rcm general meeting may 15, 2013
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Rotaract Mississauga
General MeetingMay 15, 2013
Agenda
Member of the Week (1 min)
Happy Quarters (5 min)
Singfest Update (3 min)
Festival of Lights (3 min)
Club Business & Committee Updates (15 min)
Activity (15 min)
Member of the Week
Lorraine Menezes
Organizing Adopt-a-Road
Good job!
Happy Quarters! “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s
about learning how to dance in the rain!”
- Vivian Greene
• Audition on Youtube before May 25th
• www.singfest.ca
Next Meeting:
Thursday May 16th - 7pm
@ the Clubhouse
Call for Auditions!!!
We need 14 to 24 year olds who want to sing!!
Have any brothers or sisters
in high school?
In-laws who are teachers??
Rotary Rotaract
Festival of Lights
Festival of Lights
For 9 years, Rotary has lit up downtown Mississauga during the holidays
Companies sponsor a tree and Rotary lights it up and hangs a
plaque for approx. 8 weeks
There are 13 indoor trees and a handful of outdoor trees to be placed around the Living Arts Centre
They have raised up to $10,000 for their club!
Festival of Lights - Timeline
Sponsorship: get corporate sponsors, many that
will come on again from previous years
Set up: light all the trees in late November – need
a team of 20-30
Reception: for the sponsors around the holidays in
December
Take down: in mid-January
Festival of Lights - Next Steps
Put together a team
Plan what we want to offer
Put together the sponsorship package
Outreach to companies
Interested in getting involved?
Talk to Himali
What: A gala to celebrate
an awesome year!
Where: Maple Banquet Hall
When: Friday, June 14,
6 pm - 12 am
How much: $40
Send us your prom photos!
Purchase tickets at:
rotaractmississaugaprom.ev
entbrite.ca
or at the next general
meeting
Club Business &
Committee Updates
Induction Ceremony!
May 29, 2013
We’ll contact you if you’re eligible
International
Service
International Meeting
Pot-Luck!
Save the date: Wednesday, June 12th @ 7:30pm
(during regular general meeting)
Join us for games, music and good food while
we recap our club’s international impact over the last year!
Pot luck sign-up sheet
coming around
Local Service
JOIN OUR TEAM!
RECRUITING MEMBERS for 12-hour overnight relay!!
When: JUNE 21
TEAM GOAL: $1200
Each person: $100
Contact: Wendy
Local Service
LOCAL IN A NUTSHELL…
Relay for Life – June 21
Questions? Come see Wendy or email me at: [email protected]
Social
IT’S SOCIAL TIME!!!
TRIP TO NIAGARA!!!!
IT’S GOING DOWN!!
THE DEETS:
That’s right baby – we got the HOOK UP!!
FREE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS!!!
Saturday, May 25th
Departing tentatively at 12:30pm
ITINERARY & COST
Arrive in Niagara and go to:
Maid of the mist - ($20) OR a Wine Tour ($20);
Casino and Buffet ($20 and up); then
A Club (optional) - $20; then
The Hotel Party!
Gas is $10 each - we can all carpool
TOTAL = Approximately $80
Well worth an OVERNIGHT TRIP
SIGN UP TODAY
ONLY 12 SPOTS AVAILABLE!! Contact Jackie by Sunday, May 19
for more information
Professional
Development
Professional
Development
Retreat2013
YLCC Youth Leadership Camps Canada –
Orillia
10am – 8pm – Full day of FUN!
Included lunch AND dinner!
Various challenging outdoor team
building activities
A great indoor reflective and intellectual
workshop!
Learning Activities
Lava! Spider Web!
PD Retreat 2013
Memorial Park for Camper Lake Simcoe - NBD
Learning Activities
Towers of Hanoi! AKA – Patience is a Virtue!
Great Day of Learning and
Memories
Reasons to Be Jacked for
Next Year!
Many workshops and events to look forward to this year
We’ve built a relationship with YLCC and can
tailor their programs to our needs- throughout the
year
FUN!!
Sweet Sixteen Activity – A lot of self-learning, and
discovering new things about each other
Exercise and enjoy the outdoors!
RYLA 2013Ecology Retreat Centre – Rotary Youth
Leadership Awards
Intensive Week of Pure
Awesomeness.
What is it?
Week long conference and retreat for progressive, high potential youth: 18-24 yrs
District 7080 – sponsored by a Rotary Club
Live with 35 other young professionals
Learn and develop new skills, and make connections
Great Outdoors
GREAT food
GREAT FUN/MEMORIES
What Did You Do?
Workshops, Speakers, Presentations
Everyday was jam packed with guest speakers and activities
Personality mapping, presentation skills, project management etc.
Wake up @ 6am – Sleep... HA!
Fitness every morning
Speakouts
Rotary Meeting Tuesday Night
How did you Develop
Committees
PR -Welcomes
Marketing - PPT
Yearbook - Memories
Fitness – EVERY morning
Social – Awesome scavenger hunt & campfire
Leisure – AWESOME activities
Super fun, we will all do!
RYLA Wrap Up
Great to meet other Rotaractors from other regions
Successful young people
Made great contacts for our club – and PD!
So rewarding in so many ways.
Learn about myself and others.
Fun time in a safe environment
DO IT!
The rest of the year….
Event Date
Singfest audition deadline May 25 – see Jodie
International themed
general meeting
June 12
Year end gala – Prom 2.0 June 14
Singfest semi-finals June 15
Relay for Life June 21 – see Wendy
Ribfest July 18 to 21
Singfest 2013 July 20
Next meetingWednesday, May 29th, 2013
@ 7:30 p.m.
Rotaract Mississauga Clubhouse
780 Burnhamthorpe Rd West
Guess the Movie
Rotaract
Milestone
Unscramble names
Guess the picture
Riddle Fiddle
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QUESTION:
•This is the name of a very, very successful Rotaract fundraising event that happened in February at the Failte pub.
ANSWER:
•Catch a Match! Not Your Average Dating Event
QUESTION:
•In 1988, Rotary clubs take on a project that helped more
than six million children in the Philippines.
ANSWER:
•End Polio Campaign
QUESTION:
•This event helped us raise over $400 alone, and $1200 with matched funding!
ANSWER:
•Pennies for Polio
QUESTION:
•These 3 Rotaracters have been part of the executive team for two consecutive years
ANSWER:
• Jodie Merrill, Christian Ocampo, Larah Opena
QUESTION:
•These are the only three polio-epidemic countries left.
ANSWER:
•Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan
QUESTION:
•DARK GAMERANSWER:
• Mark Garde
QUESTION:
•TILTED AREAANSWER:
•Reela Ditta
QUESTION:
•Just Loan LostANSWER:
•Jason Loustel
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•REALIZE MEN SNOREANSWER:
•Lorraine Menezes
QUESTION:
•DRASTIC MUSKY HORN ZIT
ANSWER:
•Christina Dmytruszko
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•It has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs.
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•Clock
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•By adding two letters to this five letter word, the word will be shorter.
ANSWER:
•Short
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•This letter of the alphabet has the most water.
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•C
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•This belongs to you, but others use it more often than you do.
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•Your name
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•It holds water yet it’s full of holes.
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•A Sponge
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•Devil wears Prada
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•Terminator
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•Silence of the Lambs
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•Inception
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•Da Vinci’s Code