A Message From D.G. Dave Stambaugh

Education is an important first step in our journey as Rotarians.

During my years as a management consultant I taught corporations how to restructure their operations. I taught them how to assess the quality of five conditions for an effective organization. I will deal with one now, perhaps the others in future articles. This one is: Education about all aspects of the business.

What does that have to do with Rotary? Organizations need to recognize that to be truly successful they need knowledgeable people. We asked our client’s staff a simple question. “Show me what you do, tell me why you do it and how does it impact the results of the organization?”

The responses were amazing because most people did not have a clue. Most people really find it difficult to express accurately what they do and why they do it. They often do not see how their work contributes to the end results.

We recommended that they increase the front-line knowledge to increase value-added services to their customers. Armed with this newly found knowledge they were better equipped to spot opportunities and seize them faster than the competition. The key to their success was they now had knowledgeable employees working with their clients.

As Rotarians we can do a tremendous amount of good if we use the tools available to us. Our district website and the RI website are loaded with good information However, we need more members using them to spot opportunities to strengthen our clubs. (We are working to make our website more appealing.) We would like to see more Rotarians

ROUNDUPROTARY

Volume 69, Issue 5November 2010

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Page 2:DGND Announced

Page 3:Penticton Follow up

Page 4:Beautiful People

Page 5 - 10Spotlight on Area 2

Page 11:Club PR Tips

Page 12:More news

Cover Photo: District Governor Dave addressed the Saturday night gathering at the Penticton Development and Training Conference.

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reading the district newsletter. Granted, you have and I appreciate that. Now print a copy and take it to your meeting, or forward an electronic copy to every member.

We would like more of our members to take the Rotary Information Course.

We would like to see robust new member orientation programs that are well executed by our clubs. If your club does not have one then it can use the one offered by RI if you want. Go to http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/414en.pdf

Now, am I being too negative? Probably. The

Message from D.G. Dave (continued)

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DG Dave working in Siyang, China with Rotaplast.

truth may hurt, but it may spur us to correct the situation. Unless we decide to do something to increase our Rotary knowledge, we will miss numerous opportunities to serve. And we will be less ready to meet International President Ray Klinginsmith’s challenge to make our clubs “Bigger, Better, and Bolder”.

We made a start on October 15 and 16. One hundred and eighty Rotarians gathered in Penticton to learn about the foundation, membership and public relations. The evaluations were overwhelmingly positive. Next time we will

shoot for over 200 Rotarians. And we will try to tailor it to your specific needs.

As I ask in my presentation to our clubs, Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are. To truly make that happen you need to be armed with the knowledge that enables you to truly make a difference. Please make it a

priority to learn a little more about Rotary. Be a knowledgeable Rotarian so you are prepared to seize opportunities when they come your way.

Dave

Yakima Rotarian District Governor Nominee Designate

The District Nominating Committee is happy to announce Darrel Blue as the District Governor Nominee Designate. That means Darrell will be District Governor in 2013-14. Darrell was born in Decatur, Illinois, and raised in Champaign, Illinois. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Communications from the University of Illinois. He is retired from a fifty-year career in broadcasting, the last 25of which he was Vice President and General Manager of TV stations in Yakima and Kennewick, Washington. For 12 years in the 1970’s and 80’s he was a part-time Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois Darrell joined the Yakima Rotary Club in 1987 and was its President in 2004-2005. He is currently in his third year as an Assistant Governor of Rotary District 5060. Darrell and Peg are both Paul Harris Fellows. They have four children and six grandchildren. Beyond their Rotary life, Peg and Darrell enjoy travel, reading, and genealogy. DGE (District Governor next year) is Garry Hollingshead from Summerland. DGN (District Governor in 2012-13) is Doug Everett from Chase.

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by Jim Adamson, PDG

Many Thanks to those who came, and to those who worked so hard for RotaryIt was a great honor to be part of the Training Conference in Penticton. I want to thank all of you who took the time to come to the weekend. I think everyone who attended - and there were a great many of you there - would agree it was worth the time and effort.

For those of us on the U.S. side of the district, it is a long drive. There is no question of that. But I am sure you heard from many of our hosts, just how grateful they were that we had come north to visit. We should also recognize that many of those same Rotarians will be in attendance at the District Conference in Ellensburg next spring!

I want to extend my thanks to District Governor Dave who had the vision to create this new training weekend. I think it was a good idea, and I know the district will follow up on the comments of everyone who attended to consider holding a similar meeting again next year. As a PDG, I know the effort that Dave and his bride, Jan, put forward on behalf of all of us. Dave is truly a servant leader and I am sure you join me in thanking him for his visionary leadership.

One of the major themes of discussion throughout the weekend was communication. We can always improve communication. If you were there, or if you were not, I hope you will consider this an invitation to communicate your thoughts and ideas toward the betterment of Rotary District 5060. Our District is listening, and it is up to each of us to carry out our part of the communication plan - by communicating! Talking. Listening. Attending. Reading what you receive. Responding. Well, you get the idea.

Thanks to our three keynote speakers - Alana Bergh, Rob Martin and Corwin King. Thanks to our breakout session leaders - Nancy MacKellar, Dave Stambaugh, Corwin King, Tom Lathen, Dennis Jacobsen, Shayne Lawrence, Ed Kolybaba, Rene Roberge, Kathy Butler, JoAnn Wise, Charlie Arvidson, Greg Luring, Karen Naumann, Bill Jenkins, Roger Perry, Marie Kolenosky and John Bubb. Thanks to our registration team - Colleen Lister, Sue Harvey and Vera Chomyshen. Thanks to our winery providers & servers - Bill Jenkins, Ken Davis, Crystal Froese and Katherine Kemp.

There were 180 participants. A great start to a new weekend for District 5060. Thanks again to each of you.

JIm

Follow up from Penticton

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Ed Kolybaba Westbank leads a breakout session on grantwriting.

Jim Adamson, PDG & Conference Organizer, introduces Rob Martin Saturday morning.

Alana Bergh, Fairbanks, speaks about membership.

Bill Jenkins, Prosser, pours a sample of his wine Friday night.

Dennis Jacobsen, Penticton, organized the “End Polio Now” campaign

PDG Corwin King prepares for his Saturday morning presentation.

Photo Essay from Penticton Weekend

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Area Two: Proudly Serving BC Neighbors and the World!

Isabel Reinertson, Area 2, AG

Daybreak Rotary of Salmon Arm and its partners.

Four years of collaboration and teamwork created a legacy that is located in the downtown core in Salmon Arm. The Daybreak Rotary Club came together to collectively build a splash park that will be enjoyed by families for years to come. Centrally located, this project was first suggested by our leader of the time Kari Toliver. Dedicated member Tony Gay, along with many other caring Rotarians, kept this project alive until its completion in 2008. Steve Hammer presented to City Council in July 2004, at which time the project was approved. Landscaping would be incorporated along with the City’s new buildings plan. This project not only was a community project, but a Rotary Centennial project that included partners such as the

Rotary matching grants, Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union, Shuswap Foundation, Kings Christian School, Salmon Arm Stomp, Rotary Foundation, BC Gaming, the City of Salmon Arm, Little Tokyo Japanese kitchen, Grizzly Curb and Concrete, Mounce Construction, Prisa lightening, Big Steel Box, CUPE local 1908, Valid manufacturing, Finch and Company, and many caring businesses, organizations and families. Individual pieces of equipment were sponsored by businesses. Benches and tables were also purchased by individual families. All were recognized either on the plaques or on the signs at the main entrance. While the equipment was purchased from Waterplay, many hours were put into overseeing the project. Newnes Management lent one team to supervise the construction of the main water manifold etc… The City of Salmon Arm supported both inkind man-power and costs. The daybreak Club and city workers laid the turf. Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union was the major sponsor, giving us grants to complete the project in a timely manner.

Three Area 2 clubs are located within Salmon Arm itself; the original club is the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm, meeting at noon on Mondays. This club sponsored the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm - Shuswap, which meets Tuesdays at 6 pm. The original club also sponsored the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm - Daybreak, which meets at 7 am on Thursdays. All three clubs meet at the Prestige Inn. Area 2’s fourth club is the Rotary Club of Revelstoke, 100 km (90 minutes) east of Salmon Arm, meeting at noon on Thursdays at the Regent Inn. This club is familiar to many as the host of the popular Weekend in the Mountains for the district’s Youth Exchange students. The final club is the Rotary Club of Chase, 45 minutes west of Salmon Arm and meeting at 7 am Fridays. The president and many members of the Chase club often attend functions of the Salmon Arm clubs. The Chase Club is responsible for providing a concession at the annual Adams River Salmon Run, which this year has been a huge endeavour with many thousands of visitors - often dozens of tour busses - due to the enormous run of spawning salmon to this river system.

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Chase Rotary Club is a small club of 23 members who over the years have been involved in many international projects and always contributing to other club projects. The club decided in 2008 that they would like to facilitate their own project. One of their members, David Narracott, resides in Thailand during the winter months and had been helping a small village in the San Sai district of northern Thailand, about 20ks north of Chiangmai. The village, called Baan Mae Hak Pattana, consists of 30 families of Lahu hill tribe people and the club decided that this village would be an ideal place to do a long term project.

The basis of the project was.... 1.To do a long term project with the village in accordance with RI recommendations. 2. To discuss with the village what their long term goals were.3. To make the project self help, ie. we would supply materials and expertise, the village would do the work with our help. 4. To assist where possible in making the village self sustaining and self reliant. 5. To have a club member present during any construction phases of the project. 6. To secure a host club partner in northern Thailand to be able to facilitate matching grants where possible.

Chase Rotary Club and the Lahu People of Northern Thailand

The village decided on their priorities and goals. 1. Building a Community Center. 2. A new well for clean drinking water 3. Provision and improvement of sanitation needs. The existing water system was only partly successful because water dried up in the dry season and was not available from February until June and the water was very dirty. The village also wanted to expand but this was not possible unless a secure water system was in place. Improved sanitation was a natural progression once there was an adequate water supply. Chase Rotary solicited the help of the Kamloops West

club, who generously contributed to the project. Assistant Governor Sherry Chamberlain, of the Kamloops West club, came to the village in early 2009 and a signing contracts ceremony and tree planting was conducted to initiate the project. By mid 2009 enough money had been raised to build the community centre and building commenced in November 2009 under the guidance of David Narracott. Several members of both Chase and Kamloops West clubs visited the project during the building phase to assist the local villagers. The building was finished in February 2010, at a cost of $12,000 Canadian, this included toilet facilities, electicity to the building and furnishings to allow the building to be used properly. The building was officially opened at the beginning of April 2010, with local dignitaries, foreign and local Rotarians and government officials in attendance. The villagers themselves are very proud of their building, they have built a garden around the building and are using it fully, for meetings, learning courses for the women of the village, teaching Thai to the pre school children and literacy classes for any villager who would like to attend. During the construction of phase 1, the community centre, we were already investigating phase 2, the clean water project. Remembering that we wanted to help the village get what they wanted, ie. a deep well, we had a survey done of the village area to see if an underground water source was available.

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We also invited the Thin Thai Ngam Chiangmai Rotary club to combine with us as the host club for this stage of the project so that we could utilize a matching grant from Rotary International. After investigating the village, the Thin Thai Ngam club was happy to host this phase of the project and to abide by the original principles of the long term project. At the same time the Kamloops Rotary Club was looking to do a hands on water project and eventually it was decided to do this phase of the project using three clubs from the district, Kamloops as the sponsor club combined with the KamloopsWest club and the Chase club. Kamloops and Thin Thai Ngam clubs applied for a matching grant and this was approved so the clean water project will go ahead at the end of November. Gary Soles of Kamloops West and David Narracott of Chase will be in attendance during the drilling and construction of the water system which should be operational by the end of January 2011. One individual in the village has already been trained to manage and maintain the water and filtration system by the company that will provide it. The village will charge a small tariff to each family for their water, about 50 cents per family per month, and this money will go to fund maintenance. The village has plans to expand to 80 families during 2011 once the water is in place and to supply a nearby refugee centre with water, a centre specifically for Lahu refugees from Myanmar. The Chase club still has hand made teak Rotary plaques (below right) in stock and any club or individual who would like to order a plaque can do so by giving a donation to this long-term project. For more information on this project or for information regarding the plaques contact the Chase Rotary club directly. The mailing address for the Rotary Club of Chase is Box 73, Chase BC, V0E1M0. You can also email Club President Richard Waugh at richardwaugh@telus.net.

Chase Rotarian David Narracott signs construction papers in Thailand. Top: Chase Rotarian Arne Raven mixing cement at the construction project.

Previous page: A Thai villager outside a typical home. Center: The community center built with funds from the Chase and Kamloops West Rotary Clubs. Below: Sherry Chamberlain AG, Area 1, joins in a village celebration.

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The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm provided the funding for a much needed upgrade to the kitchen facilities at the Canadian Mental Health Association building in Salmon Arm. This association provides training and support for people with mental health issues. They will now be able to teach these folks to cook healthy meals for themselves in the new kitchen.

Salmon Arm Projects

Early in April each year a working party from the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm meets at Mayfair Farms to fill 300 hanging baskets with soil and later with flowers. Towards the end of May, when the flow-ers are well established and blooming, the City of Salmon Arm hangs the baskets from lamp posts throughout the downtown area and maintains them throughout the season. The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm initiated this project in 1982, initially with just 12 baskets! It makes a significant contribution to the image of Salmon arm as a tourist destination and is very much appreciated by local businesses and citizens. It is yet another example of Salmon Arm Rotary “growing” partnerships for the benefit of the community.

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Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd hands over a Proclamation from the City of Kelowna declaring October as ‘End Polio Now’ month to Rotarian Vern Nielsen, who accepted this on behalf of the six Rotary Clubs in Kelowna. London Drugs is the official supporter of the campaign Donations can be made at Valley First Credit Union or online at http://polio5060.com. October marked the final phase in the Okanagan Shuswap to reach the goal set by Rotary International to raise US $200 million by 2012. This phase of fund-raising is in response to a challenge by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed US $355 million to the program. The combined US $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families. Salmon Arm Daybreak shows their love of community by

cleaning a 2 KM stretch of the Trans/Canada Highway west of the city. Adopting a highway or roadway near your city is a great way to show the community your club cares, and gets involved.

Club members from throughout Area 2 took to the street in Salmon Arm to promote the monthly public awareness campaign about Rotary efforts to eradicate polio. If you haven’t already done so, please visit the special website polio5060.com.

BC Clubs working together

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Salmon Arm Shuswap Rotary is proud of (left to right) Chad Shipmaker-World Peace Scholar, Natalie Abbott-Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar, Lynda Wilson-Rotarian, Chad Eliason-GSE team member.

The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm-Shuswap has participated in a number of events in the last Rotary year. An important function was celebrating its 25th Anniversary in February. The club undertook several new ventures as a form of fundraising and positive Rotary Public Relations. The Salmon Arm Silverbacks, the local BCHL hockey team, provided players as calendar models for a fundraising calendar. The calendar featured local businesses recognizing player birthdays and home game dates. It also contained general information about Rotary and the Rotary Months. The exposure was excellent, with calendars being sold in the hockey arena, local malls, and several businesses. Club banners were prominently displayed and Rotarians were available to promote the project. The club held an Oktoberfest this fall, and plans to make it into an annual event. All the patrons attending the event had a great time, and gave many helpful suggestions to make it more successful. Oktoberfest was part of the club’s fundraising efforts for the Universal Access Playground being built at Blackburn Park in Salmon Arm, in conjunction with the City of Salmon Arm, the Salmon Arm Rotary Clubs, and other interested organizations and individuals. Also new in 2010 was the Books for Babies Book Sale, initiated by the club president. Books were donated by members, co-workers, friends and relatives, and a book sale was held early in March, Rotary Literacy Month. A list of baby books was obtained from the local library. All the money raised from the sale was spent at a local book store, with the owner and his staff ordering as many books on the book list as was possible. He was generous enough to provide discounted prices, so that even more books could be purchased. Arrangements were made with the nurses on the maternity ward of the local hospital to pass out a baby book and a small card to the parents of newborn babies, welcoming their child to the world of literacy. This continued until all the books were gone. Next year, money raised by the book sale will be spent on baby books, which will be distributed until they are gone, and so on each year. The Shuswap Club has participated in the last two Rotarians at Work day, held in April. Groups of club members have participated in trail building on the Turner Creek Trail with the Shuswap Trail Alliance, and cleaning up part of Peter Jannick Park in Salmon Arm. Individual members also were actively participating in their own work projects on those days. The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm-Shuswap continues to support the Safe Motherhood Project in Guatemala. A local doctor and two nurses travel to remote regions of Guatemala to teach women to be midwives, helping to lower infant mortality rates. The club was fortunate to receive a District Simplified Grant to help purchase teaching materials and supplies for this project. The club has also been actively involved with the Shuswap Association for Community Living in Salmon Arm. Last year, it received a District Simplified Grant to help purchase secure bins for the Association’s paper shredding business, which provides jobs for their clients. The club has been extremely fortunate in their efforts in sponsoring individuals for Rotary International programs. Chad Shipmaker was a member of the District Group Study Exchange team that travelled to Chile in 2009. Chad Eliason was a member of the District Group Study Exchange team that went to Australia in 2010. Natalie Abbott represented the District as a Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar in Tours, France, for six months in 2010, and Candice Roggeveen is currently at Oxford Brooks University in England as an Academic Ambassadorial Scholar. Chad Shipmaker is also in his second year as a World Peace Fellow at Duke University in North Carolina.

The Little Club Who Can!

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PR TIP For Your Club - Don’t Reinvent the wheel, borrow a wheel from another club! by Corwin King, PDG

PR TIPS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT

Are you looking for ways to promote your club and activities? You might take a look at what other clubs in the district are doing:

* Print an invitation to attend a club meeting as a business card. Have club members hand it out to people they meet. (Rotary Club of Lake Country did this quite successfully.) * Together with other clubs in your area, print an invitation to join Rotary that can be put in display racks at local businesses. (Rotary Clubs of Salmon Arm and Chase have a fine example of this.)

* Prepare a flyer to hand out to club members: “What can you do to promote our club?” (Rotary Club of Westbank) * Publish an advertisement about Rotary’s Humanity in Motion Program in the local newspaper. (Rotary Club of Yakima)

* Run a picture of a club event, with caption, in the local paper. * Publish an insert for the local paper on “What being a Rotarian’s all about”. (Rotary clubs of Merritt) If you’ve got ideas that work in YOUR club, send them in to the newsletter editor. We’ll publish them in a future issue.

P.S. The District now has MONEY to help clubs with PR! It’s available on a first-come basis for approved projects. Interested? Contact District PR Chair Corwin King (kingc@fairpoint.net) for details.

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Submissions for December by November 15! Please email to: tom.lathen@sunnysidehospital.orgSubmissions by email only. Please send original digital photos as a jpg attachment to your email. All photos are welcome and invited. Tom Lathen cell (509) 840-4136office (509) 837-1624

Rotary Roundup is a publication of Rotary District 5060. District Governor David Stambaugh. P.R. Committee members provide review and consultation: Corwin King PDG, Jennifer McKinney, Penny Brown, Al Strachan, Wayne Rimple, PDG, Rob Phillips, Shayne Lawrence (website), Tom Lathen (newsletter editor 2010-2011), Erick Peterson (Associate Editor). All Rotarian submissions are welcomed. Contents are subject to editing for space constraints, and content appropriate to the four way test.

Karís Brooks, 10, pushes her brother, Josiah, 4, while playing at Rotary Park in Wenatchee. Karís is a fifth-grader in Wenatchee.

Rotary Park in Wenatchee has been a great project of three local clubs: Rotary Clubs of Wenatchee, Wenatchee North, and Wenatchee Sunrise. It was built in conjunction with the City of Wenatchee with grants from RI and city and state. It is one of the busiest and most widely used parks in the city. Kids love the playground equipment and the water feature.

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Wenatchee Clubs ProjectAfghan School Project

The Rotary sponsored Centennial School in Afghanistan has opend five months ahead of schedule and under budget. Representing Canadian Rotary sponsors was Rotarian Fary Mohini of the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club. Fary was in Jalalabad to among other things, inspect the school and make recommendations to upgrading the lavatories, install a drinking system for the students, obtain quotes to install a playing field, and convert a room into a nursery to attract more female teachers. The Dedication was attended by a number of government and school officials,many respected elders, and local Rotarians. The ceremony had considerable local media coverage. In their speeches, the elders emphasized the importance of the education in Islam and equal opportunities for boys and girls. The expressed their gratitude, appreciation and 100% support to the Canadians for their generous gift and mentioned that their children will never forget they are sitting inside their class room instead of sitting under trees and rain. More than $290,000 has been raised to build and maintain the school.