Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 8, 2015

Trish chaired the meeting which opened with a very upbeat rendition of “O Canada” led by Amherst Rotarian Jeanne.  A warm welcome was extended to President Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin who led a team of visiting Rotarians from Amherst: Angela Burgess, Paul Calder, Denise Corey, Morris Haug, Barry Helm, Stephen Maltby, Jeanne Milner, Sue Read, Don Russell, Brian Trenholm, and Ron Wilson.

 

 

Birthday Greetings went to Marita and to Pam (more like 17 than 71).

 

Trish (below left) packed a lot into her 3-minute bio.  Born in Hamilton, Ontario she roots for the Ti-Cats (though we didn’t get to hear the cheer).  After moving to Picton, in beautiful Prince Edward County she studied Biology at Queen’s followed by a Master’s at U.N.B.  After coming to Sackville with Bruce she worked initially with the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and is now with the Canadian Wildlife Service.  A past-President of our club, Trish currently serves as District Youth Protection Officer.

 

50-50 Draw :  Visiting Rotarian Morris (below right) looks sad: he drew the 7 of Spades instead of the King, leaving the jackpot of $79 still intact.

 

 

PinPal Story:  Louise while on the Island on business met the President of the Charlottetown Club.

 

Happy Dollars: Louise had a PSA - Girl Guide cookies on sale @ $5 a box.   Wynn was sad to have wrapped up his golf clubs for the winter, but happy that he has reserved tee-time for 11 November in Florida.   Sue P is thankful for the beautiful fall weather (sure beats the spring).  Trish looks forward to a visit from her sister on Sunday.   Bill thanked the club on behalf of the Hospital Foundation for our Gold Mine donation; he looks forward to seeing his friend Douglas from Halifax on Saturday.   Pam attended a gathering at the Millbrook Reservation near Truro to honour murdered and missing aboriginal women; participants included Bob Rae and three residential school survivors.   Sue F was at the Marshview Middle School breakfast on Monday when 30 students were served; volunteers are needed, and donations of home-made jam would be very acceptable.   Barry was glad to be at the meeting and to meet up with friend Darrell.   Morris was glad Pam bought a Trip of the Month ticket from him, though in return he had to buy tickets for our dinner/auction.   Marita enjoyed hiking with her grand-daughter at Wentworth.

 

Next Week:  Chair: Wayne;   Introducer: Dianne;   Thanker: Josh;   Greeter: John (in place of Bill).

 

President’s Time: Dianne welcomed President Elizabeth and the Amherst Rotarians and promised a return visit. 

 

 

A letter of thanks has been received from Kathleen Cooper on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.  Eight Rotarians will participate in an Alzheimer’s Coffee House at the Drew Nursing Home 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. on Thursday 15 October.  Stay tuned for word on a change of location for our meetings.

 

RESULTS !!   Wayne announced that the recent breakfast brought in $3500, with $1300 in expenses for a profit of $2100 !  David announced that last week’s in-house auction brought in $1500; the Board have agreed to double that to make $3000 which in turn will be trebled by the Gates Foundation for a total of $9000 going from our club for Polio Plus !

 

Committee Reports:  Jamie reported that tickets for the Dinner/Auction on 14 November are available; a list of businesses to contact will be circulated.  Trish reported that a list of local Gold Mine recipients has been drawn up, though it can still be added to.

 

Speaker:  David introduced Mount A Maths and Computer Science Prof. Liam Keliher (they have a shared interest in cryptography) who gave a fascinating talk on “Steve Jobs: A Difficult Genius.”

 

Since his death from cancer in 2011 there have been numerous studies of Jobs and a new movie is about to come out.  There is no doubt he had a difficult and demanding personality.  Though kicked out of Apple in 1985 he came back to become CEO in 2000 and oversee the development of the IPod (2001), ITunes (2003), the IPhone (2007), and the IPad (2010).  Largely thanks to him Apple is the most valuable company in the world, worth some $700 billion.  Fortune Magazine called Jobs “One of Silicon Valley’s leading egomaniacs”.  Yet if had had been a nicer person would he have accomplished as much ?  That is an open question.

Gayle thanked Liam on behalf of the club and visitors.

 

Before the meeting Gold Mine cheques of $215.50 each were presented to The Dorchester Fire Department (received by Dianne on behalf of Josh),

 

 

and to the Sackville Fire Department (received by Deputy Fire Chief Wendell Crossman).

 

The meeting ended with the Four Way Test.