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For the week beginning October 21, 2019
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning October 21, 2019
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club do Rotary's good works!
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Tammy
Rotarian Tammy
Theme for October - Economic and
Community Development
Inspirational moment Community Development
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Canadiana
The first - Designated in 2013 as an Event of Provincial Significance
Nominated by Valerie Simims-Anderson
Four moose were introduced to the island of Newfoundland near the town of Howley in 1904. Positive and negative, the (estimated) 150,000 descendants of these hungry herbivores have left an indelible mark on this province's identity, culture, and landscape.
Moose were originally introduced as part of a wider government initiative to develop the island's interior. It was hoped that the animals would attract big game hunters - a new market for Newfoundland's new railways. The meat would also sustain workers needed in the burgeoning mining and forestry industries - a key to diversifying the country's fishing-based economy.
With few natural predators and finding Newfoundland the perfect habitat, moose thrived and the rest is history.
Today, moose are so numerous that they pose a hazard to drivers, and their voracious appetites are altering the native forest. but the moose is nonetheless an important part of this province's identity. Moose meat is a feature on the BBQs of community festivals and the menus of gourmet restaurants promoting local food, and the annual moose hunt is celebrated in story and song as an opportunity for people to reconnect with the land.
Three interesting and unrelated bits of trivia -
The first - Designated in 2013 as an Event of Provincial Significance
Nominated by Valerie Simims-Anderson
Four moose were introduced to the island of Newfoundland near the town of Howley in 1904. Positive and negative, the (estimated) 150,000 descendants of these hungry herbivores have left an indelible mark on this province's identity, culture, and landscape.
Moose were originally introduced as part of a wider government initiative to develop the island's interior. It was hoped that the animals would attract big game hunters - a new market for Newfoundland's new railways. The meat would also sustain workers needed in the burgeoning mining and forestry industries - a key to diversifying the country's fishing-based economy.
With few natural predators and finding Newfoundland the perfect habitat, moose thrived and the rest is history.
Today, moose are so numerous that they pose a hazard to drivers, and their voracious appetites are altering the native forest. but the moose is nonetheless an important part of this province's identity. Moose meat is a feature on the BBQs of community festivals and the menus of gourmet restaurants promoting local food, and the annual moose hunt is celebrated in story and song as an opportunity for people to reconnect with the land.
The second - The Apology Act
You won’t find
people in any other country in the world who will say the word “sorry” to
someone who is clearly in the wrong. This is a uniquely Canadian phenomenon. So
unique, in fact, that the term carries legal weight in the province of Ontario.
The “Apology
Act“, passed in 2009, is a direct result of Canada’s overuse of the word
“sorry”. See, once upon a time, lawyers in court were probably able establish
guilt quite easily. All they would have to do is prove someone apologized at
the time of the incident and presto! the verdict would swing in their
favour.
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The third:
Now, don't you feel better knowing these Canadiana facts?
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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?
Happiest man on
earth. What an inspiration!! It goes to show that it is all about attitude and
choices - that we can make the decision to be happy!
-- Vicki Horsfield,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
The TED talk
speaker, Eddie Jaku is a remarkable person. After barely surviving the
first 25 years of his life in concentration camps and near starvation and then
to go through the next 74 years and be so positive is inspirational.
-- David Werrett,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Learn to
Travel. Life is a journey and we are
where we ought to be. Travellers can be running from something or searching out
something. So too can we be doing this right where we are. I agree life is
enriched and broadened by meeting new people, seeing new things or simply
living in a new environment.
Wonderful
meeting. Thank you for the video about the orange shirt day. The club had
members who did not know what the residential school experience was all about
for our indigenous and other children too.
-- Lynne Ternosky,
Rotary Club of District 6330 Passport
The speaker never
mentioned the DR. Here, too, it is safe
to travel, and the people are wonderful and the country is beautiful.
-- Peter Denooy,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2020
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A Bagged Lunch ZOOM FellowSIP
First Wednesday of every month!!
A bagged lunch Zoom FellowSIP is scheduled every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 pm (Mountain Time).
The first meeting will be September 4 using the same ZOOM link as other Fellowship Events for a 30-minute chat.
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/709771987.
This is an opportunity to invite guests to share lunch with you electronically, and we hope that the guests will get to know us better.
An incentive: The first 5 Active or Associate Members of our Club who invite, and propose, a candidate which results in Active or Associate Membership will receive 100 PH points from the E-club account. This program expires June 30, 2020.
We look forward to you joining us on the first Wednesday of every month!
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, Kitty Bucsko.
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
Fellowship Assembly. 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.
Coffee Chat. 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
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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
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 5K1
Humour
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New members' corner
November 9
Rotary Day at the
United Nations celebrates the organizations’ shared vision for peace and
highlights the critical humanitarian activities that Rotary and the United
Nations lead around the world.
Inspired by his
theme, Rotary Connects the World, 2019-20 Rotary International President
Mark Daniel Maloney is convening five presidential conferences at key United
Nations offices around the world, including New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de
Chile and Honolulu. Join Rotary leaders, International officials, friends, and
guests as we celebrate our longstanding relationship with the UN and
commemorate the organization’s 75th anniversary.
Click here to read more.
Click here to read more.
Rotary minute
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Food for thought
The World before vaccines is a world
we cannot afford to forget!
Boys at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Queens, New York, line up to receive the smallpox vaccine in April 1947. The disease had claimed two lives, spurring city health officials to launch
a mass vaccination program.
a mass vaccination program.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BETTMANN, GETTY
PUBLISHED AUGUST 16, 2019
Like most American children of my generation, I lined up with my classmates in the mid-1950s to get the first vaccine for polio, then causing 15,000 cases of paralysis and 1,900 deaths a year in the United States, mostly in children.
Likewise, we lined up for the vaccine against smallpox, then still causing millions of deaths worldwide each year. I’ve continued to update my immunizations ever since, including a few exotic ones for National Geographic assignments abroad, among them vaccines for anthrax, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, and yellow fever.
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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, our E-Club President, Peter Denooy, recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
To close the meeting, our E-Club President, Peter Denooy, recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
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