Meeting minutes Sept. 22/04
Posted by Pieter Stam
The meeting was opened by President Steve, our guest were Carol Hemswort, Tom hemsworth, Stevi Mae from South Africa and Doug Eckel.
Our attendance was fairly small, so Keith Sherman (our sergeant at arms) fined Rama for not eating.
Joe Odumodu gave a happy buck for not being fined, Terry Hemsworth gave a happy buck for being married for 38 years to Carol, someone suggested if this was his aniversary meal, he better gibve a little more then 1 dollar.
Announcements
Norm announced that the Terry Fox run went well, the goal was met, there were 20 more runners and over $8500.00 raised with more coming in.
Thanks Norm for all your hard work.
President Steve presented new happy bucks in paperform that you can buy $20.00 at the time.
Next weeks meeting, Sept. 29, is downstairs, our guest speaker will be District Governor John Stairs.
Shoeboxes need to be in by sept. 29
October 2, district membership meeting
October 17, celebration and fallfair with Rotary Club in Sylvania, contact Michael Harding
October 22-24, District Conference.
Guest speaker; Nelson Simard , Chairman for Communities in Bloom
Nelson explained how Woodstock became involved and how dedicated the people are that are doing all the organizing.
Sylvania(our sister city) and Woodstock became 2nd in 2003 against St Thomas and their sister city,
This year Woodstock went for the International competition and Woodstock raised the bar for everyone involved by producing a beautifull booklet and calender.
This year again came in close to winning, there were only 8 points difference between the top 4 cities.
Nelson explained that we(Woodstock)did not lose, the community gained, the pride everyone takes in their property and City by making it look good.
Nelson talked about putting Woodstock on the map, by putting up a Entrance sign at the 401, over 100 communities participated in communities in bloom, and 80 out of the 100 have an entry sign, advertising their community.
It is not only the City department that makes the City look good, all the citizens that are proud of their gardens are playing a big part in the CVommunities in Bloom.
Rama thanked Nelson for doing such a great job and spending so much time for the Community.
Joe Odumodu gave a happy buck for not being fined, Terry Hemsworth gave a happy buck for being married for 38 years to Carol, someone suggested if this was his aniversary meal, he better gibve a little more then 1 dollar.
Announcements
Norm announced that the Terry Fox run went well, the goal was met, there were 20 more runners and over $8500.00 raised with more coming in.
Thanks Norm for all your hard work.
President Steve presented new happy bucks in paperform that you can buy $20.00 at the time.
Next weeks meeting, Sept. 29, is downstairs, our guest speaker will be District Governor John Stairs.
Shoeboxes need to be in by sept. 29
October 2, district membership meeting
October 17, celebration and fallfair with Rotary Club in Sylvania, contact Michael Harding
October 22-24, District Conference.
Guest speaker; Nelson Simard , Chairman for Communities in Bloom
Nelson explained how Woodstock became involved and how dedicated the people are that are doing all the organizing.
Sylvania(our sister city) and Woodstock became 2nd in 2003 against St Thomas and their sister city,
This year Woodstock went for the International competition and Woodstock raised the bar for everyone involved by producing a beautifull booklet and calender.
This year again came in close to winning, there were only 8 points difference between the top 4 cities.
Nelson explained that we(Woodstock)did not lose, the community gained, the pride everyone takes in their property and City by making it look good.
Nelson talked about putting Woodstock on the map, by putting up a Entrance sign at the 401, over 100 communities participated in communities in bloom, and 80 out of the 100 have an entry sign, advertising their community.
It is not only the City department that makes the City look good, all the citizens that are proud of their gardens are playing a big part in the CVommunities in Bloom.
Rama thanked Nelson for doing such a great job and spending so much time for the Community.