In This Issue
President's Message
Management Committee
AGM & General Meeting Dec. 1
PROBUS Christmas Party
Ladies Who Lunch
Member Renewal
Moroccan Cuisine Report
November Speaker Report
Tribute to Helen Manson
Upcoming Speakers etc.
UPCOMING - In your PROBUS
UPCOMING - In your Community
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VICE PRESIDENT
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TREASURER

SECRETARY
Gail Sherson

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SOCIAL CHAIR
 
SPEAKER CHAIR

HOSPITALITY CHAIR

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Phil Howell - Technology 
Grant Foster - Operations 
Norm Kilarski - 50/50
Issue: #12
December 2017
President's Message              Next Meeting is Friday December 1st @ 9:15 AM

We're only weeks away from Christmas and right after that New Year's!  Hard to believe we've gone through another year, and it has been an incredible one.  I thank each of you for making it such a success.  
We've added 20 plus members and ...
 
To read more, click here... 
  
IMPORTANT!!  OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IS SCHEDULED -
Please attend on Friday, December 1st at 9:15 a.m.
A Note from President Don Dempson

December 1st is our Annual General Meeting - Please make sure you take the time to attend! This event is a cornerstone for our club and it's a time for us to review the year, welcome our new leadership and review the upcoming budget.      
Our new President as of January 2018 will be Marnie Swanson.  Other new members to the Management Team are:
Treasurer: Linda Burrows
Membership Chair: Barbara Hartley 
Hospitality co-Chairs: Leslie and Al MacDonald  
Most other existing team members will be staying on for another year. Many thanks to them for staying on, as well as to departing members Kim Rasmussen (Social), Bonnie Howell (Membership) and Doug Pearson (Treasurer)  
 
The AGM is your forum, and it's your opportunity to bring questions to the table. Help us continue to make our club something special.      
 
RING IN THE CHRISTMAS SEASON at our December 1st Meeting -
After the AGM, LET'S GET FESTIVE!  
 
'Tis the First of December in St. Mary's Hall
The members are quiet, there's voting and all.
Our Annual Meeting - a serious affair,
It's very important so just hang in there.

But then the fun starts, the songs and the games,
Ugly sweaters and antlers and red candy canes.
Who knows what will happen?  Come join in the fun -
There will be goodies galore; maybe even some sun!
 
 
  
OUR PROBUS CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE AMAZING! 
Wednesday, December 6th


Kim reports high ticket sales for this annual party.  You're invited to kick-off the holiday season in style with your friends at Northwest Bay PROBUS.  You can sign up at the December 1st meeting or by clicking the link, but tickets must be paid for prior to the event. This will be a great evening of socializing and celebrating the highlights of our past year.  Fun and games and dancing are being arranged, and ... there may be occasional surprises thrown in too!  
To read more and to sign up, click here...
 
 
 
Ladies Who lunch: Friday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m.
 
 
 Let's celebrate our Ladies Who Lunch in "grand" style by meeting at the Grand Hotel for a fabulous wind-up get-together.  The hotel will be all dressed up for Christmas and... so will you!
So take time out for yourself and please join us:
Date: Friday, Dec.8th
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: 4898 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo
To sign up (and to arrange to carpool)
    
 
IMPORTANT REMINDER: IT'S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!!

It's time to renew our dues for next year.  Dues remain at $30 per member and Bonnie has already received some 2018 renewals.  Please go to the link below to print the two-page membership form and bring your cheques to the our December 1st or January 5 meeting.  And if you are planning to spend the winter in southern sunshine and warmth, don't forget to renew your membership of 2018 before you go.  Download the form...
REPORT ON THE MOROCCAN COOKING ADVENTURE - November 10


Sixteen Probus "Foodies" ventured to the Worldly Gourmet in Ladysmith to learn the secrets of balancing the wonderful combinations of flavours in Moroccan cuisine.  There are more courses scheduled in the New Year.  Learn more here. 

 
    
REPORT ON NOVEMBER SPEAKER -
Dr. Graham Pike, Dean of International Education at VIU  

After 40 years of teaching, 30 of which have been in International Studies, it was evident that Dr. Pike continues to be passionate about his love of teaching and fostering the international students who have become an integral and essential part of VIU. 

VIU is unique in that it is the only university... 
Tribute to a Special Lady: Helen Manson
 
Late in October, our PROBUS family lost one of those special people who brought much  fun and friendship to our Club.  Helen Manson will be remembered as a woman always looking for, or creating, a laugh.  A practical joker, she loved to engage everyone with her antics, stories and flamboyant style. 
Never short for a quick quip, Helen put life into everything she participated in whether it was a car rally, wine makers event, or being Mrs. Claus; she was the consummate performer who did it as part of her everyday life.  She was half of the Helen and Stew team that was such a big part of our Club for over 10 years.
  


Here's What's in the Works...
There will be no speaker in December; instead we will ring in the holiday season with our usual Christmas fun, songs and goodies .  But other very interesting speakers are lined up in the new year, thanks to Robert Grose:

On January 5, Kathleen Gilbert's topic will be Naming the Named:  The Surveying, Mapping and Naming of BC's Coast.

On February 2 Darin Guenette, Manager of Public Affairs will give us a BC Ferries Update and promises to answer any of our questions.

On March 2nd we will hear from Dwight Owens on the topic of Sunken Treasure:  Canada's Hydro Thermal Vents.

On April 6th John Deniseger will tell us about the new Rhodendron Gardens at Milner Gardens.

The big event we are all waiting for is our ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY, to be held on
December 6th at Fairwinds Golf Club.  Read more about it in this issue.  In the works for early in 2018 is another Trivia Night, when our Club will challenge Nanoose Bay Probus Club.  Watch your eNews for further details.

UPCOMING - In your PROBUS

 Mark Your Calendar: 

December 1 - Membership Meeting - St. Mary's Church Hall, 9:15 a.m. 

December 6 - Annual Christmas Party at Fairwinds  

December 8 - Ladies Who Lunch

January 5 - Membership Meeting - St. Mary's Church Hall, 9:15 a.m. 

For most events more than one month away, details will follow.

Click on each event in the calendar for more information. 
UPCOMING - In your COMMUNITY: Christmas Elf Program

Pick a tag from one of the indoor Christmas trees located in your local community!   Nanoose Community Services is once again conducting its Christmas Elf Program to help disadvantaged neighbours in our area.  Find out more on the organization website: https://nanoosecommunityservices.org/2017/11/07/be-an-elf-2/