On Saturday, February 8, club members gathered at the clubhouse to discuss Ribfest.  The assembled group asked that the board consider the matter of whether to proceed with holding our appreciation gala event on May 30 rather than bringing the matter back to the club for further discussion at this week's club meeting.  At last week's board meeting, the board decided to not hold the appreciation gala on May 30.  Though the board did not prescribe in its motion how the club should proceed to now meet the objectives that event was conceived to meet (primarily fundraising, donor recognition, and community enagement), there has been much talk amongst club members about how Ribfest might help us do these things instead.  At this week's meeting, we'll develop these ideas further.

During July and August, our club will be unable to meet at Shotz Lounge.  This year's board and next year's are working together to plan a series of special events for these meetings.  If you have any ideas about where we might go and what we might do, please email Brad (brad.mastaler@sprucegroverotary.org).

From John Oldham:

 

 

Picture Courtesy of Allan Pawlowich:

 

To celebrate the holiday of love at the Blood Donor Clinic, Judy Kesanko decided to decorate with some balloons and table center pieces!  What a nice touch, which I'm sure everyone there enjoyed.  Thanks Judy! 

From Judy Kesanko:

 

 

Friday, April 17, 2020  Heritage Pavilion 5100 41 Ave Stony Plain   15:30-19:30

 

Friday, July 31, 2020   Holy Trinity Catholic Church 200 Boundary Road Spruce Grove  15:30-19:30

 

Friday, Sept 11, 2020  Holy Trinity Catholic Church 200 Boundary Road Spruce Grove  15:30-19:30

 

Friday, Oct 23, 2020   Holy Trinity Catholic Church 200 Boundary Road Spruce Grove  15:30-19:30

 

Friday, Dec 4, 2020    Holy Trinity Catholic Church 200 Boundary Road Spruce Grove  15:30-19:30

 

Friday, Feb 26, 2021  Holy Trinity Catholic Church 200 Boundary Road Spruce Grove  15:30-19:30

 

Mark these in your calendars and let Judy know if you can help out!  Thanks everyone.

Based on the club expressing a strong interest to host a "Rotary Ribfest" from July 24-26, 2020, tentative plans are starting to take shape.  We are in the process of gathering information about the proposed partner organization that does the ribs from other community partners where they have run events in the past and are beginning to work on a contract that would be acceptable to all parties.  We'll be working more on the event plans soon, but for now, please save the date in your calendar.

Members of the club are encouraged to attend and observe our monthly board meetings.  For the 2019-2020 year, they will be held on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the clubhouse in Rotary Centennial Park beginning at 7:00 PM and ending at 8:30 PM.  If you can't attend in person, we are also now able to bring you in remotely using Zoom's online meeting software.  The URL for the meetings will be the same from month to month, so you may want to bookmark this address:  https://zoom.us/j/224919848.  Hope to see you there!

Just a quick reminder that if you are going to be away and won't be attending a weekly meeting, can you please indicate by clicking the "Can't Make It" Button.  The email comes out on Fridays and is called the "May Rotary Meetings" or whichever month it is.  The email comes from Crystal Desilets.  I use this info for informing Shotz how many people will be there for lunch.  Also if you are bringing a guest could you fill in the "Bring a Guest" button.  Thanks for helping out with this as it's makes my job easier if I have all the information.

 

Send me (Krista) an email:  krista.mastaler@gmail.com by Sunday evenings at the latest so that I can include it in the weekly RAP on Mondays!

 

Thanks everyone!!!!