QB Sunrise Scuttlebutt

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Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise

January 30th Edition

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JoAnn and Marion were guests one last time before their induction into our club later in the meeting; and AG John O’Brien Was present to welcome and induct them into Rotary.

Welcome JoAnn, Marion and John!

Celebrations

Janet celebrates her Birthday Feb 1st and Marion, our newest member, celebrates her Birthday Feb 5th

Happy Birthday Janet and Marion enjoy your special day!

“Big girls need big diamonds.” – Elizabeth Taylor

President Gord’s Vision

In lieu of a Rotary Moment, and appropriate for our upcoming Strategic Planning exercise, President Gord shared his vision of a direction we might want to consider for 2018-19. Gord observed that, in his opinion, the single most significant achievement of Rotary will be the eradication of Polio. Qualicum Beach’s profile of 60% + senior’s means that QB citizens lived through the 40’s and 50’s and are aware of what Polio was and therefore will understand and appreciate the significance of Polio eradication. He reasons that we therefore should consider making Polio eradication our Brand for the coming Rotary year. Thanks Gord, Polio eradication would certainly resonate in our community

Paul Harris for Ron

AG John presented Ron with a Ruby, a second Paul Harris for Ron. A Paul Harris Fellow is a member who contributes $1000US to the Rotary Foundation and for each subsequent $1000 donated a Jewell is added to the donors Paul Harris Pin. Congratulation Ron!

“The more generous we are, the more joyous we become………..The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become. – William Arthur Ward

Announcements

Ø Holland America Lottery Proposal:- Gord is proposing a May/June initiative that would see the six Area 3 clubs (QB Evening, QB Sunrise, Parksville AM, Parksville Noon, Port Alberni Arrowsmith, and Port Alberni Noon) collaborate on the sale of tickets. Gord proposed that each club receive and sell a book of tickets for each club member. Revenue would be split based on tickets soled. Stay tuned!

Ø PE Wendy has scheduled a Strategic Planning meeting on Saturday Feb. 10, 9am – 2pm at Rotary House. In preparation for the SP session Wendy distributed Club Experience feed back forms that will be reviewed by Wendy and the Facilitator prior to the Feb 10th Session. If members didn’t complete and return forms this morning Wendy requests that the forms be completed and returned at our next meeting.

Ø John removed his AG Hat and announced a Parksville AM fundraiser scheduled for St Patty’s Day, March 17. Tickets will be going on sale soon for a Casino Night. Sounds like a fun evening, stay tuned.

“Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until broken.” – Yogi Berra

Welcome JoAnn and Marion!

A special moment this morning as AG John inducted JoAnn and Marion into Rotary and into our Club. JoAnn Dunderdale was born and raised in Powell River. He parents and siblings had recently emigrated from the Netherlands. After High School JoAnn moved to Victoria to study Nursing. She worked in a variety of health care settings including acute care, residential care and home and community care as a clinician, educator and manager. JoAnn and Peter have been married 44 years and have two children. Daughter Sara was a Rotary International Student spending a year in Belgium. Son James lives with his family in Parksville so Peter and JoAnn spend lots of time with their grandchildren. JoAnn is looking forward to becoming an active Sunrise Rotarian. Marion Hicklin was born and raised in Lomond, a small farming community in Southern Alberta. After graduation Marion moved to Calgary, took secretarial training and worked for the telephone company until she started a family. Once the children were in school Marion returned to the work force and worked in the food industry, first a Safeway’s warehouse then at Cyba Stevens, a food broker working in Administration then sales. Marion quit working in her forty’s when her husband took early retirement. Marion has volunteered, danced competitively, is a golfer and enjoys many hobbies.

Welcome to Rotary JoAnn and Marion!