By Wayne Anderson
President Charles rang the bell at 12:25 and called the meeting to order at 12:30 and all rose for the national anthem. The inspiration was by Frank Shoemaker and he gave an inspiring message about polio.
Visiting Rotarians and guests were called for, there were no visiting Rotarians, Wendy Pratt introduced Dawn and John Hankins who have visited our club in the past and are considering joining, welcome to Dawn and John.
President Charles stated that Henry Jiang has taken a leave of absence for 6 months from the club while he attends to business in China.
President Charles stated that Peggy Richardson’s mother has passed away, member condolences would be appreciated. Dr. Yvan stated that Behzad and Joyce Smith missed bridge because they were under the weather.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brent Barootes reminded everyone to mark their calendars, on January 25,2019 the club would be celebrating Chinese New Year with an eight-course meal in the main ballroom of the Coast Bastion. The Coast is the main sponsor of the event. Entertainment will also be provided.
John Salem stated that all, but two tickets have been sold for theatre night on December 6, if you are interested see John, he also reminded us to car pool if possible.
Joan Ryan stated that the club Family breakfast would be held on Sunday, December 9 in the clubhouse at Bowen Park starting at 9:00 AM, ALL are welcome, you don’t have to have children or grand-children to attend. The Christmas dinner will be held on December 20, 2018 at the Coast Bastion and there will be a raffle for 7 bottles of wine.
Janeane Coutu stated that the next book sale will be held April 12 to 20, 2019, try not to book a vacation at that time. Janeane said that she was also collecting personal donations for the Salvation Army at the meeting.
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS:
SAA was all about the Rotary Foundation.
A beautiful painting by Rose Light and donated by Ross White was auctioned off with Brent Barootes as the auctioneer. A reserve bid had been placed at $ 150.00 and Brent started the live bidding at $ 500.00. The final bidding between Cascara Consulting (Charles Ramos’s Co.) and Concise Systems (Janeane Coutu’s Co.) was very fierce, Rotarians and guest waited with bated breath and Janeane finally took home the prize with a bid of $ 275.00, Sold.
Norm Myden through a friend donated a Rotary logo jacket, it fit Susan Gerrand perfectly and she took it home for $ 75.00.
The great shave-off was held. Wayne Anderson, David Woodward, Bob Janes, Dave Hammond, Ian Williams and President Charles Ramos participated. The monies raised is all going to the Rotary Foundation and the donations are as follows.
Wayne Anderson (Gayle) $ 130.00, Frank Shoemaker $ 75.00
David Woodward $ 20.00 supported by $ 20.00 each from the following – John Salem, Joyce Smith, Dave Hammond, Dawn Hankins, Wendy Pratt, Janeane Coutu, Debbie Narver X2, and Charles Ramos.
Bob Janes $ 20.00 and $20.00 from Debbie Narver.
Dave Hammond matched $ 500.00 from his supporters $ 500.00 ( No record)
Charles Ramos matched $ 500.00 from his supporters, Wendy $ 100.00, Norm $ 100.00, Yvan $ 100.00, Dave $ 100.00, Barb Blinston $100.00.
Ian Williams was supported by Lynne Pankratz $ 500.00 and Lucy Gosselin $ 250.00
After the shave-off Brent Barootes levied one fine for the day, Egon Holzwarth $ 100.00 for his win the previous meeting. (previously agreed to by Egon)
Sad/Happy: Jane Currie $ 1.00 reminder of the work of the foundation, Joan Ryan $ 2.00 reminder that Denise Larson’s (member Daybreak club) husband is still missing after 5 weeks, Wendy Pratt $ 1.00, lucky to be able to donate like we just did, Barb Blinston had a sad $ 1.00 that she took all of the money off of the ‘boys’ at poker night, John Salem had $5.00 for all of the donations received.
Yvan Gosselin drew the queen of hearts.
Janeane announced the $ 860.00 was raised for the Salvation Army and then it was announced that $ 3,555.00 was raised for the Foundation.
Lila read out a list of ten events and people connected to Rotary who have affected our world. To name a few: President Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of state who was the “father of the United Nations” as well as other key players in the creation of the UN had Rotary connections and in 1985 when Polio Plus was launched, Rotary began to further establish connections with the United Nations and also cemented its relationship with the World Health Organization. Later the Bill Gates Foundation offered to match Rotary’s contributions. She named a number of other efforts both small and large by individuals and clubs from South America, Europe and Canada. She closed by saying “We have much to be proud of”.
John’s theme was “Lest we forget”. He noted that Rotary was established in 1905 and therefore has seen 2 world wars and a countless number of world conflicts from the Korean War to the War on terrorism. Rotary continued its good work through all of them. Rotary has long been recognized for its world service, polio eradication, clean water incentives, schools and latrines, and the list goes on with new projects every day. These projects are largely funded by generous donations through Rotary Foundation. November is foundation month and November 11th marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War to end all wars… WWI. As we move forward, new challenges will be accepted by Rotary because the world is evolving and becoming smaller every day. He closed off with one thought: “Lest we forget”. 
Behzad Forghani Targhi thanked our two speakers and presented each of them with the coveted Rotary pen.
