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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning August 30, 2021
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning August 30, 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 July 2021 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!
Thanks!
Looking for an Archived Meeting from July 2021 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!
Thanks!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Sharon Blaker
Inspirational moment
Rotarian Sharon Blaker
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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?
June 27. Amazing Technology was already used centuries ago. I was introduced to computers in 1967 as a keypunch operator, and have seen the advancement and reduction in size. Computers always intrigued me and still do. It helps that I studied computer programming. It's all about logic and math. So this week’s meeting topics addressed all areas. Loved the Bankie Banx music. Great music for a hot evening.
-- Elly Contreras, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
June 28. A MOST INTRIGUING MEETING... EVERY SINGLE VIDEO AND SPEAKER!
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
How to Pull the Plug on Climate Change. Knowing of actual technologies that exist to help slow climate change, right here in Canada is very inspiring. What can Rotary do to contribute? Anyone know who to contact to find out more?
-- Lynne Ternosky, Rotary Club of D6330 Passport
June 28. LOVED this! It is so wonderful to hear people speak with hope about solving the climate change crisis - but with an emphasis that there is no time to be wasted!
-- Vicki Horsfield, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Pulling the Plug on Climate Change. I enjoyed the Four-Way Test and the Maple Leaf Rag. Getting rid of carbon dioxide is a sure way of eliminating climate change. Very, very interesting and the speaker represents a company from Squamous, BC that actually removes carbon dioxide from the air.
-- Martin Secker, Rotary Club of Kingston, District 7040
Pulling the Plug on Climate Change. I did not realize the critical timeframe we have to deal with climate change and some of the technology that already exists to help us if we choose to do so.
-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370
July 3. A very informative meeting. The story of the Gimli Glider running out of fuel was not as simple as just the change from Imperial to metric with inoperative gauges and lack of training being part of the picture. The TED talk about the Co2 capture shows how internal combustion engines can be operated on fuel derived from Co2 capture and not lead to more pollution.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
June 28. I enjoyed the musical 4-Way Test.
-- Dietrich Brand, Rotary Club of Medicine Hat, District 5360
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Announcements
RECCO YFF – YOUTH FOCUS FUNDRAISER
10km x 10 Location Sponsored Walk
September 25 – October 9, 2021
10 members of the Rotary E-Club of Canada One (“RECCO”) will each be walking 10 kilometers in 10 different locations at a date they choose in the last week of September or first week of October, 2021.
Funds raised will be used to support the Club’s involvement from 2021-2024 with the following projects, all of which focus specifically on youth:
- Project Amigo (Mexico)
- Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans
- Himalayan Life (Nepal)
- Rotary’s RYLE and RYPEN
Pictures of start locations and end locations for the walkers will be posted on the RECCO website/home page.
If you want to sponsor a walker, please contact Keith Evans (keithevans@stepoiltools.com) with details of your sponsorship commitment, and he will assign it to a walker. NO AMOUNT OF SPONSORSHIP IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG.
The Club will greatly appreciate any amount you can give. Alternatively, you can donate via the links on the Club website (https://portal.clubrunner.ca/8529)
Please indicate walk sponsorship on any direct bank transfers. Click the “Special Fundraiser” drop-down box for payments via PayPal (if you add a penny “.01” after the dollar amount of your contribution for PayPal it will be a clear code to our Treasurer that this is for the sponsored walk fundraiser), or you can use the QR code to facilitate payment.
Thank you!
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Dear David, RECCO Board, and club members,
It is with great excitement that I write to thank you for your awesome contribution to the District Grant to provide computers for Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans! I don’t need to tell you how important computers are to our organization – not only to give our students access to the Internet and computers to on which do their homework, but also to provide them with the experience in technology that they will require for higher-level studies and future employment!
Your timing in providing these funds could not have come at a better time. Our existing computers for the most part were computers that were donated to us six years ago, computers that had been used in someone’s office for many years. As you can imagine, they are dying one by one. And most of them cannot accommodate updates or new programs because their technology is so old.
We had the wonderful blessing of receiving a donation [from Rotarian!] to build a room on top of our existing computer room and parking area. The construction of this room is almost finished and it will become our new computer room – almost doubling our computer room space! Where the existing computer room is on our main floor will be the location of our future Community Library!
Here are some pictures so you can see where your wonderful computers will be housed. The first picture is of the installation of the roof. The second picture shows the construction of the new space on the second level.
Thank you again for your amazing generosity and for your desire to make sure that these children who live in poverty will have every opportunity to succeed and have a brighter future!
Yours in Rotary,
Vicki Horsfield
It is with great excitement that I write to thank you for your awesome contribution to the District Grant to provide computers for Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans! I don’t need to tell you how important computers are to our organization – not only to give our students access to the Internet and computers to on which do their homework, but also to provide them with the experience in technology that they will require for higher-level studies and future employment!
We had the wonderful blessing of receiving a donation [from Rotarian!] to build a room on top of our existing computer room and parking area. The construction of this room is almost finished and it will become our new computer room – almost doubling our computer room space! Where the existing computer room is on our main floor will be the location of our future Community Library!
Here are some pictures so you can see where your wonderful computers will be housed. The first picture is of the installation of the roof. The second picture shows the construction of the new space on the second level.
Thank you again for your amazing generosity and for your desire to make sure that these children who live in poverty will have every opportunity to succeed and have a brighter future!
Yours in Rotary,
Vicki Horsfield
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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, 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
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.
Please note the change - for July, August, and September
The monthly RECCO Fellowship Assemblies will be held at 10:00 a.m. (MST) on the third Tuesday of each month. The change was made to include more RECCO members in different time zones.
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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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
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New members' corner
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Some years ago, it was quite common to encounter Rotarians who had maintained a perfect attendance record, and, in some cases, starting with their induction into Rotary.
Some years ago, it was quite common to encounter Rotarians who had maintained a perfect attendance record, and, in some cases, starting with their induction into Rotary.
Rotarian David Werrett
He explained how, in the mid-'50s when he had joined Rotary, there were not many clubs in or near Calgary, and on occasion, he travelled east to Drumheller (135 kms) or Banff (about the same distance to the west) to attend a club meeting and do a “makeup.”
In those days, much of the road to Drumheller was a gravel road. I went home and thought about what Curly had said.
In those days, my business took me to various towns and cities in Western Canada. I purchased my own edition of the Official Rotary Directory which listed all the clubs in the world, when and where they met, and the names of the President and Secretary. I needed to find a place to eat lunch or dinner each day, so it was fairly easy to plan to be in a certain location at a club’s meeting time. It enabled me to enjoy a meal in the company of other Rotarians, learn about their projects, and be entertained by the speaker.
And so I maintained my perfect attendance, including during my vacation, which was usually in Britain where my brother was also a Rotarian.
Upon retirement, my wife Sharon, and I looked forward to some international travel. Our first trip was two months in New Zealand; so off we went, complete with the Rotary directory in my suitcase. And we visited a club every week and were welcomed wherever we went, sometimes with invitations to a member’s house or tour of a sheep station (farm). This continued during our years of travel in Europe, Australia, South Africa, and across Canada and Alaska, which included a visit to the North Pole Club!
On this past June 30, my perfect attendance amounted to 28 years. And my mentor Curly Galbraith had 50 years of perfect attendance when he passed away in 2010.
Wow! Thank you Rotarian David! You are an inspiration and excellent example to all the rest of us!
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Rotary minute
Not really Rotary, but yes, Rotary – Distinctly related to Rotary’s efforts to eradicate Polio.
This is arguably the most endearing song from the Walt Disney fantasy musical "Mary Poppins." Its message "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," is related by the mysterious nanny (played by Julie Andrews) to her new charges.
The song was co-written by the famous Sherman Brothers, whose classics include "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "It's a Small World."
The Sherman brothers were stuck trying to combine up with a catchy title and chorus for this song. "An Apple a Day" and "A Stitch in Time" were among the suggestions that were later rejected. The pair struggled to come up with something snappy for a fortnight until Robert Sherman's then-eight-year-old son came home from school. He recalled: "I said, 'How was school?' He said, 'Great. We got the (polio) vaccine today.' I said, 'Oh, did it hurt?' He said, 'No, they just stuck medicine on a lump of sugar.' I went, 'Ohhhh!' " That was it.
And here is the song –
Source: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/julie-andrews/a-spoonful-of-sugar
And here is the song –
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!
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Four-way Test
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To close the meeting, Rotarian Vicki's students in Guatemala recite the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians 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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