Meeting Date::Sept 8, 2025, Anglican Parish Hall. After a wonderful dinner prepared by the ACW, David B started the meeting by thanking the ladies in the kitchen.
Correspondence: Thank you cards for awards/bursaries given at the RDHS 2025 graduation in June from Meredith Anderson, Will Marshall, Skylar Rutledge, Cole Duffy, Beven Holdaway and the staff and students of the school.
Program: This was a business meeting.
a) Reinout: Financial report:
- Reinout gave us an update of where we stand in all of our accounts
- We are in good shape
- M/C Reinout/Ron: That we accept the report. CARRIED
- b) David B: Membership Drive Update
- The Directors’ discussed variable pricing: Both meal and meeting or just meeting
- M/C David K/Paul: That we try this for one year and revisit at the end of the year. CARRIED
- Henny is the chair of membership in C-K
- The Directors’ discussed holding an Open House, where Rotary is explained, what we do within the community and putting forward a major community project
- President David will reach out to the schools and U of G campus
c) David B: Calendar & members’ “speaker” responsibility- see below
d) David B: Committees update
i. Review/Update of our current committees
ii. Hospice: $7500 donated
iii. Shelterbox: Several donated
iv. Corn Stalks: Gift for the community
- Sept. 27/2025 9:00 am
- Back to Hall after for coffee
v. Donuts for Polio: Oct 24, 2025
- Ben at Pinnell’s considering doing a donut day
vi. Tree planting: Nov. 1, (Sat.)
vii. RYLA/Adventure of Citizenship: Paul
- Both in the Spring od 2026
- Usually receive the invitation in late Nov. for AIC
- Paul will register our club as soon as he receives the invite
- RYLA is harder to get students for and to get them to the US
viii. District Conference
- It is in Chatham next spring, more information to come
ix. Foundation dinner
- Is usually about Nov. 13th
x. New Year’s skate: Depends on whether Municipal staff are available to work the rink
xi. East-Kent celebrates summer concerts: Were quite successful once again
xii. Car Show: July 2026
xiii. Easter Egg Hunt: Henny will be the chair
xiv. Scouts-Rotary Pancake Breakfast: David B will liaise with the Scouts
xv. Medical Equipment: Kees and David B
xvi. Scrap metal: Kees, Brian
xvii. Christmas gathering: President to organize
e). David B: Digital Literacy workshop
- Update” - all members are to bring a digital device so that they can get hands on instructions during this presentation:
- Will take place at a future meeting
f) Paul: Books for the Ridgetwn schools
- Paul has visited all the schools and the town library to inform them of the process
- They order the books, totaling $300 including taxes and give us the invoice which treasurer Reinout pays
Happy Bucks: Reinout, Blake, Henny and David B
50-50 Winner Ron B
President David asked if there was “Anything for the good of Rotary?”
President David closed the meeting at approximately 7:50.
The next meeting is on: Monday, Sept. 22 at the Anglican Parish Hall with speaker Jane Baldwin-Marvell, who as one of just 68 swimmers from across North America chosen to take part in a 661-kilometre relay that symbolically completed the final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald on the 50th anniversary of its sinking. Guests are welcome.
The theme for the 25-26 Rotary year is “Unite for Good”
