PROBUS Club of the Gateway

President's Message
September 2026

Dear Members

Well, as I write this address, the leaves are literally falling  from the trees and so ends another summer. Enjoy the beautiful colours of fall before the white stuff is upon us. Hoping you and your family had a great season.

September also means the end of another terrific year for Probus Club of the Gateway. Our membership is thriving and we have a waiting list for people eager to join our club. I would remind all current members who wish to renew to do it promptly. Our great Membership Committee has made it as easy as possible to do so. On October 1st you will have received an eblast with a request for renewal. Its as simple as clicking on the green button which will take you directly to a renewal page which will simply ask you if you wish to renew. Just say "yes" and it will take you to the payment page. Voila! You have now joined us again for another exciting year. 

I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our Annual General Meeting on October 20th at the Collingwood Legion. You may remember at last year's AGM we had our Annual General Meeting followed by an art show. This year instead, we will have our usual guest speaker. This month we welcome Constable Helena Beck speaking on a very important topic, " Fraud Protection" covering the topics of door to door scams, romantic scams, email/phone scams, and grandparent scams. I am sure you will agree, especially in the new world of internet, and AI, this is very timely. 

I want to thank everyone for making this past year so successful and most important, fun and enjoyable. I want to thank all of our hard working committee members who have made it so successful, and look forward to an even better 2026/27.

See you hopefully on Oct 20th. As usual, don't forget your name tag for a chance to win a Timmies gift card, and bring a book to share with your fellow members.

Regards

Ray Scott

President