Activities Committee
Chairman – Richard Earthy
Tel. (604) 603-3343 Email – rdearthy@telus.net
In an effort to revitalize our club’s activities, albeit on a limited basis due to Covid-19, Richard Earthy recently took on the role of Chair of the Probus Activities Committee. To get started, he invited a group of ‘wise men’ to participate, in February, in a virtual Brainstorming Session to gather input to set the future direction for the Activities Committee. The result was more than fifty Members accepted the invitation and participated.
The Key Takeaways from the session:
* There is considerable interest in having a range of activities.
* Members prefer to include spouses.
* Quarterly is about the right frequency.
* Assuming quarterly, we have identified enough potential activities to cover the next 40-50 years!
* We now have a committee of ten (10) Members!
Although we are still not able to plan “face to face” activities, we are working to select and plan a variety of virtual activities to engage our members.
One member of the committee takes the Lead, with support from other committee members, to organize the activity. Some activities are limited to Probus members. However, in recent years, more of our events are open to spouses and guests of Probus members. On occasion, we invite members of neighbouring Probus Clubs to join us. At most of our events we meet 30 minutes early and have a tailgate coffee and pastry party – a great way to meet and greet other Probus members
We advertise, all the details of, upcoming events in the monthly Probus newsletter as well as on the website, describe them from the podium at two Probus meetings prior to the event and send out email announcements.