The website is now up and running. It has some of the same content we had before. There were problems with the site before that made it sluggish and sometimes it wouldn't work at all. We hope (keeping our fingers crossed) that these problems are all behind us as of October 2008.
Our club web site offers us a way to collaborate and move our club ahead. But that can only happen when people are comfortable with the new system, have been able to log on and know how to find their way around.
To help people get up to speed, I will be doing a series of one on one help sessions. These will be offered evenings at 8 pm. If you want to set up such a session, just let me know. I will phone you on the evening you choose and we can walk through the system. I will be in front of my computer and you should be in front of yours. We can walk through the site together, see how it works and get comfortable with the whole process.
Let me know by clicking here to send me a message when you would like to do this.
Blogs (short for web logs if that helps) are a place where individuals can post their own comments, ideas and thoughts and others can respond to them with comments. Right now, you are looking at an item from Ken Walker's blog. When there is a new blog entry, it shows up on the front page (what you see when you click Home on the top menu) as a new item. Only members who are logged in see these blogs- others don't see them and neither will you if you are not logged in.
At the bottom of this item, there is a link to "Ken Walker's blog". That will take you to my own blog section of the site where the things I have added can be reviewed along with any comments other users have added.
Essentially, this is a way of having a discussion categorized under the name of the person who has started the discussion. This could be a place for, say, comments from our President, or from any other member for that matter. Right now they are set up so that anyone coming to the site can see them. For a better description of what a blog is, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog and then use the back button in your browser to come back here.
Here are some links you might find useful:
* To start your own blog, click here.
* If you need some help, please let me know.
* You can add a comment to this blog entry using the Add Comment link below
* View recent blogs (posted in the last 6 weeks or so.
* To View all blogs, click on Blogs in the top menu.
* To View blogs from a particular member, go to the User List, select a user and click on View Blog Entries
I will add to this list as our members post the classification blogs President Ed has asked for. Here are the ones we have up to July 25:
1. Ken Neden
2. Jean-Marc
3. Kim
4. President Ed
5. Jim
I hope that makes it easy for everyone to try this out!
The RI website has a new feature called Rotary Basics. It is well worth a look. You can find it here: http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/NewMembers/RotaryBasics/Pages/ridefault...
It starts out with a video overview and has links to everything someone considering membership in Rotary or getting started as a new member will want to know. Check it out!
Details TBA
Doug Lockhead from Young Life Association will speak to us this morning.
Agenda Executive Meeting September 15, 2009 7:00 P.M. @ Rotary House
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of August 18th meeting
3. Business Arising from minutes
John Ford recognition
4. Correspondence - Secretary
5. Financial Reports-Treasurer
6. Attendance Report
7. Core Committee Reports -Directors or Delegate
* Community Service- Allan
* International Service- Doug Sly
* Vocational Service-George
* Club Administration-Ron
* Membership-Pat
* Public Relations-Gerry
8. Other Committee Reports - Chair
· Ways and Means Co-coordinator – Allen (on holiday)
· Rotary House-Peter
9. New Business
· Joint meeting with evening club and Town Council
10. Next Meeting October 20, 2009
11. Adjourn
August, 21 2007
Where oh where has our summer gone? Yet another wet and cloudy day, but, despite the weather and holidays, we had 16 show up this morning.
A warm welcome was extended to our only guest, Alan Ball, who is now living in Qualicum and is hopefully going to join Sunrise Rotary.
We split into 2 groups this morning, David chaired one and Mike the other. David talked about Rotary House and its operation and is looking for ideas to gather further income from the renting of the facility and to maybe improve the look of the interior, ie.new décor. Mike’s topic was fund raising and the targets we have set for this year.
Birthday greetings for Greer August 23 and wedding anniversary for John August 24, congratulations to you both.
Greer is holding a meeting at Rotary House on Thursday August 23 at 7pm to discuss the
forthcoming event of Choc Fest . Does anyone have any ideas for a name, other than Choc Fest? All are welcome to attend.
Next Tuesday we are all asked to go to the Rotary Club of Port Alberni, and will gather at Rotary House at 6.05am to form a car pool.
Ron had the winning ticket today, but, from just 2 marbles he drew the green, the only time that Ron has had a winning ticket he picked the wrong colour! To my knowledge this the first time we have got down to one marble, should be fun at the next draw.
Today we missed seeing, Diana, Charles, Brady, Derek, Al, Raven and Ken Walker.
A smile for today
Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of
room at each side. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your
arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you
can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax.
Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit
longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato sacks. Then try 50-lb
potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a
100-lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more
than a full minute. (I'm presently at this level)
After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks!
Details TBA