Our 10th meeting for the year 2019-20 was held at the Normandie Hotel on Tuesday 8th October at 12.30pm. Our guest speaker, DG Stephen Ramroop, shared on the ways in which we can be our brother's keeper during times of crisis and the practices that can be put in place for proper preparation for natural disasters.
Meeting began at 12.30pm
Head Table: President Marcia , Pres-Elect/Sec Giselle and Sergeant Joseph
Apologies: Rtn. Adanna, Rtn. Yvonne and Chair Mary
There following guests were present: Ms. Paula Baldwin, Ms. Samantha Chase and visiting Rotarian from POS West: Secretary Mark De Freitas
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Chair Janine de Silva celebrated her birthday today - October 8th and Chair Donna Murray's birthday is on October 14th
There were no Wedding Anniversaries
Member’s 5 minutes
- Sous sous reminder in aid of Polio Plus with a contribution of TT $100 per month – PP Marie
- A replacement is needed for the Servol cooking classes as IPP Jennifer is not well
- The books have been delivered to La Sieva for the Library renovation project - PP Joan
- Elections will be held on Tuesday 5th November and nomination forms were distributed. All were reminded that if you cannot vote, it can be done via proxy and sent to the returning officer - Sergeant Pat
- A new Interact Club is being formed under the guidance of Rtn Kelly, PP Joan and PP Anna at the International School of POS - President Marcia
- A raffle was drawn for the RC Central POS's movie premiere this evening and this was won by Rtn Vera.
The Sergeant then invited Rtn Nicole who introduced PDG Stephen Ramroop as our guest speaker (See notes from PDG Stephen's chat in the downloadable files on the website)
Our President announced upcoming meetings as follows:
Rotary Calendar – October - Economic and Community Development | ||
| October 8th | RC Central POS - Movie Premiere "Gemini Man" - $150 at 7pm | Movie Towne, POS |
October 15th | My Life Talk - Rtn Vera Dookiesingh | Luncheon Meeting |
October 22nd | Service Projects Update - Chair Mary Charles | Luncheon Meeting |
October 24th | World Polio Day Event with the RC Chaguanas, 6.30pm, $100 | Chaguanas Borough Corporation |
Sergeant collected $260.00
Meeting ended at 1.35pm with a toast to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Rotary the World Over and Peace in the World