Chair:    President Danny Cassidy

 

Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary: Led by President Danny

 

Attendance: 15,.

 

Guests:  Joan Masson and Past President of Markham Sunrise R.C. Dorothy Evans

 

 

 

 Danny introduced today's speaker, Our own Madhavi Chandrasekaran, who gave us a very interesting presentation on Social Media and why it is important in today's age to make full use of the various media to get the word out on who we are, and what we do for our community.

To see Madhavi's presentation please click on this link:  

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zv4h336su05hj87/Social%20Media.mp4?dl=0

 

Mike Thanked Maddy on behalf of the club for her presentation which will surely help those in the club who have not ventured into social media and those who do participate but don't really understood how everything works. Maddy offered her services if anyone needs help going forward.

 

 

1. The Asialiscious Carnival will be held at Woodside Square mall on September 10,11, and 12th. This is promotes by Councilor Cynthia Lai and spearheaded by Saifoo Lau. 

Arthur thanked Saifoo for the work he has done on this project. We will have a booth at the carnival and as the time approaches Arthur will be contacting the membership to ask for volunteers. We are looking at giving out brochures and possibly running a competition.

 

2.Park cleanup project at Morningside Seasons Park 40 Seasons Drive Scarborough. 10am until 12 noon. This again is sponsored by Councilor Cynthia Lai and Arthur gave a mention to the work being done on this project by Peter and Saifoo.  They will again be looking for volunteers. When you come please wear any rotary shirts or identifiers you have.

 

Danny announced that he has sent out a letter looking for anyone who would like to donate to the earthquake in Haiti. 

He also mentioned that the meeting on September the 8th will include both Scarborough passport and the Etobicoke Rotary clubs. Ron Dick will be the speaker and he will be speaking on the Rotary year ahead.

Danny thanked Gordon for arranging the pub night which was well attended and enjoyed by everyone there.

 

Dhanni mentioned that the letters went out this week for this years membership dues. Attention to this is appreciated.

Dhanni also mentioned that so far the Haiti relief effort has generated $2,700.00 with another $1,200.00 going directly to Shelter Box. Two other members have pledged funds for this cause.

 

 

 

 

Gerd asked for each member to pick another member and tell us all what they don't like about them! (KIDDING) Gerd asked for Happy Thoughts from the week.

 

Gerd was really happy that the ladies were present at the meeting to enrich our lives. He also mentioned that he flew a heart transplant patient for an appointment from Elliot lake to London on the weekend for Hope Air.

 

Danny  Danny was happy that the heart monitor he's been carrying around has now been returned. It looks like his cardiologist is not too worried as his appointment for his results is Sept. 22. He again thanked the club for their contributions to his cancer ride which he will be completing this week.

 

Gordon was happy that Chelsea won their first two games. Also it was nice to see so many people at the pub night enjoying themselves. On a sad note he mentioned the passing of rock legends Charlie Watts and Don Everly.

 

Basil mentioned that Arthur is having another birthday this week and Basil has not yet received an invitation for ice cream and cake.

 

Peter also has a birthday this week but is postponing it until next weekend when he will have all of his family down for a birthday party. The first time in 2 years.

 

Trudy Had a good week. she had her 2nd shot which unfortunately stopped her from coming to the pub night. Everything else is going well.

 

Suresh had a wonderful time down in Niagara with his wife from Friday until Tuesday the first time since coming to Toronto.

 

Courtney's son had recommended that he get Dazn for soccer. Then a friend of his recommended that he get Dazn and our club members had also recommended Dazn so he went ahead and got Dazn. Also, yesterday, with his wife Sandra, he took two of his friends' kids who are 6 and 3 to the zoo and had a fantastic time.

 

Dhanni was ecstatic about having her two older kids home for the first time together since two Decembers ago. She has been cooking up a storm for the kids while John is out of town in Trinidad. Life is good!

 

Arthur: Both he and Peter have birthdays both are Virgos. Arthur says Virgos are famous for being nitpickers. His Birthday celebration has been postponed due to the fact that his son is working long hours seeing patients in various hospitals. The date for the celebration is an infamous date: September 11. 

 

Alan broke his golf club shaft but found a new one in California. he got notes from the vendor saying his shaft was being re routed. He then got a note asking him how he was enjoying his new shaft. Alan is feeling that he has been shafted.

 

Saifoo checked in on social media with Gerd and Arthur. Liked Gerd's post and found out Arthur was having a birthday " Happy Birthday Arthur"

he then went to centennial college to get has vaccine. he asked the nurse if it was Pfizer and was the syringe full. he was shown by giving him the vaccine. now the syringe is empty. he was a little tired at night but not too bad.

 

Avrum's son got married last weekend. A small intimate wedding with just family. He is now babysitting the dog while the happy couple away for a couple of days. Had a major cleanup after the wedding. Had a fantastic time.

 

Mike doesn't like flying in all this heat. Enjoyed the pub night and went for a quiet sail.

 

Dave's 11 year old grand daughter had her first Pfizer shot this week. He is heading down to Florida to see his house which he hasn't seen in a couple of years, and he will then head back to Calgary for his daughter's birthday.  

 

President Danny thanked everyone for coming and wished everyone a great week ahead.