This document contains the agenda and minutes from a Rotaract Mississauga general meeting on May 15, 2013. The meeting included recognizing the member of the week, collecting happy quarters, and providing updates on upcoming events including Singfest auditions, the Festival of Lights, the year-end gala, Relay for Life and RYLA. It also included club business and committee updates, as well as a social activity involving movie title and member name puzzles.
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and The Woman's Club of Winter Park on Facebook.
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2. Agenda
Member of the Week (1 min)
Happy Quarters (5 min)
Singfest Update (3 min)
Festival of Lights (3 min)
Club Business & Committee Updates
(15 min)
Activity (15 min)
3. Member of the Week
Lorraine Menezes
Organizing Adopt-a-Road
Good job!
4. Happy Quarters!
“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s
about learning how to dance in the rain!”
- Vivian Greene
5.
6. • Audition on Youtube before May 25th
• www.singfest.ca
Next Meeting:
Thursday May 16th - 7pm
@ the Clubhouse
Call for Auditions!!!
We need 14 to 24 year olds who want to sing!!
Have any brothers or sisters
in high school?
In-laws who are teachers??
8. Festival of Lights
For 9 years, Rotary has lit up downtown Mississauga during the
holidays
Companies sponsor a tree and Rotary lights it up and hangs a
plaque for approx. 8 weeks
There are 13 indoor trees and a handful of outdoor trees to be
placed around the Living Arts Centre
They have raised up to $10,000 for their club!
9. Festival of Lights - Timeline
Sponsorship: get corporate sponsors, many that
will come on again from previous years
Set up: light all the trees in late November – need
a team of 20-30
Reception: for the sponsors around the holidays in
December
Take down: in mid-January
10. Festival of Lights - Next Steps
Put together a team
Plan what we want to offer
Put together the sponsorship package
Outreach to companies
Interested in getting involved?
Talk to Himali
11. What: A gala to celebrate
an awesome year!
Where: Maple Banquet Hall
When: Friday, June 14,
6 pm - 12 am
How much: $40
Send us your prom photos!
Purchase tickets at:
rotaractmississaugaprom.ev
entbrite.ca
or at the next general
meeting
15. International Meeting
Pot-Luck!
Save the date:
Wednesday, June 12th @ 7:30pm
(during regular general meeting)
Join us for games, music and good food while
we recap our club’s international impact over
the last year!
Pot luck sign-up sheet
coming around
22. THE DEETS:
That’s right baby – we got the HOOK UP!!
FREE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS!!!
Saturday, May 25th
Departing tentatively at 12:30pm
23. ITINERARY & COST
Arrive in Niagara and go to:
Maid of the mist - ($20) OR a Wine Tour ($20);
Casino and Buffet ($20 and up); then
A Club (optional) - $20; then
The Hotel Party!
Gas is $10 each - we can all carpool
TOTAL = Approximately $80
Well worth an OVERNIGHT TRIP
24. SIGN UP TODAY
ONLY 12 SPOTS AVAILABLE!!
Contact Jackie by Sunday, May 19
jackie.ankomah@rotaractmississauga.com
for more information
27. YLCC
Youth Leadership Camps Canada –
Orillia
10am – 8pm – Full day of FUN!
Included lunch AND dinner!
Various challenging outdoor team
building activities
A great indoor reflective and intellectual
workshop!
32. Reasons to Be Jacked for
Next Year!
Many workshops and events to look forward to
this year
We’ve built a relationship with YLCC and can
tailor their programs to our needs- throughout the
year
FUN!!
Sweet Sixteen Activity – A lot of self-learning, and
discovering new things about each other
Exercise and enjoy the outdoors!
35. What is it?
Week long conference and retreat for progressive, high
potential youth: 18-24 yrs
District 7080 – sponsored by a Rotary Club
Live with 35 other young professionals
Learn and develop new skills, and make connections
Great Outdoors
GREAT food
GREAT FUN/MEMORIES
36. What Did You Do?
Workshops, Speakers,
Presentations
Everyday was jam packed
with guest speakers and
activities
Personality mapping,
presentation skills, project
management etc.
Wake up @ 6am – Sleep... HA!
Fitness every morning
Speakouts
Rotary Meeting Tuesday Night
How did you Develop
Committees
PR -Welcomes
Marketing - PPT
Yearbook - Memories
Fitness – EVERY morning
Social – Awesome
scavenger hunt &
campfire
Leisure – AWESOME
activities
Super fun, we will all do!
37. RYLA Wrap Up
Great to meet other Rotaractors from other
regions
Successful young people
Made great contacts for our club – and PD!
So rewarding in so many ways.
Learn about myself and others.
Fun time in a safe environment
DO IT!
38. The rest of the year….
Event Date
Singfest audition deadline May 25 – see Jodie
International themed
general meeting
June 12
Year end gala – Prom 2.0 June 14
Singfest semi-finals June 15
Relay for Life June 21 – see Wendy
Ribfest July 18 to 21
Singfest 2013 July 20
42. QUESTION:
•This is the name of a very, very successful Rotaract
fundraising event that happened in February at the Failte
pub.
ANSWER:
•Catch a Match! Not Your Average Dating Event
43. QUESTION:
•In 1988, Rotary clubs take on a project that helped more
than six million children in the Philippines.
ANSWER:
•End Polio Campaign
44. QUESTION:
•This event helped us raise over $400 alone, and $1200 with
matched funding!
ANSWER:
•Pennies for Polio
45. QUESTION:
•These 3 Rotaracters have been part of the executive team
for two consecutive years
ANSWER:
• Jodie Merrill, Christian Ocampo, Larah Opena
46. QUESTION:
•These are the only three polio-epidemic countries left.
ANSWER:
•Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan