Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

Welcome: President Paul Snack welcomed:

Bob Lytle, Guest Speaker

President’s Updates:

Club Social – Wednesday, Nov 8th Vineland Estates – 6 p.m.

• No meeting for Nov 8^th – please let Paul S know if you are attending $12 pp

Christmas Dinner – Thursday,December 7^th

• Lookout

• Salmon $50; Chicken $45, Vegetarian $40

• Cocktails at 6 p.m.; Dinner at 7 p.m.

• Deadline is November 23rd

Fireside Chat – November 18^th

• Andrew Larmand will provide more info – this is a great opportunity for new or newer members to learn more about Rotary

Town of Pelham Volunteer Awards – Oct 30th

• Congratulations to Lance and Frank for their Peer Award recognition – Lance for his work on the Canada Day Committee and Frank for his work with Rotary

• Congratulations to all of us for the Community Corporate Recognition Award

• Additionally Lannie Seddon, last year’s Interact President was recognized with a Peer Award for her work on the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council

TV Auction

• Thanks to Annie and Hugh for all of their work on the TV Auction

Rotaract of Niagara

• St. Catharines Club will co sponsor the Rotaract with us – Frank announced that 6 members attended the District Conference – we hope to hear more from them shortly.

New Member Induction – November 15^th

• We look forward to welcoming Troy Killick as a member

Guest Speaker – Bob Lyttle – rel8ed.to

• Bob is a local entrepreneur who came to Canada for a “few years” of work from the U.S.

• Having completed his tenure he was staying to allow his kids to finish the school year

• In the meantime he linked with Innovate Niagara and has now ended up creating his own business here in Niagara and has stayed

• Bob praised the options available in this region to support entrepreneurs such as himself

• Now – his company has strong connections with Goodman School of Busines and supports graduates in staying and working in Niagara

• Rel8ed.to scans public data for companies, performs analysis of the data and provides companies with competitive advantage opportunities

• They have a massive data base which they convert to valuable information for oarganizations

• Allows organizations to retain, expand, and fill gaps in their portfolios, react to changes in markets

• Bob was complimentary to our organization and our community

• He proudly supports coop students from Brock and DSBN to support the development of local talent

Happy Loonies:
Congratulations to this year’s Interact President Julia Labricciosa who in the Youth Citizen of the Year.