Prez Jim opened the meeting.

Mike read the 4-way test and Noah did the invocation.

 

 Only 18 members here today.  Why so few?  Guests were Wally Wood, Ken Bell (our speaker), and David and Lindsey (aspiring members).

No Health and Good Cheer, meaning all is good this week.

Today's membership minute was from Heidi.  She has been a member for 3 years, club secretary for the past 2 years.  Heidi grew up in Paris, ON, and is the baby of an Austrian family. Among her passions are yoga, giving back to her community, and prisoner rehabilitation.  On the last point, she counsels (as a volunteer) weekly at P4W in Kitchener and now at Attica in New York state!

Paul told a joke about a faithful groom.  Definitely adult-rated, but judging by the groan-meter maybe a 5 on the funny scale.

Tom E spoke at great length, telling us more than we wanted to know about our curling Bonspiel on March 1.  Sign up your team with Megan using the form linked here.  Contact Matt if you can provide prizes. matt.morris@rbc.com

Dr. Tom introduced our speaker today, Ken Bell, who is the former Director of Education at the Waterloo Regional District School Board.

Ken and his wife Elizabeth have spend a good deal of time in Nunavut, and he gave a very interesting talk on the culture, living conditions, education, and the effects of climate change in Canada's north.  One thing that stuck with me is a legal case pushing for action on climate change, to protect the Inuit "Right to be Cold".  A different world.