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February 22, 2011
The QB Sunrise Scuttlebutt is a weekly publication that highlights the activities of the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise.  Next Weeks Activity Roster
March 1st Meeting Birthdays and Anniversaries Guests     AG Michael Procter; Past AG and Parksville AM Rotarian Bashir El Kalifawi; Debbe Patterson, a guest for the last time; and our speaker this morning Bruce Williams; Welcome Michael, Bashir, Debbe and Bruce Rotary Moment  Doug chose as his Rotary Moment topic Sharing Rotary with New Members Doug’s opening question was: What’s the obligation/responsibility that most Rotarians fail to perform? –It’s the obligation of “Sharing Rotary”with others. Sharing what Rotary’s all about with others is the first step in you proposing someone for membership. So Doug asks, ”have you accepted your obligation to share Rotary?” The procedures are very simple, and everyone must know at least one person who should belong to Rotary – “All You Have To Do Is Ask”. [b] Announcements  February 23rd is double recognition points day:-log on to www.trfcanada.org and contribute $101CA and you’ll receive an additional 100 Paul Harris Recognition points February 23rd will be celebrated as Rotary Day in Qualicum Beach with the Rotary flag flying from the flagstaff at the Village centre  AG Michael presented Ed with his multiple 3 Paul Harris Pin  President Elect Allan was at PETS on the weekend. 800 other President Elects from 9 Rotary Districts in B.C., Alaska, the Yukon, the US Pacific North West and Eastern Siberia was also in attendance. Allan reported that the sessions were intense and were packed with good Rotary leadership information with also lots of opportunity to exchange ideas with peers. The Plenary Sessions, there were seven sessions in all, featured the best and most inspirational speakers in Rotary; you came away from each session really pumped said Allan. Debbe Patterson Induction  This morning our club welcomed Debbe Patterson into Rotary and into the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise. Debbe is a Certified Financial Planner and lives in Coombs with husband Doug. Although Ed proposed Debbe she did all of the research on Rotary and our club on her own. In that sense I guess Debbe is the first new member we have ever had who wasn’t recruited by someone – Debbe found us. She is interested in Community and International Service but thinks that her interest as a Sunrise Rotarian will be in Community Service.  Welcome to our club and to Rotary Debbe Trivia  Long time Sunrise Rotarian Diana Dundas who recently relocated to White Rock with husband Nigel emailed Kim to say “I miss our Rotary club members each day. We are in the middle of a major renovation on our new/18 yr. old home, so it keeps Nigel and I very busy. I still haven’t resigned from Rotary as I would like to transfer to a club here---all going well. I find that morning time is not my best time of day, so hopefully there is a Rotary Club meeting at the lunch hour. White Rock is just a larger Qualicum. Hope to see you all soon.  Bob and Maureen are travelling in New Zealand and we got word this morning that they escaped the worst of yesterday’s earthquake, which, it appears, was centred, on the South Island at Christchurch where a reported 65 people were killed. Bob and Maureen were scheduled to travel by train to Christchurch yesterday but their train was cancelled apparently so they are OK. Program  Bruce Williams represents “friends of Janeece” that are committed to building Janeece Place, a home away from home for Island families who have family health issues and who must travel to Victoria for treatment. The home, to be built on land donated by VIHA adjacent to Victoria General Hospital has a goal of raising $9.5 M. At present they are less than $2 M short of their objective. Bruce is speaking to Rotary Clubs all over the Island and his objective is to raise $100,000 from Island Rotary Clubs and those Rotary dollars will be used to create a room at Janeece Place dedicated to Rotary. Rotary, says Bruce, is something that everyone coming to Janeece Place is familiar with; they are used to seeing the Rotary Wheel in their own Island communities and when they come to Janeece Place the Rotary Wheel they see there will make them seem a little more at home – the Wheel will remind them of home.  Twenty children will be immunized against Polio in Bruce’s name:Thank you Bruce for all that your doing to make Janeece Place a reality  Spotlight on Membership  RI Director Elect Ken Boyd believes that one (1) Rotarian can have a meaningful impact on the lives of many. Ken Boyd’s membership ideas are worth considering, here are some of his ideas that work:
Remember to hold our own we need to recruit about 6 new members every year. If we are to grow we need to obviously do better than that. Modest growth will give us more hands to help, more creative ideas to follow, a greater fundraising potential, and broader opportunities for fellowship. Membership Really Does Matter!
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