Newsletter -- February 16, 2011
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Newsletter -- February 16, 2011
The Fortarian Rotary Club of Thunder Bay, (Fort William) 2010/2011 Board of Directors President: Treasurer: Secretary: Directors: President Elect: Past President: Dave Knutson Boris Cham Joan Krisko Beverly Knutson Solade Nicol Jodi Phillips Blake McCandless Robert Moore Walter Seaberg Fiona Skogstad Jill Zachary Meets: 3rd Monday of each month Cook Engineering, 7 pm Allocations Committee Chair: Peter Stetsko Meets: 2nd Tuesday of each month Weiler, Maloney, Nelson, Board Room, 12 noon February 16, 2011 Fiduciary Fun Unbeknownst to the editor, there were two scribes at the meeting this week. Regretfully she didn’t know this until she received both in my e-mail today. Never being one to waste good work, this Fortarian will be from the dynamic writing duo; Cameron and Knutson. President Dave presided this week while his wife, Bev, provided the toast to the queen. Doing duty at the door for the evening was Gloria Bagley while Bev Knutson ran the 50/50 draw. There was one visiting Rotarian in attendance at the meeting; our regular visiting Rotarian from Kenora, Rod Riopel. Rotary House Lottery Committee Chair: Bob Hookham Meets: 1st Tuesday of each month Weiler, Maloney, Nelson, Board Room, 12 noon Weekly Dinner Meetings Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Travelodge Hotel Airlane 698 W. Arthur St. Thunder Bay, ON Address P.O. Box 10061 Thunder Bay, ON Canada P7B 6T6 www.fwrotary.ca Editor Fiona Skogstad [email protected] Treasurer Boris explains club finances The speaker for Wednesday evening’s meeting was Club Treasurer, Boris Cham. Boris presented the Financial Report for 2010-2011 to the club members. This report was just for the Club Accounts. He apologized for the fact 1|P age that we hadn't received a similar report for 2 years due to a MacAfee virus problem that plagued our club software last year. He had to actually re-enter 9 months of transactions because of that bug. He explained to us that he only controls our General Account which is made up from members' dues as well as any non-house lottery generated funds The normal process of setting the budget for the General Account begins before July 1. Committee Chairs forward their proposed budgets to the Director in charge of their Committee. The Director forwards these budgets to the President who then passes these on to the Treasurer. Each month, the Treasurer presents a financial statement to the Board of Directors. He provides the club income and expenses, bank reconciliation and aged trial balance which show the status of club member’s accounts. The dues, which are collected every six months, are the primary source of income for club operations after the payment of Rotary International dues and District dues. Another source of income for the Club Account is from events such as bartending at the Cavendish Cup. He also administers our McKee account which currently totals around $47,000. Boris went over such items GIC account, the cost of meals, and the Business Investor Account. He gave a very complete explanation of various items on the financial handout and capably fielded questions from the floor as he went through it. Any members that weren't in attendance and want to review the handout should contact Boris. A Questionable Fine Dave Murray was our Finemaster he started off by fining the president for no real reason other than there was a precedent for it. John was fined for asking Boris too many questions and K.S. volunteered a dollar for his question too. Dave then fined just about everyone except Terry for not watching the Leafs victory over Boston on Tuesday night. (Note.....Toronto won again on Wed!) Irene donated a happy buck because her son, Steve, is coming into Thunder Bay on Thursday in order to visit his family. Distributing Funds Peter gave a report on the recent Allocations meeting. A $300 McKee bursary was approved as well as $1200 to cover expenses for sending a student to Ottawa for Adventure in Citizenship last year. We received a request from the library for $15,000 for a parents' reading room and the committee agreed to give them $5,000. Thanks for the Bursary President Dave received a letter from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine thanking Fort William Rotary for providing support for the bursary. Included in the letter, was an invitation for a member of the Club, along with a guest, to attend the Annual Donors' Reception which will take place on Thursday, March 10, 2011. (Bob and Linda Hookham, along with Dave and Bev Knutson, will be representing our club at this event.) 2|P age Car to be Won House Lottery The members of Fort William Rotary have been approached by the Thunder Bay Museum to support the Museum in the sale of tickets for their classic car raffle. The car being raffled this year is a 1973 Dodge Challenger Rallye. The draw takes place on October 9, 2011. If anyone is interested, please contact Dave Knutson for more information. Rotarians can talk to Terry Cameron about getting House Lottery tickets to sell. If anyone is interested in selling tickets at the House, please contact Boris Cham who is looking after this until Robert Moore returns from his vacation. Speaking of tickets, Bob Hookham mentioned that our House Lottery is officially underway and tickets are at all the outlets. Terry distributed tickets to members at the meeting, and will have more tickets available to hand out at our March 2nd meeting. Bob also mentioned that the house is taking shape and should be ready for open houses in early March. New Date for Board Meeting this Month President Dave announced the Board of Directors meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Genivar (Cook Engineering) on S. Syndicate Avenue, because of the holiday on Monday. Any member is welcome to attend. Bob signing up to sell tickets at the house Laughing and Singing Irene told us the lighter side of giving a parrot an attitude adjustment. Joan Krisko has stand-up posters for the House Lottery which can be given to the ticket outlets as well as posters for the Lottery which can be displayed on walls. Joan also has sheets explaining how to use the debit machines which can be given to the ticket outlets. Craig and Joan collaborated on "Home on the Range". 3|P age Rotary Anniversary Dinner Plaque for Years of Service The Rotary Anniversary dinner will be held on Friday, February 25 at the Columbus Centre, 301 S. May Street. Tickets are $25.00 per person. The symposium is at 6:00 pm with dinner starting at 7:00 pm. All proceeds from the dinner are in support of PolioPlus. Contact Irene Sottile if you are interested in purchasing a ticket. Fort William Rotary received a plaque for their years of volunteer service at Shelter House. John presented the plaque to President Dave. John also mentioned that our own Jerry Williams was re-elected to another 2 year term to the Board of Directors for Shelter House. The regular Rotary meeting held on Wednesday, February 23 has been cancelled in order that club members may attend the Rotary Anniversary dinner. Anyone donating items toward the silent auction can bring these items to the Columbus Centre on the afternoon of February 25 or can give them to Irene. Shelter House Update On Monday, February 7, the Fort William Rotary crew who volunteer at Shelter House served an evening meal to one hundred and forty-five people. John, Gloria and Bette Ann recently attended an appreciation dinner for Shelter House volunteers and donors during which he was presented with a plaque which recognized the Club's efforts in supporting this worthwhile cause. The guest speaker at the event was Mayor Keith Hobbs. John, passing along our plaque from Shelter House to President Dave. 50/50 Draw Rob Riopel drew the ticket of the man sitting next to him, Dave Murray. Unfortunately for him, winning the pot just wasn't in the cards. Our dynamic duo of scribes this week Bev Knutson Terry Cameron John, Gloria and Bette Ann sitting with Mayor Hobbs 4|P age Coming Up…. Monday, February 21st Board meeting cancelled in honour of Family Day Wednesday, February 23rd regular meeting cancelled in lieu of 106th Anniversary Party Wednesday, February 23rd Board meeting Genivar (Cook Engineering) on Syndicate St 7:00 pm All members welcome Friday, February 25th 106th Anniversary Party A Canada Club event to raise money for PolioPlus Tickets $25 per person Lots of fun, including an interesting silent auction UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, REMEMBER SERVICE ABOVE SELF 5|P age