RoteNotes November 17, 2022 (Nov 17, 2022)

Hybrid meetings... not this time!

Tonight Nora, Wayne, Rudy, Allan, John, Anthony, Brendan, Nav and Stephen met at the Rotary Interpretive Centre. Regrets were received from Merle and Byron. Conversation topics included noting there was no wifi in the building and wondering why it hadn’t been included, recognizing that we could use wifi and a tv screen in the meeting room, and talking about the Foundation Dinner held yesterday.

President Stephen called the meeting to order at 7:07 and we sang O Canada. “Well done.” He informed us that Bob Lukie is unwell and will not be able to perform the secretarial duties at this time. We are looking for a volunteer to take over Bob’s duties. Wayne shared about the Foundation Dinner in Abbotsford attended by John and Elizabeth, Stephen and Irina, and himself. The attendance was good and it was a welcomed opportunity to reconnect with fellow Rotarians. Our club received two awards: a certificate for our significant financial support for End Polio Now, and a banner recognizing our 100% Foundation Giving to the Annual Fund. Our Groups of Five work well, and we contribute more, both individually and as a club.

We really enjoyed the two main speakers at the dinner. Alison MacLean is a Peace Scholar Alumni who worked as a reporter in Afghanistan and had many disturbing as well as some heart-warming stories to share. Chris Offer, a PDG from District 5040 and current Director of Rotary Foundation Canada, spoke about his experiences as a police officer and our efforts to bring peace to the world. Besides that, the food was delicious.

Stephen shared an interim report about Ribfest proceeds ($172 823 net profit) and Allan told about the Remembrance Day event at the arboretum. We talked about our club’s Christmas social which will be held at Allan’s house. Allan has spoken to one caterer and will be approaching another to compare prices. We believe we will gather on December 11, after 4 p.m. and will enjoy turkey dinner with stuffing and all the trimmings and what have you (can you guess who was speaking?) and it may be prepared in serving trays that we will need to pick up. This will lower the cost and we won’t need a large minimum number of participants. So far we have eighteen people who indicated they would attend.

Rotary Moment with Wayne

Wayne read the Rotary Moments for last week and this week which came to us from Jack Rae, District Foundation Chair.

WHAT IS A PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY MEMBER ?

The Paul Harris Society recognizes people who commit to contributing US$1000 or more each year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved global grant. The Society’s purpose is to honor and thank people for their generous and ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation.

Paul Harris Society contributions count toward several different kinds of individual recognition, and members receive a chevron-style pin and a certificate. Members are also registered in the Paul Harris Society Report.

Ask me for a Paul Harris Society membership form to provide this ongoing support to the Foundation! Jack Rae

HOW DOES THE ROTARY FOUNDATION RECOGNIZE ROTARY CLUBS?

Donations to the Foundation are essential to securing and expanding our programs throughout the world. We recognize with gratitude clubs that make extraordinary contributions.

• 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club: These are clubs in which all dues-paying members are Paul Harris Fellows. The club receives a banner. This is a one-time recognition, but the intent is that the club will maintain its status.

• 100% Foundation Giving Club: This banner is given to clubs that have an average of US$100 in per capita giving and in which every dues-paying member donates at least $25 during the year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, the Endowment, or approved global grants.

• Every Rotarian, Every Year Club: This banner is awarded to clubs that have a minimum Annual Fund contribution of $100 per capita during the year and in which every dues-paying member personally contributes at least $25 to the Annual Fund in that time period.

Will you help our club be recognized by the Foundation this year?

Other updates

We talked about Wayne’s wardrobe (details were shared at the meeting) and The Light Touch was provided by John. He told a story about a police officer, a car with knives, a juggler, and a guilty Rotarian. I have deliberately omitted the punchline. Tickets to attend the Vancouver Giants game with Geoff and Les Clay on Nov. 27th are $19 each.

We moved on to happy and sad dollars, with eight people contributing this week. Money was pledged for: Allan allowing Wayne to assist him in putting together Wayne’s chair; a sister who couldn’t make it for a visit due to a husband’s injured hand followed by COVID; a grandson playing football very well and earning accolades, but what will his health be like in twenty years; struggles to get a Russian whippet registered here so he can race in Canada; Marina and the troubles in Ukraine and Russia; all kinds of scans (health issues); having Nav here and needing a ride home; the field naturalists’ secretary returning home safely; Greg and Hannah now being married, and them going to Korea for a formal wedding and celebration.

We closed as usual with a toast to Canada and wished each other a good evening. This was followed by an Executive Meeting.

Remember that next week at Timms we have Agnes Lo coming to present a workshop and we would like an increased number of members in attendance. The following week our District Governor will be with us on his official visit and we encourage more members to attend.

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