Meeting:  Chair, Ingrid; music, Jerome; grace, Bert; attendance 27 including Emily Lizotte, second daughter of Joe; honourary member Al Hamilton; guest speaker Jeff Polovick, Rotary Club of Edmonton Sunrise

 

Al Hamilton & Friends Golf Tournament:  John expressed thanks to volunteers, and Rotary members who golfed, for producing a very successful tournament and fund raiser

 

 

Fun Golf:  August 11 at Victoria Golf Course, first tee time at 1:06 pm; BBQ dinner at 6:30;  phone Brian if you wish to golf or just attend BBQ; attendance for the week is given by attending this function; no meeting at Edmonton Petroleum Club.  Please call Brian if you have something to donate for golf and draw prizes.  $100 for golf (with cart) and steak BBQ or $25 for BBQ dinner only.  Cheques to Rotary Club of Edmonton West preferred.  We will use a "best ball" format, so you don't need to worry about being a "good" golfer.  This is definitely a "Fun" tournament.

 

Belize:  Duane spent the last week with the teaching team that went down to Belize for the summer program; the education of teachers and slow learning students is another success; the rest of the team is staying for the second week of the program; Belize Rotary thanks our club for the work on the Al Hamilton Golf Tournament as some of the proceeds benefit the Belize projects.

 

E4C:  Duart announced another hands on project to assist the inner city;  one inner city school has been bringing school lunches for the students from Royal Alexandra Hospital; they wish to prepare fresh lunches at their own facility and need to prepare an area with a fridge and stainless steel counter; project to occur morning of August 7;  call Duart if you can help

 

Tommy Banks & E J Parry @ Edmonton Symphony:  the plan is to reserve enough tickets for those Rotary members & guests that want to attend; contact Jerome to reserve the tickets that you need

 

Grandview Extended Care Centre Concert:  please attend if you can on Wednesday, August 6 between 2 & 3 pm

 

 

 

 

Finemaster:  Dan Graham used questions on the Commonwealth Games to raise funds; this is because of the interest in Edmonton hosting the 2022 games.  Some of the questions included when was the first games held and where ( 1930 in Hamilton ON as the British Empire Games); how many games has Canada hosted so far (4)

 

50/50:  for $100; Doug MacDougall & John did not match cards

 

Guest Speaker:  John introduced Jeff Polovick who started Driving Force in 1978 and was honoured, in 2013, as Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.  Jeff and the Driving Force are the main sponsor of the Al Hamilton & Friends Golf Tournament.  5 years ago Jeff joined the board of directors of Fort Edmonton Management Co..  He found that Rotary had been a large component of the group that initially started Fort Edmonton Park and he started a renewal project for Rotary in Fort Edmonton Park which includes the construction of the Windsor Block between the Capital Theatre and the Selkirk Hotel.  This would give the Selkirk Hotel a large addition to its convention space.  Jeff showed a video on the start of Fort Edmonton.  He then reiterated the call to all Edmonton based Rotary clubs to join  funding the project.  The Rotary District 5370 office would become a permanent tenant of the Selkirk Hotel development.

 

Zen, Doug MacDougall and Jeff Polovick were some of the speakers in the video.  Jeff advised that $390,000 has been pledged by Rotary of which $321,000 has been collected.  The Doctor Oz fund raiser brought in $160,000.  The project needs $3 million from Rotary.

 

The rejuvination of Fort Edmonton includes the Aboriginal Project @ $45 million; $20 million for  a midway; $12 million for the Windsor project.  The City of Edmonton will provide an official pledge, this fall, of $50 million.  Economic Development Edmonton is behind the total rebuilding scheme.

 

Jeff was thanked by Ed who advised that the convention facility will attract national based meetings.

 

John then thanked Al Hamilton for being the face of our golf tournament and being connected to the right people to bring in the fund raising dollars needed.