Meeting Minutes for Oct.6/04
Posted by Pieter Stam
Our guest speaker Ginty Jocius and his wife Lori presented us an overview of the Outdoor Farm Show and the Great Canadian Outdoor Show
The meeting was opened by President Steve.
Invocation by Pieter Stam.
Paul Turner introduced our guests, which were:
Anouk Masson from the Netherlands
Barry Koinof, Eric Tremblay and Murray Cole, all prospective members.
Carol Hemsworth, wife of Terry and Ginty and Lori Jocius, our guest speakers.
Sergeant at arms: Nelson got a happy buck out of everybody on the occasion that Anouk was here and Anouk herself gave a buck for being here.
Jack wondered how Anouk could find her way to our club in Canada, because when she was here as an inbound exchange student, Anouk got lost on the ski hill at the yearly ski outing. Anouk replied and Jack paid.>br> Paul Bradford got fined because he left for the weekend, even though it was his birthday, but he reitterated that it was a present from his wife. he still was made to pay.
announcements
October 22 to 24 : District Conference.
October 27: GSE team from New Zealand will be here, more to follow on this, they will be our guest for the day, please be prepared to spend breakfast and also visit some local interest points with them if you can.
District is still looking for Outbound GSE applicants between the ages of 25 to 40 years old, talk to Doug Vincent.
Pieter stam asked for support to recrute a new outbound student, which was approved by the majority.
This week we hope to go out to the schools and drop of application forms for Youth Exchange.
This years incoming Exchange Student will be from Paraque and he is suppose to be here around the beginning of January.
Please think about, if you are able to host our student for 3 to 4 months please.
Guest Speakers:Ginty and Lori Jocius.
Ginty talked about Agriculture being a major power in this area.
They started the Outdoor Farm Show in Burford at the research farm 11 years ago.
The first four years it rained out which was a dissapointment and a drain on the budget.
The year after, the show moved to Woodstock, since then there has been a yearly growth of about 10 percent, with this year having about 600 exhibitors.
This is the only Farmers trade show that displays, and uses a Robotic milking machine with cows on site.
The Outdoor Farm Show is the largest in Canada and 3rd largest in North America.
It is using about 200 Acres.
Using most of the Hotels in the area, up to Guelph.
They also started the Great Canadian Outdoor Expo this year, which over 30.000 people attended and the expectation is that in 4 years the attendance will be about 60.000
The Outdoor Expo contains all these segments:
Camping Expo, Food Expo, Gardening Expo, Games Expo, Outdoor Expo, Sportsmen Expo, Water Expo and Wheels Expo.
We received a good overview of the shows.
Ginty and Lori were thanked by President Steve for coming out and speaking and also for hosting our club, so we could sell tickets for the Mini Chopper.
Anouk talked briefly about her schooling and explained that she now is a social worker and that when she goes back home she has a job to go to.
She also loves to go out and meet lots of people.
Good luck with your new job Anouk.
Invocation by Pieter Stam.
Paul Turner introduced our guests, which were:
Anouk Masson from the Netherlands
Barry Koinof, Eric Tremblay and Murray Cole, all prospective members.
Carol Hemsworth, wife of Terry and Ginty and Lori Jocius, our guest speakers.
Sergeant at arms: Nelson got a happy buck out of everybody on the occasion that Anouk was here and Anouk herself gave a buck for being here.
Jack wondered how Anouk could find her way to our club in Canada, because when she was here as an inbound exchange student, Anouk got lost on the ski hill at the yearly ski outing. Anouk replied and Jack paid.>br> Paul Bradford got fined because he left for the weekend, even though it was his birthday, but he reitterated that it was a present from his wife. he still was made to pay.
announcements
October 22 to 24 : District Conference.
October 27: GSE team from New Zealand will be here, more to follow on this, they will be our guest for the day, please be prepared to spend breakfast and also visit some local interest points with them if you can.
District is still looking for Outbound GSE applicants between the ages of 25 to 40 years old, talk to Doug Vincent.
Pieter stam asked for support to recrute a new outbound student, which was approved by the majority.
This week we hope to go out to the schools and drop of application forms for Youth Exchange.
This years incoming Exchange Student will be from Paraque and he is suppose to be here around the beginning of January.
Please think about, if you are able to host our student for 3 to 4 months please.
Guest Speakers:Ginty and Lori Jocius.
Ginty talked about Agriculture being a major power in this area.
They started the Outdoor Farm Show in Burford at the research farm 11 years ago.
The first four years it rained out which was a dissapointment and a drain on the budget.
The year after, the show moved to Woodstock, since then there has been a yearly growth of about 10 percent, with this year having about 600 exhibitors.
The Outdoor Farm Show is the largest in Canada and 3rd largest in North America.
It is using about 200 Acres.
Using most of the Hotels in the area, up to Guelph.
They also started the Great Canadian Outdoor Expo this year, which over 30.000 people attended and the expectation is that in 4 years the attendance will be about 60.000
The Outdoor Expo contains all these segments:
Camping Expo, Food Expo, Gardening Expo, Games Expo, Outdoor Expo, Sportsmen Expo, Water Expo and Wheels Expo.
We received a good overview of the shows.
Ginty and Lori were thanked by President Steve for coming out and speaking and also for hosting our club, so we could sell tickets for the Mini Chopper.
Anouk talked briefly about her schooling and explained that she now is a social worker and that when she goes back home she has a job to go to.
She also loves to go out and meet lots of people.
Good luck with your new job Anouk.