This week we welcomed 12 members. We had no guests today.
Rotary Moment:
Vicente Asuncion brought us the Rotary Moment today, he referred to how our former member Dean Rohrs is now Rotary International's Vice President this year.
Announcements:
* Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is this Saturday, have fun!
* DG Don Evans reminded us to register for the District Conference. All the details can be found here: http://rotary5040.org/page/2018-district-conference
* Hoopathon coming April 28th, time to go full speed ahead and get pledges!
* On May 12th the Rotaractors are having an event Celebrating 50 years of Rotaractors doing good in the world in partnership with Rotary! Get your tickets here: https://rotaract50th.eventbrite.ca/
* Our Rotary District has put together a number of training opportunities this Spring, check out their website to learn more: http://rotary5040.org/Stories/2018-district-spring-training
Meeting Program: Our guest speaker today was our incoming President Ron Suzuki. He tolds us about his experience attending the PETS in Seattle this past February.
The PNW Presidents-elect Training Seminar is the largest and one of the oldest multi-district PETS. PNW PETS is a joint effort of the nine Rotary districts in the Northwest area of North America (and eastern Russia). This large area includes the states of Alaska, Oregon, Washington, parts of Idaho and California, the Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
PNW PETS is managed, prepared and conducted by a PETS Operating Committee composed of the District Governor-elect and a Past District Governor representative from each participating District. Consisting of well known exceptional speakers, informative workshops, detailed district training sessions, fellowship and networking, the basic purpose of our PETS is to have the best prepared, most enthusiastic club presidents in the Rotary world. Annually, the over 550 Presidents-elect attending leave well prepared to carry out their Rotary duties.
Thought of the day:
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
Next Speakers:
| 11-Apr | Business Meeting | Hockey Pool | Cam and John |
| 18-Apr | Special Surprise | ||
| 25-Apr | Mark Ferrari | the Port of Vancouver | |
| 2-May | Jack McGee/Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia | Autism and First Responders | |
| 9-May | Business Meeting | ||
| 16-May | Ted MacCormac | Life Saving - Yellow Tubes and AED's |
Why Rotary? Read more here: https://www.rotary.org/en/why-rotary
About Rotary: https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary