Finances – David Wood, treasurer, reported that we have received partial of full payment of dues from most members. Only 6 have not paid anything yet. The website cost, RI half year dues, and district dues have been paid. We received congratulatory start-up funds from West Ottawa, Laval Rive-Nord, Montreal-Lakeshore, Cornwall-Sunrise and Walt Mulyca from Massena. We are expecting another cheque from the Rotary Club of Cornwall.
Report on Ottawa meeting of August 28 – David met with the Ottawa area council of presidents about the Youth Now farm project. You can see more details about this on the “Our Causes” page of the club website
www.d7040passport.org
Causes for our club - We agreed that we would support food banks, Habitat for Humanity, Youth Now Farm Project and Adopt-a-Street. You can find more information on our website page
http://d7040passport.org/page/our-causes
Video – No ideas for a video theme came from members. We decided that we would do a video collage of club pictures taken so far. David reminded everyone that we ought to show up at as many events as possible, whether volunteering or just participating, to have the district learn about our club. One event coming up is the Ottawa-Stittsville Picnic in the Park #Stittsville
https://t.co/gYetrlOiRD. Ariane will set up a DropBox file for Ludmylla to access and develop the video.
Regional meetings for D7040 Passport members – Ariane will set up regional meetings in Kingston and Ottawa to distribute name tags and pins to members who were not able to be at charter night. It will also be an opportunity to discuss questions and concerns for each area. Kathy Trim has volunteered her house for an Ottawa meeting. A Doodle will be set up for dates and times.
ClubRunner – Most felt that it was just a matter of using the site to become more familiar with it. Anyone who has questions or problems, contact Ariane. There is an article to the right addressing some of the concerns that were expressed about websites and Facebook.
DisCon 2017 silent auction item – We discussed what to donate. Kathy Trim felt that since we are a virtual club, we ought to have something technological. After brainstorming for a bit, we decided on Skyroam, a global WiFi hotspot
https://www.skyroam.com/ . Contact Ariane if you want a referral discount.
As always, remember to mark in your makeups when you receive this bulletin.