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President’s Column continued from pages 1<br />
student category and adjusting fee categories so as to<br />
make joining a little more affordable for young people.<br />
The response has been most gratifying. Building<br />
improvements include the new sound system, installation<br />
of the Jonas club management software and point-of-sale<br />
technology, and approvals for Bar and Lounge<br />
renovations, the latter scheduled for the late summer.<br />
Publications included The Longship Review No. 2,<br />
graciously funded and organized by David Skene-<br />
Melvin, and a reprinting of Margaret McBurney’s <strong>Club</strong><br />
history book, The Great Adventure: 100 Years at The <strong>Arts</strong><br />
& <strong>Letters</strong> <strong>Club</strong>, kindly supported by Johanna Sedlmayer-<br />
Katz. We also approved some new programming, so look<br />
out for the <strong>Club</strong>’s participation in Nuit Blanche this fall<br />
as well as several public art openings.<br />
We have a tremendous amount of musical and literary<br />
talent at the <strong>Club</strong>. The Board is planning a competition<br />
for some new Toasts for the <strong>Club</strong>. Start thinking about<br />
possible lyrics and music. Now, it’s not necessary that we<br />
have a separate Toast for every day of the week like the<br />
Navy, but it would be nice to have some choices for<br />
different occasions. More details will published this<br />
summer.<br />
Ruth Morawetz has been an absolute stalwart, with<br />
fantastic <strong>Club</strong> Night programming. The Chairs and<br />
members of all Committees are also to be praised for all<br />
their hard work behind the scenes.<br />
I wish to thank our General Manager Fiona McKeown<br />
and all the staff for their excellent support of all <strong>Club</strong><br />
functions and activities. The vibrant cultural life of the<br />
<strong>Club</strong> would not be possible without the many<br />
contributions of our loyal staff.<br />
I also thank my husband, James Gary Stark. He has been<br />
a great support throughout my term. I can’t tell you how<br />
many times we would happily debate and discuss <strong>Club</strong><br />
matters until late at night.<br />
On <strong>June</strong> 7, I pass the red robe to Richard Moorhouse<br />
and join you again as a mere mortal. Thank you for<br />
allowing me to serve as your 56th President. May the<br />
Great Adventure continue.<br />
Yours faithfully,<br />
Diane M. Kruger<br />
VOLUNTEERS!<br />
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche—White Night/Black Light<br />
Coming September 29, <strong>2012</strong><br />
4 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
ANNUAL MEETING<br />
and Members’ Dinner<br />
Thursday, <strong>June</strong> 7, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Meeting 5:15 p.m.; Dinner 7:00 p.m.<br />
Please attend and enjoy all the traditional aspects of this<br />
evening: the Fanfare by Louis Applebaum, the singing of<br />
the Healey Willan setting of our original Constitution by<br />
the <strong>Club</strong> Singers and the Cleeve Horne Bar Legacy; a free<br />
drink for all who attend…and two for the President!<br />
Members may attend the meeting only, or stay for the<br />
Members’ Dinner at 7:00 p.m.<br />
Advance reservations are required for dinner<br />
Price $30, payable in advance ( Members Only)<br />
416-597-0223 ext. 2<br />
From the Library<br />
These authors donated copies of their own books:<br />
• Rosemary Aubert: Picking Wild Raspberries: The<br />
Imaginary Love Poems of Gertrude Stein and Rough<br />
Wilderness: The Imaginary Love Poems of the Abbess Heloise<br />
• Douglas Gibson: Stories About Storytellers: Publishing<br />
Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre<br />
Trudeau, and Others<br />
• James Hewson: Royal Rooms: An Odyssey of Portraits<br />
• John N. Inglis: In Quest of a Countenance: A Search for<br />
Meaning in a World in Transition<br />
• Margaret McBurney: It’s All About Kindness:<br />
Remembering <strong>June</strong> Callwood<br />
• Nola McConnan: ABC Muskoka<br />
• Barbara Mercer: Rooted in Cabbagetown<br />
• Donal Murphy: Gone to America: Ireland, The Turbulent<br />
Years 1918–1922 and Pluck: The Afterlife of an Oak, A<br />
Biography of Sorts<br />
• Mark Osbaldeston: Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City<br />
That Might Have Been and Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the<br />
City That Might Have Been<br />
• Ernestine Tahedl: Passages: Works Inspired by My Travels<br />
• Kelly Walker: Dancing on the Ark: Facing Change in<br />
Uncertain Times; Growing Somewhere: Loving Life After<br />
MidLife and Loss of Soul: Burnout<br />
My sincere thanks to everyone who donated to the library,<br />
especially authors with their own works. That’s the main way<br />
the library stays up to date—and not only is it a generous<br />
way to contribute to the <strong>Club</strong>, it also lets all the other<br />
members get to know your work.<br />
William Denton, Librarian
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