Rotary Echo May 3 2023 (Jan. 09, 2025)

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Royal Canadian Legion Br 232 (See note below)

21 Veterans Way
Huntsville, ON P1H1P4
Canada

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Paul Harris Recipient

Liz Behrens received her Paul Harris +3 pin on January 7th 2025. Thanks for supporting the Rotary Foundation.

Club Announcements

January 7 2025

Guests : Rob Brown ( hockey friend of Rob's) Remo Campitelli ( recent inductee in the over 80 Hockey Hall of Fame) Debbie Kirwin (future member)

Salvation Army Kettle results Saturday Dec 14 $1192.95 Saturday Dec 21 $1609.95 Well done everyone.

Jen S made a report on the Christmas Party We were able to provide gift cards to the Door in the amount of $300

Dockfest first meeting is on Monday Jan 10 5:30 at the Train Stn Jamie reported a new Website is in the works They have applied to be able to have a waterski show and this is the key to getting larger sponsors

Bursary committee has distributed all of last years bursaries and all are very grateful for the assistance.

Today's Speaker

The January 7th meeting was a combined Club Assembly and Future planning session.

Club members were asked " What can we do to enhance the Club?"

Here is the discussion that followed.

Can we reinstate Zoom?

Our negative experience with Hybrid Zoom and the lack of a trained technician seems to rule out having an interactive Zoom meeting. There was interest in trying a recording of parts of the meeting and having this posted on a Youtube channel to allow for viewing by members.

Can we change our meeting format?

It was suggested that we offer lunch at 11:45 in the room where the food is served and then move to our Business meeting in the current meeting room at 12:15 for a 1 hour meeting. This would also allow the Legion to have free access to clean up after lunch which they now have to wait until 1:30 to do.

Can we have Zoom for out of town speakers?

It was thought that this would be a good use of Zoom to allow for a greater variety of Speakers. The set up could be much simpler with just a laptop connected to the large TV and our moderator interacting with the presenter.

Can we do some Long Range Planning to review the donations that we make. Should we have a narrower focus based on an agreed on charitable giving strategy? Do we need to continue with all of the current donations that we have done year after year?

Can we do some strategic planning around a new Club Project. It was pointed out that Rotary traditionally identifies a project and then raises funds to complete it as was the case for the Bandshell.

Can we look at a humanitarian project partnering with another organization?

Our Environment committee is looking for ideas for projects beyond the Pollinator Garden in our community.

We should gather information from the community as to what they want Rotary to do.

We need to come up with a use for the funds that were generated by the Alumni Hockey Game. There does not seem to be a Town priority for a winter outdoor facility.