Minutes 12 September 2025

Thought of the day

Minutes 12 September 2025

To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often

Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, and also what it takes to sit down and listen

Winston Churchill

The meeting was held on Google Meet at 7.15 am with 5 members present, regrets from Pat, and guest Erika Ablett.

Music: none

  • Business
  • Our booth at the Trail Market on September 6th was a success with many conversations. Several contact were made for potential speakers
  • District Governor David is tentatively scheduled to visit on Friday October 17th. We will meet at a restaurant in Trail at 8am. in the morning.
  • October 4th is food drive at Liberty Foods benefiting the Beaver Valley Food Bank.
  • 6th December Breakfast with Santa. May need help with setting up on the 5th. This is in an in-person meeting day too. (not mentioned at meeting)
  • Program – a webinar on club health and membership
  • 13 ways to wreck your club
  • 1 Neglect hospitality
  • 2 Neglect other demographics than already in your club
  • 3 Ignore youth
  • 4 Don’t talk about Rotary to people
  • 5 Don’t let other service clubs do the heavy lifting
  • 6 Ignore other groups and avoid partnerships
  • 7 Don’t worry about first impressions
  • 8 Don’t live in the past
  • 9 shut out younger people
  • 10 Reject new stuff
  • 11 Ignore outsiders
  • 12 Have poor quality speakers
  • 13 Don’t air your problems

Happy and sad bucks (not collected)

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 am


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