President Mary opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to the zoom meeting and in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, she respectfully acknowledged that we are on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek.  She was grateful to be here, and she hoped all the members were also.  A toast was made to the Queen, Canada, and Rotary. 

 

Visitors:  Sandy McKay’s wife Gayle.

 

 

President Mary noted that it is the duty of our Rotary Club to add new members not only to increase our usefulness and influence in our club but to extend the spirit of Rotary throughout the community.  Prior to the Zoom meeting, Bill Clarke was admitted to membership and Jennifer Simpson recorded his induction ceremony and shared her screen for members to view the ceremony. Mary asked members to think about their own relationship to Rotary.  PP/PDG Ron pinned new member Bill and welcomed him to the Rotary Club of Huntsville.  Bill was grateful for the confidence placed in him and said he was excited about 2022 and beyond.  Bill’s sponsor is Adrian Musters, who welcomed him and stated that the club is lucky to have him. 

 

 

Ron: Next week’s meeting will be a classification talk by our newest member.

Adrian Musters, who needed no introduction, spoke on the completion of the Hunter’s Bay project.  He was unable to access his slide show, so this will be shown at a later date.

 

He said that Phase One has been completed.  There were 3 aspects last year:

 

Benches: 22 were installed on the Hunter’s Bay Trail, with plaques and they have great views.  People are enjoying them. The Town of Huntsville was the largest donor, and we ended up with a profit, which was used to put a new steel roof on the pavilion.  A grant was applied for from the Trans Canada Trail, and $ 7,000 was received, which will be used for further improvements.  There are still 8 benches to be done, in 2022, on Fairy Vista Trail.

Cam White’s project to sign the trail all across our district is underway; the signs have been ordered.  Adrian thanked all who supported the project. 

 

 

Ken: Cost to sponsor a bench?  All benches are sponsored now, but the final cost was $ 750.00.  If the town will allow further benches on Fairy Vista Trail, Adrian will put Ken’s name on the list.

Ron: January 25 is available for us to redo this presentation if Adrian’s computer will be working by then.

 

President Mary thanked Adrian for all his work on this project.