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Bulletin Editor
Matt Morris
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Upcoming Meetings
Mar 23, 2023
Badar Shamim
Chair, District 7080 Polio Plus Committee
Mar 30, 2023
Noon Meeting Cancelled
Crystal Drops Gala on March 31st
Mar 31, 2023
Crystal Drops Gala Fundraiser
Tapestry Hall
Apr 06, 2023
TK Pritchard
Executive Director - SHORE Centre
Apr 13, 2023
Chris Prosser
Executive Director, The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region
Apr 20, 2023
Sukhi Gill
New Member "Who Am I" talk
Apr 27, 2023
Scott Higgins & Helen Jowett
Youth Creativity Fund
May 04, 2023
Noon Meeting Cancelled
International Service "Small" Fundraiser/Social that Evening
May 11, 2023
Robyn Schwarz
Porchlight Counselling & Addiction Services
May 18, 2023
Club Assembly
Review Changes to our Dues Structure
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Stories
Opening and Sgt @ Arms Report
Prez Todd opened the meeting. Keith did the Four Way test  and Vanessa did the Invocation.
Rotary world wide and Canada were toasted.
Vince said we had 20 Rotarians present. There were 2 Zoomers and Jeff Hunter was a guest of the club. Honorary Member Harry Edgar was also present.
Our speaker Badar Shamim and his fellow club member Vijay Kotumarti were late due to transportation issues.
 
No Anniversaries or other calendar events today.
Danny did the 50/50 draw.  Paul McMenemy was a double loser.
50/50 Draw
Due to a rush of enthusiasm on my part, the results of the 50/50  draw are recorded in the preceding section.
Announcements
As per Todd's cutout sheet:
Friday March 31st.  The Gala!!! Ivana said the tickets sales are now done at 185 tickets sold. She will be sending an email to volunteers. Should we wear name tags, or wear each others tags to confuse the guests? Its optional.  Would that be some kind of Innuendo? Ha Ha. It will be a lot of fun anyway and don't forget there is no regular meeting next Thursday.
           Also Todd and Paul have money to go wine shopping for the Gala. Does this include plane tickets to France?
Saturday April 15- Fish Fry in Woodstock. $55. live music and DJ.
Friday April 28. Sunrise Trivia. Todd will be in Halifax.
Saturday, April 29th.  4 club environmental clean up lead by Cambridge North.
Thursday, May 4th- Taco and Tequilla at Cafe 13. Noon mtg cancelled.
Tuesday, May 9th- Charter Night for Rotary Club of Cambridge Sunset. Probably $55. pp at GCC.
Monday May 29th. Veteran's Golf.
Wednesday May 31evening, Food4Kids packing. ( similar to 'Nutrition for Learning' which we have sponsored)
Thurday, June 22nd, evening. Year End Celebration/ Presidents Ball at the Cambridge Mill. Larry B. will provide music via an Air Band of his creation.
Club Job Openings
I think we are still looking for another bulletin editor who has a sense of humour - or think they do and would like to have the ability to be creative - if you are  hearing impaired.  Ditto to that.
Good news
Larry is going to Mexico for a conference but will  be back for the Gala.
Rena. A young mom with physical challenges has asked for our assistance in paying for orthotics. This has been done.
Ivana wanted to say she is thrilled that 185 tickets have been sold.
Pam said that Danny is going to India for 3 weeks. So she will bet a break from his cooking. Maybe she will indulge in Uber Eats.
Today's Program
Badar Shamim from the Brampton Rotary Club is our guest speaker today. He was driven here by Vijay Kotamarti who is treasurer of their club and has a reliable car.
Badar is the D7080 Polio Chair.
He has been a member of Brampton Rotary since 2005. He came to Canada as a teenager from Pakistan. He went to Brock University and has been in the Portfolio Management business for 23 years . He has  been married to Saima since 2011. They enjoy golf and travel.
 
Polio was eradicated from North America in 1978. An enterprising District Governor in the Philipines thought it would be a good thing to do world-wide and got Rotary International involved.
In 2018 Badar joined Past Polio Chair Hajira Wilson to participate in National Polio Immunization Day in Pakistan.
Things are improving. In 2022 there were only 30 cases of wild polio worldwide, 20 were in Pakistan, partly due to the resistance of Taliban in Afganistan.  There was one case in the US, partly due to immunization resistance. Women make better Polio immunization ambassadors than men.
 
You can join the battle by becoming a Polio Plus Society Member and donate $100 US /year. Go to the D7080 website and join Polio Plus. Bill Gates will match you $ for $.
Harry Edgar had some relevant history. In 1985 we were part of D709 which extended in to NY state.  Ted Turner, the DG visited every club to push the polio eradication effort. And he didn't drive so others had to drive him.
Badar was thanked and we promised to sponsor 10 Polio shots in his honour.
Todd: 10 +10= 20, 11+11= 22 or twenty too. The accountants in the group are still perplexed.
 
See y'all in May.