This week we welcomed 14 members, we had no guests this time.
Rotary Moment:
Vicente Asuncion brought us the Rotary Moment today, he told us about how this past April 22nd, the City of Vancouver formally apologized to the local Chinese community for past discrimination. You can read the full story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/city-of-vancouver-formal-apology-historical-discrimination-1.4630905
Announcements:
* 2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship. Applications are due to the district by May 31st.
* 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
* 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/
Meeting Program: Today our guest speaker was Mark Ferrari, he spoke to us about the Port of Vancouver and other important ports in our Province.
These are some of the highlights of his presentation.
* If you would like to see real-time information about the ships in the waters near Vancouver, please check out this website: https://www.marinetraffic.com/
* The Port of Vancouver employs 44K people and contributes 4.6B annually to the GDP.
* Between 85-90% of the total container volume in the PV is exports.
Thought of the day:
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." - Bill Watterson
Next Speakers:
| 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