Meeting Review June 2024
The PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain Meeting Review is published following each regular meeting providing members with a summary of any meetings they may have missed. Prior Reviews can easily be found under the Meeting Reviews Tab above.
PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain
Friendship, Fellowship, and Fun
Welcome to Monthly Meeting
Thursday June 20th
Call to Order and O’Canada
President’s Comments:
President’s Comments: Stephen began by noting that today was the first day of summer, the longest day of the year. A statement from Bill Booth was read indicating that due to some server issues, not all members received a copy of the newsletter. It is available on the website for anyone who did not receive it. He noted that he may be changing servers in order to avoid future problems.
In Memorium:
Ron noted that the only member who we lost last month was David Eaman. Ron indicated he spoke at the funeral on behalf of PROBUS Blue Mountain.
Guests:
There were three guests introduced.
Buzz Carroll
Wayne Parrish
John Schram
New Member Induction:
Dan Edwards inducted three new members into the Club.
Don Arthur
Jim Schaus
Ian Griffin
Announcements:
Chris Meleskie conducted an overview of the upcoming activities and events. He spoke on:
- Breakfast Group
- Lunch Group
- Kitchen Bridge Group
- Hiking Group
- Cycling Group (he noted that Monty is retiring from the coordinator role, to be assumed by Tom James)
- Sheffield Park Black History Museum Tour
- Padding Group
- RCAF 100th anniversary tour
- Angora Glass tour I- ce River 2 tour
- Georgian PROBUS Travel Group
- Ski Legends
Dan Edwards, the Club’s representative on the Georgian PROBUS Travel Group, spoke about some of the activities of the group and upcoming opportunities.
George Christie advised that anyone who would like to undertake a bike ride less strenuous than those undertaken by the Cycle Group, contact him for further information about easier rides through the trails in Collingwood.
Profiler
Bill Barclay was this month’s profiler, and while he has been a member for some time, this was his first opportunity to provide his profile. He lead us through a number of interesting life experiences, some involving people who we all would recognize. No doubt Bill could have entertained us for much longer than his allotted time.
Kultural Attaché
Walter lead us through a number of humorous stories about men using women’s washrooms and buying fishing gear from a blind salesman.
Guest Speaker
George Pengelley introduced Basil A. Kalymon, Professor Emeritus, Western University.
Basil spoke about the war in Ukraine, from the perspective of economics. He noted how much of Russia’s GDP is being devoted to the war effort, interesting given that the GDP of Russia is similar in size to that of Canada.
Dr, Kalymon outlined the amount of money being spent by neighbouring NATO countries on defense in response to the aggression of Russia. He explained that the capacity of western countries to significantly increase defense spending relative to that possible by Russia is significant. In recognition that Russia’s only export of value is oil and gas, he noted that many consider Russia to be the equivalent of a gas station with nukes!
He fielded a number of probing questions from the floor about the war.
Stephen thanked Dr, Kalymon for his presentation and interesting perspectives of behalf of the Club.
50/50 Winners
There were three winners:
- Brian Bailey
- Graham Bickle
- Tom Lamont
Next Meeting July 18th at the Legion
Who's Who?
We have 122 "Mugshots" of members on file, but missing 99!. Please send your photo in to fill the gaps. Maximum filesize is 2MB.
The PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain Meeting Review is published after each regular meeting. Content is provided by Newsletter Editor, and Webmaster Bill Booth makes it all look presentable. We will try to maintain the standards set by Dave Eaman.
PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain
Contact: probusblue@gmail.com
Contact Webmaster
webmaster@probusblue.ca