Courier February 23rd, 2021 (Feb 23, 2021)

Virtual Meeting Report February 16th, 2021

Attendance

Guests:Valerie Westgate, guest of Lise Coghlan, Dave Neely, former member of the club, Nikki Beaulieu – Kingston Interval House (Speaker).

Visiting Rotarians and Past Rotarians; None this week.

Member Sharing

Fun Master - Rick Fiedorec

Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Tuesday

Happy/Sad Bucks

Elizabeth Cohoe had a hair cut and neighbour delivered Italian festive cookies

Greta DuBois – baker in her apartment building sharing treats

Bill Egnatoff working with Ron Pols on Club Runner, memories of organist in Saskatoon who perfomed at their wedding

John Gale celebrating Gerry’s birthday and going out for dinner at Tango

Ron Pols pleased that Curling has re-started, thanksd Bill for his patience

Robert Reid enjoying backyard bonfire with their granddaughter

Lise Coghlan pleased to have her friend Val Westgate attend our Zoom meeting

Rick Fiedorec reported that their dog, Trixie had 10 teeth removed

Announcements

Ana Sutherland:

On March 9^th we are going to have a joint meeting with Greta’s former Rotary Club, that of Morningside in Johannesburg, South Africa. Be sure to attend that one! Joint meeting with international partner clubs are always fascinating.

Scholarship Applications deadline (Global Scholar as well as Peace Fellows) is April 15th...that means your club needs to seek applicants and interview them beforehand.

Rotary Centennial Paul Harris Event - March 25, 16:00. There will be 5 awards presented in celebration of Rotary in Kingston's centennial

District International Services Committee meeting – March 13, 09:30

Rotarac – Queen’s – Fund Raising

RC of Orleans is hosting a virtual wine and cheese event on February 26th with our local sommelier David Caird who is the husband of one of our members.Thanks to Chris Cochrane for hosting us via zoom.Link for tickets is Link for tickets is https://wineandcheesezoom.eventbrite.ca

Queen's Rotaract Club

Hello Rotarians and Friends of Rotary,

I'm pleased to reveal the full details for our Pie Day 2021 Baking Competition on behalf of Easter Seals! Held from March 1st-12th this is a competition where we invite anybody from the community and beyond to submit a picture of their pie, alongside a minimum donation of $5, for a chance to win one of four fabulous prizes.

The instructions for entry are as follows:

Step 1: E-Transfer a donation of $5 or greater to queensrotaract@gmail.com (we have auto deposit enabled, so no need for a password)

Step 2: Fill out the google form linked on our event FB Page. Please give your name, email, social media account name, and confirm that you've donated.

Step 3: Post the pie to your social media of choice (FB, Instagram, etc) alongside the hashtag #Pies4ES

Submissions will be judged according to 4 categories:
1. Design
2. Tastiness
3. Creativity
4. Bribery (highest donation)

Winners of categories 1-3 will receive a $10 gift card of their choice, while the winner of category 4 will receive an ironic certificate and congratulatory social media post.

Here's the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/3Nmr31sWd
Please be sure to share it with your friends and family. Every dollar raised through this competition goes to helping children in need.

Thank you all so much and happy baking!

Yours in Rotary,

Emma Little and
Caleb Edward Masters
Co-Presidents
Queen's Rotaract

District 7040 Announcments (https://www.rotary7040.com/)

May 12 – Virtual Foundation Gala, details to follow

District Conference Oct 29 - 31st, 2021 – in person or virtual– refundable if it changes to virtual only – NEW Members get a special discount

DisCon FB link: https://www.facebook.com/DisCon7040 or https://rotary7040.com/sitepage/discon-2021/

Earth Day April 22, 2021. Celebrate by joining District 7040 clubs On Saturday April 24, 2021 in initiating 7^Th area of Focus for Rotary – Environment.

Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup. Involve the Media. Wear the Rotary Wheel. Bring along signs.Enjoy the opportunity to Serve the Community outdoors. Join Facebook Page and like and share

World Understanding Day.– Involving Rotary Alumni - Sun Never Sets in Rotary District 3232 in Chennai India has great pleasure in inviting you to join us celebrate on 23rd Feb 2021 through a novel program "Sun never sets in Rotary". On 23rd Feb 2021 (Paul Harris's Birthday), which is being celebrated world over as World Understanding day, Rotary Alumni Association of District 3232 along with the District International Service Committee has curated a non-stop 24 hours cycle program involving Alumni associations across the globe on Paul Harris' birthday, quarterbacked by clubs in India. Details will be provided in a separate email to members.

Mini- Classification Talk – President John Gale

Retired Lawyer

Daughter Regan is a neuropsychologist living in Whitehorse

Graduated from university in Ottawa – travelled for a year

Then, University of Windsor – Law

Practised in Elliott Lake for 15 years and was on the town council for 3 years

Moved to Kingston 1990 – first in general practice, then last 15 years of his work until he retired in December, 2020 was immigration law, particularly in China visiting annually with students coming to Canadian universities. Experienced the continuing development of China over this time.

Joined the Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club in 1993/94 and four years later became President

Further conversation at the end of the meeting:

Jim Rymerson discussed the Rotary Cool web site that provides information on the four local Rotary Clubs and 2 Rotarac Clubs. It is all about getting the Rotary story out to the community. The goal is to make it cool/fun

Chase the Ace!

Sorry no report this week

Meeting notes by John Richards

Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston

The Courier

The Rotary Four Way Test

Rotary Reflection

The Loyal Toast

Acknowledgement of Territory