Rotary Weekly News - Feb 14, 2002 (Feb 14, 2022)

Acting President Doug Fleming welcomed 25 Club members and our guest speaker, AG Keith Walker, to the second meeting of February. It was Valentines Day and Doug wished everyone a happy day.

Doug again started the meeting with a short quiz on the members of the first Rotary Club, in Chicago, way back in 1905. He quipped that we all need to "swot up" on the history of Rotary, as he could test us at the end of the month!

Doug mentioned that Dave Panabaker was away, participating in Curling games, and that Margie Booyens would be editing this week's edition of the Weekly News, with support and guidance from Dave Stalwick.

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:

Tuesday February 15, 2022 - Board Meeting
Monday February 21, 2022 - NO MEETING (Family Day)
Monday February 31, 2002 - Business Meeting
Sunday March 6, 2002 - Bingo
Monday March 7, 2002 - Club meeting: Presentation: Electric Utility

Upcoming Rotary District and International Events:

Club Team Leadership webinars - Feb 26 and Mar 5. AG Dan Kammerer and AG Keith Walker will be the hosts on March 5.
The next District 5360 Learning & Development webinar is Wednesday Feb 16, at 7:00 pm - Rotary Youth Services. Please sign up to attend at https://rotary5360.ca/event/club-learning-webinar-8
Wed March 2: Rotary Day of Action: Empowering Women and Girls (see http://www.secret3k.com)
Watch for the March District Learning & Development webinar, on March 16 with Margie Booyens, where the subject is New Generations Service Exchange (NGSE). Please sign up on District Clubrunner to attend.
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 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

The New Generations Service Exchange Program

AG Keith kicked off by giving the meeting a rundown of the many events being planned at District and International levels.

Keith also reminded our members about the fundraising raffle of the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat - Sunrise, of which he is the co-President. The winner will be the lucky recipient of two e-bikes. A second upcoming initiative of the Sunrise Club is a walk, at twilight, on the Sunrise Rotary Trail on Wednesday March 2, starting from the MH Cultural Centre at the College at 5:30pm. See the Sunrise Club's Facebook page for more details.

After this overview of events, Keith spoke about Rotary's New Generations Service Exchange (NGSE) program.

The District NGSE team comprises seven Rotarians, Rotex and Rotaract members, located in different cities in our District and chaired by Margie Booyens.

Keith spoke about the successful 8-week virtual exchange of Juliana Nishitani ('Juba') from Sao Paulo, Brazil) in our District in 2021 - two weeks in each of Medicine Hat, Calgary, Olds/Red Deer and Lethbridge that combined the three key components of the NGSE: the vocational, cultural and Rotary service. He mentioned that this exchange will be presented in a breakaway session during the upcoming Rotary International Convention in Houston, in June 2022.

The next inbound virtual exchange is on the topic of Agriculture: Crop Production.

In closing, Keith reminded members of the many benefits of participating at District, Club and personal levels, in the NGSE, and invited members to contact him or Margie to find out more.

Meeting News

Posted on Feb 14, 2022

Guests:

AG Keith Walker was our guest speaker
The 25 Rotarians at the meeting enjoyed the presentation. Through the ZOOM connection we have members join from Mexico, Hawaii, Arizona and California.

Club Draw:

No draw until we get back together in person.

Makeups:

No report this week.

Birthdays:

Bruce Shepard Feb 17.
Don Davis Feb 23.
Margie Booyens Feb 29.

Rotary Anniversaries: .

Gregg Martin 31 years Feb 1, 1991.
Marg Mazerolle 30 years Feb 1, 1992.
Ted Cowtan 7 years Feb 9, 2015.

Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for February: Ted Cowtan.

Minute People:

Dave Panabaker's thanks were conveyed to everyone who has been out selling Club 1000 tickets. We have lots of tickets to sell and 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.

Adverts will appear in the Medicine Hat News again on Feb 19^th, in the Marketplace supplement in both the Feb and Mar editions and will also appear in the Rotary Music Festival program. The team is trying to drum up additional support in the broader community. Currently approx. 1/3 of the tickets are sold and returned, many more books are being worked on and thanks to everyone who has participated.
Dave's thanks were conveyed to the seven Rotarians and Judy Davis who formed the team at the Bingo Session on February 10. Stan Sakamoto won the guess pot, and donated it to the club. The bingo profit was $426.00.
Don Davis reminded everyone that an email went out to everyone for door monitor duty at the Music Festival. 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
Anne Carrier advised that the Rotary Music Festival Society will have a new information pamphlet for the information desk at the Cultural Center
Acting President Doug reminded members that with Monday 21 February being a Civic Holiday, there would be no meeting.
Sunrise Rotary Club has kicked off their spring fundraiser, a raffle for two electric bikes. Support for their many worthwhile projects was encouraged.

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