Posted by Kathleen Bremner-Gooch on Aug 22, 2018
 
Gerd Wengler – Acting President
 
Attendance: 17 attended including the guests.
 
Guests: former Rotary Members Lunch.
Roy & Marny Loach
Ralph Jones
Maria Sutton
Sardar Sohi
Lynn Wylie
 
Athem:  Gordon Brown
 
Grace:  Basil Dias
 
Wine was being served at this meeting and seemed to be enjoyed by all.
Guests were introduced.
 
Announcements: 
 
Rocco talked about the Auction.
 
Basil Dias discussed the Ribfest total which was $41,000. And our share would was around $5,000. Last year was around $3,900.
He later discussed a breakfast for young professionals coming up on September 20 & 22 at Pinery Crescent.  He is looking for volunteers to serve breakfast as it is a good opportunity for recruiting new members.
 
Jim announced the meeting for September 27 would be cancelled and will be replaced with a meeting on Tuesday September 25 at 6:00 pm at the Scarborough Golf & Country Club for an evening meeting for all the Scarborough rotary groups.
 
Gerd announced an event on September 8, 2018 at 11:30 am at Parkwood in Oshawa being put on by the founder of GM with the guest speaker Mike McGovern.  You can register on the 7070 website.
 
Draw: Conducted by Jim
Won by:  Roy Loach
Result:  didn’t win
 
Sergeant at arms
No Fines ….
 
 
 
Jim happy for guests.
 
Roy: Happy to be here.
 
Dave: Happy for an upcoming holiday to the Arctic with his daughter.
 
Dhanni :Happy about her dental surgery being over and done with.
 
Rocco Happy to be here.
 
Guests: All gave happy bucks for being here.
 
Arthur: Happy for his guests he had here.
 
Peter: Happy but wishes his wife was here and that Ribfest was over and done with for another year and special thanks to Basil for his efforts at the Ribfest.
 
Meeting concluded.
 
On this day August 16, in History:
 
  • 1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy
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