Fine payment-the interact e-transfer options for members includes fines/dues. Refer to recent Clubrunner email to all members.
Watch YouTube Clubrunner videos covering multiple topics to improve understanding & usefulness. Within last month Clubrunner has produced numerous learning videos on a wide range of topics, check it out!!
It costs nothing to send an eCOG to a friend/prospective member/neighbour. Please advise Jim Belton of names/contact info.
--ADVANCE A BETTER WORLD THROUGH SERVICE BORN OF FELLOWSHIP AT ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON--
--FEBRUARY IS PEACE & CONFLICT RESOLUTION MONTH--
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7th--ZOOM--
Here are the details: Time: The Zoom meeting will “open” at 11:30 am for those that want to socialize before the meeting which starts at 12:00 pm. Login: https://zoom.us/j/666121982?pwd=ckhwQTN1RFNsbkJBUWxqYkY0SWtLdz09 Meeting ID: 666 121 982 Password: 030500 If you want to dial in via telephone — you can use: +1 647 558 0588 Canada.
Our speaker on Monday Feb 7th will be Alex Mustakas. Alex is the founding Artistic Director and CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer, as he likes to refer to it) of Drayton Entertainment, one of Canada’s largest not-for profit theatre organizations. Alex has been involved in the theatre community in Waterloo Region since his years as an arts student at Eastwood Collegiate in Kitchener where he also became significantly involved with the Waterloo Regional Gilbert & Sullivan Society and Kitchener Waterloo Musical Productions. After earning a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, Alex chose to pursue the performing arts, ultimately spending several years as a professional actor. He then became interested in theatre administration and pursued a Master's Degree in Arts Administration at City University in London, England. When he returned to Canada, he launched the Drayton Festival Theatre in 1991 out of a tiny, virtually unused theatre in the crossroads community of Drayton. Eventually, his connection to Alan Lund would come full circle as Lund then directed Vaudeville, the first production in the inaugural season at the Drayton Festival Theatre. Drayton operated seven live performance productions in Drayton, Cambridge, Grand Bend, Penetanguishene and St. Jacobs. In March 2020, Covid-19 halted all theatre productions, Alex will talk about how Drayton pivoted to continue to provide quality theatre entertainment in South West Ontario.
--MESSAGE FROM JIM BELTON--
The purpose of the Paul Harris Fellowship Community Recognition Award is to recognize Londoners who have been highly involved in providing the Rotary value of “Service Above Self” locally, nationally, or internationally. The recipient(s) will be presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship Pin in the third week of April to acknowledge the founder of Rotary’s birth, April 19. This year the presentation will take place at our April 25th meeting. Anyone from the London area is eligible to receive this prestigious Award with the exception of all current members of a Rotary club in London and past recipients of a Paul Harris Fellowship recognition from the Rotary Club of London. Each member of the Rotary Club of London (active & active-satellite) is invited to make nominations for this prestigious Award. Nominations can be made any time during the year, and will be considered by the Paul Harris Fellowship Community Recognition Award Committee (Committee) with a recommendation to be forwarded to the Club’s Board of Directors for their March meeting. Please complete and forward Nomination Form by email, prior to February 11, 2022, to Club Secretary Jim Belton, jimbelton@rogers.comwith the reasons for your choice. The entire list of nominees will be presented to the Committee. If you have any questions please get back to me. Thank you very much, Jim Belton, Secretary Rotary Club of London
--MESSAGE FROM JIM BELTON--
Letters to the Parkwood Veterans to boost their morale.
From: GCC <garrisoncommunitycouncil@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 3:34 PM Subject: Operation Omicron - High Importance To: GCC members have been asked to support an important mission. Several elderly Canadian veterans are isolated and alone at Parkwood Veterans Hospital in London. President Tom Dean has been asked to distribute the following message from Brian Harris Vice President, The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Provincial Command. GCC members are encouraged to write letters to the Parkwood Veterans to boost their morale. Details are below. You can send the letters via email to lindsey.moore@sjhc.london.on.ca addressed to “Dear Veteran.” Thank you for your consideration.
Weekly Coffee Klatch
Since the Province has extended its Stay-at-Home directive, we decided to set up a weekly Zoom “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:15 am.