The September 8th meeting was a Club Assembly in which we were given updates on the various areas of our Club.
ROTARY CLUB OF HUNTSVILLE – COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 2021-22
As of July 1, 2021
YOUR 2020/21 EXECUTIVE:
President: Mary Rashleigh
President Elect: Jennifer Simpson
President Nominee: Ross Kirwin to be confirmed
Past President: Ron Strickland
Treasurer: Debbie Liddle
Secretary: Rob Saunders
Director – Club Administration– Will Gibson
Director - Community Fundraising – Ross Kirwin
Director – Community Service – Peter Redwood
Director – Youth Services – Bill Pritchard
Director – Satellite Group: - Jennifer Jerrett
Club Service
Lunch Committee – Chair -Ken Stronach
(Combines Sergeant-at-arms, lunch set-up/take down, programme, Doug Fairhall, Peter Redwood, Sandy Mackay, Bryan Loxton, Bill Prichard, Gord Mitchell, Bill Sibeon, Peter Van Buskirk
Fellowship Committee – Co-Chairs Lynne Thompson and Dione Schumacher
Ken Stronach, Jamie Thompson, Mary Rashleigh, Trish Kruusmagi
*Friendship Committee – Chair – Barb White
Mary Rashleigh
Communications – Chair – Will Gibson
(combines Echo/club bulletin and Public Relations)
Echo - Rob Saunders, Dolores Jardine, Henri Audet
Public Relations - Bryan Loxton, Gord Mitchell, Hugh Holland, George Young, Jennifer Jerrett
Membership Committee – Chair – Jennifer Jerrett
Jennifer Simpson, Kim O’Grady, Sarah Caswell
*Ethics - Hugh Holland, Mary Rashleigh
*Club Historian/Archives – Hugh Holland
*Community Recognition – Rotary Board
Community Fundraising
Auction Committee – Chair – Bryan Loxton
Sandy Mackay, Mary Rashleigh, Julia McKenzie, Ken Stronach, Bill Prichard, Ross Kirwin, Rob Saunders, Peter Redwood, Rose Evans
Bingo – Chair – Rob Saunders(committee involves the whole club when called upon)
Will Gibson, Peter Redwood
Dockfest Committee – Chair - ? TBC
Jamie Thompson, Ken Stronach, Kim O’Grady, Len Ross, Rob Saunders, Lynne Thompson, Dave Van Gelder
Alumni Hockey Committee – Chair – Ross Kirwin
Rob Saunders, Adrian Musters, Jamie Thompson, Pamela McCluskey, Ron Strickland, Paul Evans
Community Service
World Community Service- Chair – TBC
Jennifer Simpson, Sandy Mackay, Tony Jardine, Dolores Jardine, Dave Van Gelder, Adrian Musters, Jennifer Jerrett
Foundation/Polio Plus – Chair – Ron Strickland
*Human Development – Chair – Debbie Liddle
Environment – Co-Chairs – Katy McGregor and Adrian Musters
New Projects – Co-Chairs – Barb White and Jamie Thompson
Youth Services Bill Pritchard
Youth Exchange, RYLA, Interact, and Adventure Programmes – Interim Chair Bill Pritchard
Barb White, Julia McKenzie, Mary Rashleigh, John Dooley, Peter Redwood, Saleem Hall
Bursary Committee – Chair – Pete Redwood,
Bill Pritchard
Junior Achievement – Chair – Barb White
Rotary Reads – Chair – Barb White(Barb asks for volunteers when needed)
At this time there remain a couple of significant vacancies
Chair of Youth Exchange and Programmes
Chair of World Community Service
Dock fest Chair
PP Ron was pleased to announce that Ross Kirwin has thrown his name in the running for President Nominee for the 22-23 Rotary year
Club Administration news
Lunch committee reports that we will be back at the Legion with all necessary Covid protocols as of October 6 at 6pm
Proof of double vaccination plus 14 days will be required to enter the Legion
We are working on how to do the online version
Community Fundraising
Alumni Hockey committee is working at confirming details of the event
Dockfest 2022 is still up in the air as there is no chair and still uncertain about large crowds outdoors and availability of Main St for a parade.
Bingo is still doing exceptionally well and generated $80,000 in usable funds last year while distributing $50,000 to the community.
Auction Chair Bryan L reports that all packages for canvassing will have been distributed by Thursday evening and we are on track for our December 5 auction
Community Service
Habitat for Humanity is requesting people with carpentry skills to work on the 4 rental units in Huntsville. Well behind schedule due to a flood
Youth Services
We hope to hear more about what is happening to Youth Exchange and programmes at the District Conference this weekend
Need a Chair for Youth
The seat and backrest department
Work resumes on Saturday
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