Marg Moody, Committee Chair’s remarks to the Club - May 5, 2014

IT WAS AT MY REQUEST TO PRESIDENT CATHY THAT I ADVISE YOU OF THE FOLLOWING. DUE THE DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS, THE TRAVELOGUE HAS BEEN DISBANDED, AFTER 34 YEARS. OVER THESE YEARS, THE COMMUNITY HAS ENJOYED TWO HOURS OF FIRST-CLASS, LIVE NARRATED FILMS. SINCERE THANKS TO ALL ROTARIANS WHO SUPPORTED THE TRAVELOGUE BY DONATING TICKETS TO BE USED BY THE NURSING AND RETIREMENT HOMES AND APARTMENTS. THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE GENEROSITY WAS ALWAYS IN THE FOREFRONT.

 

ImageLAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY STALWART COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHOS SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. NORA ELLIOTT COUTTS, SANDI HAGUE, JIM McALLISTER, AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE - DON COUTTS WHO HELPED ASSIST WITH THE RESIDENTS OF NIPISSING MANOR AND LEISUREWORLD, AND THE MOTHERHOUSE SISTERS OFF AND ON OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

HELENA  BROWN,  WHEN  SHE  WAS  A  ROTARIAN  WAS  A  COMMITTEE  MEMBER,  AND WORKING FOR THE CC, WAS A GREAT HELP IN MAKING SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED FOR EACH PERFORMANCE.  HELENA STILL DID THIS UP UNTIL THE LAST ONE IN MARCH.  THE FOLKS AT MOYER PRINTING DID A GREAT JOB OF PRINTING THE TICKETS AND PROGRAMS AND GENEROUSLY DONATING THE PRINTING OF THE POSTERS AND THE INDIVIDUAL SHOW PROGRAMS.

THANKS TO ALL ROTARIANS WHO PURCHASED TICKETS FOR THEMSELVES AND ATTENDED EACH SHOW.

I HAVE TO ADMIT IT WAS A VERY SAD MOMENT FOR ME TO SEND A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, AFTER DISCUSSION (AND AGREEMENT) WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SUGGESTING THIS PROGRAM BE CANCELLED. I HAVE BEEN WORKING IT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WHEN WE USE A HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM WITH REEL-TO-REEL FILMS, AND ROTARIANS MANNING THE PROJECTOR (John Cullis) UP TO THE STATE-OF-THE ART EQUIPMENT AT THE CAPITOL CENTRE AND THE PRESENTERS. AS THESE WERE MAINLY AMERICANS, THEY WERE ALL VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CAPITOL CENTRE AND IT WAS BEYOND THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

THE FAMILY OF ROTARY/SEASONED YEARS WILL STILL CONTINUE AND THE CLUB WILL BE SUPPORTING THE USUAL FALL COLOUR TRIPS AND THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TRIPS FOR THE NURSING/RETIREMENT HOMES.

THANK YOU.