June 1st 2016 Meeting
Posted by Carlos Obregon
on Jun 01, 2016
At last Wednesday's meeting we had 14 Members. We also had 2 guests, Jason Blank and a visiting Rotarian, Lindsay Lam from the Rotary E-Club in Edmonton.
The 4 Way Test was read by Diana
Rotary Moment:
Vicente told us some great news about the Polio Plus program, Nigeria is no longer on the list of countries with Polio, only Pakistan and Afghanistan remain on that dreaded list.
He also told us how back home in the Philippines he remembers how devastating Polio was for the children who became ill.
Announcements:
1) Hoop a Thon. It is this Saturday, make sure you get all your pledges in. Click Hoopathon.ca to go to our page.
2) Don't forget to put our changeover dinner in your calendars, it will be on June 12th.
Guest Speaker - Our guest speaker today was our member Michael Alty giving us his classification talk.
Some of the points he mentioned were:
- He is originally from Winnipeg
- He was a Rotary exchange student in South Africa and he was also an ambassadorial scholar in New Zealand, talk about total Rotary immersion!
- He specializes in corporate and aboriginal law.
Thought of the day:
Tell me and I'll forget
Show me and I'll remember
Involve me and I'll understand
Anonymous
Pic from the meeting:
Important Links:
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