Announcements:

• JACKIE SCROGGIE was in the Chair and reported that Pres. Bill sends his regards from Florida.
• JACKIE informed members that Pat Robertson’s mother has just passed away and that the bouquet of flowers ordered for the death of Pat’s sister cannot be delivered. Please contact Jayne Gresham immediately if you have suggestions for a worthy recipient of the flowers.
• JACKIE suggested that Stephen Bianco’s concerns might be addressed by establishing a phone tree that could be instituted for key speakers.
• BILL ISBERG gave a brief report about the TrumpAIDS Rotary Walk planned for April 24, 2010 in Toronto. The City of Toronto today gave authorization for this activity. Walkers will be given playing cards at check-in stations during the walk and the cards can then be played at the finish as a poker hand with a chance to win substantial prizes. Ten Rotary clubs have agreed to participate. We will need team leaders to organize walkers as well as workers to help during the day. A skit will be performed about the TrumpAIDS Walk at the January 6, 2010 meeting starring Bill and Bryan Blenkin.
• JACKIE announced that the ‘Oh! My Gosh! Auction’ will be held on January 13, 2010 and that proceeds will go to support the cervical cancer initiative at the Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe.
• BOB VERNON reported that nine members worked last Saturday at the Habitat for Humanity building site. There was no rain and there were no serious injuries.
• Next week’s meeting will be held in our usual location and take the form of a Club Assembly.
• STEPHEN BIANCO expressed his disappointment that there was such a low turnout for the Remembrance Day meeting and for our guest from the Department of National Defence. He hoped attendance would improve for our high profile guest speakers.
• HAPPY BUCKS: STEPHEN BIANCO for his recent amazing trip to Israel and to Petra in Jordan; BILL ISBERG for hoping that a date will be set soon for his open heart surgery planned for some time in January 2010.

Speaker of the week

STEPHEN BIANCO introduced STEPHEN STEELE who gave his classification talk. Stephen is a native Torontonian who was raised in Willowdale, attended Earl Haig S.S., and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce and an M.B.A. Stephen has retired from a 35-year career with the Ford Motor Company in Canada and now runs his own financial management consulting firm. Stephen spent most of his career at Ford in the financial department but has had extensive experience with many facets of the company’s operation including sales, planning, lobbying the Federal Government, leading delegations to Asia, negotiating opposite Buzz Hargrove, and playing a major role in the acquisition by Ford of Land Rover and Mazda. He learned to focus on people and their needs at the workplace to motivate and foster team spirit. In his private life, Stephen has been actively involved in fundraising for key charities such as the Humane Society, the Canadian Kidney Foundation, the Toronto Zoo, and the North York Hospital. He is still actively engaged with mentoring and coaching overseas students at the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto. Stephen is married with two children and is particularly proud to become a Rotarian since his own father lived with the effects of polio all his life

JACKIE SCROGGIE thanked the speaker.

50/50 Draw: MIC JORY had the winning ticket. He didn’t draw the Ace of Spades and won a bottle of red wine instead of the 50/50.

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Tuesday, Dec. 29

2010
Monday, January 4 @ 4 pm
Tuesday, March 2 @ 4 pm
Sunday, January 10 @ 10 am
Sunday, March 21 @ 10 am
Sunday, February 21 @ 10 am

The Four Way Test
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Editor: Robert Goodinga

Invocation: Walter Psotka provided some reflections for our consideration.

Sgt-at-Arms: Bob Vernon

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Visiting Rotarians: 1,Our piano-playing Doug Clarke

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