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2020-2021

POD #	POD 1	POD 2	POD 3	POD 4
*Responsible* *Months*	September, January, May	October, February, June	November, March, July	December, April, August
POD Co-Leads	Pauline Fortier; Lola Bratty	Crystal Lambkin; Elmar Moser	Karen Somerville; Brian Smith	Mike Lawler; Benito Del Monte Medina
MEMBER	Art Belanger	Guru Bablad	Jim Cremidas	Carol Anne Mastoras
MEMBER	*Norm Grey-Noble	Khushroo Bhandara	Hema Murdock	Steve Mastoras
MEMBER	Jeff Harrison	Helmer Gonzales	Jeff Rayman	Navin Parekh
MEMBER	Shaheynoor Talukder	Aaron Harnett	Bill Dunk-Green	Mike Phelan
MEMBER	Amanda Maragos	Josh Makuch	Hugh Stuart	Joe Runza
MEMBER	Gabe Chiodo	Virginia O’Reilly	Sam Paglialunga	Leslie Savlov
MEMBER	John Ryall	Tara Webster	Jim Anastasiadis	Marion Chan
MEMBER	Siobhan Flanagan Dell	Jim Hawtin	Lynne Patterson	Tom Andrews

* Members on leave until further notice

POD MONTHS SHOULD CONTAIN:

1. Two guest speaker days (for months that do not include business meeting)

2. A Rotary International Theme Day (2018-2019 list below) which may include a guest speaker

3. Classification Talk by a TERC member

CLUB BUSINESS MEETING

o Quarterly meeting, unless requested by Board for extra meetings

o Meeting months – March, June, September, December

MONTHS WITH A 5^TH THURSDAY SHOULD ARRANGE:

§ A hands-on activity; or

§ An evening event with spouses, partners, friends; or

§ A fellowship activity

5^TH Thursdays occur:

October, December, April

All Club members are invited to contribute ideas. If no other ideas come forward, the Administration Committee will develop a program or event.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The annual general meeting is to be scheduled on the 4^th Thursday in November.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY THEMES 2018-2019

July - Start of New Rotary Year
August - Membership and New Club Development and Extension Month
September - Basic Education and Literacy Month
October - Economic and Community Development Month
November - Rotary Foundation Month
December - Disease Prevention and Treatment Month
January - Vocational Services Month
February - Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution/World Understanding Month
March - Water and Sanitation Month
April - Maternal and Child Health Month
May - Youth Service Month
June - Rotary Fellowships Month

WHAT SHOULD A POD BE DOING FOR ITS MONTH?

1. Arrange & book speakers.

2. For each meeting, assign a POD member for:

a. Invocation

b. Present a joke

c. Introduce the speaker

d. Thank the speaker and inform the speaker about the TERC gifts for speaker (see below)

3. Where appropriate, contact Jeff Harrison about any cheque presentations. Do so at least two weeks ahead of the event.

GIFTS FOR SPEAKERS

4. For each speaker arrange for speaker gifts as follows to be delivered to the speaker:**

a. COVID-19 care package from Jim A.’s business (if available)

b. TERC fridge magnet from Marion C. (if available)

*** Please arrange to collect these items from Jim and Marion ahead of time and have a POD member deliver these items to the speakers.

2. For each speaker, Treasurer of the Board (Jeff) will arrange for a $25 donation to Polio Plus on behalf of the speaker. The Admin Committee will email the Treasurer with the names of the speakers at the end of each month. Please ensure that the person thanking the speaker mentions this donation as well.

POD CO-LEADS:

3. Begin communicating with your members at least 10 weeks ahead of time. Look for speakers and ideas for social activities or hands-on activities.

4. Give everyone something to do over the year. Encourage every team member to bring forward a speaker or to make a presentation or organize an event.

5. Identify the Rotary Theme for your month and decide how it will be addressed.

6. At least two weeks before your assigned month, email Admin Committee Chair (Shaheynoor), Webmaster (Bill), Board Secretary (Virginia) and PR Committee Chair (Leslie) the following information for each meeting:

a. Members assigned for invocation, joke, introduction and for thanking the speaker

b. Title of the talk

c. A short bio of the speaker

d. Email address of the speaker (for Polio Plus donation)

e. Photo of the speaker

f. Brief info about the organization the speaker represents (primarily what the organization does)

SPEAKER FOLDER:

The Speakers List documents is available via Google Docs for POD leads looking for speaker idea. If you know of people who would be good selections as speakers and your POD does not wish to use that opportunity, please send the information to Shaheynoor for the folder.