• Happy 28 Years Anniversary of Rotary Club of Old Montreal 
  on September 18th, 2020!

 

 

 

 

President Susan announced that from Sept. 11^th, 2020, the Weekly Club Meeting will be held at Westins Hotel. This decision was made by the Board members according to the majority members’ response to the letter sent by President Susan requesting the opinion of going back to the meeting in person or on Zoom. Out of 31 emails sent to the members, the Club received 15 responses. Among the 15 responses, only 3 members opposed to meet I person and12 members agreed to go back to the hotel for the weekly meeting starting September 11^th, 2020. President Susan, Vice President Santoso and DGN Michel went to the Westins Hotel for a trial lunch to check their arrangement for the seating in the meeting room and the security measures of the hotel.

 

IPP Linda reported the financial statement of 2018-2019 prepared by PP Peter. She also updated the accounts balance of our Club.

 

DGN Michel reported that our old member Mr. Andre Trepanier agreed to become an active member at our Club starting from Oct.1^st, 2020

 

--PP Amina reported that our Club decided to support Guatemala Literacy Project sponsored by Rotary Club Windsor-Roselandfor donating $1000 USD.

--The Club also decided to donate $2000 Can for Beirut Tragedy leaded by District 7040.

--PP Amina also announced that our Club will lead the Water & Sanitation Project in Nigeria to apply the Global Grant. Our Club will contribute $5000 Can for this project and will request other Rotary Clubs’ involvement to support this project.

 

PP Mark proposed to organize the Third Gold Tournament in Oct, 2020 for the small fundraising. The date is to be determined.

 

 

 

 

 

On September 11^th, we had our Weekly Club Meeting at Le Westin after almost 6 months’ meeting on Zoom. DNG Michel has done a lot of coordinating with the hotel for the menus and the arrangement. All the fellow members attended the lunch meeting was so happy to see each other again and enjoy the fellowship in person. In the same time, Fellow members James, Marie-Laure, Liliane etc joined the meeting in Zoom. We had our old friend Maha joining us on Zoom too.  We had a visitor Mr. Rizwan Hasan, Rotarian from RC Sherbrooke D-7850 living in Montreal for three years.PP Peter was invited to say the Grace. He expressed his happiness to be back to the lunch meeting and felt grateful that all the members were healthy and safe. He mentioned that the most important thing is to be positive during this pandemic time. Fellow member Mark Balcar shared his experience in hospital and he felt grateful that he was 90% recovered. He was so happy to be back to the Club healthily. PP Samuel shared his experience in the past six month. He mentioned that besides hard working as usual he spent a lot of time with his family which improved the family harmony and love. Founding President Santoso also shared his thoughts as to how to face the challenging time and be positive and happy. At the end of the meeting, President Susan thanked every members attended the meeting in person or on Zoom. A group picture with masks was taken. A memorable meeting ended after singing Oh, Canada.

 

 

   3. September 18^th, 2020-Speaker: Founding President Santoso-28^th Journey with Rotary Club of Old Montreal
 

 

 

 

 

 

September 18^th is the 28^th Anniversary of Rotary Club of Old Montreal! Happy Birthday to our Club. Founding President Santoso Hanitijo made a wonderful speech on "28 Years Journey with Rotary Club of Old Montreal. Founding member Raymond St-Pierre and Samuel Lai also presented at the meeting. Santoso expressed his heartful thanks to the support of Rotary Club of Montreal Westward who sponsored Rotary Club of Old Montreal. At that time, Founding President Santoso was the only Chinese origin and the weekly club meeting was held in Holiday Inn China Town. For the past 28 years, Rotary Club of Old Montreal has served the local communities and helped the people in need in the world. The mortal of Rotary is inclusion, equity as well as diversity. We welcome all the cultures and all nationalities. We promote peace and mutual understanding. We are happy to have members with different nationalities. Founding President Santoso have been a Rotarian for 35 years and he has been serving Rotary Club of Old Montreal for 28 years. He said that it has been always a honor to serve the club. It is in giving that you receive. Today we are meeting at Le Westin where the Founding Member Raymond St-Pierre is the General Manager. Founding member Samuel Lai expressed his heart felt thanks to the fellow members who helped him building up the business so that he is able to contribute more  to the Club to help more people in need. DGN Michel Wong Kee Song, the first visitor of the Club also shared his first visit to the Club when he visited Montreal from Mauritius. When he moved permanently to Canada he then joined the Club as he found our Club is the most interesting, lively and multi-cultural one. Since then, he has been with the Club until today. Past President Peter Wong, fellow member Malcolm, Mark Balcar, Suzie Lim also shared their happiness with the Rotary family and the challenge ahead. President Susan Xianshu Huang lastly expressed her thanks to the Founding President Santoso and the founding members who founded our Club. She thanked all the members of the Club who served the local communities and people in need. We will continue the journey facing the challenge ahead to grow our club and make our club stronger. IPP Linda Beloin, PP Marie-Laure Liao from Vancouver, Rachel Tonye. James Zdralek from Germany, Komlan Messie from Nigeria also joined our meeting from Zoom. Mr. Barry Rouland from Passport Club, Madame Maha Maalouf Kassouf from Zahlé-Békaa, Lebanon also joined our meeting.

 

 

 

 

Founding President Santoso Hanitijo was awarded Paul Harris Gold Pin for his contribution