The Combined PROBUS Club of North Oakville (Canada No.108)
Short history of the First year
Year : 2000
12 April Rotary Club of Oakville invitation to Foundation Meeting from Fred Giroux, Al Histed, John Graham Some of Oakvile PROBUS
Attendance: Fred Giroux (Rotary)
Orlyn and Marie Walsh
Peter Warren
Others ?
Name: Combined Probus Club of Oakville Glen Abbey
27 April Preparation Meeting for the May 11 meeting to set up organisation.
Name: Combined Probus Club of Oakville (North was deleted)
Present:
Wendy Cato, Willo Di Novo, Fred Giroux, Art Kempe, Peter Warren,Orlyn & Marie Walsh
11 May Decided on meeting place and date: River Oaks Recreation Centre, 2nd Thursday of the month
Management Team:
Membership Marie and Orlyn Walsh Program Art Kempe
Treasurer Peter Warren
1 June Provisional Management Committee Meeting
8 June Regular Meeting of the Provisional Club
Ron White (Rotary) turned the meeting over to President Fred Giroux
6 July Executive Meeting
Bell and gavel ready for Charter meeting Sept 14
13 July General meeting
10 August First indication of name changed to Combined Probus Club of North Oakville
By-Laws and Constitution agreed by membership
14 September Charter meeting
Sandra Zulauf of Rotary Evening Club of Oakville presented the Charter Certificate, the gavel and the bell. We are #108 in Canada
Website started: May 22,2013 by Klaus Adensamer
Venues:
13 April 2000 - 9 September 2004 River Oaks Recreation Centre
October 2004- December 2004 Saint Volodymyr
January 2005-February 2007 Anglican Church of the Incarnation
March 2007 - May 2008 Knights of Columbus
June 2008 - April 2012 Saint Volodymyr
May 2012 QEPCCC.
Membership:
September 2000 69 Charter Members
October 2001 86
September 2002 104
September 2003 120
September 2004 150 limited to 150 - waiting list opened
September 2005 150 waiting list
2006 153 18 waiting
2008 146 or 160 (various membership lists contradict each other)
2009 165 or 169 (various membership lists contradict each other)
2010 167 or 175 (various membership lists contradict each other)
2011 163
October 2012 163
October 2013 170
October 2014 187
August 2015 209
September 2016 240 - limited to 240 - waiting list of 22 absorbed due to members leaving
October 2017 238 - limited to 250
The Newsletter changed its name to THE PATTER 11 July 2004, in a ballot Kay Wyllie’s proposed title was the winning entry.
The Combined PROBUS Club North Oakville was formed in August 2000 and the following were instrumental in making the Club the success it is today
President Vice President Past President
Fred Giroux – 2000/2001 Phyllis Inward none
Phyllis Inward 2001/2002 Bob Patrick Fred Giroux
Bob Patrick 2002/2003 Jean Fletcher Phyllis Inward
Jean Fletcher 2003/2004 Harold Elsie Bob Patrick
Harold Elsie 2004/2005 Margaret Wheeler Jean Fletcher
Margaret Wheeler 2005/Jan 2006 Ted Nixon Aug 2005/Jan 2006 Harold Elsie
Ted Nixon Jan 2006 –2007 Mary-Lou Workman Harold Elsie
Mary-Lou Workman 2007-2008 Jim Haight Ted Nixon
Jim Haight 2008-2009 Joanne Millichamp Mary Lou Workman
Joanne Millichamp 2009-2010 Orlyn Walsh Jim Haight
Orlyn Walsh 2010-2011 Judy Stephnitz Joanne Millichamp
Judy Stephnitz 2011-2012 Richard Holloway Orlyn Walsh
Richard Holloway 2012-2013 Roseann Boulding Judy Stephnitz
Roseann Boulding 2013-2015 Mon Verheyen Richard Holloway
Mon Verheyen 2014-2015 Nancy Cartwright Rosaeann Boulding
Nancy Cartwright 2015-2016 Ernst Wehrli Mon Verheyen
Ernst Wehrli 2016 -2017 Bregitte Buyze Nancy Cartwright
Bregitte Buyze 2017-2018 Lynton Smith Ernst Wehrli
Lynton Smith 2018 - 2019 Bev Armstrong Bregitte Buyze
Bev Armstrong 2019 - 2020 Sudi Kalra Lynton Smith
Sudi Kalra 2020 - 2021 Linda Fehr Bev Armstrong
Linda Fehr 2021 - Charles Gordon Sudi Kalra / Lynton Smith
Charter Members still active in the Club on September 2015, 15 years of CPCNO
Presidents:
Fred Giroux 2000-2001
Phyllis Inward 2001-2002
Harold Elsie 2004-2005
Ted Nixon 2006-2007
Orlyn Walsh 2010-2011
Members
Awad Awad Bailey Carol Boyer Edgar Boyer Joyce Cato Wendy DiNovo Paul DiNovo Willo Elsie Evelyn
Hazelton Marjorie Henderson John Henderson Rochelle Hogg Marjorie Hogg Norman Kempe Arthur
Kempe Ginny Morton Anita Morton Ken Pouliot Tiiu Ritchie Dorothy Ritchie Jack Tunstall Brian
Walsh Marie Warren Peter