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Speakers - September 13thWayne Coristine and Tracy WatsonMoney Mentors
Meeting Minutes - September 13th
Greeter Schedule
Speakers - September 13th - cont’d
Youth Programs
Proposed New Members
This and That• Lifeline Malawi Van Donation• Email from Michael• Life’s Segments
Upcoming Events
Our Arch Supporters...... THANK YOU !!!
September 20th, 2011Volume 35, Issue 9
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ONEY ENTORSM MWayne Coristine and Tracy Watson
LOT TERY FUNDALBERTA
Dave WylieDave Saunders
Terry Green, Vice PresidentPaul Gaudet, Past President
Steve McAuley, SecretaryGraham Boone, Treasurer
Ann Marsh, International ServiceGhalib Abdulla, New GenerationsRon Hardie, Community ServiceKathryn Kaldestad, Club Service
Paul Hussey, Club OperationsRick Kellington, Club Financial
, President, President Elect
Ron Hardie introduced the day’s speakers, Tracy Watson and Wayne Coristne.They represented the organization called Money Mentors.
Money Mentors is a not for profitorganization that helps people withbudgeting, credit counselling and debtmanagement. They assist families andindividuals facing a financial crisis.Money Mentors started in 1997 whenthey took over a provincial governmentrun program.
Money Mentors has offices in sixAlberta centres – Calgary,Edmonton, Lethbridge, MedicineHat, Red Deer and Grande Prairie.They have a total of 25 employees inAlberta and an annual budget oftwo million dollars.
The services offered by MoneyMentors include: personal moneycounseling, debt management,orderly debt payment and corporateand community services.
The O.P.D. (Orderly DebtPayment) program is a win-win situation for both theindividual and the creditor.When an individual entersthe program, they enter alegal contract with MoneyMentors. Money Mentorspays off the creditor and theindividual pays off MoneyMentors. The debt is paidoff at a reduced interest rateof 5 percent over a period of3 to 4 years. MoneyMentors works with theclient to structure a budgetwith manageable debt payments. During this time, the client cannot have accessto any form of credit. They operate on a cash basis only.
Money Mentors
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Meeting Minutes
September 13th, 2011 Scribe: Tom Sorenson
Greeters
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The meeting was called to order by President Dave at 12: p.m.
Betty French played the piano for the singing of O’Canada andthe Rotary Grace.
• Harold Hanna introduced the guests and visiting Rotarians.There were 69 in attendance – 6 guests, 6 visiting Rotariansand 57 club members.
• Garry Miller has had a setback.• Gwynneth Gourley reports her dad Chuck Bury is doingwell.• Don McLean is improving every day. (It must be becausehis Blue Bombers are winning!)
Barb Kranjcec gave a report on her activities of the past week.Barb had a great time at Spruce Meadows. She enjoyed theRCMP Musical Ride, the fire works and the parking experience.On Saturday she went to the Calgary South Volunteer BBQwith their exchange student Bonnie. School is going great.Bard said the English teacher she has at Bishop Grandin is thebest teacher she has ever experienced.
• Dale Perret – informed the club that the Henry Wise WoodInteract Club is in operation again this school year. One oftheir first projects is to knit winter scarves again this year.Bring any unused wool to Dale to assist this project. The clubwill also be making a quilt this year.• Barry Korpatnisky –spoke to recentlydeparted exchangestudent Ai Kano. Ai isattending prep schoolwith plans to go touniversity. She has avery busy schedule –school from 1 p.m. to 7p.m. with lots ofhomework. She missesCanada.
Announcements:
Sunshine Report:
Rotary Youth Exchange:
Minute Men:
• Michael Goncz, our outbound student in Mexico, sent anemail to Fran Hochhausen – see page 4.
• Peter Bickham –mentioned thatNovember is RotaryFoundation Month.Members wereencouraged toconsider this year’scontribution to theFoundation. Peter islooking for a coupleof members to assisthim on the Foundation Committee.• Garth Sabirsh – gave a big thanks to everyone who workedat the Spruce Meadows Masters this year. There were recordcrowds with the great weather and the daily appearance of theRCMP Musical Ride. (Scribe’s note: a big thanks to allmembers on the Spruce Meadows Parking Committee!)• Ron Smith – has the roster update ready to go to print.Make sure you contact Ron to see if your information (phonenumbers, address etc.) is correct.
• Bob Montgomery –gave an update on thepending visit of the RotaryFriendship Exchangegroup from England.They are members of theNorfolk Club in District1080. Three couplesmake up the exchangegroup. They will visit ourclub September 20th.
Money Mentors runs seminars on the various aspects ofmoney management. They will go onsite to makepresentations to organizations. They also run seminars onmoney management in retirement.
The Money Mentors website is
Following a question period, President Dave thanked Tracy andWayne for the very informative presentation.
www.moneymentors.ca
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Upcoming Events
Youth Programs
New Generations Month
Vocational Service Month
Rotary Foundation Month
September 20th Rotary Exchange Guests from EnglandSeptember 27th Tom Flanagan, Political Scientist, U of CSeptember 28th & 29th Casino
October 4th Rick Hanson, Calgary Police ChiefOctober 11th District 5360 Governor Mike FrenchOctober 18th TBAOctober 25th Randy Crosson, Operation Christmaschild
November 1st Gord Court and Colonel Slade – Burrowing OwlsNovember 8th Governor General Don EthelNovember 18th - 20th International Christmas Market @ Spruce Meadows – mark your calendars for parking
The following new member proposals were accepted bythe Board for membership in the Rotary Club of CalgaryChinook:
WILLIAM CHURCHWARD (transfer)JOSEPH LEVY (new member)
In accordance with Club Bylaws Article XI Section5:Method of electing New Members
If no written objection to the proposal, statingreasons, is received by the Board from any member(other than Honorary) of the Club within seven (7) daysfollowing publication of information about theprospective member, that person, upon payment ofadmission fee (if not Honourary membership) asprescribed in the bylaws, shall be considered to beelected to membership. If any such objection hasbeen filed with the Board, it shall vote on this matter atits next meeting. If approved despite the objection, theproposed member, upon payment of the admissionfee, shall be considered to be elected to membership.
Proposed New Members
In September, Rotary celebrates New Generations Month,reminding clubs of the ongoing need to provide positiveinfluences for youth and equip tomorrow’s leaders.
The history of Rotary’s work withyouth dates back to the 1920s, whenmany clubs took part in aninternational event known as Boys’Week. The first Boys’ Week was heldin New York City in May 1920 by theRotary Club of New York and otherlocal organizations. The event waspart of an effort to promote youthdevelopment in the areas ofeducation, citizenship, health andhygiene, and vocation.
New York club members reported onthe success of Boys’ Week at the 1920 Rotary convention,hoping that it would become part of the Boys’ Work program,which Rotary had established several years earlier with thecreation of the Committee on Work among the Boys (laterknown as the Boys’ Work Committee). The programencouraged Rotary clubs to work with other communityinitiatives and organizations to counter juvenile delinquency,truancy, and poor physical health, with the goal of developinggood citizens. Boys’ Week events quickly spread throughout
the world. By the mid-1920s, theywere being held in almost 600locations across 25 countries. In1928, the number of participatingcities and towns had grown to about3,000.
In 1934, Boys’ Week became knownas Youth Week, and in 1936, Boysand Girls’ Week.
The RI Board of Directors voted todiscontinue Rotary’s officialsponsorship of Boys and Girls’ Weekin 1956 in order to support newyouth efforts, but it encouraged clubsto continue participating in localyouth service initiatives. Rotary wenton to create other programs foryoung people in the followingdecades, including Interact, Rotaract ,and Rotary Youth Exchange.
In 2010, New Generations Service became Rotary’s fifthAvenue of Service. Rotarians recognize the positive changethat youth and young adults implement through leadershipdevelopment activities, community and international serviceprojects, and exchange programs that enrich and foster worldpeace and cultural understanding.
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Michael Goncz, our outbound student in Mexico, sent thefollowing email to Fran Hochhausen:
Hello Rotary Chinook,It has been one month today in Mexico and I’m having thetime of my life! Mexico is all about hot! The weather, thefood, everything! Mexican school is fun – I have lots of reallygood friends and my teachers are pretty nice. Spanish is veryconfusing, but it’s coming. My favourite food in Mexico isstreet tacos and my favourite drink is aqua de lemon. Myfavourite place in Tepic is the main square; it is very beautiful.My least favourite part of Mexico is the stray dogs; I havebeen chased multiple times and it’s never fun. My absolutefavourite part of Mexico is the people. People will come up toyou and just start having a conversation with you, and I havenever been accepted into a group of people as easy as it ishere. A great example of that is today. I was waiting alone formy host Mom to pick me up from school, and I was alone anda group of students who I has no idea who they were justcame up to me and started talking to me like I was one of theirbest friends. You would never find that in Canada. One thingI have noticed about Mexico, and was warned about before Icame here but never listened, to is the lack of safety here. Forexample, I was helping my host father cut down some treebranches ... in Canada you would get a ladder, a pair of gloves,some safety glasses and a pruning saw and set the ladder.Here my father strapped a machete to my belt and got me toclimb 20 feet up a tree wearing nothing but shorts and shoesand hack at the branches while he hung off a rope strung overthe branch. Mexicans are very crazy! I’m not even going totalk about Mexican driving! OH MY GOD!
Thanks for everything!!
Adios por ahora Michael (aka Miguel)
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