Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 27, 2015

 

Sandy chaired the meeting and welcomed guests Jerry Hicks, Elizabeth Wells with  her twin sister Carol, and Mariah (who brought her Mom along).  A specially warm welcome to Vallie.

 

Dianne introduced 2006-07 RYE student Elisabeth Weidner (Seelbach, Germany) and husband Andy; they are currently WOOFing across Canada (Working On Organic Farms).

 

Sandy gave her 3-minute bio.  As an army brat she was used to lots of moves. Her first job with the Bank of Montreal earned her $2,200 a year; teaching moved her up to $5,600.  In 1967 she met Wayne at his sister’s wedding; they were married the following year and have a son and daughter. After coming to Sackville in 1982 she bought Pierrot’s clothing store and expanded that to sell Mount A clothing.  Now she keeps busy making and selling jewelry.

 

Birthday:  Jamie was a year older and received a make-up card.

 

Pinpal Stories:  On PEI Wynn met a Rotarian from Florida: in the interests of Maritime hospitality he attended a lobster supper and a showing of “Anne.”   Dianne met Dave and Susan at Hopewell Rocks.

 

50/50 Draw:  Ove’s number was drawn but he failed to draw the King of Spades.

 

Happy Dollars:  Josh was happy three people showed up to fill in for him last week at the Draw count.   Elisabeth was happy to be back in Canada and visiting with Dianne and Frank.  Wynn played at the Eagles Glen championship but was not so happy to take 3 to get out of a bunker at the 5th hole.   After successful surgery Vallie has a lot to be happy about.  Dianne was glad to meet up again with Elisabeth and Andy and presented cards to them.  She also had a visit from 2006 RYE student Cassie King.  Ove also met Cassie. Louise is on vacation until 8 Sept, and may have time to celebrate her 8th anniversary.   Susan F was able to Skype with her daughter in Germany;  our incoming RYE student from Belgium arrives tomorrow.  Another RYE student, Joyce’s grandson has arrived safely in France.   

 

Next Week:  Visit by District Governor Wayne Wornes.

 

Gold Mine Draw:   Cheques were flying fast and furious during the meeting.

 

This week’s winner Bill Wolfe collected $785.

 

School Principal Kathleen Cooper collected $357 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.

 

Elizabeth Wells received $384 on behalf of the Sackville Community Fund.

 

Jerry Hicks collected $410 for the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.

 

REMINDERS:  The Lobster Party is on 10 September; please confirm attendance and pay the $15 in advance next week.  Note that there will be a regular meeting that morning (our A.G.M.).    The Corn Boil is on Saturday 5 September with the prep the previous night at the Civic Centre.      

Charlie introduced guest speaker Dr. Sandy MacIver, Director of the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies at Mount A. who spoke on “The Two-Pronged Challenge of 21st Century Business: Successfully Resolving Conflict and Building Trust.”  Drawing on his personal experience the speaker outlined how he survived a difficult childhood, matured at Mount A (class of 1974), and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford (where he was known as “The Attack Dog.”)  How can we live and work together ?  Convinced that this is a key question, he researched, taught and consulted in the field of conflict resolution and trust-building.  

We need to move from a collective monologue, through argumentative debate, to reflective dialogue then generative dialogue to produce ideas to solve serious issues.   Not only in business but in all walks of life we need to establish a culture of trust - one spoonful at a time.   Sandy was suitably thanked by Wayne and the meeting ended with the Four-Way Test.