Rotary Bulletin - June 26th 2013
We started by reading the Four Way Test. We had 15 members in attendance today and four visitors. Jane Amdahl, Montana who exchanged banners,, Steve McGrandle, Mary French and Valerie Saunier.
Today is Julie’s last meeting as a President. We want to thank you Julie for the excellent job you did during this Rotary year. You were an amazing President!
Announcements:
T-Shirts: There are a few shirts that people ordered, so if you haven’t picked it up, please do so.
Hoopathon: We are waiting to get some final numbers from Strathcona and waiting to get some pledge dollars from members. You know who you are, so please clean that up as quickly as possible. We double the amount of member’s contribution this year compared to last year!! Thank you all that made this possible. It look we will equal or exceed our goal of $50,000 dollars. A big thank to everybody!
Criminal Records Checks: If you haven’t done your criminal records, please get them ASAP. Once we get all criminal records, we will keep them on file for the next 4 years, so we do not need to get them again if we receive another Rotary student.
Classification talk
Our newest member, Milie Taing, gave her classification talk this morning and, as often happens, we heard a very interesting and energetic presentation.
Milie was born and raised in Paris. As she says, she is truly Asian, since her grandparents were from China, Vietnam and Cambodia. She comes from a family who is very oriented to education, business and languages, and we can clearly see this, since Milie speaks 5 languages (French, Cantonese, Mandarine, English, German). She is thinking of studyin Spanish as her 6th language! Muy bien hecho Milie, felicidades!
When Milie was 18 year old, she was selected to go to very intensive program in Paris, called Classes Preparatoires aux grandes ecoles de commerce, commonly calles Prépas. It is called the Elite program as well. As Milie said, this training is considered as the Army, but in education. This consists of two very intensive years, which act as a preparatory course with the main goal of training undergraduate students for enrolment in one of the grandes écoles. The workload is very high.
After finishing this very intensive program, Milie did a MBA program. She did the Global Rotational Program, where she was able to travel to different countries in different companies and different departments. She worked for Procter and Gamble in Germany; she also went to China and Luxemburg to work for different companies.
After this program, she decided to go back to Berlin because she was in love with that city. She contacted one of her professors while she was there, and the professor suggested Milie that she could be one of his PhD students, so she decided to stay in Berlin and get her PhD degree. Her degree was about Finance and the environment, and how they are very closely related.
After many years of hard work and intensive study, Milie decided to go for a road trip and enjoy herself for about 6 months around the United States and Canada.. She only took her backpack with her and went to explore North America, From San Diego to New York, and everything in between.
Milie decided to settled down for a while in Vancouver. As she mentioned, every city attracts a specific type of personality. Milie finds that people in Vancouver is balanced, who understand work is very important, but personal life is also very important.
If all of the above was not sufficient to keep Milie busy, she is also the founder of Polyglots in Vancouver. The idea is that a group of people who want to practice different languages can practice a specific language in a fun environment. She is also part of the Project Management Institute here in Vancouver.
Thank you Milie for this great Classification Talk.