Vol. 102 No. 34
Bill Davidson, President
Parisa Adrangi, Secretary
Next meeting: Tuesday March 10, 2020
Commander Bryan Price, Commanding Officer, HMCS DISCOVERY Naval Reserve Division, Vancouver Your Royal Canadian Navy -- Today and Tomorrow
Commander Price's current role with the Navy is as the Commanding Officer of HMCS DISCOVERY, Metro Vancouver’s 230-person Naval Reserve Division. In this role he is the Commanding Officer the Naval Reserve’s Regional Diving Centre (West) where he oversees dive training and operations in Western Canada.
Commander Price is a graduate of the Canadian Armed Forces Joint Command and Staff
Program and holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University, a BA from the University of Victoria and a Diploma of Technology from the BC Institute of Technology. He is active in his community, he has enjoyed roles as; a member and Chair of the Program Advisory Committee for the BCIT International Business Management Program, a Director on the Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC and a Mentor for the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow Program.
from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Discovery:
Created during World War II from the Vancouver Half Company of the Royal Navy Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Discovery was used for recruitment and training, and provided almost 8,000 personnel during the war. Discovery continued in its training role following the war, and also serves as headquarters for several Reserve and Cadet units.
The name was taken from HMS Discovery, the ship used by George Vancouver to chart most of North America's north-western coast. Originally based at the Stanley Park Barracks, in 1944 Discovery moved to its current location on Deadman's Island, in Coal Harbour.
Next meeting: Tuesday March 17, 2020
Dr. Kris Magnusson, former Dean of Education, SFU Success of the Canadian education system relative to OECD countries
Dr. Kris Magnusson has recently completed a successful decade as Dean, Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Prior to joining SFU, he was at the University of Lethbridge (last post as Associate Vice-President Academic) for 11 years, and before that he spent 10 years at the University of Calgary, teaching career development and counselling courses in the Counselling Psychology program. Kris' research interests include career development, adult learning, and organizational development. A recipient of numerous prestigious awards in the career development and education field, he was recently awarded the Association of BC Deans of Education’s Education Advocate Award, and a Lifetime Membership in the Association of Canadian Deans of Education.
Next meeting: Tuesday March 24, 2020
Diane Clement, Olympian runner & Sun Run organizer Faster, Higher, Stonger -- giving your best in sport and life
In past years District 5040 has held a “District Assembly” in the various areas of the district. At the Assembly the District Governor Elect outlines their view of the year ahead and key features of the upcoming Rotary Year. This gathering has now been renamed,
“Our Year Ahead”.
In addition, there has been a day devoted to training for the District and Global Grant process with clubs designating their grant liaison to sign the appropriate Memorandum of Understanding. This year the Grant training will be on line and the “Our Year Ahead" sessions is on one day only.
This session is very relevant to all incoming members of your club’s board of directors and very interesting for members to hear more about Rotary in our district.
DGE Dave Hamilton has scheduled the Our Year Ahead session for Saturday March 14th; details below:
Our Year Ahead
When: Saturday March 14, 2020
Where:Mayfair Lakes Golf Club, 5460 Number 7 Road Richmond BC Time:8:30 coffee, Sessions 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Price:$45
Our first ever Rotary/Rotaract bowling social
with the Young Professionals & UBC Rotaract Clubs and Rotary Club of Vancouver
DEADLINE TO REGISTER TUESDAY MARCH 10TH
Be sure to join in on this super-fun, joint event! The idea was born out of our recent joint meeting and the collective desire to create a joint event/project. The #1 choice of the group was...bowling!!!
Never bowled before? Or maybe you're a seasoned champ? Regardless of your past bowling experience (or non-experience), you're encouraged to attend for what is sure to be an entertaining evening!
Your ticket price INCLUDES 1-hour of bowling AND shoe rental.
Our lanes are reserved from 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. so plan on arriving a few minutes early to get settled, grab your shoes and be ready to bowl!!! Who knows, maybe you'll even walk away with a prize.
Bowling lane food, beer, wine, ciders, etc are available for purchase at Grandview Lanes.
Tuesday March 10th is the deadline to register and the maximum number of bowlers is 24 so don't miss out. Register today!
An optional add-on is to gather for a bite to eat and drink at St. Augustine's at 2360 Commercial Drive, next to Commercial and Broadway Station. You'll just pay for what you order. If you'll be joining us, please be there for 5:30 p.m.
If you can't stay for the bowling but would like to be part of the St. Augustine's food and drink, yes, please come. Simply contact Alysa Huppler-Poliak at alysa.hp@gmail.com call/text 778-628-6987 to let her know. She can also answer any questions you have about the evening.
John Bathurst, Past President & ADG, chaired the meeting and gave the invocation.
Kaz Kadono acco0mpanied us on the piano for the singing of O Canada.
Peter Clarke, Sergeant-at-Arms, introduced visitors and guests.
President’s Announcements:
As mentioned last week, the upcoming joint event voted on as the #1 choice from a list of approximately 15 choices: Rotary-Bowlary. This is hopefully the 1st of what will become an annual event. We really want to stress the importance to the future of our club – building relationships with the members of the Rotaract clubs. We want to turn them into Rotary members when the time is right.
Everyone received an invitation to the event last week. So far we have only 4 members from our club registered (Sarah, Thomas, Gabby & Joan). If you want to come out for a fun evening, nothing more, nothing less, please register.
Alternatively, if you are not interested in bowling but want to join for a meal beforehand, the organizing group is making reservations at St. Augustine's on Commercial Dr., 5:30 p.m., please let us know so appropriate reservations can be made.
The District conference being held right here in downtown Vancouver is quickly approaching and is nearly sold out. If you are interested in attending but haven’t registered yet, do so quickly. If you are new to the whole idea and have questions, please ask. CLICK HERE for the conference web page.
Parisa Adrangi, provided the Secretary's announcements:
reminders of upcoming events/meetings (see above)
birthdays:Victoir Wu Mar 5th, Stephanie Lawton Mar 7th, Adriana Zylmans Mar 7th
member anniversaries:none this week
wedding anniversaries:none this week
Special announcements and members' moments:
Rene Abi-Rached & Gerry Glazier on behalf of the Community Service Committee presented the Vancouver Rotary Women’s Auxilliary (RWA) with a $3,325 cheque to help support their layette program (providing a set of clothing, linens, and sometimes toiletries for newborn children in the community) that has been ongoing since the 1920s.
Representing the RWA was Tricia Quirk, President, and long-time member Marion Campbell (widow of long-time club member Jack Campbell). They provided us with a brief history of the RWA (CLICK HERE for info) and asked for us to spread the word that they are looking for members to join and add some new energy to the group. It is a women’s only group, however, there is no longer a requirement to be attached to Rotary so membership is open to all women of all ages. If you know of anyone who may be interested contact Carolyn for Tricia’s info.
Navid Morawej on behalf of the Bike-a-thon Committee:
The Bike-a-thon committee is looking for event sponsors. They are ready with a presentation and info hand-out. If you, or you know of someone who may be willing to consider sponsorship, please contact Navid. If you want to refer someone as a potential sponsor, the committee is happy to make contact with them to arrange a presentation.
Joan Posivy on behalf of the Youth Committee:
RYLA North is coming up April 30 – May 3, 2020 in Prince George. They are still looking for a few more applications (deadline to apply is April 1st). If you know of any young people (no need to be connected to Rotarians or Rotary), aged 19-30 who are pursuing higher education or have recently started their careers and who would enjoy some personal and professional development, kindly forward their names to Joan. CLICK HERE for more info about the event.
As of today, Gabby Dickert, one of our newest members has stepped up to take over as the UBC Rotaract Club liaison. Thomas Reppchen will be the liaison for the Young Professionals Rotaract Club.
A reminder that the Rotary-Bowlary is coming up next week. Everyone received personalized invitations from EventBrite to register for the event. This is a great opportunity to connect and establish relationships between us, Rotarians, and the Rotaractors in a fun environment. See above for registration info.
Mindy Tulsi-Ingram reminded us of her talk this week at VanEx (Vancouver Executives Association), topic A Field Guide to Mastering Workplace Happiness.
Program:
John Bathurst introduced our guest speaker, David Pike, with thanks for stepping in at virtually the last moment. David is the Editor-in-Chief and Head of Americas at Energy Intelligence.
Energy Intelligence is an independent news source with 12-15 researchers, and a whole suite of products. Their clients are mostly large companies and government agencies. CLICK HERE for a little about Energy Intelligence.
David is a journalist by trade. His expertise is in the investment side of the energy sector covering the globe so in any one particular technology it runs a bit thin. These are extraordinary times for the energy sector. There is a major transition afoot from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies. Everyone is reeling from the level of change happening. Virtually everyone cares about the issue one way or another. Groups such as the Extinction Rebellion are no longer on the fringe.
At the beginning energy was fundamentally oil and gas. The market has shifted over the last year to a market based on demand with a somewhat flatter growth curve. There has been a sudden shift in social interest pushing for quick action. This compared to what governments were preparing for, e.g., the Paris Agreement of 2015 that called for a nice orderly policy-driven transition. We are now looking at a messy, non-linear transition that is a response to bottom-up drivers. Climate change is showing effect much quicker than it was originally thought to do. Everyone is being pushed to action.
In Canada the debate is currently centred around pipelines – between Alberta and whomever the bad guy of the day is. It can be argued that the question really is not should we have more pipeline, but rather does the world want more oil? We are obsessing over the details, i.e., the pipelines. Where actually, the world has fallen out of love with oil sands. It is time to accept it and move on. There is a lot of blaming. Blaming of anything rather than accepting the slowing growth and global need for the product. No one is investing in long-term upscale projects that last 20-30 years.
There is a fundamental shift in industry dynamics. So how do we know what the best new green technologies are the best? We don’t yet. Over the next while the winners will boil up to the top.
One thought was that natural gas, LNG, was the future. It has fallen out of favour and is being dumped together with fossil fuels. An example is China who is backing away from the expensive gas.
Solar power is really developing, especially in Europe, and is as competitive as other technologies. With continual advances in improved performance and storage. Wind is also doing well. As these systems develop, they are learning to adapt to bad conditions, e.g., no sun or wind. Fuel cells and hydrogen are once again coming forward as possibilities.
