Sunrise bulletin for the week of September 12, 2012
Posted by Rob Goodell
on Sep 12, 2012
This week's meeting location was a well-kept secret. So well-kept that Jim Clarke, and perhaps others, spent the whole morning driving around downtown Vancouver asking at each corner, "Do you know where the Rotary meeting is?"We fooled them, didn't we?
Now the secret can be told: this Wednesday's meeting was at a different Coast Hotel, the Stanley Park location on Denman Street. Only 11 members were smart enough to figure it out, plus our speaker and visiting Rotarian Ezat Ayoubzadeh from Mexico. He told us he's only been in Rotary about six months and decided to join because the aims of Rotary are so closely aligned with his Bahai Faith, which emphasizes the "spiritual unity of all humankind." Also at our meeting was his son, Farid, a second-year student at Simon Fraser University, who might like to be involved in some of the club's activities. Here they are, exchanging banners with President Julie Mantle.
Rotary moment
Diana Theman related how she first joined Rotary in Kingston, Ontario, which was slated to be the capital city at the time of the Canada Act joining Ontario and Quebec into a new political entity in 1840. But Queen Victoria and others conspired to create a new capital at a place called Ottawa. Diana produced a banner from her Kingston club, which she has carefully saved for five years, waiting for an opportunity like this.
Club and district news
Jim couldn't find the right hotel but he found someone's phone number and reported that the party he's organizing to add funding for our project in Leon, Mexico, is on for September 22. It will be at the Live Music Studio at Ironworks on Alexander Street in Gastown. Talk to Jim for more details.
The club is looking for candidates for Youth Exchange for next year. Our outbound student must be 16 or 17 at departure time next August. Rotary family members and friends are eligible so if you know someone who qualifies and is interested, please let Rob Goodell know.
Rotary Leadership Institute will offer a training session on Saturday, September 29, in Burnaby. More info at www.rotary5040.org.
The new name for our outing to see a Vancouver Giants hockey game is "Rotary on Ice" which now involves a number of clubs and will benefit Polio Plus. The date is Friday, October 5.
This week's program
Trilby Jeeves presented an overview of her Buffoonery Workshops, which she calls "the cure for serious." She's an actor, director and costume designer for live theatre productions and has been offering these workshops for six years. Inspired by le bouffon, the French clown who mocks himself and laughs at himself, the workshops emphasize the importance of play and laughter. Benefits of the workshops include stress reduction, reminding us to play, morale boosting and confidence building. Trilby offers the workshops of three hours or more for groups of five to 25. Check her website at www.buffooneryworkshops.com.
Next week, the secret location of our Wednesday meeting is the Coast Hotel Coal Harbour, between Hastings and Pender. See you there.
Rob
Now the secret can be told: this Wednesday's meeting was at a different Coast Hotel, the Stanley Park location on Denman Street. Only 11 members were smart enough to figure it out, plus our speaker and visiting Rotarian Ezat Ayoubzadeh from Mexico. He told us he's only been in Rotary about six months and decided to join because the aims of Rotary are so closely aligned with his Bahai Faith, which emphasizes the "spiritual unity of all humankind." Also at our meeting was his son, Farid, a second-year student at Simon Fraser University, who might like to be involved in some of the club's activities. Here they are, exchanging banners with President Julie Mantle.
Rotary moment
Diana Theman related how she first joined Rotary in Kingston, Ontario, which was slated to be the capital city at the time of the Canada Act joining Ontario and Quebec into a new political entity in 1840. But Queen Victoria and others conspired to create a new capital at a place called Ottawa. Diana produced a banner from her Kingston club, which she has carefully saved for five years, waiting for an opportunity like this.
Club and district news
Jim couldn't find the right hotel but he found someone's phone number and reported that the party he's organizing to add funding for our project in Leon, Mexico, is on for September 22. It will be at the Live Music Studio at Ironworks on Alexander Street in Gastown. Talk to Jim for more details.
The club is looking for candidates for Youth Exchange for next year. Our outbound student must be 16 or 17 at departure time next August. Rotary family members and friends are eligible so if you know someone who qualifies and is interested, please let Rob Goodell know.
Rotary Leadership Institute will offer a training session on Saturday, September 29, in Burnaby. More info at www.rotary5040.org.
The new name for our outing to see a Vancouver Giants hockey game is "Rotary on Ice" which now involves a number of clubs and will benefit Polio Plus. The date is Friday, October 5.
This week's program
Trilby Jeeves presented an overview of her Buffoonery Workshops, which she calls "the cure for serious." She's an actor, director and costume designer for live theatre productions and has been offering these workshops for six years. Inspired by le bouffon, the French clown who mocks himself and laughs at himself, the workshops emphasize the importance of play and laughter. Benefits of the workshops include stress reduction, reminding us to play, morale boosting and confidence building. Trilby offers the workshops of three hours or more for groups of five to 25. Check her website at www.buffooneryworkshops.com.
Next week, the secret location of our Wednesday meeting is the Coast Hotel Coal Harbour, between Hastings and Pender. See you there.
Rob