Rotary Weekly News - November 28, 2022 (Nov 28, 2022)

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

President Melanie Harty welcomed everyone to this special, international Rotary visit today. The Rotary Club lunch was shared by ZOOM with members of the Rotary Club of Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina. One of our club members, Milan Vujovic has family ties with members of this club and so we had a great visit learning about this relatively new Rotary club.

After a short introduction by President Melanie, Milan took the microphone and explained the circumstances of the joint meeting.

A story about this visit follows.

In addition to our joint meeting, President Melanie was very happy to announce that our donation to Prairie Gleaners, underwritten by a substantial District Grant, was presented last Thursday. Our club donated a total of $11.050 to this charity, for equipment and supplies required by their ongoing expansion. A check was presented, and a short tour organized. As well, the Saamis Rotary Club was present to provide additional funds, so it was a big Rotary day at Prairie Gleaners.

It was wonderful to share this morning with Saamis Rotary, and we hope to organize a working morning for the Rotary Club in the spring.

Rotary Club "What-z New":

A few more meeting helpers are required to run cameras and sound during our hybrid meetings. We are all learning to adapt to this new reality. Anyone wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.

Rotary Club Membership Update:

Would you like to join the membership team? Check out a meeting of this team and see how exciting it is! The committee meets on the second Wednesday 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:

Thursday December 1^st - 5pm Bingo
Monday December 5^th - Business Meeting
Monday December 12^th - Talk by Cathie Catalano - Rotary Music Festival Society
Monday December 19^th - Christmas lunch - members and partners - at The Medicine Hat Lodge
Monday December 19^th - 5 pm - Bingo

Upcoming Rotary District and International Events

Next District Conference: Lethbridge: May 5th and 6th, 2023.
Next RC Casino - May 7/8, 2023.

Ideas for Future Programs

The Rotary Club's Program Committee members are Jillian Koch (jkoch@jmhca.com), Dave Panabaker (d.panabaker@hotmail.com) and Margie Booyens (margiebooyens@gmail.com).
If you have ideas for future programs, please contact them.

Meeting with Rotary Club of Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina

At our regular Rotary Club meeting today, we used the ZOOM technology to join with the Rotary Club of Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

This club was established on the 20th of September 2018 and has 16 regular and 1 honorary member. They are a very hard working group, and reviewed their accomplishments with us.

The RC of Zenica has been part of a Global Grant project, which is titled "INCREASING READING LITERACY OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN ZENICA-DOBOJ CANTON". It has been running for 3 years, has involved 220 teachers, 14,000 new books and 59 primary schools in the area. An amazing accomplishment. They have also been involved in a District Grant funded project, to procurement and distribute 120 sensors for non-contact glucose measurement at children and adolescents with diagnosed type 1 Diabetes, in their area.

They have also been involved in the Youth Exchange program, they have donated music instruments to local schools and established a number of scholarships. It is truly an impressive list of accomplishments for a club so young. Well done!! They are not resting on their laurels, they have big plans for 2023 and beyond, including post-secondary scholarships and seeding additional Rotary clubs in the area.

You can follow them on the website http://www.rczenica.ba or on Facebook "rotaryzenica".

After a short presentation by President Melanie Harty about our history, several questions were asked and answered.

An inspirational program for sure!

Meeting News

Guests:

We were joined with members of the Rotary Club of Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Club Draw:

President Melanie won a Rotary coffee mug.

Makeups:

None mentioned.

Birthdays:

Dieter Brand Dec 10.
Dale Stein Dec 12.
Gail Halderman Dec 16.
Adolf Seiler Dec 17.
Ken Zollner Dec 18.
John John Dec 19.
Reagan Weeks Dec 27.
Kitt Brand Dec 28.

Rotary Anniversaries:

Terry Cooper 15 years Dec 4, 2007.
Emilia Dirk 1 year Dec 6, 2021.
Linnsie Clark 1 year Dec 13, 2021.
Sarah Koch 7 years Dec 14, 2015.
Brent Secondiak 2 years Dec 14, 2020.
Theresa Eisenbarth 24 years Dec 23, 1998.

Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for November:

Milan Vujovic

Minutes:

Rotary Bingo: Our next Rotary bingo is Thursday evening, December 1st. Two floor worker positions still need to be filled, please check your calendar and help out if you can.

Christmas Kettles: Adolf Seiler encouraged members to fill the gaps on the schedule for Saturday 17 December, when our Club will be collecting for the Salvation Army at various venues in the city. There are several 4 pm to 6 pm shifts left to complete the entire day. The shared signup sheet is located at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pARyfXud12-MzJtZLoL_UlcxqQvIOOuidwV4AxD4_94/edit

Ken Sauer School Invitation: Anne Carrier passed on the invitation from the staff and students of Ken Sauer School, where we have helped with BBQing and food serving in the last year, to attend their Christmas concert.

A Thank You from Sandy Mackay: Sandy is thrilled to have his driver's license finally returned, and he wished to express his thanks to everyone who helped transport him around over the last few months.

Team Freewheel Bike project: The Bike Project encourages everyone to visit the project at 551 Spencer Street (Knowles Electric building). Thursday mornings are a good time to swing by for a cup of coffee and a chat with the team working on the bikes. Active involvement in the project would be warmly welcomed!

Dinner Club startup: Dick Bide had signup sheets for the dinner club available at the meeting. Milan Vujovic will assist Dick in setting up and running the dinner club this year. Please contact Dick if you wish to sign up.

Next RotaryDistrict Learning webinar: The next District learning webinar will be held on Wednesday December 14, 2022 starting at 7:00 pm. This month's topic is "Imagine Your Rotary that Leads Reconciliation Efforts", presented by Cam Stewart, a member of Calgary East and the District Indigenous Relations Committee. Sign up here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WiXS50t5QrW3XMRpuJOZtQ

Christmas Partners Lunch: 19 December (noon)

The Rotary Club members and partners are invited to a special Christmas lunch celebration, at noon on Monday December 19th. A Christmas buffet will be laid on, and cost will be $30.00/person. Invitations, to obtain a needed head count, are out so please sign up.

Meeting Room Setup

Due to his physical injury, John John will need assistance setting up the room on a go forward basis. Ian McLaughlin is helping through November, however more volunteers are needed. The time commitment is about an hour before the meeting, starting at 11:00 am and about a half hour after the meeting, usually ending around 1:30 pm. If you are willing to help, please contact John or Dave.

2023 Club 1000 update

Our new Club 1000 tickets for the 2023 raffle have been packaged, distributed and/or are available for pickup (call Glen Presley). Please work hard to sell these tickets in support of the Rotary Music Festival. Our tickets can be purchased online at https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/63a3f617-fe73-44ad-9913-d0296da68041.

Family of Rotary:

The Rotary Club extends its sympathy to the Secondiak family, on the recent loss of Brent's grandmother.
Everyone present wishes Dale Stein a speedy recovery from his recent foot (feet?) surgery. Hope you up and about soon!
The club also sends along our prayers and best wishes to former club member Ray Kemp, as he does battle with prostate cancer. We are in your corner!

Please keep Adolf informed about members health changes so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.