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MEETING START UP

Brian Brackman
You are the greeter for the meeting on Jan 6

Greeters Coming Up:

Jan 6 Brian Brackman

Jan 13 Benno Bucher

Jan 20 Wayne Connorton

Jan 27 Blake Cowan

As greeter please arrive by 6:45 AM, slap on the Greeter's Badge and welcome members and guests in a safe manner. Please note that as greeter you are also called upon to present the morning's invocation.

If you are unable to make this assignment please arrange for a replacement and let Paul Arcand know.

President's Ball Awards

Paul Harris

.Edwin Lee

.Roger Pryke

.Judy McLeod

.Peter Edwards

Dave Hamilton Service Above Self

.Sherrie Jamieson

.Liz Ellis

.Jill Moore

.Yvonne Anderson

Voice from the Sky Extraordinaire

.John Charbonneau

Dedicated to Excellence

.Tuesdays with Tom

.Good Fridays with Graeme

.Sunriser Sundays with Paul A

Bruce Tuttle Rotarian of the Year

Gail McEwan

Announcemnts

After the singing of the anthem Ian Bourhill delivered an inspirational invocation for the coming new year:

Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day you live is a special occasion

Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs.

Pass more time with your family, eat your favourite food, and visit the place you love.

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; it isn't only survival.

Use your crystal goblets. So not save your best perfume, use it every time you feel you want it.

Take our from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" and "some day".

Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days".

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them.

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.

Every day, hour and minute are special....

And you don't know if it will be your last...

Guests:

Dan Cameron (Judy McLeod)

Jeff Young (Delta Police)

Sarah Steward (David Smith)

Tanya Hawke (Speaker)

Sarah Pilgrim (Speaker)

Special Occasions:

Birthdays:

Murray Lott (Jan 2)

Rick Lewall (Jan 6)

Anniversary;

Claire and John Anderson (Dec 29)

Sunshine Report Liz Ellis

Sad to report the passing of Ladner Rotarian Peter Podvinikoff who has served as its president, supported many projects and contributed generously to the Foundation. President Greg sent a letter of condolence on behalf of the club.

Food Bank Update Leslie

Than you to Tom Smith, Liz and Roy Ellis for helping to unload food destined for the food bank and to Ian Bourhill for providing the use of his warehouse for the storage of the goods

Meridian Gift Card Tom Smith

Thanks to the support of Rotarians and friends we sold $7850 worth of cards. Our take: a cool $2355!

Our next meeting:

Thursday Jan 6 7:15 AM

Live and on Zoom

"Connecting People with the Ocean"

Alison Wood Ocean Ambassadors

Happy Dollars

( The Happy dollars collected were presented to chef Adrian as a gratuity for his and his staff's work on our behalf)

Garry Shearer $5 for he and Colleen receiving their Moderna booster shots

Blake Cowan $5 to thank chef Adrian and....... for his son coming in from Montreal

Richard Steward $10 happy to have three generations with him being part of community service, an additional $5 when he gets slotted to fourth place when the dog is counted in and and extra $2 for the 2-game Seahawks win streak

Graham Mallett $10 for chef Adrian and another $5 for spending Christmas dinner at his daughter's place

David Anderson $3 for three great days of skiing and a $20 contribution for the anxiety he feels as his son heading back to Europe in spite of the travel advisory

Joan Hansen $5 for the work of chef Adrian

Jeff Young $10 for starting 3 weeks off of work when he plans to visit with his dad in Ottawa

Paul Arcand $10 for chef Adrian and... for going to a movie theatre for the first time in two years; watching the newest version of West Side Story

Judy McLeod $11 for her eleven years in the consulting business coming to an end as she prepares her final report for her Bowen Island gig.

Programme

Project Amigo

Interrupted

Elly Contreras

Gail McEwan introduced Elly

Set.......Mars!

Andrzej Stewart

NASA Johnson Space Centre

Rick Lewall introduced aerospace engineer and spacecraft operator for several NASA missions Andrzej Stewart. Having worked in several missions he is now in training as an Orion Navigator in the upcoming Artemis mission. He aspires to be an astronaut and has been in training in a two week asteroid mission simulation followed by taking part in the HI-SEAS IV project as chief training officer in the year long Mars simulation.

Armed with a series of photos Andrejz was able to take us on a journey to view our planet earth from different spots in the universe. From just outside the atmosphere the Johnson Space Centre and surrounding buildings are clearly visible. From further out the globe comes into view with the continents defined and finally the "blue marble" that shows the earth from the moon's Apollo mission. However, from Mars the earth is much smaller just showing up as a mere speck in the universe. We have put a robot on Mars but to put people on Mars will require a long voyage of over a year. To that end the space programme has to study the journey's effect on the astronauts' mental and physical health.

Any type of isolated experience that is caused by remoteness, a hostile environment, difficulty of exit, and general discomfort creates a mental strain on the participants. This is made even more challenging when the grouping is artificially composed of specialized individuals who are forced to work together. Andrzej served for two weeks as the flight controller along with a scientist, engineer and a doctor in this first simulation. This led to his next more demanding task of being the chief engineering officer of HI-SEAS IV, a year long Mars mission simulation situated in Hawaii. Here with four other international specialists the crew had to manage their tasks according to their areas of expertise and had to learn how to work together.

While they were living in this simulated spacecraft they were subjects of study themselves by mission control in being measured and surveyed continually. One of the more challenging aspects was in communication. Although sound moves at the speed of light the distance to Mars means that it takes 22 minutes to send and another 22 minutes to receive a voice message. As well, the crew was completely isolated: if something broke they had to fix it which often meant meant putting on the bulky space suit. They were fed unattractive-looking food that was dehydrated and vacuum packed. Astronauts also had to learn how to deal with down time from watching movies, learning a language, reading books. With the unchanging environment there was a tendency to lose track of time so markers had to be overly celebrated. During the entire year they knew that they were the focus of being intensely studied by the controllers at mission control.

The members of our rapt audience then peppered Andrzej with a number of questions one of which was his view of the recent billionaires paying their way to enter into space. His take; any act that helps further the exploration of space activity is welcomed. Blake Cowan, a pilot himself, thanked Andrzej not only for his outstanding presentation but for his courage and dedication to the advancement of human achievement.

Sergeant at Arms .

In this final meeting of the year Sergeant Graham told another Christmas story before moving into fines to:

David Smith $5 for bringing three generations into the meeting

Ian Bourhill for a meaningful but inordinately long invocation

Gary Shearer for commenting that it constituted a speech and would require a thanker

Judy McLeod for having guest Dan Cameron enter the meeting unescorted but Tom Smith gallantly took the blame and paid the fine

ATTENDANCE Members 19 Guests 6 Zoom 13