President Deirdre's and member's update for January 14, 2015

We trained a new temporary server this morning after some of us waited outside in the cold.
Rotary District Conference in May
Leadership Course in the US on Jan. 24.  (There will be 1 in Canada in February)
Jeff Richards was absent because he was not feeling well but he did come to pay the bill and to send $7500 to Cambodia for kitchen remodeling at the Batambang orphanage.  Brian will go there to view remodeling part way through.
Rick Singh’s soccer equipment project has progressed through loops such as cleaning equipment and getting Peruvian Consular approval.
Rick reminded us that attending a leadership course is one of the requirements for members.Hike for Hospice is Sunday May 3.  We have not been officially asked to take part.  It conflicts with the District Conference.
Harness Races evening is Feb. 27.
St Patrick’s Day is March 17.  Our meeting on the morning of March 18 is moved to an Irish Dinner.
2 Learning Centre Students will attend Rotary Adventures in Leadership.
The city of White Rock has cleaned up Bryant Park.  Alan Benson has removed 2 plaques from benches.  These will be replaced with hard plastic and the club name will be updated.  A third one will also be done.