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Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
New West - Royal City
Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 7:00 AM
The Boathouse Restaurant
900 Quayside Drive
604 525 3474
New Westminster, BC  V3M 6C9
Canada
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European Current Political Situation and Flag Exchange
Photo Credit: Wendy Scott
 
Nick Jordan and Roy Prevost thank Hans Jacob Petersen (guest speaker) for his outlook on the Political Situation in Europe. They also managed to squeeze in a flag exchange.
 
 
Hyack Ambassador Program
 
Paul Esslinger (club member) and Roy Prevost (club president) with our representative Grace Flaman in the Hyack Ambassador program September 22, 2016.
 
 
Minutes at the Mic - Sep 28, 2016
There are a lot of exciting things going on. To find out more about the Riverfest Parking fundraiser, Hockey Pool fundraiser, Heart of the Matter 2017 and more.

Minutes at the Mic:

7:00am: We started with the singing of "O Canada". 

 

7:15am: Breakfast served

 

7:20am: Introduction of guests: Quinn Waddington, a soon-to-be member; Rick Janssen, a soon-to-be member; Juan Herrera, our inbound exchange student from Mexico; and Lavinia Capriccioli, our inbound exchange student from Italy.

 

7:25am: Minutes at the Mic  

  • Rotary on Ice is on Sunday October 23, 2016. Please see Nick Jordan if you would like to buy tickets.  
  • Bob KacKerricher thanked everyone for helping with raising funds with Parking-By-Donation at Riverfest last weekend. We raised $2,700!
  • Monica Woldring has a birthday coming up. Everyone sang her happy birthday. 

7:30am: Toonie Bucket

  • Tony Scott's rugby club has an annual "pink shirt day" to help raise funds for breast cancer. Over the course of the last five years, they have raised over $16,000!
  • Roy Prevost made a "Good Morning Video" for Doug Fynn.
  • Winner of the draw is our "soon-to-be" member, Quinn Waddington.

 

7:40am:  Business Meeting

  • Alana McAllister-Hoem mentioned that we have a surplus of $74,000. We lost money on the operations part partly because of the US dollar exchange rate. We are trying to keep dues at a minimum $200, but that may have to change.
  • Monica Woldring spoke about insurance for the club. For any event that we serve liquor, we need to purchase extra insurance. Also, we cannot take the exchange students out on any potentially dangerous activities (ie: skydiving, hunting, scuba diving) as our insurance does not cover us for those activities.
  • Gordon Hobbis spoke on greater duties. The greeters are the first person that a guest sees when they come in. It is the greeters' duty to make the guests feel welcome. We need the greeters to show up as we have not been having the best greeter attendance. If you cannot make your week as a greeter, please find someone to cover and fill in for you.
  • Kathy MacKerricher spoke about the Heart of the Matter (HOM) fundraiser. The HOM started in 1999 raising $10,000 in the first year. This past year, the HOM raised $51,000. To date, the HOM has raised over $656,000! The HOM is an international theme with the raised money going towards international projects. Our partners in the HOM are the Burnaby Rotary Club and Monarch Place.
  • Sandy Freeman has created a new email address for the club's use, RoyalCityRotary@gmail.com. Please send any notes, pictures, documents etc from our meetings to that email address. a few club members will manage the inbox and ensure that any correspondence is addressed in a timely manner.

 

8:10am:  Four way test.

 

 

 

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Greeters This Week and Next Two

Oct 5

Paige Freeman
Sandy Freeman
Carlos Galvez
 

Oct 12

Aman Grewal
Gordon Hobbis
Palmer Hoem
 

Oct 19

Heidi Hughes
Nick Jordan
Lizz Kelly
 

Greeter Duties

Greeters are the first point of contact for guests, potential new members, and our members. Making all who attend our meeting feel welcome is the responsibility of all of us as we all take turns being greeters.

1.       All greeters should arrive no later than 6:40 am and be prepared to assist in setting up and preparing for the meeting. If a greeter cannot be present for their day of duties, please contact another member to fill in for you.

2.       Greeter # 1 will ensure that the sandwich board at the entrance

3.       Greeter # 2 will ensure that flags and banners are in place.

4.       Greeters should welcome all members and guests and make them comfortable with the proceedings and surroundings, i.e., seating, coffee, schedule of meeting etc.

5.       Greeter # 1 greets and sits with the speaker to gather information useful in providing a respectful and meaningful introduction of the speaker and the program.

6.       Greeter # 2 thanks the speaker and presents the certificate of appreciation for their presentation. NOTE: The certificate is NOT a contribution of $20.00 in the speakers’ name. We donate $20.00 to the Rotary Foundation in recognition of their presentation at the meeting.

7.       Greeter # 3 assists in taking down the flags, banners and places the sandwich board back in Kathy's office.

·         Greeters may change duties amongst themselves if desired.

 

 

Good Host Program

 

 

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The Good Host program is how YOU can get involved - you are invited to help out by meeting, greeting and sharing cultural experiences with our Youth Exchange students. Juan Herrera (Mexico) and Lavinia Cappriccioli (Italy) are here and deserve to see and experience Canada to the fullest. 

Any one of us can be Good Hosts by simply sharing some time with Juan and Lavinia. A phone call, lunch, dinner with family, sporting event, cultural outing, almost anything goes. However - all who host our youth exchange student unsupervised - even for a day event - must have submitted the YE police check paperwork to Paige Freeman prior to hosting.

Please remember to include our youth exchange students in any activities you and your family participate in. Juan and Lavinia can be contacted as follows:

  • Juan Edgar Herrera is currently staying with the Bartons. Simply call him on his cell phone at 778-829-2532 or email him at juan-edgar99@hotmail.com.
  • Lavinia Cappriccioli is currently staying with Hansi Natzke (and Tom). Simply call her on her cell phone at 778-893-2532 or email her at laviniacapriccioli@gmail.com  
Attendance Last Meeting - Sep 28, 2016
 

Current total membership - 33

Attending total - 28

Members attending total - 24

Welcome to our guests: Quinn Waddington (soon-to-be member), Rick Janssen (soon-to-be member), Juan Herrera (inbound exchange student) and Lavinia Capriccioli (inbound exchange student).