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Spring 2018 Newsletter Spring Newsletter 2018 President’s Message I think the role each Canadian plays is not so much “Look at me” but rather “Look at our country.” Dr. Roberta Bondar “Look at our country”. If you take that room rental fee. Other solutions would literally you can imagine beautiful vistas be to raise membership fees and/or of rocky shores, majestic mountains, charges for meals, to help cover the Contents sweeping prairies, forests and lakes and costs. A radical solution (to some waterfalls—snapshots waiting to be people’s thinking) would be to relocate President’s Message 1 captured—from sea to sea to sea. our meetings - all or just the luncheons. Figuratively you would see a changing There are other facilities in the city we Reports for 2018 AGM 2 landscape: some changes for the good could take advantage of: the ‘hitch’ is Programme 3 while for others the jury is still out. that the ones with free parking are on With elections looming it is time for us to the Mountain. Or maybe we should Photos 3 make decisions on what we want: what reduce the number of meetings per year (reduce the workload for the board and In Memoriam 3 we have and know, an extreme change based on the desire for change, or some the cost all at the same time). The Board Famous Hamiltonian 2018 4 happy medium. Gary Direnfeld stated would like your input before moving ahead with next year’s programming. Medical Breakthroughs 4 ‘this is not your parents’ conservative party’. I would go further to say these Please watch for a feedback sheet in your are not your parents’ politics. A little less e-mail inbox and at the April meeting. hype and ‘breaking news’ might be a Breaking News: the WCCH is now on good idea before we head to the polls Twitter! The nice, good-news, positive this year. message Twitter, not that other one! You “Look at our Club”. Did you realize that can follow us @wccofhamilton. the WCCH started the same year as the Of course you can contact us by e-mail Titanic set off on her maiden voyage? So ([email protected]) or contact far we have fared better with our heads me by phone at 905.385.8259. still above water—but just barely. Costs continue to climb and our revenue from membership fees isn’t keeping pace. Lee Gowers There are some ‘easy’ solutions: attract President new members, increase the number of meals ordered at luncheons to avoid the www.wcchamilton.ca Spring Newsletter Page 2 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE WOMEN’S CANADIAN CLUB OF HAMILTON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017, 2 P.M. THE SCOTTISH RITE CLUB The 105th Annual General Meeting of the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton was called to order by the President, Lee Gowers. In the absence of the secretary the minutes were recorded by the President. It was determined that there was a quorum. Moved by Fred Roberts, seconded by Christina Begley to approve the minutes of the 104th Annual General Meeting as printed in the Spring 2017 newsletter. Carried. Moved by Mary Lorimer, seconded by Lillian Orban to accept the Financial Statement for the year ending 31 May 2016, as printed in the Fall 2016 newsletter. Carried. Mary Lorimer then advised of the current financial situation of the Club and speculated that at the current rate of loss the Club may only have 5 more years of existence. Suggestions were made about promotion and increasing membership. Moved by Carolyn McArthur, seconded by Christina Begley to approve the reports of the Standing Committees as printed in the Spring 2017 newsletter. Carried. Lee Gowers read the names of the Slate of Officers for 2017-2018 and asked those who had been nominated to stand. Nominations from the floor were requested for vacant positions. None were received and so these positions remain vacant until such time as they can be filled. Moved by Pat Saunders, seconded by June Lockwood to accept the Slate of Officers for the term 2017-2018. Carried. Lee thanked those members of the Board who were retiring: Carolyn McArthur, Basharat Tayyab and June Lockwood. Moved by Joanne Nicholson-Ray, seconded by Pamela Bragoli to ratify the Acts and Procedures taken on behalf of the Organization. Carried. There being no further business, the 105th Annual General Meeting of the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton was declared closed. Ruth Pearson, Secretary REPORTS FOR THE 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CITIZENSHIP COURT FINANCIAL REPORT This past year we had the pleasure of welcoming new citizens at As our Financial year-end is May 31st, audited statements will 8 ceremonies, serving them light refreshments and offering our not be available until the Fall Newsletter. Expenses do continue congratulations. Thank you to Dina Sankey, Colleen Johnson, to exceed income, largely due to costs at the Scottish Rite. The Alison Buffet, Pat Saunders, Joan Nuxoll and Lee Gowers. best thing you can do to help? Bring more new members! Christina Begley Mary Lorimer MEDIA RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MEMBERSHIP REPORT Our Facebook page has 113 likes, while our new Twitter As of March 14, 2018 we have 43 paid-up members: 42 Full- account is followed by 3 people. Meetings and articles that year and 1 Half-year, a reduction of 4 from the previous year. might be of interest to members are posted. The website is Our membership list also includes 9 non-fee-paying members: being maintained by the Executive. Notices of meetings are 7 Past Presidents and 2 Honourary Members. Continuing our placed in local newspapers and often snap’d arrives to take policy from February 2017, guests at non-luncheon meetings photos which are then shared on our Facebook page. are asked to pay a $10 fee, which can be applied to a Louise Noel-Ambrose membership application later in the same year. Mary Lorimer ENCOUNTERS WITH CANADA Once again, the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton is pleased to provide financial support to sponsor 2 students from Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School to attend Encounters With Canada. The students, Gianna Blacklock and Habib Ahmed will be attending the programme, “Science and Ecology” from April 22-28 and along with their teacher, Mark Daschko will join us at our May luncheon to give brief reports about their experiences. Mark Daschko has thanked our club for its generosity and continued support. Recently, he wrote, “It has made a huge, positive impact on the students you have helped to send to Encounters over the years.” Ruth Pearson VICE PRESIDENT Speakers for 7 monthly meetings, which included 4 luncheons, were arranged with the Scottish Rite. The eighth meeting was atour of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. The highlight of our year was the May 2017 luncheon meeting at which Dr. Alba DiCenso, recipient of the Order of Canada, presided and we, as Canadian Citizens, were given the opportunity to show our commitment to Canada by taking the Oath of Citizenship. Two students, sponsored by the WCCH to attend Encounters with Canada also spoke on their experiences there. The Gordon Price Elementary School Choir joined us for the Oath and sang for the event. Susan Ricketts Spring Newsletter Page 3 WCCH PROGRAMME - SPRING 2018 April 11, 2018 @ 2 pm— Reconciliation from nation to nation with Indigenous people. Jolene John, Aboriginal Community Liaison and Lisa King, Indigenous Education Consultant with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board will co-present on the initiatives the HWDSB is undertaking to meet the needs of its Indigenous students, to weave Indigenous perspectives into curriculum for all students and support the achievements of First Nation, Métis and Inuit students. Our AGM will be held at 2 pm, followed by our speakers. Tea, coffee and goodies will be served. May 9, 2018 @ Noon—The Hon. Jean Augustine PC, CM, a teacher, social activist and the first Black female MP and Cabinet minister will be our guest speaker to address the issue of Empowering Young Women. This is a luncheon meeting: lunch will be served at 12, followed by our speaker at 1 p.m. Order forms for this luncheon are available on the website. Please submit orders by May 2. Admission to meetings is free for WCCH members. Non-members are asked to pay $10, which can be put toward a membership purchased during 2018. Scottish Country Dancers livened up our Christmas Luncheon. Susan Ricketts and Pat Saunders were award recipients at Heritage Day 2018 Lincoln Alexander’s granddaughter Erika and friend Michael Highgate paid him tribute. Gene Wright, Honourary President of the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton, passed away on January 27, 2018 at the age of 93. Born in Saskatchewan, she was raised in Montreal and Oakville. Gene graduated from the Hamilton General Hospital School of Nursing in 1946 and met her husband while working at the General. Gene served as president of the WCCH from 1980-1982. Freda Crisp remembers Gene as “a charming lady in every way. She was an amazing shepherdess to me when I took the position of treasurer for the WCCH. Her guidance was always done with encouragement and gentleness. She also gave to me a wonderful understanding of the history of good works and comradery that has for more than one Honourary President Gene Wright hundred years existed in the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton. I remember her with great at the 100th Anniversary Gala. fondness and will always be grateful to her.” Spring Newsletter Page 4 Famous Hamiltonian 2018: Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw has been voted the 2018 Famous Hamiltonian of the Year.
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