Presiding – Melissa Pike

Location – Quality Inn

Greeter - Bruce C took on Greeter (thank you Bruce)

Attendance - Phil

Invocation  - Frances S.

Sergeant at Arms - Frances S

Minutes - Phil

50/50

The bin with our materials, including the deck of cards, was unavailable this meeting.

Announcements

Rose  is asking if anyone has unused calendars for 2016 available if they would bring them in so that they can be provided to prisoners who do not have access to them.

Dragon Boats:  Dave H reported that the races this year raised over $29,000!

Youth Exchange: Frances read (a small part) of an email from Maria. Maria is missing Canada and is still planning a visit in a few years but currently she is hard at work on exams after presenting to both  Rotary and her school about her experiences during her exchange her in Woodstock and Canada.

Francis is still looking for outbound students for the coming year exchange period.

AGM Meetings: Both the club’s Annual General Meeting and the Foundation AGM will be held on Monday, Nov. 30th at our regular meeting time.

Membership Summit Meeting: Rotary will be holding a Membership Summit Meeting in Cambridge on Sat. Nov. 26th from 8:30 am - 3 pm. and District 7080 President Meeting on Nov 19th from 5:30 pm to 8:30pm in Milton.

President Ted is hoping that some members will be able to attend. Interested members please speak with Ted for more details.

62ND Annual Rotary CAN-AM Curling Bonspiel: Hosted by ROTARY CLUB OF BARRIE will be held at the Guelph Curling Club on January 21-23, 2016. Visit  www.barrierotary.com/ for more information.

Birthday & Anniversary

Paul C’s birthday - Nov 7th

Don F’s wife Michelle is celebrating a birthday

Lynn  B - 5th Rotary anniversary

Sergeant at Arms - Frances S.

Happy Bucks

Chris C. - South Gate Centre nominated for the Community Involvement Award in the Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce Business Awards of Excellence.

Lynn B - For being one of the judges (along with Robin) at this year’s Soupstock on Nov 4trh  hosted by DASO.

Don F - Shared his son’s successful performance in  London.

Bruce C - Motors from the Boat House are stored for the winter at James' business. Thanked Hazel, Ted, Don S. for attending a booth at the Farmer’s Market to raise awareness of Polio Plus and suggested that a great Christmas gift was to donate to Polio Plus in someone’s name. $50 will get you a certificate to present as part of the gift.

Fines

Frances did a little trivia ranging from Fuka’s Japanese food samples she provided us to Prime Ministerial Hallowe’en Costumes.

Guest Speaker

Fuka - Youth Exchange

Fuka, dressed in traditional clothes worn at celebrations and graduations, presented a little about herself and her home.

Japan is 20 times smaller than Canada but has a population of over 127 million people (Canada has around 35.1 million people).

Tokyo, Japan’s capital, is home to the world's tallest building, the Sky Tree, at 634 meters (the CN Tower is 553 meters).

Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant.

The Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. It operates at speeds up to 320 km/hour!

Fuka is form Morioka, has a population of 298,000 and is is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture. It is located near the northern end of Japan and about 540 km from Tokyo. It is known for the Morioka Sansa Odori (Dance) Festival.

Fuka attends an all girl school in Morioka. Compared to CAS, Fuka says (with a smile) each has it’s benefits.

Fuck enjoys cooking, painting and eating (with her best friends) as past-times.