AUDITORS

Inventory

The Club's inventory consists of a word processor, lectern, various ceremonial flags, storage and filing cabinets, trophies, portable p.a..system, stationery, and a supply of recently revised by-laws etc,

Donations to the Temple

The Shrine Club donates annually to the Temple, generally at the Ceremonial the Visitation or Potentates Reception. In the past five years these donations have totaled, on average, about $4,000.00 annually. In addition to this we have on occasion made cash gifts to the Temple towards the purchase of equipment. Examples would be, 1995: $2,500.00 for kitchen renovation at the Temple; 1996: purchase of kitchen china, approximately $900.00; 1998/1999, purchase of soccer equipment $1,000.00.

Club Activity

The Club has held regular meetings each second Tuesday since its' inception. These always include a social gathering and dinner prior to the official meeting. At the beginning of each year a program is agreed upon by the Board of Directors that designates which meetings will include dinner for our Ladies Of the ten regular meetings each year, generally five are "Ladies" nights. Special meetings of the Club are: Roast night for past Presidents; Valentine Night for the Ladies and Remembrance ceremonies to honour our Veterans. In recent years we have also held a Race Track Night, (now including Slots) at the Rideau-Carleton Raceway.

The proper functioning of the Club requires regular meetings of the Board of Directors. These meetings are held generally on the last Wednesday in each month, January through May. 

The Club also conducts an annual Citrus Fruit sale, which is our main fund raising activity. This sale produces on average about $,4000.00 per year. Members put in many hours soliciting and distributing the fruit. The Noble with overall responsibility for the activity can look forward to spending about ten days at the Temple including Saturday and part of Sunday to dispose of the fruit. Although it is an onerous task the members of Ottawa Shrine Club who are active participants, have come to view the annual citrus sale as somewhat of a social gathering at an otherwise dreary time of year. We have also introduced a form of competitiveness through the awarding of the "Frequent Fruit Floggers Trophy".

The Club also puts a great deal of effort into supporting the Temple Car Draw. This of course is not unique to our Club, but the results we produced this year are indicative of the cooperation of our members. Each year our allotment of books is 700. This year we surpassed the 800 book mark with over $12,000.00 turned in. This effort involved about 32 Nobles, working on average two shifts each at various Malls across the City and at the Exhibition.

It goes without saying that we also support the Circus Unit in that we request members to attend and participate.

Membership

Our present membership stands at approximately 159, including 12 Life Members.

Plans For Future

Our anticipated plan would be to proceed in the manner we have done in the past. Since the Club is required however, to proceed in accordance with our by-laws, it will be left to the elected Board of Directors and the membership to determine our future plans