Boyko's European Travelogue

October 23, 2013

Chairman- President Rocco Colangelo

O Canada- Gordon Brown

Grace-   Al Meredith

Attendance- 18 Members

Guests- Art Nicholson

Announcements-

-President Rocco extended a warm welcome to Tony Baker and Barry Smith. It is great to have them both in our midst.

- The Board Meeting Monday night has been moved from Basil’s to David Seemungal’s. David’s Mom is in town.

-Carolyn Nicholson announced that the Warm Hands Project is ready to roll out next Wednesday.

-Carolyn Nicholson thanked everyone who participated in Camp Enterprise. It was a great success.

-Charles Whitney and Peter Masson were commended for the great effort they put forth in recruiting the twenty two participants for Camp Enterprise.

-Frank Allison reported that we had a great line up of speakers at Camp Enterprise and encouraged us to ask them to return next year.

-Dave Hardy was thanked for his part in securing the speakers.

Marbelous Draw- Charles Whitney did the honours and Art Nicholson held the lucky ticket. Unfortunately, the mutant marble eluded his grasp and lives for another day.

Sergeant at Arms-Jacob fined everyone who did not know the name of the Brazilian soccer player born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, November 23, 1940, seventy three years ago. He was known as Pele.

-Jacob asked everyone to pay for the privilege of having lunch with Tony Baker.

Happy Bucks- Art Nicholson was happy that he could join us and donated his lucky $5.

-Carolyn Nicholson’s grandson Max is six today. The eldest of six, now referred to as the six and under.

-Basil will be attending the District Conference this weekend and offered to sell Dorothy’s wine tasting ticket to Rocco, since the wine tasting is sold out.

-Arthur Retnakaran was sick for two weeks; then  he went for a walk in the rain and had a relapse. He had plans to go to Montreal, to see his son receive” the Young Investigators Award”, for his work in Diabetes. Thanks to antibiotics, he was able to make the trip.

- President Rocco said that he was young at heart, but some parts were a little older.

TV Auction Report--Jacob Lakirovich asked for TV Auction Reports

 -Carolyn Nicholson reported that her TV Auction Group has 45 items so far.

Update from Tony Baker- Tony has been working, in India, for five years, as a Global Worker, teaching in Bible Colleges and orphanages etc. His knowledge of the Hindu faith has proven a great asset to him, as he understands that being Hindu is more than a religion, it is part of their DNA . Therefore they are  quite resistant to Christianity. He has been watched carefully, while working there, as he is not an Indian. This placement has proven to be a great experience.  Tony has returned  just ten days ago, and he has been asked to move to Malaysia. He will be working in Kuala Lampur, South East Asia, Thailand, and Vietnam to name but a few. He has been named the Education and Leadership Specialist for South East Asia and will spend much of his time training others in his field. Tony and his wife are off on a well-earned vacation, then will spend their time fundraising and will be returning to Asia in January 2014.

Program-

Basil Dias introduced our Guest Speaker.

The details of Jim Boyko’s Presentation will be provided via a voice file separately. Jim shared,with us, the picturesque back to back cruise that Marti and he took last spring.  Please listen to the voice file to enjoy the port by port experiences that they experienced. They started their adventure in Venice, on to Dubrovnik and Athens; they went back in time at Ephesus, visited a carpet weaving factory and visited Split before returning to Venice. They then departed Venice on route to Corfu, Santorini, Mykonos and Katakolon returning once more to Venice. Both Jim and Marti enjoyed the additional time that they spent in Venice this trip. The extra time that they had allotted allowed them the opportunity to see more of this beautiful city.

Barry Smith thanked Jim Boyko for his travelogue, as he felt that he had now been there as well. Think of the money that he saved! Barry then presented Jim with a scotch glass for his presentation.