November 10 2011 Update

Posted by Julie Ziebart 
 
 

The year 2011 has less than two months left - time sure has been flying!

RECENT CLUB MEETINGS 

On October 20th, we enjoyed a visit from Kyle Thomas of Motion Media (http://motionmedia.ca/).  As was evident in his presentation, Kyle is passionate about the world of social media, and is committed to helping get the Fort St. John community connected through blogging, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others.  While social media may seem daunting, it really is "just a fancy way to describe getting online and participaing in conversation on social networks".  Thanks to Kyle, who has been a wealth of information as we get the Rotary Mega Lottery Facebook page and Twitter site going. 

On October 27th, the Club's guest speaker was Michelle Laboucane of the North Peace Justice Society.  Michelle spoke on the Restorative Justice program.  The Club members learned that restorative justice can be considered more cost effective than traditional court.  The philosphy of restorative justice is based on community healing.  Using a Community Forum model, as a first step toward healing and reintegrating into the community as a productive member, offenders accept responsibility for their actions, are confronted with how their behaviour affected the victims personally.  For additional information on the Restorative Justice program, follow @restorativejust on Twitter.  November 13 - 20, 2011 has been proclaimed Resotrative Justice Week by the City of Fort St. John.  http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/article/20111109/FORTSTJOHN0101/311099994/-1/fortstjohn/a-different-sort-of-justice 

November 3rd was the first Thursday of the month, which is designated Rotary Day in our schedule of weekly meetings.  It was a nice day of fellowship, as we had various guests, and were updated on the current success of Mega Lottery's ticket sales.  We are over half way through our budgeted ticket sales.  Great job to the various clubs!  With two weeks left before the next early bird draw, the ticket turn-ins are anticipated to be huge.  We are thankful to Pamela Paul, our Mega Lottery assistant, for her dedication with administration!

For those Rotarians that still have tickets to turn in, please drop them off to me, Julie Ziebart (MNP office location is 10611 - 102nd Street).  I also have many $100 dollar books if you require more.  Let's try to get as much in before November 22nd, in order to get in on the $15,000 draw on November 24th!

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH!

After reading the comments of some past presidents of Rotary International, they summarize some considerations of Rotary Foundation: 

  •  Supporting the Foundation:  It is our greatest resource for doing good, and it is our responsibility to maintain its strength. 

  • Celebrating our Foundation: Only God achieves the impossible, but The Rotary Foundation achieves the best that mankind can possibly achieve.  Like Olympic runners, we received a torch from those before us -- a torch of service that brings light to the shadow areas of mankind:  intolerance, ignorance, disease, and hunger... Let people know that Rotary cares and acts.

  • Every Rotarian, Every Year:  The Rotary Foundation enables our clubs and sitricts to multiply their service efforts many times over.  This effect is increasing as the the Foundation's humanitarian grant projects become larger in scale to profoundly improve the lives of more people.

As individuals, we can help by continuing to contribute to the Rotary Foundation! 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

On November 17th, Enbridge Inc. will be providing the Club with a guest speaker, on the topic of the status of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project.  As you may be aware, Enbridge has increased its stake in the Northeast BC Cabin Gas Plant, located in the Horn River Basin.  Enbridge now holds 71% of that development.

Watch for details on the upcoming Rotary Christmas festivities!