Meeting Recap: January 13, 2016

Posted by Zelda Craig 
on Jan 06, 2016
 

Meeting Recap: January 13, 2016

Announcements:
  • Operation Red Nose Volunteer Recognition event will be a spaghetti dinner at 5:30pm Saturday at ICBC. Contact Neil for more information.
  • Youth Exchange - Gina will be buying tickets to the Cougars game tomorrow (Jan 14). Just a reminder that the winter exchange takes place on the 22nd, with a Cougars game on Friday, Skiing and then a chili dinner at Otway on Saturday, on tobogganing on Sunday. Gina is looking for a host family for two of the boys.
  • Pub Night at the Legion - the first one will be on Friday February 12 at 5:30pm, friends and family are welcome. Minors are welcome until 8pm and after 8 there may be a cover charge, if there's a live band.
  • Taste of India has been sold out but Dolly reserved a table - costs are $100 per seat, contact Dolly if you want to attend.
 
Update from Juliana - last Sunday she went to Otway! She was impressed by how beautiful it was out there, and it was lots of fun! She also took in her first Cougars game - and they won!
 
Our presenters were Brenda Colebrook and Debbie Dow, and there is another story on their "Journey to the Well - Tanzania".
 
Dolly's "History of Rotary" presentation focused on the term "Rotary Ann". This has been a term used to refer to the wives of Rotary members, which originated in 1914 when Rotarians in San Francisco took a train to the convention in Houston. It was unusual for wives to attend Rotary events and Ann Brunnier, wife of Bru Brunnier, was the only woman aboard the train. As they progressed along their journey, Ann was introduced to new passengers as the "Rotarian's Ann" which morphed into "Rotary Ann". One of the San Francisco delegates wrote a "Rotary Ann" chant for the Houston conference, one of the performances to emphasize that the convention would be coming to San Fancisco the following year. Eventually, "Rotary Ann" was used to refer to all the wives of the members.
 
Gina won the 50/50 and Gordon noted that she donated her winnings back to Rotary, so thank you for that!