Minutes Feb 10, 2009
New Pop-Up has been purchased for $242. It is very light and looks wonderful.
Luncheon: Gala on the Greens at Royal Ashburn Saturday,
April 4, 2009.
- Tickets are $60
- Joyce Eull is our ticket contact
- 160 tickets in total
- 103 tickets are out
- tables of 8 can be reserved
- cash bar opens at 11’oclock with tea and coffee in the Sun Room
- Red Pepper Dixieland Band will play [free]
- Lunch for the Band $90
- Models will deal with their lunch
- Raymond Ingelson[student] will be in charge of SLF DVD
- Daphne will organize the centrepieces of Genestra and tulips for the tables-I guest per table will win the centrepiece
- Cathy will e-mail flyer to members who can then distribute it to their friends
- There will be a “market place” to sell jewelry and cards
- Raffle tickets will be 3 for $10 or 7 for $20 and the draws will be at various times throughout the luncheon.
- We will also have a 50 50 draw and hope to sell 100 tickets@$10 each[$500 prize]
- Ken and Nancy Shaw are invited with Ken Shaw being the keynote speaker
- Fashion Show will take place during dessert-same shops as before with Meta4 as a new addition modeling their jewelry.
- Tinie will give a short informational talk to get the event underway
Finances $1953.68 in account now
$1262.62 held back for emergency
$3682 sent to SLF in 2007
$10178.04 sent to SLF in 2008
$20.00 dues will be paid at Pot Luck in January of each new year
Cards
-Carolyn still has cards left but no more has been ordered
-Cathy is going to check on prices to have Carol Sakomoto’s designs printed
Letterhead
-We will use our tree design for our letterhead and blogspot
Our Blog Address: www.g-momsofportperry.blogspot.com
Advocacy
Pat Sparling is our Advocacy Representative. She will check into cutoff date re petition signatures as we could perhaps get more student signatures on it before it goes to Parliament
June 14-15 is Grandmother Advocacy Awareness Weekend.
Report Card on how Canada is performing re
1. Fulfillment of commitment on foreign aid
2. Contribution to Aids, TB etc. medicine
3. Access to Generic drugs
In the Works
Yard Sale-June 6
Dance June 27
Port Perry Fair BBQ Sept. 5,6,7
Class Act Dinner Theatre-Oct 15 with Gathering Grannies
Next Meeting: Pippa’s in April to be announced
Tinie is waiting to confirm a speaker
