Rotary Weekly News - Feb 28, 2022 (Feb 26, 2022)

Acting President Doug Fleming welcomed everyone to the last meeting of February, and his last as "Acting President". He paused for a moment to reflect on the events of the last week, particularly the hostilities in the Ukraine. He reminded Rotarians that one of Rotary's principles is "Peace", and that we all hope for that soon in this region.

Doug also spoke about Rotary, and that this past week, on Feb 23^rd was the 117^th birthday of Rotary. So "Happy Birthday" to everyone.

Doug also mentioned that in our rotating series of "Acting President's", the month of March would bring you all 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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As this meeting was our monthly business meeting, Community Services Director, Mike Christie started off with a "Notice of Motion" for at least 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 took the "mic" back, and on behalf of Youth Services Director Peter Mueller, presented 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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As well as the "work" of Rotary, members of the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat have been invited to attend the 40th anniversary of the Brooks Rotary Club on Thursday evening, April 7, 2022. Medicine Hat was the "sponsor" club for the original charter of the Brooks club. A copy of the invitation is pictured below, please contact the Brooks members for tickets.

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:

Sunday March 6, 2022 - Bingo (Evening)
Monday March 7, 2022 - Club meeting: Presentation: Electric Utility
Monday March 14, 2022 - Club meeting: Presentation, MH College
Thursday March 17, 2022 - Rotary Board meeting

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.
Wed March 2: Rotary Day of Action: Empowering Women and Girls (see http://www.secret3k.com) . To celebrate that, the Sunrise Rotary Club is having a walk around the Rotary trail at the Medicine Hat College. If you would like to join them, meet at the Cultural Center at 5:30 pm.
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

Meeting News

Posted on Feb 28, 2022

Guests:

No guests today, this was a regular business meeting
The 19 Rotarians at the meeting today, many of our members are travelling..

Club Draw:

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

Makeups:

No report this week.

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, 2022.
Dave Stalwick 20 years March 4, 2022.
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 443 tickets sold and about 16 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.

Don Davis 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
Anne Carrier advised that the Rotary Music Festival Society will have a new information pamphlet for the information desk at the Cultural Center
Dave Panabaker reminded everyone that the next Rotary bingo is on Sunday evening, from 5 - 10 pm. A great opportunity for service, fellowship and fundraising. A sign up email has gone out
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).

No report this week.