President Mary opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, she respectfully acknowledged that we are on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek. A toast was made to the Queen, Canada, and Rotary.
President Mary welcomed Ross Kirwin back to our in-person meeting, as well as acknowledging Rotarian Jamie to the meeting.
Guest: Ken introduced Ben Mudde who works for Helix IT and is designing our sound system to be used for hybrid meetings. The power amp will be delivered soon. Mary noted that we are grateful for Ben’s help.
A collection was taken and was presented to the Legion ladies as a gratuity, a belated Christmas gift.
A video was shown on how to set up a Rotary Direct account to manage our donations to The Rotary Foundation. You can choose the fund you wish to support, and by clicking on Learn More, you can find more information on each fund. You can select the frequency of your donation, the amount and sign in to link into your Rotary account. It’s easy!
Club Business:
President Mary: A candidate for the youth exchange program has been announced, Keira Pierce Hall, and she will be going to Belgium. If the program cannot go forward this year, Keira is young enough to be eligible to go next year. Mary will be overseeing this program next year and will be looking for host families for the incoming exchange student.
President Mary announced a Rotary Mini Friendship project encouraged by Honorary Member Tim Lutton for members to go to Niagara-on-the-Lake for a tour of that area in late August 2022. Through Tim’s new Rotary Club in Niagara-on-the-Lake, he would offer many sightseeing events. A show of hands gave support to this idea.
President Mary and President-Elect Jennifer met with Phyllis Ingram and Marilyn Hansen from our District, along with Jennifer Jerrett of the Satellite Club for discussions on the Satellite Club becoming a full-fledged Rotary Club. Procedures are being carried out to bring this into being, such as papers being signed, by-laws written up and a bank account being opened. The district has suggested that the three clubs in Huntsville have one common website, with all clubs working together.
There is a meeting of the Satellite Club on March 10 at 5:30 at Canvas Brewery. Members of this club are welcome to attend.
President-elect Jennifer: Update on Ukraine Relief: This club through the World Community Service Committee has donated $ 1,000, plus individual donations and $ 500.00 from the Satellite Club, for a total of approximately $ 2,500.00 to go towards shelter boxes. It is not determined the amount required for one shelter box, but hopefully we will have enough funds for 2 or 3 shelter boxes. Gord hoped we could do more. Ross felt that the larger Shelter Boxes cost about $ 1,500.00. Adrian said that both the Red Cross and the Canadian-Ukraine Society were accepting donations.
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