Rotary Weekly News - March 7th,2022 (Mar 07, 2022)

Acting President Dave Panabaker welcomed everyone to the first meeting of March. Dave acknowledged the continuing hostilities in the Ukraine. He outlined that one of Rotary's principles is "Peace", and that we could provide monitory assistance to the refugees by a donation through RI and or a donation towards a Shelter Box. We all hope that peace will come soon in this region.

Dave reminded us that the next meeting s our last full ZOOM meeting with Ken Shufflebottom the President of MH College wil be our guest speaker. The following meeting on Marsh 21st will be our first in person meeting at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Our meeting will be in the Kiwanis Room with a buffet at a cost ot $25 and only $5.00 with no meal, Rember that the rotating series of "Acting President's", will continue with the month of March with Dave Panabaker, the month of April would be run by Gail Halderman, and the month of May by our President-elect Melanie Harty.

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Last meeting Notice of Motion:

Community Services Director, Mike Christie presented a "Notice of Motion" for a two weeks time that the Rotary Club had been asked to be one of the sponsors of the Special Olympics Canada - Summer Games on August 9 - 16, 2026. It is a long way in the future, but they are working to ensure sponsorships are lined up.

Some discussion took place regarding athletics and swimming, both having historical connection to this club.

Mike provided the wording of the motion, for a decision in two weeks.

Special Olympics Canada 2026

National Summer Games

August 9th to August 16th, 2026

Background Information

Medicine Hat will be the host community for the above event. A request has been received from the Medicine Hat Games Society who are organizing the Games for financial support for one of the ten sports. Each sport has the same sponsorship value of $6,000. The request and the available sports are outlined in the attached summary. This request was met unanimous approval from both the Community Service Committee and the Board of Directors for a motion to be brought before the Club.

Notice of Motion:

On March 14, I will move or cause to be moved a motion that the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat approves a sponsorship of a selected sport for the Special Olympics Canada 2026 National Summer Games of $6,000.

Motion:

Moved that the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat authorize the sponsorship of a selected sport for the Special Olympics Canada 2026 National Summer Games of $6,000.

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Acting President Doug then notice of Motion on behalf of Youth Services Director Peter Mueller, presenting a notice of motion related to a large Interact Conference, covering Rotary Zone 28 and 32, which will take place in October of 2022.

He provided the following Notice of Motion, given the amount of funding required.

Zone 28 & 32 Interact Conference

Calgary, Alberta

October 20 -23, 2022

Background Information

The Rotary Clubs of Calgary will be hosting a Zone 28 &32 Interact Conference at the Best Western Premier Hotel, October 20 to23, 2022. The Rotary Board felt this was an excellent opportunity to send several of our Interact Students to this conference.

The cost to attend is $991 per student and covers conference registration, hotel & meals costs. Clubs are responsible for transportation and chaperoning students to and from the Conference.

The Saamis Rotary Club has indicated they would be willing to sponsor one student. Our Interact Advisor has expressed an interest in attending. At this time we do not have the cost from Advisors.

The Board felt it would good to see two students and our Advisor attend. Since there are some details to work out, we are recommending the Club authorize up to $2,000 to send representative to this conference.

Notice of Motion:

On March 14, I will move or cause to be moved a motion that the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat authorizes an expenditure of up to $2,000 to send representatives to the Zone 28 & 32 Interact Conference in Calgary.

Motion:

Moved that the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat authorize the expenditure of up to $2,000 to send representatives to the Zone 28 & 32 Interact Conference in Calgary.

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Shelterbox and Rotary are official Project Partners in international disaster relief. Shelterbox is responding to the Ukraine crisis and their teams have arrived in Poland and working to understand how best they can help people affected by the crisis. If you wish to make a donation to assist, please follow this link.

https://www.shelterboxcanada.org

Rotary Club "What-z New":

As it is most likely our hybrid meetings will continue in the future, a few more meeting helpers will be required to help run cameras and sound. We are all learning to adapt to this new reality. Any wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.

Rotary Club Membership Update:

There is always room for more interested Rotarians to join the membership team. Check out a meeting and see how exciting it is! The committee meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5:00 pm. Contact Mike Christie to join in.

Rotary Club Information:

Housekeeping:
- If you have a Meeting Minute, please phone or email the President and it will be included in the next Newsletter.
- Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.

Upcoming Club Program, Activities and Meetings:

Monday March 14, 2022 - Club meeting: Presentation, MH College (President Kevin Shufflebotham)
Thursday March 17, 2022 - Rotary Board meeting
Monday March 21, 2022 - Club meeting at the Medicine Hat Lodge - Kiwanis Room (Emilia Dirk's classification talk)
Wednesday March 23, 2022 - Rotary Bingo

Upcoming Rotary District and International Events:

The Global and District Grant Refresher Webinar, for anyone who is interested in putting Rotary money to work in the community or around the world will be held on Wednesday March 9th, beginning at 7:00 pm and running for approx.1.5 hours. This is NOT the club qualification session, which happens every fall, but with changes to the Global Grant process, it was deemed a great opportunity for learning. Any Rotarian can register at https://rotary5360.ca/event/grants-application-refresher
The next District 5360 Learning & Development webinar is Wednesday March 16^th, at 7:00 pm - New Generations Service Exchange (NGSE).. Please sign up to attend at https://rotary5360.ca/event/club-learning-webinar-9
The next District 5360 Conference is a "single day" event in Cochrane, on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Attendance will be possible by ZOOM as well. Register at https://www.discon5360.ca
RI International Convention - Houston, June 4 - 8, 2022. Much more information is on the website https://convention.rotary.org/en/houston

Future Programs:

The Rotary Club's Program Coordinator is Jillian Koch. If you have future program ideas, please email Jillian at jkoch@jmhca.com

Electric Utility Presentation

This meeting was special meeting with a presentation by Bradley Maynes, Managing Director, Energy & Infrastructure for the City of Medicine Hat.

Bradley started his presentation by saying that the pricing for gas and electricity has been a hot topic in Medicine Hat. He also advised that COVID has been a dominating influence as well as the extreme weather...both hot and cold. Many people have been working from home which increased residential demands but this was offset by the reduction of demand from the commercial buildings.

He also showed graphs which outlined the cost of gas and electricity for the past few months as well as the estimate for the costs moving forward and how this influences the city's estimates. Brad talked about renewable resources and outlined the current supply generated by sources such as wind power, solar and other sources of power generation. The projection over the next 35 years outlines the continued growth of solar and wind generation and a reduced need for gas and oil generation facilities.

The new Thermal power generation system, called Unit 17 will be completed next month. This new facility has been built on budget and on time in spite of the restriction imposed by COVID. This new UNIT 17 will be the beginning of Medicine Hat being the "Renewable Heartland" for the new renewable energy solutions such a Green Hydrogen.

One major obstacle is the need for better storage or batteries for the power that is generated during the day by solar and for wind turbine power collected as the wind allows. Currently there are only two main power transmission lines from Medicine Hat and so these will have to be maximized as we move forward.

He also outlined the need for a new electric delivery system as the new demand for power for homes and business will dramatically increase with the charging stations required for these new electric vehicles and residential heating needs. There is also the need to deal with the new solar generation from residential roofs and how that influences the electric grid by either a demand during peak needs or the supply back to the system by over capacity created by the solar panels.

The export/sale of surplus energy needs to comply with the new standards set by the "Clean Energy Standards" that will be implemented by 2030.

Brad fielded several questions from the group.

This was an excellent presentation.

Meeting News

Posted on Mar 07, 2022

Guests:

One guest, our guest speaker Bradley Maynes.
The 25 Rotarians at the meeting today, many of our members are traveling.

Club Draw:

No draw until we get back together in person (which will be Monday March 21).

Makeups:

8 member attended the Bingo on March 6th. The pool winner was John John.

Birthdays:

Dan Kammerer March 4.
Dave Panabaker March 7.
Terry Cooper March 25.

Rotary Anniversaries: .

Stan Sakamoto 38 years March 1, 1984.
Jack Snedden 33 years March 1, 1989.
Mike Christie 20 years March 4, 2002.
Dave Stalwick 20 years March 4, 2002.
John John 19 years March 10, 2003.
Bruce Shepard 8 years March 10, 2014.
Dawn Barr 18 years March 29, 2004.

Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for March: Gail Halderman.

Minute People:

Dave Panabaker thanked everyone who has been out selling Club 1000 tickets. As of today, we have 610 tickets sold and about 9 days to continue selling. If you need more please contact Dave, Glen Presley or Doug Fleming. The sale of these tickets is our principal fundraising effort for the Rotary Music Festival each year, and we have until the beginning of March to sell them. The QR code will take you to our Credit Card site.

Dave reminded everyone that an email went out to everyone for door monitor duty at the Music Festival. Please sign up and do a shift, it is a wonderful way to support the Festival and the participants. The link in the email is to a shared Google document that will allow you to sign up for a specific time. Here's the link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TKWeqg9ypAuAtwhYBjOjVTi33sj0mkHqpS2HOb_LGUA/edit#gid=0
Kitt Brand provided an update on the CanadaOne e-club anniversary party.

Sunrise Rotary Club has kicked off their spring fundraiser, a raffle for two electric bikes. Support for their many worthwhile projects was encouraged.
Roger Roy sent a photo of the local Rotary Club in Mexico's fundraising golf tournament. They raised 60,000 pesos, about $2,500US.

Reagan Weeks: Reagan advised that one of the programs is the Aviation Academy. is a three program (grades 10-12) for accreditations as a pilot and a drone operator etc. This program has helped with the need for pilots in the far north. Her plan is to sponsor natives from the far north to come down to Medicine Hat and take the aviation training and allowing them to go back to fill some of the needs for pilots. This posable sponsorship will be discussed at the Community Service meeting on Thursday evening at 6:30 PM. Margie also offer to connect Reagan to a possible additional avenue for support.

Family of Rotary: (PLEASE KEEP ADOLF INFORMED ABOUT MEMBERS SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED ON TO ALL IN THE WEEKLY NEWS).

No report this week.