Attendance: 14 members. No guests
President Donna opened the meeting.
Anthem: Maddy
Grace: Peter
Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary – President Donna
Announcements:
* President Donna advised that Jacqueline has resigned from the club. Our membership is now at 26.
* Donna also advised that she will not be able to attend every meeting, so Gerd will be running the meetings in her absence.
Marbelous Draw: Mike conducted the draw and as we had no guests and as he had not purchased a ticket and was therefore impartial, he drew the ticket which was claimed by Peter. He was not able find the mutant marble, but got $5 as a consolation.
Sergeant-At-Arms:
Alan was SAA today, having lost the flip of a coin between him and Arthur, so he fined Arthur for having won. Alan then fined anyone who did not know the score of the England v Colombia game on Tuesday - most people had to pay up. (England won 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at full time.)
Peter gave back his $5 and reminded everyone that volunteers are needed to help collect donations at the Scarborough Ribfest on the weekend of Friday August 3rd to Monday August 6th – please respond to Basil’s email on this.
Maddy contributed for two things – she asked everybody to reboot their social media and ‘like’ our club’s website on Facebook. (Please contact her if you need help with this.) Also, she was happy that her 15 year old now had a full time job.
Arthur contributed telling us that Gerd had texted him from a pub in England asking for a joke. He sent him two – which Gerd ‘rejected’, so Arthur resorted to a ‘crude one’ which Gerd texted back ‘perfect’. We expect to hear from Gerd about this and the rest of his trip when he returns.
Dave Hardy announced that after his dissatisfaction of waiting times in hospitals he was invited to be on the Master Planning and Capital Redevelopment Steering Committee. A study is to be presented to the board and government bodies recommending considerable funding.
Gordon and Frank donated as they were happy with England’s progress in the World Cup.
Speaker: We did not have a speaker today as this was the roast for Past President Mike. The recorder was passed around the members. Everyone’s comments can be heard in the recording. Some common roasting though was about - not always following the agenda and not starting on time. He was apparently though the only president to attend all of the meetings while being president. The overall feeling was ‘good job and well done Mike’.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m339496wq4nh0ar/Mike%27s%20roast.MP3?dl=0
Dave Hardy presented Mike with his President’s plaque and Donna with the Past President pin.
President Donna and Past President Mike presented Basil and Dave Hardy with 25-year membership plaques. All 25 years being with just our club.
There being no further business President Donna closed the meeting.
Today in history:
In 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.
In 1916, children under 16 were banned from New York City theaters, many of which were already closed, due to a summer outbreak of polio.
In 1937, Hormel Foods introduced the canned meat product SPAM.
In 1946, French designer Louis Reard introduced the bikini swimsuit.
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
