Speakers

Speaker	Date	Topic
us! Led by Don & Kate.	Feb 10, 2026	Strategic Plan summary & Club Membership Strategic Plan Kate and Don will summarize the strategic goals for the current Rotary based on John’s President’s address. Members will be invited to review and discuss the summary, to propose additions or deletions or to endorse the strategic plan as presented.
No meeting today!	Feb 17, 2026
Emily Crawford, Director of Legal Services CK	Feb 24, 2026	CN CP, the Drainage Act & Municipality of CK! Yes, Emily is the daught of our own Bob & Deb! Until recent year, federal railways have complied with the Drainage Act requirements to pay their fair share of costs assessed to their railway lands for the drainage benefits. Now, bot CP & CN have aligned in position to refuse to pay these costs.CP and CN are of the view that because they are federally regulated, they shouldn't have to pay these costs. This position leaves landowners (i.e. other municipal tax payers) paying. Effectively, CP and CN are seeking to have tax payers in Ontario municipalities subsidize their operations in terms of the cost of land drainage under the Act. Chatham-Kent initiated a lawsuit against CP Rail concerning a specific Drainage Act project where it has taken this position, seeking a court order ruling that CP is obligated to pay costs assessed to it under the Act, regardless of its federal status. Chatham-Kent, together with ROMA, the Ministry of the Attorney General, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture argued this issue. The Court's decision ruled that CP is obligated to pay costs assessed to it under the Drainage Act. This is a significant and positive ruling for Ontario municipalities. Not suprisingly, CP has appealed the decision to the Ontario Divisional Court, with the appeal to be heard late this spring.
Roses rollout day!	Mar 03, 2026	What do we need to know, to do & to prepare for Roses!
Jenny White	Mar 10, 2026	A local Literacy opportunity Jennifer is a local author, visiting to represent Jenny White Books Inc., with a proposal to put her Molson and Jenny Adventure series into local libraries, daycares , hospitals & other locations of interest. The Tilbury Rotary Club has sponsored this program for daycares in Tilbury, Merlin, Wheatley, Comber and Lighthouse cove & the local libraries. Their Daycares will receive a set of 12 laminated books that can be easily wiped down for sanitation, and also are indestructible! She has a target to get all clubs in District 6380 involved. We look forward to meeting Jennifer!
Bob Crawford	Mar 17, 2026	New Member's Introduction It is always an interesting meeting when a new Member is invited to introduce themselves. This will be Bob's 2nd Classification from his time with Chatham Rotary, 20 years ago. Welcome to Sunrise Rotary, Bob!
Deb Crawford	Mar 24, 2026	New Member's Introduction Lets hear about Deb!
Its Rotary for Roses today!	Apr 01, 2026	There's no morning meeting on the 31st at Smitty's PS no Meeting on Tuesday morning this week!
The Gambia Team	Apr 14, 2026	their official Presentation! We've heard from a few about this wonderful travel time. We will hear form the team all about it, including Melissa deBevc's media messages & the direction that this goes into next.
Nancy Havens, Manager, Licensing Services – MoCK	Apr 21, 2026	Lottery & Bingo accounts - guidelines from OLG, AGCO & the Municipality
Just us!	Apr 28, 2026	Table talk breakfast!
District Conference	May 01, 2026	Hosted in Chatham Kent May 1 - 3 2026
Renee Geniole, Executive Director of ROCK	May 12, 2026	A recent Letter written by Renee, to the Canadian Shelter Transformation Network. A true leader, we look forward to welcoming Renee. https://transformshelter.ca/doing-the-work-while-the-crowd-yells-a-shared-reality-across-homelessness-services/ Take a few moments with this.