President Kate attended the One Rotary Summit last Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. PDG Michael Angelo Caruso was the speaker. Topics of interest include how to present better, and how to craft your own 2 minute Rotary elevator pitch. Kate noted there was only 9 Canadians in attendance, out of 100 Canadian Rotarians in our district. Kate welcomes anyone to carpool with her to these American hosted District events.
Financial Statements from Past President Kelley Robertson's Year:
We generated $26,947.84 in revenue, with a net income of $3,194.72. Roger McRae noted that our Happy Dollars last year, were more than budgeted ($300.00 to $442.35), so I guess we were a lot happier than we thought!
President Kate's Budget for 2019-2020 Rotary Year
Although President Kate acknowledged that we are displaying a current deficit position on our budget, we do in fact have a healthy bank account. The important point of this year's budget is that we might not spend all of the money that we have earmarked for certain budget items, it's more about having buckets set aside for money. We are looking for new office equipment in terms of a new laptop and projector, which we have set aside $2,000 for.
We are trending lower on membership overall, which is why there's a lower budgeted amount of dues. We have also have money that needs to be spent from the Bingo Fund.
We have budgeted a higher amount than normal for PolioPlus ($2,000), as we are aiming for a Presidential Citation, which requires that amount.
We currently have $100/month set aside for our exchange student Allison, which additional is earmarked for Christmas presents and a farewell gift ($1,750 total).
Mary-Fran Kluka noted that previously provided exchange students with $125/month, and the reduction to $100/month, was due to us hosting two exchange students one year.
In the past, we were really involved with supporting Adventures in Citizenship. In lieu of this, we want to support some of our Interact members with bursaries ($2,000).
Of special note, we are also supporting a District Sector website, containing all of the information on the Chatham-Kent Rotary clubs ($300).
Meetings Cancelled for the Rest of 2019:
October 1st - due to our participation in C-K Children's Water Festival (taking place Wed-Thurs, Oct 2nd-4th)
October 15th - cancelled due to Thanksgiving but we will be meeting on October 17th at Boston Pizza
November 12th - Remembrance Day & November 16th is the Water Summit at Ridgetown College (there will be no social at Boston Pizza this month)
December 24th & December 31st cancelled - Christmas & New Year's Eve!
Children's Water Festival
Unfortunately, due to funding there will be no family fun day taking place on the Saturday. Roger McRae encourages attendance during the weekday events as it will be a great experience!