The
meeting was called to order at 12:15 by our nattily costumed
President, John Edgell. Pablo Diemecke (below with John) accompanied us
for the singing of O Canada. The invocation was given by Perry Bamji.
Sergeant-at-Arms
First
up was our Past-Pres, Jack Petrie, acting as Sergeant-at-Arms. He
played the Heads/Tails game, which was won quickly by Gary Nazar -
proving that 2 heads are better than one. (Gary earned a free lunch for
next week.) Notable single dollar fines were levied against Jerry
McLean for singing the anthem slouched, with his hands in his pockets;
Joe Prentice for bagging a deer in Fairfield, and Mark Bedford because
he's traveling to the UK for a vacation.
Mark will celebrate his birthday while
in the UK. He spoke of our Club's past practice of giving money to the
Foundation on birthdays and put $80 into the pot. Thank you Mark! Other dollars were put in by Joe, Lorna Curtis, and Jack
Petrie. Joe was very sad that the deer jumped to its death in
front of his car. (Joe: We hope you weren't still driving your Mazda
sports car!) He then told us that he and Barbara are driving to the
Yukon to get married. Lorna is happy because she is going to meet granddaughter Hannah for real in SFO, and for her trip to Hawaii that will follow.
Click on the Paddle Wheeler above to find out more about
what promises to be an exciting convention in May, 2011, and learn about
the personalized banner. Joan will be collecting donations from those
willing to support Oak Bay in buying a banner for display at the
convention.
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What's this? Looks like another Oak Bay Rotary Meeting! A prize for anyone who can, unaided, identify ALL
of the feet. Even bigger prize if you can identify the one-footed gal!
Sorry, but if your toes are in the picture, you're disqualified from the
competition!
The meeting was informal (very informal, going by the
above photo!) since it was the 5th Tuesday of the month. We were meant
to have a barbecue but because it was so cold and rainy, Bryon and Co.
cooked our delicious burgers inside.
Seen last Thursday at Club-in-a-Pub, where Leyland
Cecco told some thrilling and hilarious stories about his time in Turkey
as Ambassadorial Scholar: Larry Cecco, Anne Sims, Leyland, Bob
Beauvais, and Jim Force.
Jack told us that the Lawn Bowling Tourney was great last week. It was a safe place to say Ooh, nice grass and where one could tell the women Nice weight! And where the men could wear dresses!
The 50/50 was won by Anne Sims - alas, she drew a
black marble. John then introduced the visitors. Don Ohlgren (below
with John) stepped up to tell us that our Club has given a total of 4
family aid boxes for Pakistani flood victims, to Disaster Aid Canada - one from our budget and enough money for 3 others through very generous donations from our members.
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Rotarians Anne and Don Ohlgren from Royal Oak Centennial;
Colleen Force (Jim's wife);
Laura Randall (Neil Madsen's wife);
Amanda Mills (Giles' wife); Tim Doherty (Victoria's husband);
Mary's 3 guests: Jennifer Hastings, Sachi Snively (John's son) and Brian Burger.
John announced that Andy Anderson
(past member of our Club), now the President of the Brentwood Club, is
asking for volunteers to do four shifts at the Saanich Fair this coming
weekend.
The Rotary Foundation prospered as Neil Madsen gave $100 happy dollars for the 40th anniversary of his marriage to Laura (seen below with John). Thank you Neil.
The meeting ended quite early and The Queen was sung by
few. Then Tricia took a photo of all the women's feet who had prettily
painted toe nails for the occasion of this highly social meeting.
Member Retention ideas from the RI Conference in Montreal:
Make Rotary fun.
Take a club trip together. Form a hiking fellowship.
Go out to Sunday brunch with a group of members. Find out what gets a member excited about Rotary.
Do a hands-on project instead of the regular meeting once a month. Identify a signature project - one the club is known for throughout the community. Create a mentor committee, and offer three-year mentoring to new members.
Develop a buddy system, pairing up a new member with an existing member. Designate someone to round up members who haven't participated in a while and drive them to the club's meetings or events. Plan outings to involve new Rotarians and their families.
Invite families to club meetings.
Promote the practice of younger members introducing other younger members.
Organize a New Generations club to target younger professionals.
Learn more from the Membership Retention: Closing the Back Door Workshop HERE.
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