QB SUNRISE
SCUTTLEBUTT 
QB Sunrise Scuttlebutt is a weekly publication that highlights the activities of the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise.
Service Above SelfThe Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do ............
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The Gannon's
President Allan
and
First Lady Lauren 
The "A" Team - Our 2011-12 Sunrise Officers and Directors
Announcements
- Thursday October 6th, Coats For Kids meeting, at Kay Burgoyne’s home, 785 Nicholls Drive
- Wednesday October 13, 6:30, Old Dutch Inn – President Allan and President Elect Peter and their Area 2A colleagues meet with Bill McCarthy re RI Council on Legislation input.
- Friday October 21, all day at Pheasant Glen - Roses Prep
- Saturday October 22 – Roses Delivery
- Friday October 28, Child Haven Dinner, Parksville Community Centre
Next Weeks Activity Roster
- Greeter – Blake Whaley
- Raffle – Gerry Herkel
- Invocation – Peter Kellas
- Sign In Desk – Mike Haas
- Rotary Moment – Pat Fougner
Around Rotary’s World
Vocational Service
Parksville AM Rotarian Bashir El Khalafawi has just been appointed Vocational Service District 5020 Chair by District Governor David Stocks. Bashir brings many years of Rotary Service, both at the club and district level to his new assignment. His first task has been to recruit members to the Vocational Services Committee and to that end Bashir announced this morning that our own Bob Brown has been invited and has agreed to sit on the Committee.
RI describes Vocational Service as follows:
Through vocational service, Rotarians are expected to adhere to and promote high ethical standards in all their business dealings, recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations, and contribute their professional expertise and skills to addressing societal problems and needs. The Four Way Test is, for Rotarians, the expression of vocational ethical behavior.
In practice what Vocational Service has become for many clubs has been a focus on youth and in particular vocational education. To that end Rotary clubs have supported their local schools by providing scholarships for students embarking on higher education; certainly that’s been the focus of our club's involvement with KSS.
With the advent in 2010 of Rotary’s Fifth Avenue of Service, called “New Generations” there has been some confusion at both the club and the District level about the role of Vocational Service. What’s the mandate and where does Vocational Service fit in the 2011-12 scheme of things?
The challenge that Bashir, Bob and the rest of the Vocational Services committee have will be to articulate, for the District and for clubs, the role of Vocational Service in our District in today’s Rotary world.
October 4th Meeting
Guests
Bob Michaelson will be inducted into our club on October 11; Bashir El Khalafawi was in attendance in his capacity as District Vocational Chair, Bashir is a Parksville AM Rotarian; Larry Rumming was this mornings speaker, Larry is a member of the Rotary Club of Nanaimo North.
Welcome Bob, Bashir and Larry
Rotary Moment
Ed outlined how to sign on for Member Access on the RI website; Member Access enables you to monitor your personal Rotary Foundation Account; here are the steps to follow:
- Log on to www.rotary.org
- Click on “Member Access”, top right hand side of the RI Home Page
- Click on “Create Account”
- Enter your log in email address
- Verify your log in email address
- Click on submit
- You’ll receive an email from Rotary
To complete the response to the email you have to know:
- The District Number – 5020
- Our Club name and Number – 50401
- Your RI Identification Number – (can be found on the plastic jacket of your Rotarian – just above your name) (Secretary Ken Walker or Foundation Chair David Lavalley can also help you with your RI - ID number)
Announcements
Community Service Director Mike announced the first meeting of the Coats For Kids campaign which will again be jointly sponsored by Parksville AM and QB Sunrise.
Roses Chair Ken announced that 112 dozen Roses had been sold and entered into the data base with quite a few orders just received as yet un-entered and not yet tallied.
Debbe Patterson announced a Child Haven Dinner and Fundraiser scheduled for Friday October 28, 5 pm, at the Parksville Community Centre. Tickets are $35.
Program
Larry Rumming is an Employment Consultant and he works out of the Career Centre located at 198 East Island Highway in Parksville.
The Career Centre is a project of the Central Vancouver Island Job Opportunities Building Society (CVIJOBS), a non-profit Society that provides work and career related services to residents of the Parksville/Qualicum area. They have been in the community since 1977 and were formerly known as Outreach 69.
Their goal is to provide personalized services that reflect the changing needs of the District.
All of their services are free and available to residents of the Parksville/Qualicum area. In addition to a multitude of self-serve resources and group workshops, they offer individual employment and career assistance.:
- They offer interest and ability assessments,
- They help clients prepare job resumes and provide coaching on interview skills
- Information regarding self-employment and business information,
- Provide Educational options,
- They have a career development and job search library with books, magazines, newspapers, videotapes and more,
- They provide free faxing, photocopying, work related Internet access,
- They provide telephone messaging services to support clients job search.
- As a service for clients, local employers are encouraged to advertise job openings using their complimentary job posting service.
The Local Labour Market has over 400 jobs posted and that probably represents only 20% of the jobs available in our region.
In 2011 in the Regional District of Nanaimo and Comox-Strathcona for the period Jan 1 to March 31 there were a total of 10 projects underway with a total value of $560,000; 7 projects worth $6.6 Million on hold; and 20 projects worth $6 Million that have been proposed.
Larry also indicated that the Hart Dam reconstruction project, worth billions, is in the planning stage and when the project is underway the impact on our area will be huge.
Twenty children will be immunized against Polio in Larry’s name; Thank You Larry
Derek phoned to say he was
Derek phoned to say he was on the Sign In Desk next week not Mike as reported in the Next Weeks Activity Roster. So do I conclude that Derek read Scuttlebutt and Mike didn't?