QB SUNRISE
SCUTTLEBUTT 
The QB Sunrise Scuttlebutt is a weekly publication that highlights the activities of the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise.
Around Rotary’s World
Global legal reform expert to receive top Foundation alumni award
Peter Kyle, a former Kiwi and now an international attorney based in Washington, D.C., has been named by The Rotary Foundation Trustees to receive the Foundation's 2009-10 Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award. Kyle will accept the honor at the RI Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in June.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wellington North, New Zealand, Kyle studied law at the University of Virginia in the United States as a 1973-74 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar. "My Rotary year convinced me that sooner or later I would want to focus on international issues," he says.
Kyle joined the Wellington North club just two years after completing his studies as a Rotary Scholar. ''It all happened very naturally and seemed almost an extension of my Ambassadorial Scholarship experience," he says. "Rotary has been a very important part of my life for over 36 years and has enabled me to become involved in all manner of projects and service activities."
Now a member of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.), Kyle has worked on more than 100 development projects in over 80 countries for the World Bank. He retired as lead counsel from the World Bank in 2009 after a 17-year career and continues to serve as a consultant.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary's leadership training program for young people. RYLA participants can be ages 14-30, but most clubs and districts choose to focus on a narrower age range, such as 14-18 or 19-30.
RYLA emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to:
- Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth
- Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth
- Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities
District 5040 Water Project in Kenya
Rotarians attend a groundbreaking ceremony at the site where a deep well will be built to supply clean water to more than 1,000 community members in Ndandini Village, Kenya. District 5040 (British Columbia, Canada) used support from Spanish clubs to help raise US$70,200 for the project.
13 Rotary Districts Combine Efforts in Ghana
Ghanaian children, before and after, have their feet bandaged after being treated for Guinea worm and then photographed a year later. Rotarians in 13 districts have been working with the Carter Center and the Ghana Health Service to eliminate the parasite from Ghana.
Clean Water Project in the Dominican Republic
Rotarian Sara Lucena puts a Rotary sticker on a bio-sand filter in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, before explaining to the family how to use and maintain it
Calgary Olympic Rotary Club help “Make A Wish” come true
Friend and Calgary Olympic Rotarian Sharon Bartley emailed this account of a wish come true:
6 kids who were part of the Kids Wish Foundation had expressed a desire to go to the Vancouver Olympics, well our Club made it happen and I’m so proud to be a member of this Club and to have been a part of this.
One young fellow, Graham, who 4 years ago had wanted to go to the Olympics in Turin; but because the request came too late it didn’t happen.
Then in 2010 he was at a Cystic Fibrosis fund raiser in Nova Scotia not knowing that Sydney Crosby was going to be there (Sydney Crosby is his hero) Sydney tapped Graham on the shoulder and said "I hear you are going to the Vancouver Olympics; I want you to be there to cheer me on”.
Wow now we only had to hope and pray that Canada and the U.S. would be in the gold medal game and his dream would come true; funny how fate happens hey; this kid was over the moon.
Check out Sharon’s story on YouTube at: http://rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/Newsletters/Interactive/Pages/201003/I...
Membership Matters
Membership Director Pat reminds us that the names of prospective new member who will be attending our special membership morning meeting on Tuesday May 25th are due next Tuesday morning April 6th.
Thus far Pat reports she has received names from Jim, Ed and one other person (Pat had a senior moment and forgot who that other person is – but someone out there knows who, so let Pat know)
Last week Ken Walker posted a number of YouTube features on our website and a couple of the postings are very appropriate to send to a prospective member:
The first is a 6 + minute video called This Is Rotary - Rotary International http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vVyG0TJBWM&feature=related
The second is a short 1+ minute video called Rotary Minute: What Is Rotary?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLI-vQva30&feature=related
Rotary Succeeds in Bringing About World Peace – A 2080 Headline Perhaps?
Traditionally Rotary has had an emphasis on providing clean water. We continue those efforts, but in 1985 decided to take on a more specific challenge, to eradicate polio. When that goal is achieved, what will Rotary do next, what will be its goal? How about World Peace?
You might say “what cheek”; who does Rotary and who do Rotarians think they are. Have a look at this video and you decide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbWaU7_RjI&feature=related
Perhaps Peace is Possible – If Rotary International, Rotarians and Peace Scholars are in charge.
This Week in Rotary
April 6th Activity Roster
- Greeter – Ken Walker
- 50-50 – Mike Williams
- Rotary Moment – Bob Brown
- Invocation – Stuart Jackson
March 30th Meeting
Guests
Pat welcomes Pamela Hadikin who is a potential member and was here looking us over. Pamela and her mother and sister are the co-owners of Rawthentic Eatery at 744A Memorial Avenue. Rawthentic’s was recently named New Business of the Year by the QB Chamber. Welcome Pamela
Susan is an Employment Consultant and Labour Market Specialist and the mother of Samantha; Samantha was the young lady we sponsored at the recently held RYLA Conference in Tacoma and was here to tell us about her RYLA experience.
Welcome Susan and Sam
Larry Running was visiting us from the Nanaimo North Rotary Club.
Welcome Larry
Randy Lewis volunteers as a Team Leader for Arrowsmith Search and Rescue and arrived this morning without the ASR Command Vehicle which was to be a part of his show and tell. Next time Randy.
Welcome Randy
Announcements
Allen presented our Clubs Calendar of Events between now and December 2010; Wow! This is another reason why we have to increase our membership, we need more people so we can spread the load – Membership does matter.
- April 7 - Echo Players Hospice fundraiser
- April 24th - Garage sale
- May 1st - Fire & Ice
- May 20th - Family Days
- May – June weekend - Painting Rotary House, date dependant on information re funding
- June 20th - Show & Shine
- June 21st – Installation at Giovanni’s
- July 1st - Canada Day
- July 16th - Beach Festival start
- Aug. 3rd - B.C. Day
- October 2nd - Antique show
- October 26th & 27th - Job Fair exhibition
- Nov. 19th & 20th - Roses
- Nov. 27th – Christmas Home Tours
President Ken announced two events upcoming that will have a huge impact on our club over the next 5 years
- The first is the meeting tonight (Tuesday March 30) when we will continue the Visioning Exercise that was started a month ago. (See Spotlight for more info on Visioning)
- The second is the Grant Seminar scheduled for UVI on Saturday May 1. TRF and our District is changing the rules on the way Clubs access Rotary Foundation funding; if we are to utilize Foundation funds to supplement our projects we have to get in on the ground floor and restructure the way we plan, apply for and implement projects utilizing Foundation funds. So our attendance at this seminar is very important.
President Ken also announced a Literacy appeal called “Books for Babes”. Apparently funding has dried up for an initiative that has provided books for mom’s of newborns and the organization is seeking our support to continue.
For more on Literacy and Dolly Parton go to: http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/100324_news_condeadline...
Also Ken announced that a member of our Community Service Committee will be attending a special Young Life event entitled an "evening for adults" on Thursday, April 8th.
Peter reminded us of the Garage Sale scheduled for April 24th at Rotary House.
Canvass the neighbors and clean out all of the nooks and crannies at home so we can have a good display of things that we never think will sell but incredibly do sell and do bring in the funds we need to do what we do in our Community.
Peter also announced that $1230, our 3rd quarter contributions, have been sent to the Rotary Foundation
Jim announced that except for 9 or 10 tickets the April 7 (7:30) Echo Players fundraiser is sold out. A wine and cheese at Jim’s, across the street from the Theatre will kick off the evening at 6:30. Jim asked for volunteers to help sell 50/50 tickets. The tickets will also be used for several other draws to be made during the evening. Sounds like it’s going to be a great evening.
Ron announced a change in our Installation date and venue. The event is now going to happen on Monday June 21st at Giovanni’s Restorante – stay tuned.
Program
This mornings Program featured 2 presentations, the first from Randy Lewis and President Ken talking to us about Arrowsmith Search and Rescue and the second presentation was from our RYLA delegate Samantha Rintoul.
Both Randy and Ken are team leaders with Arrowsmith Search and Rescue. Ken described some of the features of their new Command Vehicle which is still a few months from being operational. The Command Vehicle is the centre of any search and it’s from there that any search is monitored; the Command Centre serves as the base for searchers in the field. Over the years AS&R have expanded their search capabilities and now have people trained in very specific modes of search and rescue: rock and rappelling capabilities; water/moving water capabilities; equine S&R; off road cycle and a limited 4 wheel ATV capability.
Liability is a big issue so training is paramount. All calls for assistance come to AS&R through the RCMP, so Randy emphasized that they don’t respond to calls from just anyone, the call has to vetted through the RCMP and then channeled to them.
Our club has been a long time supporter of AS&R and last year we were successful in applying for and receiving a District 5020 Simplified Grant that matched our contribution of $2500 that went towards the purchase of their generator that powers the electronics that is so essential if a search is to be successful. Ken has promised that when work on the new Command Vehicle is complete he will have it at Rotary House for a Show and Tell.
Samantha Rintoul, better known as Sam, attended the RYLA Seminar in Tacoma on the March 19 weekend. Sam is a Grade 10 student at KSS and was selected following an interview by Allan Gannon and his selection group. I think, after hearing Sam this morning that we’d all agree the Selection committee did a first class job. Sam is in a Leadership class at KSS so for her RYLA and Tacoma represented an opportunity to find out some things about herself, to meet other young people with similar interests and to explore aspects of leadership.
This is a very together young woman who’s talk was well planned and was presented in a very articulate and convincing manner. She certainly captured our attention as she described the speakers and their respective messages; the other young people she met; the friends she has made and now networks with on FaceBook; the things she said she learned about herself; and what I found most interesting was her comment that she learned how to work with different people, to accept them for who they were and not to be judgmental.
Perhaps Sam can motivate her Leadership class colleagues to begin thinking Rotary and Interact – Now wouldn’t that be an accomplishment.
For more on student leadership and Interact go to, and interact with, Olivia a San Diego High School student:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gBET_0PDwE
Sam doesn’t know it yet but we will be thanking her for her wonderful presentation this morning by providing the funding to Rotary’s PolioPlus campaign that will immunize 20 children, in her name, against the Polio virus. Thanks Samantha, for a job well done
QB Sunrise Rotary – Our Future Vision
Here’s the Agenda for tonight’s Visioning Exercise
1. Welcome and Overview (10 minutes)
- Mission (Why do we exist? What are we here to do together?)
- Vision (What do we hope to become?)
- Values (How must we behave in order to make our shared vision a reality?)
- Goals (Which steps will we take first, and when?)
- Constitution (p. 1) – Article 4: Object (Mission)
- Bylaws (pp. 6-7) – Article 9: Duties of Director Committees (Vision structure)
4. Categorize Vision Bullets Place each vision bullet into one of six committees (20 minutes)
- Membership Committee
- Club Service Committee
- Vocational Service Committee
- Community Service Committee
- International Service Committee
- Public Relations Committee
5. Vision Statements (40 minutes)
- Develop wording for the group of vision bullets in each committee
6. Statement of Core Values (15 minutes)- Identify the specific attitudes, behaviors, and commitments you must demonstrate in order to advance toward your vision
7. Closure & Next Steps (5 minutes)
8. SMART Goals (2 hours)
- S = Specific
- M = Measurable
- A = Attainable
- R = Realistic
- T = Timely
9. Developing SMART Goals
- Prioritize vision statements to determine what must be accomplished first
- Develop steps to achieve these objectives
- Attach timelines to the process
- Determine measures for success
