Welcome to the Rotaract Club at the University of Toronto
Thanks for visiting! Questions? E-mail
rotaract@utoronto.ca
Meetings
Meetings run bi-weekly and take place on Wednesdays 8pm at:
Room 210, Pharmacy Building, 144 College Street
The next meeting dates are:
Nov 18, 2009
Dec 2, 2009
Dec 16, 2009
Elections
A big thank you to everyone who took the time out of
midterm season to run for elections! We present to you several additions to
this year's executive line-up:
Club Services - Tania Rogalska
International Services Director - Kultaj Kaleka
Directors at Large - Crystal Chin, Marcus Tsao
Junior Rep - Emman Rahman
Webmaster - Nicholas Smith
Wed. Oct 21 Meeting
Minutes
1. Club dues: $5 per semester (so $10
for the year). This is a requirement to be considered a member in good
standing. Please submit your due toDylan Fernando
beginning next meeting
(Nov 4th.)
2. Toronto Zoo Turtle Island: Remember:
if you see a turtle somewhere, log into this website:
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/TurtleTally.asp?t=form and enter
where/when you saw it. The Ontario Turtle Tally wants the information for
tracking purposes because 7 of the 8 turtle species in Toronto are
endangered!
3. Microcredit Conference: Learn about
microcredit - what it is, case studies, and other presentations regarding
microcredit within the context of Rotary. This is an excellent networking
opportunity if microcredit and other financial systems are of interest of
you. This will take place on Nov. 14th from 9am-4pm at 789 Yonge Street
(Toronto Reference Library) and the cost is $20 / student. For more
information, visit
http://www.microfinanceconference.ca/index.html
4. District 7070 Conference recap: This was
a ton of fun! There were tons of workshops, presentations, and various other
motivational activities to help everyone get in the spirit of Rotary. Also,
there was a lot of helpful take-away information for Rotaract, like ideas on
what individual clubs could take on as projects, as well as some
opportunities to get to know what other Rotaract clubs in District 7070 are
already doing! See pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/uoftrotaract/RotaryDistrictConference2009
Not only that but we were only one of two Rotaract clubs
in the region to receive a Rotaract Presidential Citatio, a feat we've
achieved for two years running! In order to qualify for this recognition,
the club in question must complete a certain percentage of activities from a
long list of requirements. To view last year's list, visit
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/900a_en08.pdf . Let's keep up
the good work, and try to achieve this again this year! Great job everyone!
5. Princess Margaret Hospital 5K recap:
There were some very positive comments for everyone from Rotary who came out
to support this! Since Jackie was only there for the Sunday shift, could
those that attended on Friday and Saturday please email
rotaract@utoronto.ca
with the subject "PMH 5K" to confirm your attendance.
6. UNICEF Trick or Eat: This is occurring
on Friday October 30th at the Queen's Park TTC subway station. Just
show up for your shift (feel free to dress up!) and everything will be set
up for you already. If you are still interested in signing up for the
morning shift (7-9am) please contact
rotaract@utoronto.ca
with the subject line "Trick or Eat".
7. Community Service Projects: Sunshine
Centre for Seniors at Yonge and Bloor are interested in getting a group of
about 10 people on Tuesday November 17th from 12-3PM to make
preserves with the seniors there! There will be more information coming, but
if you are tentatively interested in this event, email
rotaract@utoronto.ca
with the subject line "Sunshine Centre".
The Rotaract Club of the
University of Toronto
Sponsored by the Toronto Rotary Club
District 7070, Canada
