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Rambling Around Dawson City
Sep 03, 2020
New members talk
Sep 10, 2020
Power of the Mind
Sep 17, 2020
Peace Day Presntation
Sep 24, 2020
District Governor Address
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MEETING START UP

Brian Brackman
 
You are the greeter for the meeting on Aug 13
 
 
Until we finally get together for an actual breakfast the greeter is asked to deliver the invocation only..
 
If you are unable to make this assignment please arrange for a replacement and let secretary Joan know. 
 
 
 
 
Announcements
Roger Pryke substituted in as greeter and delivered the invocation after Dave Hamilton led in the singing of O Canada
 
Vice President and Past President Graeme Peck became the morning's Acting President to chair the meeting while our current President, Gail is representing us in the Mexican sun country
 
Guests:
Jen Kormendy (Garry Shearer)
Niki Stein (Gerry vanGaalen)
 
Special Occasions:
No Birthdays
Anniversary:
Carlene and Rick Lewall (Feb 6)
 
Sunshine Report
Welcome to Gerry vanGaalen who joined us for the meeting
 
Foundation News John Anderson
Special thank you to Gerry, a member of the club for the past seven years. In that time he has been most generous being awarded a Paul Harris +8 . Well done Gerry!
 
Coming Up:
Feb 4 Members Committee Meeting at Bob Cooke's house
 
Feb 8 New Members talk Tom Yingling 
 
Feb 13 Share the Love Breakfast  (Remember your bottle of wine donation!)
 
 
 
 
Travel and Happy Dollars
 
Acting president Graeme for returning from a sun-filled Caribbean sailing trip
 
Past president Keith for the great Chinese New Year's party at Linda Ding's place
 
Dave Hamilton for being away at the International Assembly in San Diego where he met up with other District Governors to unveil this year's theme: "Rotary Opens Opportunities"
 
Alex Tappert for a trip on a catamaran in the Caribbean 
 
Gerry vanGaalen to offer season's greetings and happy to be back
 
Jen Kormendy for planning to rejoin Rotary thanks to Gerry's sponsorship ........... and for the big book sale taking place at Kin Centre over the weekend
 
Joan Hansen for all who attended her wind-up party ......and for now feeling that she is on a l-o-o-o-n-g holiday
 
Linda Ding for all who attended the New Year's party at her place last week
 
Roger Pryke happy for being selected as substitute greeter but a little less so when he discovered that he was chosen after  the previous five selectees passed
 
David Anderson donating $1 for no reason other than being able to stand and address the new chairperson
 
 
 
Programme
Meeting Up With A Recent Visitor: 
        The Asian Giant Hornet
 
Paul vanWestendorp
 
Paul, an eight year member of Rotary and the club's photographer, provided us with another view of his talents. As the provinces's head apiarist he described the latest in his many activities; following up on the arrival of of the Asian Giant Hornet vespa mandarina (also known as the Great Japanese Hornet which is really a subspecies). At a length of two inches this ground-nesting specimen is the world's largest hornet. In its annual life cycle the queen awakens from hibernation in the spring, lays its eggs and depends on the drones to go on raids to provide food for the emerging colony. Honey bees are a popular source of  food with an entire hive capable of being decimated in hours by this invasive species. As well as its danger to agriculture it can, if disturbed, cause painful damage to humans: hence the concern.
 
The Department of Agriculture became aware of the hornet's existence in Sept 2019 when a full nest was discovered  in Nanaimo . A month later more hornets were reported in the Blaine area. Paul who was actively involved in its pursuit then had to establish co-ordination with his American counterparts as well as the usual provincial bureaucracy. Much of the pursuit is dependent on sightings from local beekeepers who are asked to submit photo evidence which often  results in cases of mistaken identity. When an individual hornet is discovered it must be followed back to the nest. Here the use of radio tags, special ribbons and DNA sampling are put into use. Although not necessarily a cause for panic there is no question that it is in our best interest to  to keep this invasive species out of the West Coast area.
 
 
 
 
Ginny Lowood thanked Paul for sharing his expertise in a most educational and entertaining way.
 
 
 
 
Sergeant At Arms Report
The Sarge assigned fines to : 
 
Holly Doolan for arriving late
 
Acting President Graeme for neglecting to sign in
 
Dave Anderson for numerous infractions including sitting at a different table from his wife
 
And:
 
All those not wearing their Rotary pins
 
ATTENDANCE   36/76   47%
 
 
 
GREETERS
 
 
Aug 13 Brian Brackman
 
Aug 20 Benno Bucher
 
Aug 27 John Charbonneau
 
Sept 3 Brian Coe
 
Sept 10 Wayne Connorton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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