Thursday April 17, 2003
President Jim called the Meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.
Guests: None
Sing Song: Songmaster Art Ward lead the Club in a rousing rendition of a couple OLD standards geared toward the Easter season.
Sergeant-at-arms: Fine Master Don Popple was also in the Easter spirit and after emptying the pockets of Rotarians Linda Beachli for a lost ski pass, President Jim for our club’s lost corporate seal and Brian Menton’s lost profits in the maple syrup business, he generously left Ray Selbie, Luke Schell and Nancy Bishop with a chocolate treat. Special thanks to Nancy who donated her bunny to Miky.
Committee Reports:
Road Clean-up: Those involved in the Rotary Mile clean-up of Highway 121 are asked to meet at the Pinestone staff parking lot at 3:00 p.m. this Thursday, April 24th. Bring your rubber boots and gloves and your sunblock as the forecast is for sunshine
Steak and Lobster: Sean Hawley announced that the theme of the Steak & Lobster dinner on May 31st will be "Canadian". Find something Red & White and do Canada proud. See Sean for all the details and don’t forget to tell your spouse/significant other.
PETS/SETS: Incoming President gave a report of last weekends Presidents Elect Training Seminar(PETS) in North Bay. The meeting was attended by Steve, Jim Richards, Andy Salvatori, Bob Nichol, Drew Carey and Ted Brandon. All reports indicate that everyone was well behaved and represented our club well. Drew assisted the District Chairman of Youth Exchange Bill Obee in making a presentation during one of Saturday’s break-out sessions. There are currently 18 out of 44 clubs in our district involved in the Youth Exchange program. Drew will have more to say about Youth Exchange during the next Club Assembly. Steve informed the Club that the Incoming Rotary International President is Jonathan Majiyagbe from Nigeria. Next years Rotary Theme will be "Lend a Hand". Steve also recognized Ted Brandon for his hard work and excellent guidance to all the clubs that Ted looks after as Assistant Governor.
60 in 60 Membership Drive: Hugh Nichol informed the Club that the 140 letters to prospective members have been mailed out as of April 15th and that we have already had a number of positive responses. Members were each given a list of names that they volunteered to phone and invite to the Open-House. Please phone to ensure that the letter was received and try to get an indication as to whether they will be attending the Open House on May 8th at 7:30 p.m.. Please contact Ted or Hugh with your numbers and/or any inquiries you may have.
Car Draw: Chairman Dave Bishop handed out an seemingly endless number of incentives/rewards for early and prolific ticket sales. Curry Bishop, Andy Glecoff and Art Dawson took home the "hardware".Check the latest team standings by clicking here
Andy Glecoff’s Gold team is currently leading all others with 161 tickets sold! Chairman Dave would like to sell 1,000 tickets by May 1st! SELL, SELL, SELL!!!!!
Golf Tournament: Derek Knowles informed the club that all but 2 foursomes have been filled for this year’s annual golf tournament. If you would like to play, don’t delay please call Derek Knowles today!
Rotary Leadership Academy: President Jim announced that Dorothy Menton, Brian Menton and Ted Brandon had successfully completed a 6 module course designed to inform and educate about Rotary. In our district 13 people signed up and 6 graduated and if my math is correct our club accounted for 50% of the graduating class! Congratulations to Dorothy, Brian and Ted!
Group Study Exchange(GSE): Brian Menton informed the club that this years outgoing GSE team had left for Africa today. Applications for next year’s team and Team leader are now being accepted. Brian assures us that next year’s destination to District 5010 in Russia will be an unforgettable life changing experience! Please contact Brian Menton for more details.
Guest Speaker: Our club’s own Len Pizzey provided an informative talk about the history of the printed word. Len alleges that there are 4 "tipping points" in print history that marked significant changes in the world.
Pre 1450: Until this date all printed word, books etc were done by hand. There were only a few thousand books in existence.
1450: This is the year Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press which allowed pages to be copied relatively quickly allowing for multiple copies of books and literature. Gutenberg’s first project was a Bible.
Linotype Machines: Around 1884 the invention of this massive machine caused the third revolution in printing. These machines allowed individual letters to be arranged and changed by use of a keyboard. Len indicated that as late as the early 1970’s the Haliburton Echo was produced using this technology taking 2 days to print.
Phototype setting: Although hand typed and hand assembled this technology has evolved into the high tech digital print technology of today. This allows for all print including full colour pictures to be produced, stored and transported digitally. Len says the amount of work has not diminished but the type of work and the demands have certainly changed. That’s progress!! Thank you Len.
Upcoming
Board Meeting: Thursday April 24th at 4:00 p.m.
Programme: April 24th TBA
May 1st Wig-a-Mog (tentative)
Editors Note: Thanks to Andy Salvatori for writing the Rotooter this week.