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Service Above Self
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Frith-Radcliffe Auditorium, Kiwanis Village
1233 Kiwanis Crescent (off Nelson Street)
Nanaimo, BC  V9S5Y1
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Community Services Building
Jan 10, 2015
7:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Nanaimo Rotaract Club "Where are you from" Dinner
Ecumenical Centre
Jan 24, 2015 6:00 PM
 
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January 6, 2015 Meeting held at the Long Lake Chateau on Ross Road.
 
We still need an editor for the Northwind.  This issue was prepared by Craig.
 
 
      President Greg & Kim ringing in 2015 in Times Square.
 
 
Guests:  Exchange student Bas, Elizabeth, & Kaitlyn, from Nanaimo Rotaract Club.
 
Foundation Minute:  topic was the Paul Harris Fellow.
 
Announcements: 
Citrus - Jim Turley said we are waiting for word from Nanaimo Cold Storage about credit for the bad batches of oranges.  Our net earnings will depend on the size of the credit.  Looking for ideas for another fundraiser that will net at least  $5k.
 
Community Breakfast - coming up this Saturday, Jeff is still in need of volunteers.
 
50:50 Draw.  Ed will bring tickets next week.  Plan sales until the draw is held on May 26th .
 
New Venue  Audrey asked members to take notice of the venue and evaluate it as a future home for the club.
 
Youth Exchange  Paul announced that Bas will get his cast off next week.  Two outbound students have been offered exchanges in Germany.
 
Paul Harris Night.  Jeff announced that it was going to be held in the Golf Club this year.  Tickets are $10 and will be sold by the clubs.
 
Membership Drive.  Rob was absent but had sent out a notice that February 3rd will be devoted to membership.  All are requested to invite a guest.
 
Rotaract Fundraising Dinner - Elizabeth & Kaitlyn invited members to attend the "Where are you from dinner" to be held at the Nanaimo Ecumenical Centre on Saturday, January 24th   Details are in the club calendar.
 
Program - Craig gave a presentation on climate change.  He put a copy of the presentation in the Downloads area of the club web page with links to source articles.
 
Birthday - Suzie was brave enough to announce her birthday, so was treated to a particularly discordant rendition of Happy Birthday, even by our standards.
 
No door prize or 50:50 toss this week.
 
Next week Program:  TBA
Stories
What young professionals are looking for in Rotary
Posted on Jan 07, 2015

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Rotary members who attended the Young Professional Summit 26-27 September.
Rotary members who attended the Young Professionals Summit 26-27 September.
By Chris Davidson, Rotary Club of Newport News, Virginia
 
I attended the first-ever Rotary Young Professionals Summit held in Chicago on 26-27 September, which gathered 30 Rotarians under the age of 40 to discuss how Rotary can better attract and engage young professionals.
The summit was a huge success and thoroughly captured the essence of what Millennials and members of Generation Y are looking for — mentorship, friendship, opportunities, and fun. One of my Rotary mentors, past RI Vice President Anne L. Matthews, who I had worked with on district membership projects, had encouraged me to apply.
Joining Rotary as a 32-year-old young professional was a life-changing event. I knew I wanted to develop my leadership skills and was looking for ways to meet influential members of my community. Once I was exposed to Rotary, I realized that the best way to develop relationships with successful people was to work alongside them in the service of others. One year after joining the Rotary Club of Newport News, I traveled to Zambia as part of a grant to build footbridges in remote “limited access” communities. Rotary offers so much to young people who have the desire to help others, make connections, and learn servant leadership in a world that desperately needs more of that.
 
The Young Professionals Summit took place in an unconventional meeting space in downtown Chicago, furnished with coffeehouse-style seating and optimized for creative thought. For two days, we engaged in a variety of brainstorming exercises, interactive games, and small group activities, concluding each with a facilitated discussion. Ideas were documented live on large white boards by a professional sketch artist.
Common themes that emerged included:
  • Young professionals are not opposed to joining a club with older members, but they are seeking clubs with a broader range of members that reflect many different categories of diversity.
  • Millennials and members of Generation Y want to do significant acts of service that make a real difference in the lives of others.
  • Young professionals are appreciative of the business and mentorship opportunities they experience through Rotary. However, they do not feel these benefits, and others, are being marketed effectively to their generation.
  • The younger crowd is looking for a fun, flexible experience with Rotary and prefers to avoid stuffy traditions, rituals, and internal politics.
Summit attendees came from all over the United States. My favorite part was definitely the new friendships I formed. I also got a sense that Rotary International intends to put our collective ideas into action. As one of my new friends, Adam Barth from North Carolina, said, “Rotary should be a verb, not a noun.” If these young professionals are any indication, I’d say the future looks very bright for Rotary!
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Global grant approved for Sunyani Schools Project
Posted on Nov 05, 2014
by Bev Hilton
 
 
The global grant application submitted by the 5-club world community service alliance (Nanaimo Rotary Club, Nanaimo North Rotary Club, Lantzville Rotary Club, Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary Club, Nanaimo Oceanside Rotary Club)  has been approved.  Nanaimo Oceanside Club has taken the lead on this project.  The local partner is the Sunyani Central Rotary Club. 
 
The Global Grant is for US$66,500 US  ($71,500 CDN or 227,000 Ghana Cedi).
The project will replace roofs of the Nyamaa Kindergarten & Junior High school. It will construct a new 12-seater latrine at Kotokrom and provide for annual visits by trained nurses to teach a hygene class to the school. The dirt floor in a classroom at Kotokrom will be covered. Southridge Model school will receive a security fence similar to the Sunyani Municipal Primary School.  Surplus funds will be used to distribute malaria nets at one of the community hospitals.  Bids are underway, work should begin by mid month.
 
Thank you to your club for its support of the 5-club alliance and the Ghana projects.  While many projects are being carried out in areas to the south, it is important to retain our partnership with the Ghanaian Rotary clubs as the need of the people of Ghana is not any less important.
News
Lack of access to water can fuel conflict and even threaten peace and stability
Posted on Dec 30, 2014
by Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.
 
The world is experiencing a surge of water-related crises.  The eastern basin of the Aral Sea dried up completely in August, for the first time in 600 years.  California has experienced an unprecedented three-year drought. Demographic changes and unsustainable economic practices are affecting the quality and quality of water at our disposal.
 
Click here to read the entire article at nature.com
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