Sunday, April 28, 2019

Invisible Diversity - Story of Undiagnosed Autism - April 29 to May 5, 2019

Welcome to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning April 29, 2019

Guests wanting to do a Makeup 
or
Prospective Members doing their Required Attendance
should scroll down to attend our weekly meeting and
Complete the Guest Attendance form at the end of the meeting.

Guests attending this meeting  will have a chance to
WIN a CDN $100 donation to the Foundation in your name
(click 'Read More'  on the ClubRunner home page for details on make-ups and winning credits)


Rotary E-Club Members
Please CLICK HERE to report a make-up or volunteer hours for qualifying activities
or scroll down to attend this meeting and submit the attendance form towards the end of the meeting.

 Looking for an Archived Meeting from February 4th, 2019 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!

Thanks!

PROGRAM

Invisible Diversity:  A Story of 

Undiagnosed Autism
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Peter Denooy



Theme for April – Maternal and Child Health

 Theme for May - Youth Service

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Inspirational moment 
The story of the Wheelchair Foundation


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Canadiana 

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Comments from our guests and members 

Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring and entertaining weekly meetings.

Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?   

Water and Sanitation.  We take the availability of clean water and sanitation as something so natural yet so many millions in this world do not enjoy such a luxury. I have seen what some people have to drink when I went to an Island in the Arabian Sea off the coast of India on a Rotary water and sanitation project and their water supply was a muddy pond.  
--Rotarian David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One

Very humorous presentation on better toilets and water.
--Rotarian Delwen Stander, E-Club of Canada One

Do we realize how fortunate we are - water and sanitation is not always available.  I like the comment from the woman who builds toilets that she can now afford to pay school fees.  Again, we are fortunate in that our children are educated!
--Rotarian Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One

How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers, by Oded Shoseyov.  
First time I've heard about this approach of producing new products from the DNA of flora and fauna. 

I like the format very much; ended up spending an hour on the site.
--Jim Maxwell, RC of West Ottawa, District 7040

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Archived Meetings
  • For meetings before February 2019, please click HERE.
  • For meetings starting February 2019, scroll to the bottom of this blog screen.
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Announcements

DISTRICT 5370 CONFERENCE 2019!

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
October 3 to 5, 2019

 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, 2019
Hamburg, Germany

June 1 to 5, 2019 


Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!

Do you have a Rotary story that you'd like to share with the Rotary World?

Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Jim Ferguson.

 We'd love to hear from you!

Your attendance could earn you Paul Harris Points

The Rotary E-club of Canada One is excited to announce that all of our attending guests who make a donation to our club in lieu of a meal, fines or happy bucks, will have the opportunity to have their name entered in a quarterly draw in support of the Rotary Foundation.

For more information, please click on the READ MORE link at the top of the weekly meeting.

Real-time meetings

 Each 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (MDT) is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.

 Each Thursday Morning from 8:00 am to 8:30 am (MDT) we host a casual FellowSIP Coffee Chat. 


Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.

Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.

For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca

 All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel:

Anyone can subscribe to our channel so that you will be automatically notified when a new video is posted.
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How do you support our club?

 In order for our club to continue its much-needed projects helping others, your contributions are critical.  You may use either:
  • The Paypal button on our ClubRunner Home Page
  • The donation button on the attendance form, or 
  • Send a cheque to:

The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Canada   T2P 5K1
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A little humour 


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New members' corner


The legend below:

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Rotary minute
...submitted by PDG Elly
By Tamara C Larson, Youth Services Chair for District 5370 (West and Northwest Canada) 
For the past two years, I have had the privilege of being a chaperone and working with many young leaders as they attend the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg as part of our district’s program to introduce young people to human rights.  

As Youth Service Chair, I find working with these young leaders to be very inspiring. They have a strong investment in social justice, in creating positive change, and are willing to tackle tough issues without compromise.  

Cassady Shaw, left, and Tamara Larson at the Nelson Mandela Exhibit in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Read more at https://blog.rotary.org/2019/03/20/introducing-young-leaders-to-human-rights/#more-9598

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Food for thought
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
...submitted by Vicki Horsfield


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Rotary Jukebox

For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.

Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!


This Week
Billy Joel - Piano Man (2001 master class)



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Speaker Program
What is autism and why is it difficult to get it diagnosed? In her talk Carrie shares her own personal journey towards diagnosis of autism: why it took 35 years, and what are the root causes for such invisible diversity?



Attendance Links

Complete the attendance/donation form to have your attendance recognized.
  • Visiting Rotarians and guests  -  Click HERE.
  • Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One  -  Click HERE.

Confirmation of your attendance will be sent to your e-mail address promptly.
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Four-way Test 

To close the meeting, Rotarian Bryce Lambert leads us in the Rotary Four-way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

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This officially ends this week's meeting.

Thank you for joining us.  We appreciate your feedback and hope you will return and invite a guest.  

Please Click HERE to leave us a comment or send a message.

Scroll down for Program Donations and Attendance links. 
Please support our club!

Donate For the Meeting You Have Attended.

Please consider making a small donation in lieu of a meal 
to help us help those in need.  

We thank you very much!

Program Donations

Our E-Club is a dynamic club comprised of ordinary working and retired people who acknowledge that Rotarians are people who are generous with their time and their resources. 

Our club and the program you have just enjoyed, either as a member or a visitor, is funded only by donations.

We are developing ideas for fundraising with our members who are scattered across Canada, USA, Central America, and Europe, but we do need your help.

As you have not had to buy lunch or travel to attend this program, please make a donation of a minimum of $10.00, considering you're saving in time and cost in appreciation for the experience you have enjoyed. 

  • Visiting Rotarians and guests  -  Click HERE.
  • Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One  -  Click HERE.

Join Us!
Interested in providing Rotary Service? Unable to attend terra club meetings? 

Contact our membership chair for information or
click HERE for e-club Active Membership application.
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

The Disarming Case to act right now on Climate Change - April 22 to 29, 2019

Welcome to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning April 22, 2019

Guests wanting to do a Makeup 
or
Prospective Members doing their Required Attendance
should scroll down to attend our weekly meeting and
Complete the Guest Attendance form at the end of the meeting.

Guests attending this meeting  will have a chance to
WIN a CDN $100 donation to the Foundation in your name
(click 'Read More'  on the ClubRunner home page for details on make-ups and winning credits)


Rotary E-Club Members
Please CLICK HERE to report a make-up or volunteer hours for qualifying activities
or scroll down to attend this meeting and submit the attendance form towards the end of the meeting.

 Looking for an Archived Meeting from February 4th, 2019 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!

Thanks!

PROGRAM

The Disarming Case to Act Right Now

on Climate Change

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Greeter this week
Rotarian Peter Denooy




Theme for April – Maternal and Child Health

World Immunization Week April 22 to 28

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Inspirational moment 

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Canadiana



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Comments from our guests and members 

Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring and entertaining weekly meetings.

Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?   
Angelica Dass – Beauty of Human Skin in Every Colour.  First of all, I like the new site format.  Secondly, I like the Jukebox – so much that I had to hit Pause, go run and grab my guitar and sing/play along!!  Fortunately, no one was home at the time!

The program was the real highlight.  What an awesome message – and what great occasion to apply our Four-Way Test!  As much as we thought we progressed, we can see that we still have a way to go.  And what a great objective for Rotarians.
-- John Wojcicki – Rotary Club of Edmonton, District 5370

Angelica Dass – The Beauty of Human Skin in Every Colour.  This is one of those meetings that makes you laugh and makes you cry.  From Billy Crystal’s fabulous tribute to Mohammed Ali to the powerful message from Angelica Dass, I cherished every minute!
-- Robert Boyden, Rotary Club of Canmore, District 5360

Students Improving Water.  Despite having lived all 66 years of my life in Canada, I realized how little I really know about our vast country and its history.  The Canadiana article on Sudbury was fascinating.  I look forward to the next opportunity to learn more about our great country.
-- Robert Boyden, Rotary Club of Canmore, District 5360

On a few recent meetings:
Canadiana – Excellent chronology of “Black History in Canada.”  IGen – the smart-phone generation.  Awesome!  So true!  Rotary Jukebox:  Rhythms of the Dance – my toes are still tapping! 

Inspirational Moment – Great work by the midwives of Haiti.  Great to see Larry Reynolds from my club in the “comments from our guests and members.”

A little humour.  Billy Crystal 1979 tribute to Ali.  What a classic!  Jukebox:  Stand By Me performance.  What a treat!
-- Andy Adams, Rotary Club of Campbell River, District 5030

The Library Fines talk was exceptional.  Probably one of the reasons that I don’t hit the library too often, and we have an excellent one here.
-- Jim Kenyon, Rotary E-Club of Canada One


Archived Meetings
  • For meetings before February 2019, please click HERE.
  • For meetings starting February 2019, scroll to the bottom of this blog screen.
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Announcements


District 5370 Conference this year

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
October 3 to 5, 2019

Council elevates Rotaract
The 2019 Council on Legislation has completed its work. 

Among its most important actions, the Council elevated the status of Rotaract clubs, allowing them to join Rotary International the way that Rotary clubs do. The change is intended to increase the support that Rotaract clubs receive from RI and to enhance their ability to serve. 

The Council is made up of representatives from each Rotary district, and meets every three years in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to review the rules that govern the organization.
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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!

Do you have a Rotary story that you'd like to share with the Rotary World?

Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Jim Ferguson.

 We'd love to hear from you!

Your attendance could earn you Paul Harris Points

The Rotary E-club of Canada One is excited to announce that all of our attending guests who make a donation to our club in lieu of a meal, fines or happy bucks, will have the opportunity to have their name entered in a quarterly draw in support of the Rotary Foundation.

For more information, please click on the READ MORE link at the top of the weekly meeting.

Real-time meetings

 Each 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (MDT) is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.

 Each Thursday Morning from 8:00 am to 8:30 am (MDT) we host a casual FellowSIP Coffee Chat. 


Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.

Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.

For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca

 All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel:

Anyone can subscribe to our channel so that you will be automatically notified when a new video is posted.
***
How do you support our club?

 In order for our club to continue its much-needed projects helping others, your contributions are critical.  You may use either:
  • The Paypal button on our ClubRunner Home Page
  • The donation button on the attendance form, or 
  • Send a cheque to:

The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Canada   T2P 5K1

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A little humour 

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News from our Rotary family  
A message from Rotarian Vicki

I just finished listening to an awesome TedTalk on our club's Weekly Meeting, entitled "Dawn Wacek: A librarian's case against overdue book fines". To learn statistics about how people living in poverty are underachievers because they don't have access to books resonated strongly with me. 

From the time my children were 6 months old, we as parents read to them every single night even up into their teen years. When they were able to read on their own, we had family reading times, where we each had our own book. Other times we would read one book collectively, all listening to whichever reader was taking their turn.

I live in a poor community, a small village in Guatemala, where there is no public library.  So even if someone has the means to pay fines for overdue library books, it is irrelevant because there are no books. 

One of my dreams as director of Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans organization is to one day build a community library. We currently have a small library in our organization's facility that we use for our reading program for our sponsored students. 

We are about to embark on a lending system which we have been advised against because, even in communities in Guatemala that do have libraries, they don't allow library visitors to take out books because they think people with destroy them, use them as firewood, or in some other way be irresponsible.  

Dawn Wacek's talk was very empowering. She emphasized that every child, regardless of socio-economic circumstances, had the right to have access to books in order to improve learning. 

I will take her suggestions to heart with our current students, and with our community when the day comes that we will have a library for our village. In May, I have a date with a volunteer with Librarians without Borders. I am excited to show her Dawn Wacek's TedTalk and I discuss the content of it with her.


Vicki Horsfield, Executive Director
Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans 
Website: www.creatingopportunitiesforguatemalans.org/  and
www.facebook.com/CreatingOpportunitiesforGuatemalans

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Rotary minute
In this video, Rotarians visit Dr. Paul R. Alexander and his Iron Lung Machine, as he discusses his life and fight against Polio. Video is brought to you by The Rotary E-Club of District 5810. With more help, Rotary can finally end the fight, and eradicate Polio once and for all. 

ENDPOLIONOW.ORG


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Food for thought


 “If the adults don’t care about my future, why should I?” ~ Greta Thunberg
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Rotary Jukebox

For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.

Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!



This Week - A submission from Rotarian Doug Dyer


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Speaker Program

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Attendance Links

Complete the attendance/donation form to have your attendance recognized.
  • Visiting Rotarians and guests  -  Click HERE.
  • Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One  -  Click HERE.

Confirmation of your attendance will be sent to your e-mail address promptly.
***
Four-way Test

To close the meeting, Rotarian Jeff MacFarlane leads us in the Rotary Four-way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

***
This officially ends this week's meeting.

Thank you for joining us.  We appreciate your feedback and hope you will return and invite a guest.  

Please Click HERE to leave us a comment or send a message.

Scroll down for Program Donations and Attendance links. 
Please support our club!

Donate For the Meeting You Have Attended.

Please consider making a small donation in lieu of a meal 
to help us help those in need.  

We thank you very much!

Program Donations

Our E-Club is a dynamic club comprised of ordinary working and retired people who acknowledge that Rotarians are people who are generous with their time and their resources. 

Our club and the program you have just enjoyed, either as a member or a visitor, is funded only by donations.

We are developing ideas for fundraising with our members who are scattered across Canada, USA, Central America, and Europe, but we do need your help.

As you have not had to buy lunch or travel to attend this program, please make a donation of a minimum of $10.00, considering you're saving in time and cost in appreciation for the experience you have enjoyed. 

  • Visiting Rotarians and guests  -  Click HERE.
  • Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One  -  Click HERE.

Join Us!
Interested in providing Rotary Service? Unable to attend terra club meetings? 

Contact our membership chair for information or
click HERE for e-club Active Membership application.
or HERE to learn about Associate Membership
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