Under Ontario’s move to COVID Reopening Stage 3, we are required to limit indoor gatherings to a maximum of 50 people, or less, to maintain physical distancing. This is great news for us, and efforts are underway to re-establish a regular venue for resuming our in-person meetings. I have had several discussions with Buck about getting back into the Legion, and I have another call set with him for this Wednesday. Also, Barry has contacted Lisa Lindsay about the use of the Highline Hall – thank you Barry.

This week, we’re going to try something as an interim meeting step; Parker and Susanne have graciously offered the use of their backyard for our Forum meeting! I will send a separate email with the details of the meeting.

Reg Gemmell contacted some of us to let us know he is heading to Kingston on Monday for a pacemaker, so I know we’ll all be wishing Reg a healthy and speedy recovery. For the newer members, Reg was our Club Secretary for many years and although he’s been unable to attend meetings for the past few years, Reg has been very active behind the scenes including providing tremendous support to the newer Secretaries. Recently Reg has been working diligently on the clean-up of member records in ClubRunner. 

My thanks to those members that have come forward to fill in some key gaps in the Club Roles and Primes document: 

In closing, due to these crazy times, Dawn and I have cancelled our annual pilgrimage to the family cottage in Quebec. This year we would have needed to isolate ourselves and not had a chance to visit with any of the cousins and family; thus, we felt it was best to stay home and enjoy next year’s visit that much more. I have dutifully notified Bottles Bill that I am now available for additional shifts.