Last Meeting January 28, 2019
President of the Vancouver Young Professionals, Thomas Miller, opened the meeting greeting all and acknowledging what a great opportunity it is to be together, Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Interactors.
UBC Rotaractor President, Olivia Li, and President-Elect, Feyenne Hung, gave the group a brief presentation about their work and upcoming trip to Ghana. This is a joint project with the Rotaract Club of Apam. The focus being primarily girls education. An ambitious and exciting trip. John Hayto, has let the group know that he has a contact who may be able to help with the red tape for the trip. Thanks John!
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Young Professionals President, Thomas Miller, provided an introduction to who and what their Club is all about. Included were some highlights of the volunteering they have done recently: Honour House top to bottom cleaning, cooking & serving a family dinner at the Ronald Mcdonald House, supporting homeless women on the eastside with the Shoebox project, raising funds (e.g., comedy night) for YMCA programs. Upcoming in March they will be hosting a fundraiser for our own EndPolio program - stay tuned for more info.
It was clear that this group is a very cohesive, supportive group who enjoy working and playing together. Their numbers are growing. Great work!
Thomas encouraged us to host more joint events. Let's use a common calendar to start, get out and help each other, forging lasting relationships between all the Vancouver Club groups.
Our President, Brian Street, reminded us that this is the 4th annual joint meeting. We had a great turnout with 12 UBC Rotaractors, 9 Young Professsionals, 3 Interactors, 19 Rotarians and guests, and 1 international guest from India for a total of 44. Brian had looked up some stats: there are approximately 175,000 Rotaractors world-wide in 7,500 Clubs. Amazing!
Some of the Vancouver Club events that garnish great support from the Rotaractors are the bike-a-thon, the hoop-a-thon, and the youth gala. We are happy to support the Rotaractors to attend the RYLA North America and also the Big West Rotaract Conference.
All Vancouver Club members are encouraged to support and participate in events and meetings with Rotaractors. These wonderful people are our future Rotarians!
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Brian thanked Joan Posivy for organizing the meeting. Joan is a great asset to our Club but not only our Club Secretary but also the District Rotaract Chair. Thank you Joan!
Olivia & Thomas led us through some interactive questions that got some great discussions going at the tables. The Rotaractors moved between tables for each question so we were able to meet as many of each other as possible. Lots of chatter, time was too short.
Paul McCrae provided the best guidance for all through our discussions:
- When brainstorming, Let Your Mind Hang Loose; you never know where some crazy idea will lead you.
Olivia Li closed the meeting, encouraging everyone to reflect on (1) what have you accomplished in the last year and (2) what are your goals for the next year. We shall reconvene next year to talk about it.
Vol. 101 No. 29
Michael Vonn is a lawyer and has been the Policy Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association since 2004. She has been an Adjunct Professor at UBC in the Faculty of Law and in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies where she has taught civil liberties and information ethics. She has many publications under her belt and is a frequent speaker on a variety of civil liberties topics including privacy, national cesurity, policing, surveillance and free speech. Ms. Vonn is currently a collaborator on Big Data Surveillance, a multi-year research project led by Queens University. She is an Advisory Board Member of Ryerson University's Centre for Free Expression and an Advisory Board Member of Privacy International.
