Welcome to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning May 27, 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
Rotary E-Club Members
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Welcome to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning May 27, 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
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!
Looking for an Archived Meeting from February 4th, 2019 and on?
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Thanks!
PROGRAM
More than Funny
Michael Jr.
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Canadiana
I love Regina, Saskatchewan
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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?
Very
interesting listening to Angelica Dass and her observations on people's skin
colour. It is difficult to comprehend how tough life can be just because
your skin is a different colour.
--David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One
Peter’s greeter message for the first of April was
funny. I love the Rhythm of the
Dance. Reminds me of a bit of Mexican
Folkloric dance.
--Elly Contreras, E-Club of Canada One
Library Books and Overdue Fines. It is interesting to learn that there is in
today’s society a 30-million word gap in children by the age of three – this
all due to literacy within our today’s society.
It is so important that we read to close that gap.
The discussion revolved around the fact that there are
obstacles that are keeping people away from using libraries. It is the fear of having overdue books and
the fines that go with it. People look
at this as another credit card that they may not be able to afford.
Incentives and programs are being put in place to draw
people back to using libraries and one is eliminating fines completely. Fines are not a stable source of revenue for
libraries and a small percentage of revenue.
-- Michael Thomas, RC of Stony Plain, District 5370
Late
fines for libraries. I wonder if there
is not, perhaps, a compromise to the problem of late fines vs. engagement of
lower-income readers.
If
there are fines, the speaker says they are deterred from belonging to a
library, and then they read less. If there are no fines, then there is
likely little or no control of the library's resources, and these readers, most
of whom are likely still in their formative years, are not learning to be
responsible and play by rules.
A
happy medium may be to extend lending times and provide some form of reminder
when the lending period is almost up - after all, even the lowest of income
families have smartphones, which can be pinged with a reminder message.
Libraries without control of their valuable resources will negatively
affect a whole spectrum of readers.
-- Delwen
Stander, E-Club of Canada One
Librarian’s Case against Overdue Book Fines. The title of the program captured my
attention – made me think if I had any overdue fines from my university days
some 40+ years ago. (I don’t!)
I spend a lot of time reading to and with my grandchildren
and being read to. And my fortunate
position, and this program, served to remind me of the value of accessibility
to reading material, especially for young children.
That in turn, reminded me of my Rotary Club’s
support COW – Classroom on Wheels – and of our involvement with Success By Six
and our current multi-club literacy work in Belize. It was great to be reminded of the great
resources we have available in the form of our libraries – and how accessing
those resources needs to be done while making sure users apply our Four-Way Test!
-- John Wojcicki, RC of Edmonton, D5370
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News from our E-club members
...submitted by Rotarian Doug Dyer
On May 16, I visited
the Papamoa Rotary Club, New Zealand. It was their regular weekly meeting with
about 16 members. Papamoa is a small beach town on North Island, and the Rotary
club has been going strong for 10 years. The members, they were very warm and
friendly, made me comfortable in Rotary style.
I had the great
pleasure of visiting with Dawson, their Rotary exchange student who is from
Cranbrook, British Columbia. What a mature and pleasant young woman! It is
always so nice to meet people from home, and we had good laughs.
Dawson was very
pleased with the Exchange program and felt that she had really matured since
arriving almost one year ago. One highlight for her was meeting up with 30-plus
other exchange students and spending time together exploring South Island. I
can only imagine how cool an experience that would be. She was also very interested in the e-club
concept and will visit our meeting.
Another enjoyable
terra club make-up for me.
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Announcements
District 5370 Conference this year
Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
October 3 to 5, 2019
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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!
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.
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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
A little humour
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New members' corner
ABCs of Rotary - Nicknames
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| Cliff Dochterman, RI President 1992-93 |
From the
earliest days of Rotary, members have referred to each other on a first-name
basis. Since personal acquaintanceship and friendship are cornerstones of
Rotary, it was natural that many clubs adopted the practice of setting aside
formal titles in conversations among members.
Individuals who normally would be
addressed as Doctor, Professor, Mister, the Honorable or Sir are regularly
called Joe, Bill, Charley, or Jerry by other Rotarians. The characteristic
Rotary club name badge fosters the first-name custom.
In a few areas, such as Europe, club members use a more formal style in addressing fellow members.
In other parts of the world, mainly
in Asian countries, the practice is to assign each new Rotarian a humorous
nickname which relates to some personal characteristic or which is descriptive
of the member's business or profession.
A member nicknamed "Oxygen"
is the manufacturer of chemical gas products. "Trees" is the nickname
for the Rotarian in the lumber business, "Building" is the
contractor, "Paper" is the stationery or office supply retailer.
Other members might carry nicknames like "Muscles,"
"Foghorn" or "Smiles" as commentaries on their physical
features.
The nicknames are frequently a source of good-natured fun and fellowship. But whether a Rotarian is addressed by a given first name or a nickname, the spirit of personal friendship is the initial step which opens doors to all other opportunities for service.
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Rotary minute
Food for thought
Bradford Care Home builds rail carriage for residents.
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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!
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Four-way Test
To close the meeting, a special treat from the Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana. The Rotary Four-way Test of the things we think, say, or do:
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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.
Interested in providing Rotary Service? Unable to attend terra club meetings?
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