Hackschooling: January 27 - February 2, 2014
Greeter this week: Chris Langley
Hello, my name is Chris Langley. I am proud to be your greeter today. Welcome to the Rotary E-Club Canada One. I joined Rotary in 1990 and remained with one club until a couple of years back. Later I was rewarded with Honorary Membership. I was involved in International Service working on Youth Exchange, in various capacities, developing our relationship with our sister Club in Japan and as counselor for an Ambassadorial scholar from Germany. After a short break from Rotary, I heard about the E-Club. For me, this works!! I am happy that you are attending our meeting, whether as a member, or a visitor from near or far.
Rotary is one world with one purpose, Service Above Self. Service is about letting go of ones "self". A hard thing to achieve for many. It’s why Rotary is so needed in this world. Self is a function of experience, upbringing and attitude. Holding on to old versions of self can hinder being of service because service requires the ability to be versatile, adaptable, adventurous. We can get very stuck into doing things the same way because its the easiest hole to fall into. In our own way we continue in our small world unaware of a changing world, finding it hard to make changes.
So before you go further into our meeting, let me tell you a very quick story!
Years ago, I was bright, intelligent, inquisitive, driven, adventurous and a bit of a geek; Then something terrible happened............. I went to school.
Ever since, I have dreamed and written about education and purpose. My big dream was to find a way to change education, to get away from teaching dull "curriculum" and forcing physics theorums, latin and academic history down kid's throats, and finding out what drove and inspired them and using that to educate them, allowing and encouraging them to explore and seek guidance.
Well, it seems that time is finally catching up on that idea. More and more people are not only understanding what limits our human growth, but have the guts to speak about it and actualize it. I may never live to see my dream fulfilled, but the young man presenting in our meeting today will take it all the way!
Inspirational Moment
Take over for me, will you little one??
Canadiana
Let’s hear from our Guests and Members
Each week we receive comments from guests and members, who attend our e-meetings. We like to share some of these comments with you.
Each week we receive comments from guests and members, who attend our e-meetings. We like to share some of these comments with you.
“I enjoyed the video about the runner who finished his race despite an injury. Very inspirational - I shared it on my Facebook page too!”
Amanda Nielsen, RC Edmonton Northeast – D5370
Amanda Nielsen, RC Edmonton Northeast – D5370
“The Project Dirty Hands Slide presentation was well done. I enjoyed seeing the projects completed slides as well as the sites the group saw”.
Lynne Ternoski, E-club Canada One
Lynne Ternoski, E-club Canada One
“The Martin Luther King link was great. MLK exhorted that to be great you must serve. I am going to send this clip to a group of people I interact with. Also enjoyed the United Nations Day for youth that was put out by Ontario Interactors and Rotaracters.
The future of Rotary was represented in these young people!
Harold Witte, RC Edmonton Northern Lights – D5370
The future of Rotary was represented in these young people!
Harold Witte, RC Edmonton Northern Lights – D5370
“The inspirational on bullying was fantastic. I wish I were technically literate so that I could show it to my club. I wish you every success with the polio fund raiser. Looks like it is well planned and should get people's attention.
PRID John Eberhard, RC London, Ontario – D6330
PRID John Eberhard, RC London, Ontario – D6330
Announcements
Our First E-club Birthday
Big plans are being hatched for our E-club Birthday for the week of February 23. All members are asked to gather photos, from Fellowship, or other events related to our club and submit to webmaster Lawrence Green
Our First E-club Birthday
Big plans are being hatched for our E-club Birthday for the week of February 23. All members are asked to gather photos, from Fellowship, or other events related to our club and submit to webmaster Lawrence Green
Board Meeting
Our next fellowship and board meeting Ferbuary 3rd. All members are welcome to attend and encouraged to participate. Your opinion is important! Join us at 4:30 Pacific Time 5:30 Mountain Time. Contact President Bruce brucekleeberger@hotmail.com or info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca for directions to attend the e-meeting.
Our next fellowship and board meeting Ferbuary 3rd. All members are welcome to attend and encouraged to participate. Your opinion is important! Join us at 4:30 Pacific Time 5:30 Mountain Time. Contact President Bruce brucekleeberger@hotmail.com or info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca for directions to attend the e-meeting.
Support our E-Club
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A Little Humor
Spanish Computer!
Submitted by Gord Lewis
A Spanish language teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
Submitted by Gord Lewis
A Spanish language teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."
"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."
A student asked, "What gender is 'Computer'?"
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher divided the class into two groups, Male and Female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "Computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.
Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."
A student asked, "What gender is 'Computer'?"
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher divided the class into two groups, Male and Female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "Computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.
Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
The men's group decided that "Computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender
("la computadora"), because:
("la computadora"), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck to buy accessories for it.
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine
("el computador"), because:
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine
("el computador"), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
New Members Corner
Paul Harris Remembers
Paul Harris Remembers
Rotary Minute
January is Rotary Awareness Month – a time to learn more about our organization. The more we're known for our good work, the more good work we'll be able to do.
Because of The Rotary Foundation, people around the world know that they can depend on Rotary in their time of need. And as Rotarians, it is our responsibility to understand and promote our Foundation and help keep it strong.
The most important responsibility we have is also the simplest: It is leading by example. We cannot ask Rotarians to make our Foundation a priority if we have not made it a priority ourselves, by making our own donation.
READ MORE HERE
Because of The Rotary Foundation, people around the world know that they can depend on Rotary in their time of need. And as Rotarians, it is our responsibility to understand and promote our Foundation and help keep it strong.
The most important responsibility we have is also the simplest: It is leading by example. We cannot ask Rotarians to make our Foundation a priority if we have not made it a priority ourselves, by making our own donation.
READ MORE HERE
Food for Thought
Submitted by Chris Langley
Submitted by Chris Langley
Speaker Program
Submitted by Chris Langley
Submitted by Chris Langley
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