Sunday, February 28, 2021

Our Programme. The Danger of a Single Story. March 1 to 7, 2021

 

 

WELCOME!!

 to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning March 1, 2021

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Thanks!


Greeter this week 
Rotarian Keith


March Focus - Water & Sanitation

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Inspirational moment 


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Canadiana
...contributed by Rotarian Vicki 


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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 21. I enjoyed the story about Magnetic Hill, near Moncton, and the lady who started a cafe and created a tourist attraction.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

January 21. Another meeting that I watched every single second and shared a few clips on my FB page. Loved the 4-Way test speech contest - wonder if it is still occurring? Always enjoy the BBC Earth videos and David Attenborough - and who doesn't love magic and singing children. Great meeting!
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

Interesting meeting, in part light-hearted, that taught me how far Alberta was from Wales but also that perhaps Orangutans should only imitate us to teach us how to preserve our environment unless we see the human future in the form of a brainless jellyfish in another 650 million years.
-- Jean Michel Crepin, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

Own your own face. Very painful sharing about living with disfigurement and how others try to offer changes to your appearance.
-- Lynne Ternosky, Rotary Club of District 6330 Passport

January 27. Another awesome weekly meeting. Wowed by the salt mine in Poland! Speaker program, Own your Face, is especially pertinent for most of us, considering our age and the quantity of wrinkles we now 'own.' Only Western Culture looks down on the face that shows life experience and gained wisdom. “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
-- Vicki Horsfield, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

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Archived Meetings
  • For meetings before January 2021, please click here. 
  • All meetings are also archived at the very bottom of this page.
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Announcements 

District Governor Jim’s March message

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ROTARY'S THEME FOR 2021-22


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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 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) 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. (Mountain Time) 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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Humour 
...contributed by Rotarian Vicki




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Rotary minute 
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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!


THIS WEEK - Chuck Berry & Tina Turner


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Speaker Program

The Danger of a Single Story


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Four-way Test 

To close the meeting, a Thursday morning group recital of the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.

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.

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E-Club’s Facebook page.  We work hard to post something every second day, sometimes more often.  

Invite friends to Like our page and enjoy our posts.  Also, please take the time to Share our posts on your Facebook Page. 
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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.


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? 

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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Our Program. Amanda Gorman. February 22 to 28, 2021.

 

 

WELCOME!!

 to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning February 22, 2021

Scroll down to enjoy the content!

Complete the form for a make-up!


Please leave a donation to assist our club to do Rotary's good works!


 Looking for an Archived Meeting from January 2021 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!

Thanks!


Greeter this week 
Rotarian Kitty



February Focus - Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution

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Inspirational moment 


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Canadiana 

1. Lake Superior contains 10 percent of all planet Earth’s fresh surface water.

2. It covers 82,000 sq km (31,700 sq mi) with an average depth of 147 metres or 483 feet. 

3. The deepest point in the lake is 405 metres or 1,333 feet. 

4. There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior and Lake Superior is known to not give up her dead. Over 10,000 lives have been lost in her waters. 

5. Lake Superior is, by surface area, the largest lake in the world. 

6. It contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, plus three extra Lake Eries! 

7. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water one foot deep. 

8. There are 78 different species of fish that call the big lake home. 

9. The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9.45 metres or 31 feet high. 

10. If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth, Minnesota to the Bahamas. 

11. Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River in Ontario. 

12. The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 metres or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters. 

13. In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge. 

14. Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2.7 billion years ago, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior. 

15. It very rarely freezes over completely. 

16. The average temperature of Lake Superior is 36°F or 2°C... very refreshing on a hot summer day! 

17. The Trans-Superior International Yacht Race is the world's longest freshwater sailboat race. 

18. Lake Superior has its own tide. 

19. Changes in water levels are more noticeable from prevailing winds pushing water to the Eastern shore. 

20. The dense basalts of Lake Superior acted like a wall or brake for the glaciers 18,000 years ago, which is why there is a driftless area in Wisconsin today. 

21. Lake Superior had a song written by Gordon Lightfoot called The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 

22. After a big storm, Lake Superior always churns up stuff from the past and it ends up on the shores of the big lake. These items can be lake glass, old lumber, old pull tabs off of beer and pop cans and coal used in old factories. 

23. If all water were drained from the North American continent, the low point of Lake Superior would be the lowest point of land on the continent. 


Source: https://www.northernontario.travel/algoma-country/top-ten-facts-about-lake-superior-its-name-is-superior-because-it-is


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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?  


Meeting in January. Vocational service projects. The David Bowie singers and dancers were a hoot, and I did not know about Magnetic Hill.
-- Irene Makar, new member of E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

Loved the music “Sing.” Message from Wales combining groups to result in better decisions about longer-term thinking and leaving the world a better place is something our town council needs to hear. Yes, they have an environment committee, but one of many and no combination with health care. A good mix of topics and material for everyone!
-- Lynne Ternosky, Rotary Club of D6330 Passport

Meetings January 4 and 27. Great meetings. Thank you for the ongoing effort.
-- Doug Dyer, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

Lessons on leaving the world better than you found it. Sophie Howe. Wales instituted a new government position, a first of its kind being a "future generations commissioner" position. Sophie Howe is tasked with making sure institutions answer to her in setting goals and reaching those goals to leave behind a better place for future generation "to be born yet." This includes things such as low carbon emissions as an example.
-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370

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Archived Meetings
  • For meetings before January 2021, please click here. 
  • For meetings starting January 2021, please scroll to the very bottom of this page.
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Announcements 


The Rotary E-Club of Canada One (RECCO) has been listed as fourth in our District regarding contributions to The Rotary Foundation. With only seven months into the Rotary year, RECCO members contributed $9,184.89 and already exceeded last year’s total amount.

It should be noted that $20 million is being transferred by RI to The Rotary Foundation to be able to support the club with their Global Grants. Look at the graphic below to see what RI can do with your contribution. And donate today!

 And donate today!

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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 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) 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. (Mountain Time) 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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Humour 
...contributed by Rotarian Elly


“Always be careful when you follow the masses. 

Sometimes the m is silent.”



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New members' corner 


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Rotary minute 



Honouring Indigenous Peoples (HIP) growth means increasing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous participation. We encourage and support relationship building between Rotary clubs and Indigenous communities. As we discover shared purposes, values, and how to better support one another, we will be building a better country.

For more information, click here.


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Food for thought 


If you are interested in learning more, Open YouTube, search for BYBLOCK, and choose any video you wish to view.

For example, click here.

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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 story contributed by Rotarian Jim Kenyon

Up on the Roof

When I first started to visit, commute, and eventually moved to The Yukon, there was a lovely couple in the apartment below me in Toronto. Anita offered to water my plants and look after the place during my many trips north. She told stories before she met her husband of sharing an apartment with 4 gay guys. Good arrangement, except they always had to check out her boyfriends…

When Anita married, the 4 guys moved to an apartment above a bar on Spadina. Gave them a chance to sit out on a secluded deck in the back, smoke, and sing their hearts out. One day, Marc came by and asked if she had any old nylons. He explained that they wanted to try to sing publicly and they needed the props.

Early in their career, they went to a world competition in Japan for a cappella singing. They blew all competition out of the water, easily won, and never bothered to go back since they felt they had nothing further to prove. 

I had the pleasure of going to several of their concerts and became a lifelong fan. A few years later, the group was wiped out in the AIDS epidemic.

So, here’s a couple of their creations. And please note two things. There are no instruments or percussion. None. Just four guys, four microphones, and yes, those are Anita’s NYLONS.


Here are two additional links if you have the interest.



Thanks, Jim!!


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Speaker Program

Amanda Gorman


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Four-way Test

To close the meeting, Rotarian and our President-elect, Keith Evans, recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.



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. 

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Our Facebook page.  Please remember to check out our posts on the Rotary 

E-Club’s Facebook page.  We work hard to post something every second day, sometimes more often.  

Invite friends to Like our page and enjoy our posts.  Also, please take the time to Share our posts on your Facebook Page. 
***
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.


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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