a daughter]. They also have their pet dog. From his early days, he has been an outdoor person taking part in pioneer re-enactment projects with his parents. He has always been involved in Martial Arts since age 14 as a personal hobby. His family enjoys skiing in the winter months especially at Chicopee where he learned and Blue Mountain.

He graduated in Engineering and works for Walter Fedy in the Facility Asset Management area.  He helps businesses identify costs in energy savings; actual uses for the building and unfunded liabilities. Many preventative measures are outlined for maintenance programs to reduce operational costs. They look for partnerships where adequacy benefits can be used. He also is involved with Conestoga College in their engineering degree program.

What brought him to Rotary was his interest in international projects like 'POLIO PLUS' and our involvement in local community organizations like KidsAbility.

Closing Remarks & Reminders