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Volume 34: Number 29
February 7, 2017
 
Rotary Club of Calgary is comprised of professional and community leaders who come together through a shared commitment and fellowship to create a better future for the generations that are to follow.
 
This Week's Birthdays
 
Steve Austin        February 8
Carl Smith February 8
 
White Slips
NAME:
Howard Lau
PROFESSION:
Control Systems Coordinator
COMPANY
Gibson Energy
CLASSIFICATION:
Oil & Gas
PROPOSED BY:
Bill Clapham
Peter Giuffre
DATE:
Feb. 8, 2017
 
Attendance
67 people attended including 8 guests.
 
Upcoming Fellowship Events
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contact the COG Editor
Please send announcements and information for the COG to COG@rotaryclubofcalgary.ca.
 
 
Meeting of February 7, 2017
We sang O’ Canada accompanied by Michael Pierson and Manon Mitchell.
 
Brent Alexander provided the Invocation.
 
President-Elect Bill Avery chaired the Rotary luncheon meeting and started us off with a typical Bill Avery story about a woman being married four times.  Editor’s Note: Some laughter, some groaning but who am I to judge.
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Our speaker Todd Parker
Eric Bennett introduced the speaker Todd Parker of Blue Spark talking about "Challenging the Oil & Gas Industry’s Innovation Cycle". See the presentation slides.
 
Todd Parker began Blue Spark Energy in 2011 and continues to serve as the CEO and President. Prior to that, he was the Canadian Vice President for Weatherford International – an oilfield service company whose products and services span the lifetime of an oil or gas well. Beginning his career in 1991, Todd has since lived and worked across Canada, the USA, Latin America and the Caribbean. With a keen interest in technology and challenging the status quo, he continues to find ways to innovate, create and communicate. Blue Spark Energy (Blue Spark) is a private oil and gas services company that specializes in enhanced oil recovery techniques using proprietary high pulse power technology. Since the company was established in 2011, its internationally patented WASP® technology has a greener footprint than other commonly used oil recovery techniques, and has been used in over 400 oil wells by more than 25 companies around the world. Thanks to equipment that is very mobile, the company is able to operate not only across Canada, but globally with only 25 staff. In Canada, Blue Spark has worked in the provinces of Newfoundland, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The company has also operated in the United States, Romania, Norway, Denmark and Kuwait. It has received numerous prestigious safety and technology awards.
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Ski and Stroll Lake Louise
 
The tradition continues Saturday March 18 this year.
 
It’s a great day for all. Park your car at the Golf and Country Club (or by COP) and hop on the bus with fellow Rotarians and their families/friends. Enjoy fellowship, coffee and muffins.
Cost of the day is $30 per person for the bus and coffee etc.
 
Please buy tickets from Madeleine King: madeleine.king@telus.net,
at a meeting,
 or call  403-243-4899.
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COG Staff - February 7, 2017
 
Editor Colettte Bielech and David Holden
Reporting David Holden
Photography Ralph Lundberg and Julie Visser
Sponsorships David Holden
Office Support Colette Bielech

Rotary Club of Calgary - Chartered April 1914 as Club #949
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President:  Sid Mark - Vice-President:  William (Bill) Avery
RI President:  John F Germ - District Governor: Neil Berg