At our morning meeting, we were very excited to have donalee Moulton speak to us. Author of The Thong Principle and Principal at Quantum Communications, donalee spoke to us about The Thong Principle and the importance of plain language. You can view donalee's presentation around the 33-minute mark here.
Members are reminded that recorded presentations may only be available for a few months. Therefore, members must request that recorded presentations be preserved for longer.
At our Friday breakfast, we welcomed three new members! Keep an eye on future newsletters for more about these new folks. You can watch the induction here around the 21-minute mark.
Members are reminded that recorded presentations may only be available for a few months. Therefore, members must request that recorded presentations be preserved longer.
Huge congratulations to our very own Luke MacDonald for receiving the Hall of Fame Award at the Mobius Awards for his tireless work on cleaning up litter.
Louisa Horne is hosting a fireside chat on Monday, November 7 @ 5PM, at The Oxford Taproom (6418 Quinpool Rd) This is an opportunity to talk to new members about Rotary, but everyone is welcome.
We will meet on the patio in the back. They are dog friendly and have a nice drink and food/snack menu. More details here.
Sally Holden gave a short presentation at our Friday breakfast about Giving Tuesday and ShelterBox. You can watch Sally's presentation here around the 08:00 mark. Giving Tuesday is happening on November 29th, and we are encouraging everyone to participate by donating to a charity of their choice, including ShelterBox. You can learn more about Stock the BOX. Sally talked about ShelterBox and the important work they do.
Members are reminded that recorded presentations may only be available for a few months. Therefore, members must request that recorded presentations be preserved longer.
At our Friday morning breakfast meeting, we take the time to introduce and recognize Rotary Clubs from around the world.
This week we recognize the Rotary Club of Havana, the first non-English-speaking Rotary club in the world in 1916. It started with 26 members, and at its height, it had close to one hundred members. In 1923 the club sponsored a carnival attended by more than one thousand five hundred children, successfully lobbied lawmakers to ban bullfighting in Cuba, worked to get the city water of Havan sanitized for its residents, and helped get pavement for the city roads.
There are two free Beatles Fest Tickets up for grabs to a lucky person who likes and shares the Giveaway post on our Facebook page. Visit our Facebook page and look for the Beatles Fest Giveaway post to learn more here. But hurry, time is running out.
Our club will be handing out Christmas hampers again this year. Hampers are filled with items to enjoy the holiday season for needy families. The club is looking to members for a donation of items and volunteers to help pack/deliver the hampers a week before Christmas. For more information, to donate items, or to volunteer, please reach out to Bob Power.
Update: We want to expand the Christmas hampers beyond Spryfield to Uniacke Square. If you have any connections in the area, please reach out to Bob.
We wanted to let members know that our district governor, Harvey Bass, will be in the HRM area on the weekend of November 26 & 27. No further details are available, but we will keep updating members.
Normally when you join a Zoom call, your microphone and video will activate automatically based on your settings. Unfortunately, we have seen a few situations where folks have joined and were unaware their mics were not on mute. Therefore, effective immediately, our Friday morning meetings will mute everyone joining the meeting. You can unmute at any time.
We are pleased to share that the club has invested in some point-of-sale (POS) technology to accept credit/debit cards. Initially, the POS will be used during Beatles Fest, but after we can explore ways to use it for other purposes. We have chosen Square for its low cost and ease of use. The POS can be used for more than accepting forms of payment but also as a sales record. The POS can record what we sell and who we sell it to. Plus, the technology can connect to Sage, our accounting software.
This is a reminder to members that we are still planning to offer some assistance to an Afghan family arriving in the Halifax Area. The family of eight (five girls, one boy) aged 2-13 are currently in Pakistan. While this is not a financial ask of the club or its members, this family will need help settling in and becoming part of our community. If you are interested in helping, please reach out to Dave Kowlessar.
Our club is recommitting to youth exchange for the 2023-2024 school year. To be able to allow a local student to study abroad and to welcome an international student to NS, we need host families. We like to provide the student with 2-4 host families over the school year. We CAN NOT commit to a student until we know we have host families in the queue.
We have created a social WhatsApp chat room for members. What's a WhatsApp? WhatsApp is an app you can download on your phone and use to chat with friends and family. We have created a private chat room for members to chat socially with each other. Just click on the WhatsApp logo near the top of the newsletter or here.
We host our AGM in the late fall (November - December), where we nominate officers and board members for the following Rotary year (July 2023 - June 2024). A formal message will be sent to members about nominations, plus nominations can be made at the AGM. If you are interested in learning more or developing Rotary leadership experience, please keep an eye out for more information, or contact Jillian.
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