~ submitted by RCNS member Dave Nicholle...
As part of our Assistant District Governor Lisa Bishop's 'Rotary Road Show' I attended the Brantford Rotary Club's weekly meeting on Friday, November 17th @ 12 noon at the Brantford Golf & Country Club. It was a very good, enthusiastic, informative and fun meeting and here are a few hi-lites:
*Venue - the BGCC is a beautiful meeting place with an excellent buffet style meal!
*Banners - 5 full size behind the podium, one with the 4-way test and two with visiting club's pennants attached
*National anthem - was sung by All accompanied by a guitar player - nice touch!
*Guests - at least 12 including Tom O'Neill from the Simcoe noon Club as the Guest Speaker
*Birthdays - all Members with birthdays this month were recognized (days only, no years)
*Newsletter - minutes of previous meeting are emailed out to all Members AND a few hardcopies are placed on the meal tables for visitors (I have one to share)
*RI Convention - was advertised and Members were strongly advised to register before December 15th before the price increases
*Live Auction - a donated signed Leaf's jersey raised $400 in short order
*RI Foundation - a short general announcement on the good benefits from donating
*Brantford Airshow - this year was a joint effort by the Brantford Rotary Club & the Canadian Warplanes Heritage Museum in Hamilton - a great video was shown and a cheque was presented to the Rotary Club for $21,000!
*Vocational Training Team (VTT) - Tom O'Neil & 3 other horticultural experts from 7090 went to Australia's Victoria state in March to learn & share best practices - Tom's presentation was very good and highly recommended as a Guest Speaker for our Club. Tom's 'gift' for speaking was the restoration of eyesight to someone in India - way to go John Wallace!
*Excellent meeting, over in about 1.5 hours and well worth attending as part of Lisa's Rotary Road Show!
*Venue - the BGCC is a beautiful meeting place with an excellent buffet style meal!
*Banners - 5 full size behind the podium, one with the 4-way test and two with visiting club's pennants attached
*National anthem - was sung by All accompanied by a guitar player - nice touch!
*Guests - at least 12 including Tom O'Neill from the Simcoe noon Club as the Guest Speaker
*Birthdays - all Members with birthdays this month were recognized (days only, no years)
*Newsletter - minutes of previous meeting are emailed out to all Members AND a few hardcopies are placed on the meal tables for visitors (I have one to share)
*RI Convention - was advertised and Members were strongly advised to register before December 15th before the price increases
*Live Auction - a donated signed Leaf's jersey raised $400 in short order
*RI Foundation - a short general announcement on the good benefits from donating
*Brantford Airshow - this year was a joint effort by the Brantford Rotary Club & the Canadian Warplanes Heritage Museum in Hamilton - a great video was shown and a cheque was presented to the Rotary Club for $21,000!
*Vocational Training Team (VTT) - Tom O'Neil & 3 other horticultural experts from 7090 went to Australia's Victoria state in March to learn & share best practices - Tom's presentation was very good and highly recommended as a Guest Speaker for our Club. Tom's 'gift' for speaking was the restoration of eyesight to someone in India - way to go John Wallace!
*Excellent meeting, over in about 1.5 hours and well worth attending as part of Lisa's Rotary Road Show!
