Meeting:  chair, Duane; music, Jerome; grace, Bill; attendance, 22

 

Fireside:  Darrel Ripley advised the fireside and theme dinner will be held April 12 @ Matahari Thai Restaurant on 124 Street.  Fireside and dinner will run from 4:00 p m to about 7

 

Gift Cards:  buy your Safeway, SaveOn and Sobeys cards from Rob Dunseith

 

Belize Fundraiser:  Centennial Interact Club is holding a dinner and silent auction on April 25 @ the Ramada, tickets $50, contact Erin Wallace 780-298-3975 or Jarrod Chapman 780-218-6680 for tickets

 

E4C Spring Cleanup:  Ben advised that Duart has arranged for our club to participate on May 4, followed by a BBQ.  Sign up sheet was circulated

 

Clean Scene:  Mike announced that Clean Scene needs volunteers to work the casino on April 25-26.  Call Mike to register 780-488-0036.  There is also a fundraiser on May 17 @ Santa Maria Goretti Centre which features quality entertainment and high quality silent auction items.  Again, call Mike

 

Rotary District 5370 Production: Jerome announced that District Governor Betty Screpnek invites all Rotarians and their guests to Celebrate the Dynamics of Rotary Women Leaders​ at an event called "She's All That - Igniting Rotary". The event will be held on Thursday, May 8th at the Edmonton Petroleum Club and will run from  5-7:30 pm.  The Guest speaker will be Anne Matthews, the First Woman Vice President of Rotary International​.

 

50/50 Draw:  Bill and Art did not match cards and therefore did not share the 50/50 pot that was worth $254 this week.

 

Finemaster:  Jim Johnston fined members based on not wearing their Rotary pins as well as testing on which countries in the world still are not polio free.

 

International: Fred Kraft, Brian Thompson and David Gibbens are heading out later this week to Belize to assist in rehabilitating a school library building.

Darryl White introduced Rob Dunseith for his classification talk.

Rob introduced himself as a partner in Duncan Craig LLP.  Duncan Craig was founded in 1894 by Darcy Duncan and Bill Craig and currently has 45 practising lawyers in Edmonton and Drayton Valley.

Rob is married to Elizabeth Johnson who is a judge in the Criminal division of the Provincial Court.

He has 3 three children, ages 24, 26 and 28.

Rob has been a lawyer for 33 years (called to the bar in 1981) and he has worked in business, commercial, taxation, acquisitions, divestitures and succession planning law. 

He is currently on the management committee for Duncan Craig LLP.  The firm has been growing consistently over the past 5 years.

Outside of work, Rob's activities are Rotary (of course), being a board member for the Catalyst Theatre Corp. as well as the Players de Nova which puts on a play once per year with half of the funds raised going to the Victoria School of Arts.

Past involvement includes volunteering for various positions with the ESO, the Whitemud Equine Centre, and the Progressive Conservative Association.

Rob is also very much involved with physical fitness in that he has run in 18 marathons since 1992 as well as 2 Iron Man competitions.  He also like hiking and climbing in the mountains.  He is now very interested in doing more international travel.

 

Rob was thanked by Brent

 

The meeting was adjourned by President Duane.