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Greeter this week Rotarians Kitty and David
February - Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution
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Inspirational moment
People all over the world working to improve our environment!
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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?
January 26. An excellent program as usual from the
Inspirational Moment by the quadriplegic to the Brazilian pianist Eliane
Rodrigues who is undeterred by a defective piano and keeps on playing to the
budding chemist Fionn Ferriera who has discovered a way to remove plastic
particles from the oceans.
-- David Werrett,
President E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
The inspirational
speaker, Travis Mills, was amazing – enjoyed and was inspired by his
presentation.
-- Jonathan Jones,
Kalamalka Rotary Club, District 5060
Inspirational
moment. WOW! Attitude is EVERYTHING!
-- Sharon Blaker,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Archived Meetings
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Announcements
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2020
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DISTRICT 5370 CONFERENCE 2020
The Next District Conference is hosted by OUR E-Club of Canada One!
Support our District Governor-Elect, Jim, and his Team
Photos of the Rotary get-together recently in Guatemala
What a beautiful locale!
Rotarian Vicki receiving her Paul Harris Fellow award from Rotarian Jean-Michel
Getting acquainted over coffee!
Vicki was impressed by receiving the PH pin on behalf of
Peter and our E-Club. Also very impressed was the president of the local club to
be able share the award at their local club because that club also supports Vicki’s
school.
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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, Kitty Bucsko.
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.
Each year, up to
130 Rotary Peace Fellows are selected to receive full funding to earn either a
professional development certificate in peace and development or a master’s
degree in any of a range of disciplines related to peace and development.
Through this
program, Rotary Peace Fellows develop skills they need to serve as leaders and
catalysts for peace and development both in their own communities and around
the globe.
The Rotary Peace
Fellowship program has a vision of sustainable peace- encompassing a network of
peacebuilders and community leaders dedicated to preventing and resolving
conflicts across the globe.
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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!
Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One - Click HERE.
Confirmation of your attendance will be sent to your e-mail address promptly.
Return to ClubRunner home page - CLICK HEREto return to our ClubRunner Home Page.
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Four-way Test To close the meeting, Rotarian Keith Evans recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
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Donate For the Meeting You Have Attended.
Please consider making a small donation in lieu of a meal
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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.
Asyouhave 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.
Please leave a donation to assist our club do Rotary's good works!
Looking for an Archived Meeting from February 4th, 2019 and on? Just scroll to the very bottom!! Thanks!
Greeter this week Rotarians Kitty and David
February - Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
Rotary E-Club of Canada One celebrates 7 years on February 23, 2020! Rotary International celebrates 115 years!
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Inspirational moment Ethiopia - Child Marriage
Earlier this
year, when news of a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl's impending forced
marriage went viral on social media, police swung into action: Her parents
were arrested, and so was her husband-to-be, an older man she had never met.
The wedding was canceled.
For advocates,
the story highlighted the painstaking progress Ethiopia has made in its efforts
to confront the issue of child marriage — a widespread problem in the African
nation, according to an evaluation of UNICEF data compiled by Girls Not
Brides, an international nonprofit working to end child marriage.
The country,
which according to the group has the 15th highest rate of child marriages in
the world and the fifth-highest total number of child brides at over 2 million,
outlawed the practice nearly 20 years ago.
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?
In the Rotary
Minute the narrator spoke about the revolving door, new members who join a club
and don't stay long. About 20 years ago my previous club had the same
problem and we developed a program to help prospective members understand what
Rotary was about and, by becoming a member, what they were committing
themselves to.
-- David Werrett,
President E-Club Canada One, District 5370
Regular weekly
RECCO Meeting for January 20. "What a fantastic meeting. Inspired by Travis
Mills' positive attitude when he was made a four limb amputee; then
intrigued by the impact of a simple Bal-a-vis-x ball exercise with young
students; and then blown away by the budding genius of 18-year-old Fionn
Ferreira's development of a chemical process for extraction of micro plastics
from water. There is hope for the human race yet!"
-- Keith Evans,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Inspirational
Moment with Travis Mills was fantastic. Great to see fellow Campbell River
Rotary Club Member David Proctor in the Comments from Guests &
Members. The Bal-A-Vis-X looked like a
great hand/eye and team task.
-- Andy Adams,
Rotary Club of Campbell River, District 5020
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Archived Meetings
For meetings before November 2019, please click here.
For meetings starting November 2019, please scroll to the very bottom of this page.
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Announcements
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2020
********
DISTRICT 5370 CONFERENCE 2020
The Next District Conference is hosted by OUR E-Club of Canada One!
Support our District Governor-Elect, Jim, and his Team
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, Kitty Bucsko.
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 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (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 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (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.
February 2020 - Message for February from RI President
Happy 115th birthday, fellow Rotarians and members of the family of Rotary!
Much has changed in the world since 1905. Then, the global population was roughly 1.7 billion. Today, it is 7.7 billion. There were 5 telephones per 100 people in the United States 115 years ago. In 2020, it is estimated that 96 percent of the U.S. population has a cellphone — and both China and India have more than a billion cellphones in use.
In the 115 years since Rotary was founded, seemingly everything has changed except Rotary values. We began, and remain, committed to fellowship, integrity, diversity, service, and leadership. While our Service Above Self motto dates to 1911, the ethos behind those words had already been ingrained by Rotary's founders.
As the pace of change worldwide continues to accelerate, the need for Rotary service is greater than ever. It's one thing to read about service projects, quite another to see them in action and to see the grateful faces of people who have benefited from them. Rotary projects change lives and connect the world. And over the past year, I have seen some amazing Rotary projects in action.
Gay and I visited Japan's Fukushima prefecture last year. Few places in the world have had to deal with the kind of devastation that visited Fukushima in March 2011, when a tsunami touched off by an earthquake led to disaster at a nuclear power plant.
But the story of Fukushima today is not one of destruction; it is one of hope and renewal. Rotary grants have helped improve access to medical and mental health care for victims of the disaster and reduced the isolation of these communities by sharing the experiences of people from other parts of the world who have also recovered from disasters. Our grants have also helped to foster self-motivation and encourage sustainable long-term community recovery across the region.
In Shanghai, I learned about the Careers in Care program. This helps migrant workers fill the need for skilled professionals in elder care facilities. After taking a course, trainees receive certification to boost their employment prospects, while the care industry benefits from an expanded talent pool.
Rotary projects like this are successful because they address a local need, and they have the potential to attract local government funding to sustain their impact.
And in Guatemala, Gay and I went to Sumpango. Global grants there provide mechanical cows to produce soy milk; an improved water distribution system; water filters; clean compost latrines; family gardens; support for income generation; and training in WASH and literacy programs. The food items sold there not only provide nutrition to women and children, but also create a source of income for local women.
In every area of focus, and in every part of the world, Rotary projects are improving lives and helping communities adapt in a time of rapid change. As we celebrate another great year for Rotary, let us rededicate ourselves to strengthening the connections that make our service so impactful. We will make lives better as Rotary Connects the World.
The Rotary
Peace Fellowship is designed for professionals with work experience in
international relations or peace and conflict prevention and
resolution. Our fellows are committed to community and international
service and the pursuit of peace.
In just over a
decade, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,200
fellows. Many of them now serve as leaders at international
organizations or have started their own foundations.
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Food for thought
Who packs your parachutes in life?
Here’s a short
tale about a real event that has saved, changed and touched a soul. I hope it will touch yours too.
The former navy
fighter and P.O.W. Captain Charlie Plumb is now a great motivational
speaker.
Charles Plumb was
a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After
75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a
communist Vietnamese prison. He survived
the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.
One day, when
Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up
and said: “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the
aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were
shot down!”
“How in the world
did you know that?” asked Plumb.
“I packed your
parachute,” the man replied.
Plumb gasped in
surprise and gratitude. The man pumped
his hand and said: “I guess it worked!”
“It sure did,”
Plumb assured him. “If your chute hadn’t
worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”
That night, Plumb
couldn’t sleep, as he kept thinking about that man. Plumb says,
“I kept wondering
what he had looked like in a Navy uniform:
a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him
and not even said ‘Good morning, how are you?’ or anything because, you see, I
was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.”
Plumb thought of
the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the
ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, each
time holding the fate of someone he didn’t know in his hands.
Now Plumb asks,
“Who’s packing your parachute?”
Everyone has someone
who provides what they need to make it through the day. He also points out that he needed many kinds
of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory – he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his
spiritual parachute. He called on all of
these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes, in the
daily challenges that life gives us, we
miss what is really important. We may
fail to say hello please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something
wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something
nice for no reason.
As you go through
this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your
parachutes. And most importantly, show
them your appreciation, gratitude, and give them some attention. You may not even know these people yet, so allow your kindness to have no boundaries whatsoever. You’ll never know who might be packing your
parachute right now! Source: https://www.indres.com/news/who-packs-your-parachute-a-true-story-about-charles-plumb
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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!
Members of Rotary E-Club of Canada One - Click HERE.
Confirmation of your attendance will be sent to your e-mail address promptly.
Return to ClubRunner home page - CLICK HEREto return to our ClubRunner Home Page.
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Four-way Test To close the meeting, E-Club member, Bryce Lambert, recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
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.
Asyouhave 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.
