- Weekly Club Meetings on Zoom
- June 4th, 2021 on Zoom
On June 4th Club meeting on Zoom, we updated the Club Matters after the Board Meeting
on May 6th, 2021.
1) Finance update
-Accounts balance：
Treasurer Linda updated that by 31st of May, 2021, our accounts balances were as follows:
1) Current: $26,882.57
2) Welfare: $ 3240.78;
3) Tangerine: $84,442.00
-A notice has been received from our bank that Tangerine account was to be closed. The balance will be switched to our Welfare account.
-PP Peter and PP Santoso proposed that we should put our money in a fix and cashable deposit in the bank.
- Membership Committee update:
DGN Michel announced that Mr. Yvon Gelinas has been officially on our membership list as honorable advisor.
- Fundraising Committee update
PP Mark mentioned that he would no longer be the Fundraising Chair for next year due to the nature of his job. He was very thankful for the team work of the Fundraising Committee that achieved the goal of the fundraising and would continue support PE Ilario for his coming year. He already started to check the availability of his Golf Club for our next Golf Tournament and would fully cooperate with PE Ilario for his fundraising activities.
- Local Project update
School of Music of Montreal came to present at our Club on May 21st, 2021. PE Ilario will contact Liliane to find out what support they were seeking from us and report to the Board.
- International Committee update:
PP Amina reported that our international project has been completed. All the additional information has been received and would register it online before July 1st, 2021.
- Rotary Foundation update
-PP Peter updated that Rotary Foundation has been calling for donation from all the members and clubs at Rotary/donation.
-Annua Foundation Walk fundraising: raising fund for annual funds, deadline: June 12th, 2021.
DGN Michel proposed to donate $1000 Can from our Club and the board agreed. PP Peter and President Susan would like to donate $150 each to this fundraising event.
- Interact Club update
IPP Linda reported that there were no news from our Interact Club so far. Will wait for the opening of the school.
-Varia:
-DGN Michel updated that Madaleine, President of our Rotaract Club received our donation of $500 plus the $500 from PP Mark for her father. She was very grateful for the generosity of our Club and PP Mark.
- PP Santoso congratulated President Susan for her accomplishments and spoke highly about her work during the pandemic. He said that the past year was a very touch year but President Susan took the challenge and made this year a very successful one with the effort of all the board members and the fellow members. He believed that President Susan would pass the torch to PE Ilario and next year would be another successful year for our Club.
President Susan thanked all the Board Members and the Fellow Members for their fully support to her and their contribution to the Club during her Presidency. President Susan stated that she was very proud to be the President of our Club that has helped so many people and organizations in need in pandemic. She was very happy that together, we have made 2020-2021 a successful year for our Club and would pass the torch to PE Ilario and help him during his Presidency for another great year.
2. June 11th, 2021 Club Meeting on Zoom
At this meeting, we had Ms. Vivienne Zhao to speak at our meeting for the subject of Accent Reduction thanks to Fellow Member Lilian's introduction.
Founding President Santoso thanked Vivienne Zhao for her very informative speech. He said that we all have accent as we come from different countries with different culture. We are not shamed of it. However, accent can not be taken as racial discrimination.
3. June 18th, 2021 Club Meeting on Zoom
At this meeting, we had Mr. Kyle Mathews from Concordia to talk about Montreal Institute for Genocide & Human Rights.
Kyle Matthews is the Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human
Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University. He joined MIGS as Lead Researcher of the Will
to Intervene Project in 2008 and was appointed Senior Deputy Director in 2011. At Concordia
he founded the Raoul Wallenberg Legacy of Leadership project as well as the Digital Mass
Atrocity Preventing Lab, which works to counter online extremism and study how social media platforms are being used as a weapon of war.
His work focuses on human rights, international security, the Responsibility to Protect, global
threats, and social media and technology, and global cities. He works closely with the Canadian
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and has advised Members of
Parliament on issues related to international peace and security. He previously worked for
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where he was posted to the Southern
4. March 26th, 2021 Club Meeting on Zoom
At this meeting, President Susan shared the RI General Secretary report for 2020-2021.
Reimagining Rotary
It’s been a challenging year, but Rotary has proven again that we can adapt and thrive in the face of change. The lessons we learned this year will shape our organization for years to come.
— Rotary International General Secretary John Hewko
The report covers the following subjects:
- Enhancing the Rotary Experience
- The state of membership
- Diversity makes us stronger
- Learning from home
- Beyond the Club experience
- Retarians and Rotaractors connect
2. Increasing our impact
- African region certified with Polio free
- A Rotary first
The Rotary Foundation awarded its first multimillion-dollar
Programs of Scale grant to Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia, a member-led program that will use proven methods to respond to cases of malaria and prevent transmission. The annual $2 million Programs of Scale award builds on Rotary members’ efforts and expertise, expanding well-developed, evidence-based programs in our areas of focus to help more communities.
- Protecting the environment
- The growth of grants
As requests for district grant funding remained stable compared to recent years, demand for global grants continued to grow significantly: As of 1 May, The Rotary Foundation awarded 1,683 global grants, exceeding last year’s total of 1,359. To better support this growth, The Rotary Foundation Trustees recently approved policy changes, effective 1 July, that will better balance financial resources with program demands and allow more clubs to participate in grants.
80 district grants approved ($31 million in total funding)
80 global grants approved ($47 million from the World Fund, $120 million in total funding)
80 disaster response grants approved ($688,000 in total funding)
We set a goal to raise $410 million for The Rotary Foundation — an ambitious aim for any organization, particularly during a global health crisis. But donations to the Foundation remained strong this year. Donors contributed more than $920,000 for World Polio Day — the most ever raised online for this annual event. And after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2-to-1 match, more than $2.7 million was donated to PolioPlus. In December, contributions for Giving Tuesday increased 17% from last year, and we raised more than $783,000, surpassing our goal and breaking all previous Giving Tuesday records.
3. Adopting in the face of adversity
- Rotary responds
- An established infrastructures adapts for new virus
- The new normal
- A new way to fundraising
- Virtual exchanges
4. Making new connections
- Strengthening our global brand
- expanding networks outside of Rotary
- Connecting on social media
The above is the brief introduction of RI General Secretary's report for 2020-2021. Rotary has done an amazing job in this year in so many aspects. We should all be proud of to be Rotarians. We should all be proud of what Rotary has accomplished this year. If you want to read more, please go to：
General Secretary Report to 2021 Convention _ Rotary International.html
As today was the last meeting of 2020-2021, President Susan took the opportunities to thank all the fellow members' great support and help during her Presidency. She said that she was proud to be the President of the Club as pandemic didn't stop us from helping people and organizations in need. It's the team work that make this Rotary year a fruitful and successful one.
Founding President Santoso thanked President Susan for her great job done during this year. He said that this year was really very difficult year and President Susan took the challenge and led the Club going through the pandemic with the support of all the fellow members. Congratulations to President Susan! He asked President Susan to be ready to be recycled for the next term when thing return to normal.
- Birthday members in June,2021
In June, three fellow members had their birthday: PP Alexander, Fellow Member Carlo and Ottou. Let's wish them happy birthday and all the best for a healthy and safe year!
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
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