Sunrise bulletin for the week of December 19, 2012

Rotary Club of Vancouver Sunrise

Attendance- 

Today we had the bigger room, and wouldn’t you know it. Only 8 members and no guests showed up.

Sheila wanting to stay in the limelight , not only was our featured speaker today, but fill in as acting President for Julie, who was snowed in at  SFU.

Rotary Moment-John Haley

There has been a pilot program extended to 200 clubs around the world regarding Meeting Frequency. It has been on since 2007 and ends next year.  Various formats have been tried, less frequency of meetings, meetings without meals, etc. Several clubs noted increased membership. More will be announced in 2013 when the test run is completed.

Happy Dollars-

       -Sheila heading off to Columbia and Mexico for a total of five weeks.

       -Lawrence’s daughter is attending final year at university but ending his and Beverly’s status as empty nesters.

       -Larry cleaned out on of the boxes this morning and discovered a cache of Happy Dollars which obviously fell out of the chalice in the box.  So a record take considering only 8 people present.

-John and Marnie were at the airport til 2 AM awaiting their sons return from Fiji where a hurricane occurred with major flooding. Happy to have them here for Xmas

-Jim passed his tough exam in Washington to be eligible to work also in the USA in his line of work.

Announcements-

    -REMEMBER -   NO MEETING NEXT WEEK, Dec 26 and the following week, JANUARY 2

     - Photo contest books- $30.00 each. Advise Julie as soon as possible if you wish a copy.

Speaker Presentation – Sheila Anderson

     - Sheila presented an absolutely marvelous pictorial presentation of the trip in Peru that she and Pat enjoyed recently.  It was a shame that only 8 people saw it, so when she returns, we will ask her to re- present it to the club.