--IMAGINE WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON CAN DO IN YEAR 2022 / 23--
--MARCH IS WATER & SANITATION MONTH--
also World Rotaract week from March 7th to 14th
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUT NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 27th--
Our next LUNCH meeting is Monday March 27th at Highland Country Club (1922 Highland Heights, London, ON). Price of this meeting is $30 per person and it will be a self-serve light buffet. The meeting room will be open from 11:30 AM for fellowship and the buffet will also be available then. So.... please plan an on arriving no later than 11:45 AM so that you have time to serve yourself and find a table to sit at. Our business meeting will start at NOON but no later than 12:15 PM. We will endeavour to end the meeting by 1:00 PM. As usual we need you to register for this meeting. The Registration Link will close at 2:00 PM Friday March 24th so that we can advise Highland CC regarding numbers. Please register as soon as possible but be sure to register before 2 PM Friday. Here is the link to register. After you have registered please arrange to e-transfer your payment to The Rotary Club of London at sronson55@gmail.com. Please be sure to put who you are paying for in your memo section on the e-transfer so that Sandy Ronson can track payments. In addition to our guest speaker we will have a short Special General Meeting for Members to approve the RCL Local Community Service Committee's recommendation to provide funding to assist in the TVCC's acquisition of a new X-Ray machine for their Cleft Lip and Palate program. This project is also recommended by your Board. So.... please plan on attending. I look forward to seeing you next Monday...
Our guest speaker on Monday will be Glenn Waterman. Glenn has spent the past 20 plus years honing his skills in non-profit fundraising and marketing on both a national and international level. He has been semi-retired, for past two years, with occasional consulting contracts services in a volunteer capacity to the London & Region Association of Fundraising Professionals. From 2013 to 2020, Glenn served as the Vice President of Development & Marketing with the London based International Justice Mission Canada. Before that he spent 10 years leading fundraising efforts at Effect Hope, formerly known as The Leprosy Mission Canada and 5 years at World Vision Canada. Throughout his career travelling to India, Tanzania, the USA, Scotland, Ireland, Britain, and Australia. He came to non-profit work from a successful career managing major trade shows and conferences. Glenn is a graduate of the Master of Business Administration program at Schulich School of Business, undergraduate studies in business administration at Wilfrid Laurier University. He holds the designation of Certified Fund-Raising Executive and is a certified Birkman Consultant.
--NEW RCL Meeting Schedule STARTS in January 2023--
In 2023 the meetings will start at 11:30 AM with food available for self serve some beginning fellowship. The Rotary business meeting will start at 12:00 noon. The cost of our lunch meetings will be $30.00 and we will continue to meet at Highland Golf Club.
Here is the NEAR TERM meeting schedule;
Monday April 03--location change details to be provided through Clubrunner Meetings will be hybrid with Observe only capability via ZOOM for those that can't make it in person.
--New member--
Dear members of the Rotary Club of London. The following membership proposals have been approved by the Board of Directors for further processing:
Tony Lambe, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, London
Sponsor: Stephen Knox
Rob Apgar-Taylor, Minister, Wesley Knox United Church, Old South, London
Sponsor: Stephen Knox
Any objection to this proposal must be submitted in writing to the club secretary, jimbelton@rogers.com, by 5:00 pm on Friday Mar 31, 2023. Sincerely, Stephen Knox, Membership Chair
--Message from Local Community Services committee--
The LSC is hosting a Tree Planting Day on Saturday April 29th from 9 AM until 3 pm.We are inviting all Rotarians, spouses, children. grandchildren and friends to join us. Details and sign up forms to follow.
Weekly Coffee Klatch
Weekly ZOOM “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:15 am. Bring your own coffee of course.