Attendance: 12 members plus 4 guests: Joan Masson, Fay Elliott, Saty Seemungal and Linda Dias, our guest speaker.
Anthem: Barry Smith
Grace: Arthur Retnakaran
Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary: President Mike Mushet
Announcements:
President Mike: We will all miss Frank Lippa and are saddened by his untimely death.
Canada Day Citizens Swearing in Ceremony at the Scarborough Civic Centre on Sunday at 11:30 am.
Arthur presented our cheque for $10,000 to Precious Blood Catholic School for their playground construction to celebrate the Rotary Foundation’s Centennial.
Danny Cassidy has a new email address, as noted in Club Runner.
Marbelous Draw: Conducted by Gordon, drawn by our guest speaker Linda Dias, and won by Peter Masson. The mutant marble eluded Peter, who had to settle for the consolation prize of $5.00.
Sergeant at Arms:
Frank Allison fined anyone who didn’t attend the Host Hospitality event, unless excused by other Rotary duties.
Were collected from Frank for 54 years of marital bliss, Danny Cassidy for a successful Ride for Cancer, Peter for a wonderful Convention, and Gordon for England’s progress in the World Cup
President Mike and Jim Boyko made substantial donations to the club in memory of Frank Lippa.
Guest Speaker: Basil introduced his niece Linda, the Chief Architect with the Government of Montserrat.
Linda spoke about the devastation of the hurricanes of last year, and the increasing threats from climate change. She presented changes to the building codes to prepare for the stronger hurricanes being experienced, with wind speeds far exceeding the threshold for a category five storm.
David Seemungal thanked Linda and presented her with an Operation Eye Sight certificate.
Linda’s recording and slide presentation are attached.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw0pmm6d2mkvzvs/Martinique%20building%20standards.MP3?dl=0
Joke of the day:
A blonde walks into a doctor’s office and says: “Doctor, what’s the problem with me? When I touch my arm, ouch! It hurts… When I touch my leg, ouch! It hurts… When I touch my head, ouch! It hurts… When I touch my chest, ouch! It really hurts!” The Doctors replies: “Your finger is broken.”
