President Iain Scott called the meeting to order with the land acknowledgement and the singing of O’Canada.

Rotary Moment – “Feeling Grateful”

Being involved with Rotary fills my heart.
When I was asked to be the President, I at first could not deliver as I was busy and I had no energy. It ended up being a heart surgery thing.
Later I was asked again and I consulted a few close friends who said you will love it. I disagreed because I was becoming busier with Real Estate and my other business. When I said enthusiastically to Caroline I am going to give it my best, she said “are you sure?” Understanding stress is tricky as it is counterproductive to a healthy heart or is it? I have always been busy and here I am busier now than I was when I was asked before and I feel happy and still a wee bit tired.
Our club is one of the strongest clubs in Winnipeg and beyond. We have a vibrant mix of members from different backgrounds who care about their community and I feel very lucky to be a part of it.

The Club welcomed guests David Soper, Claire Coleman, Carell Jackimiek, Caroline Wild, Anya and our guest speaker Gill Tyrrell.

Chair announcements

• Board Meeting October 3rd
• There is a Forest Committee meeting on Wednesday at 7pm
• Chuck reported that the planting at Westgrove School has done very well. A great crop of tomatoes. He'll need volunteers for Fall clean up.
• Stephanie Christensen, Executive Director of ShelterBox Canada has informed Rotarians about the need in both Morroco and Libya. ShelterBox is working closely with Rotary District 9010 to reach the most vulnerable communities. Together we are helping people recover and rebuild from this devastating disaster. https://www.shelterboxcanada.org
• As there are few announcements, President Iain made a personal announcement. He has a new drone. Why does a drone operator need a new drone? When one no longer has his drone as it has a new home in a very tall tree. And that is called a segway…

Jack Wilson reported that the Forest Committee is meeting by Zoom on Wednesday at 7 pm.

Mandy reported that the first furniture drive since July went very well. Despite a small number of volunteers pre-registered, there were 40 on hand, including some from Rotaract.

Our guest this evening is a colleague and friend, Gill has been involved in mediation for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in mediation, creating marriage separation agreements. He has achieved a Diploma in Conflict Resolution, a Certificate in Applied Counselling and Mediation in Marriage and Divorce Family Matters. Gill was a provincial constable for Alberta Justice Department. He has won the Attorney General Crime Prevention Award for Manitoba and was appointed by the Attorney General as Chairman of the Provincial Council on Youth Crime. He and his wife Dianne are long time real estate agents and when Iain said he was busy, he may have spoken out of turn.

Gill has been involved in mediation for almost 25 years. Before that he was for a time a bodyguard for Ralph Klein in Alberta. He wanted his career to be proactive vs. reactive. Mediation and Rotary are similar in that we work in the interests of all concerned and improve the community we live in.

Pros and cons of mediation. Can be less expensive, still needs to be authorized by a lawyer. There's no regulatory body, so there are other checks and balances. Starting to see mediation used more and more in the legal system.

Types of Mediation 1. Facilitated Settlement Mediation 2. Facilitated mediation 3. Transformative mediation and 4. Evaluative mediation. In all cases, the mediator is trying to get the best of all parties leading to resolution. Facilitated settlement and facilitative mediation has more ownership of the parties, with concessions.

There were many questions and obvious interest in the topic. President Iain thanked Gill for the excellent presentation.

Happy Dollars, birthdays, anniversaries

• Cathy was happy to know that her niece and family have arrived safely home in Thunder Bay following her visit with them in Kenora.
• Lloyd was in Ottawa and attended a Red Blacks/Regina game. He was happy to have attended the game, but less happy that his son and grandkids wore Red Blacks jerseys instead of being loyal to their green jersey roots.
• Glenn was happy to be back after almost two months at the cottage. He was especially happy to have survived taking down the trees damaged in last year's storm. And that of a neighbour who had a heart attack and was taken to St. Boniface hospital by STARS seems to be doing well.
• Jagdish was happy that his annual check-up found him to be in good health.
• Dave was happy that Jim McGregor borrowed some tables, and gave Rotary $50 for their use.
• Lyle sold the last of the Rotary chairs for $88. That made everyone happy.
• Mandy was grateful for a successful Bridge of Hope furniture day, with a record 40+ volunteers, nine of which were Rotaracters.
• Len was happy the bocce ball has returned at the Charleswood Seniors' Centre. His dad is the most competitive player. He will be nominating his dad for the CKY Sports Star of the year.
• Al Roberts is happy to have a new granddaughter. Rose, checking in at 6 lb. 13 oz.
• Chuck replaced the window in his guest cabin using the measure twice, cut three times method. He was happy that it was ultimately successful.

Jack had an anniversary, but he didn't want us to sing.

Lorraine celebrated another decade. She did let us sing Happy Birthday!

50/50

Sarge asked Gill to draw a raffle ticket, won by Lloyd Talbot, who was unable to unearth the blue marble. The pot continues to grow.

Our speaker for next week October 2nd is David Maitland and Mario Costanini speaking about ADM Storage - the container business. There is no meeting on the 9th. On October 16th we have Lealand Muller who competed in the Invictus games.