Rotary E-Club Canada One: You have no idea where camels come from

Welcome to this week's meeting of

The Rotary E-Club of Canada One

For the week beginning May 20, 2019

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Guests attending this meeting will have a chance to

WIN a CDN $100 donation to the Foundation in your name

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Rotary E-Club Members

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Thanks!

PROGRAM

You have no idea where camels come from!

Latif Nasser

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Greeter this week
Rotarian Peter Denooy

Theme for May – Youth Service

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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?

Students Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

With 750 million people lacking access to clean water and 2.5 billion without improved sanitation facilities, the global community must prioritize water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Students can play a fundamental role in these efforts such as the project in Malawi where an alternative was built that composts human waste and incorporates a hygiene station.

-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, D5370

The range of offerings of speakers and topics was excellent. Loved hearing from a past exchange student who is now an active Rotarian. Really enjoyed the diversity of the program offerings. The session on autism was particularly meaningful for me.

-- Sue Croft – E-Club of Canada One

A very interesting meeting: (1) Maternal and Newborn Health Program (2) Canadiana re Sudbury

-- Fritz Steigmeier, Rotary Club of Stratford, D6330

Great story from Vicki about encountering another Rotarian on her travels in Guatemala.

-- David Werrett, Rotary E-Club of Canada One

Great speaker and story selection about Skin Colour. Also, I enjoyed the music!

-- Elly Contreras, E-Club of Canada One

Angelica Dass. I am always inspired by the components of the weekly meeting, so am passing this site on to others. Thank you for all the work put into this.

-- Lynne Ternosky, District 6330 Passport Club

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

Plan to attend the District 5370 Conference this year!

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Otober 3 to 5, 2019

As Rotarians, we can all save through the Rotary Global Rewards program!

Rotary Global Rewards Video from Raus Mktg Rivera on Vimeo.

Please click HERE for more information on Rotary Global Rewards

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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:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/Rotary E-Club Canada One

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 Secretariat

Many Rotarians consider the Secretariat simply another name for the RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Actually, it is much more. While it does include the World Headquarters, the Secretariat encompasses nearly 500 individuals working to make Rotary International run smoothly and effectively.

The term describes the entire operations of the general secretary and his staff. The Secretariat also includes eight Rotary Service Centres (formerly called Branch Offices) around the world, all of the staff serving in those centres, as well as all staff assigned to The Rotary Foundation. Its sole purpose is to serve the clubs, districts and administrative officers of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. RI World Headquarters, in a building called One Rotary Centre in Evanston, is the headquarters of the Secretariat. (www.rghf.org)

Once upon a time, when rotary was in its infancy, and you could count the number of clubs on both your hands and feet and have toes leftover, the Secretariat of Rotary was the Secretary of Rotary, Chesley R. (Ches) Perry. Today, the Secretariat is the nomenclature given to the staff, the offices, and the services that run the infrastructure of Rotary International.

John Hewko

Originally based in Chicago, the birthplace of Rotary, it is now headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, and supported by field offices around the world. As noted, staff function began with one Rotarian, Ches Perry, in 1910. His story is part of Rotary Global History and can be found along with other past general secretaries. He was joined two years later by Rufus Chapin, who would be the treasure of Rotary until 1942, when he and Perry retired.

Since then, many staff members have come and gone. Some, like Charlotte Lane and Thelma Decker, started as secretaries or typists and rose to department heads. All were valuable employees who have served Rotary over the years. (https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/secretariat/history.htm#.XKnxcVVKjIU)

Rotary's current Secretarial General is John Hewko. Mr. Hewko supervises a staff of almost 800; oversees all services provided to Rotary’s 1.2 million members in 34,000 clubs worldwide and the operations of the Rotary Foundation, including fundraising and grant making; manages revenues of $450 million and assets of $1 billion. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhewko)

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Rotary minute

From https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/history

For more than 110 years, Rotary members have been addressing challenges around the world.

Grassroots at the core, Rotary links 1.2 million members to form an organization of international scope. It started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong friendships, and give back to their communities.

Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of its members.

Our ongoing commitment

Rotary members have not only been present for major events in history — we’ve also been a part of them. Three key traits have remained strong throughout our history:

We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today, members in nearly every country work to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.

We persevere in tough times. During World War II, Rotary clubs in Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain were forced to disband. Despite the risks, many continued to meet informally, and after the war, Rotary members came together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.

We’re committed to service, and we’re not afraid to dream big and set bold goals. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, polio remains endemic in only three countries — down from 125 in 1988.

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Food for thought

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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!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR REQUEST

This Week - Boogie Woogie

This week, donated and submitted by Rotarian Delwen.
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Speaker Program

Latif Nasser - You have no idea where camels really come from!

Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? What if those big humps, feet, and eyes were evolved for a different climate and a different time?

In this talk, join Radiolab's Latif Nasser as he tells the surprising story of how a very tiny, very strange fossil upended the way he sees camels, and the world.

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Four-way Test

To close the meeting, Rotarian Jim Ferguson leads us in 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.

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