Meeting minutes of March 02/05
The meeting was opened by President Steve at 6.30 P.M.
Nelson Simard recited the Invocation after which a toast was proposed to the Queen, Canada and Paraguay.
Erik Tremblay introduced our visitors, which were, Sam Purdy from the Cambridge Rotary Club, Renan Barrios our inbound student from Paraguay, Piers Evans(I think Erik forgot his name, which will cost you)our outbound student, Roger Labrash, prospective member and David Scott, also from Woodstock.
Piers Evans, our new outbound student revealed to the club that he was chosen to go to Finland, which was one of his choices, Congratulations Piers.
-Next week, our speaker Will be Wendy Jenning from the London Rotary Club and she will speak on the streetkeepers program.
Nelson was the Sargent at Arms and was out to get people because he was short of money and he was successful, because our newest member to be, Roger, was happy to help him and came up with a donation to the cause, several other members presented a happy buck also.
Byron introduced our speaker, Sam Purdy.
Sam is a Rotarian with the Cambridge Club.
He is married and has 2 daughters, he is President of Ryobitech Canada.
Sam explained how the Nationwide Tour works,
2004 Nationwide Tour Summary
Top 20 players move to the PGA TOUR each year
Thirty events across U.S. & Internationally with
purses in excess of $14.5 million, a Nationwide Tour record
Purse levels: $450,000 - $630,000 per tournament
Television: The Golf Channel â¿¢ Live coverage of 16
official Nationwide Tour events
Charitable contributions -The Nationwide Tour has raised more than $25 million dollars for charity since its inception in 1990
Top venues and growing galleries
Local, Regional, National & International Media Coverage
Television (CKCO, TSN, The Golf Channel, Rogers
Sportsnet, Headline Sports)
Radio (570 NEWS, 680, The FAN 590)
Print (The Record, Cambridge time, Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Sun, Globe & Mail, National Post, ScoreGolf Magazine, USA Today)
Internet (pgatour.com, tsn.ca, usatoday.com,espn.com, golfchannel.com)
4 day live coverage, 2 ½ hours each day
A minimum of 75 promotional spots run during week prior and week of telecast
Coverage of the awards presentation
2 telecast replays (four rounds replayed the same day, the final three rounds replayed following week)
Coverage on other TGC programming during tournament (Golf Central, Quest for the Card, TGC Pre Game Show, TGC Post Game Show
Significant Impact to Charity/DRIVE TO A BILLION
Mission of event
Incorporate local charities
Three (3) Nationwide Tour events donate over $500,000 to charity
A new one-tournament charity record was set in 2003, when the BMW Charity Pro-AM donated $647,000 from its event
Average Nationwide Tour event raises over $100,000 for charity
Volunteerism
Volunteers â¿¢ Integral component of a Nationwide Tour event
Event consists of 600+ volunteers
22 Committees, 36 chairs/vice chairs
For $40, volunteers receive:
Free round of golf at Whistle Bear Golf Club*
Official Championship golf shirt & hat
Free meals & 2 weekly passes for the tournament *must work a minimum of 16 hours
Get Involved
Sponsor Benefits/Entitlements
Community Benefits
Pro Am Opportunities
Hospitality Opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities
Ticket Information
FOR MORE INFORMATIONPLEASE CONTACT
Brad Matthews â¿¢Tournament Director 519-650-2327 brad@whistlebear.ca
Sam Purdy â¿¢ Volunteer Chairman sam.purdy@ryobitools.com
Sam was thanked by Paul Leroy
Nelson talked about the proposed Woodstock Gateway Sign on the 401 and asked club members to send an email or fax to support the project to our Mayor Michael Harding.
Meeting adjourned at 8 P.M.