Sunriser July 17, 2021 (Jul 17, 2021)

Jan 27, 2022

Murray Lott

Project Amigo Update

Feb 03, 2022

Gordon McIntyre

New Member Talk

Feb 10, 2022

Gloria Staudt/ Amina

Peace Scholar Programme

Feb 17, 2022

Liam Murray/Mateo Mazari

Interact Update

Feb 24, 2022

Ram Nayyar

Olympic Coaching

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Speakers Meeting

Jan 24, 2022 4:00 PM

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MEETING START UP

Wayne Connorton
You are the greeter for the meeting on Jan 20

Greeters Coming Up:

Jan 27 Blake Cowan

Feb 3 Keith Dinwoodie

Feb 10 Laura Dixon

Feb 17 Peter Edwards

As greeter during our Zoom-only meetings you are called on to present the morning's invocation at the beginning of the meeting.

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

Announcemnts

The meeting was opened with Joan Hansen introducing an unusual version of O Canada that featured young people singing to the accompaniment of ketchup bottles.

The invocation by Paul Arcand described the New Year as a book containing 365 blank pages. Our goal is to fill these pages with all the forgotten things from last year:

. the words we forgot to say

. the love we forgot to show

. the charity we forgot to offer

Visiting Rotarians

Bawn Campbell (Bowen Island)

Sherrie Jamieson (LadySmith)

Guest:

Amanda Ockeloen (Bowen Island)

Special Occasions Cindy Phillip

No Anniversaries:

Birthdays:

Wayne Connorton (Jan 13 With virtual singing!)

Ulrich Paschen (Jan 17)

Sunshine Report Liz Ellis

Diane Forward had some aortic valve work done and all is well except that she can't drive for a month. Honourary member Jim Northey is recovering from a fall and Tom Smith's wife Stephanie has undergone laser eye surgery. Club member Edwin Lee is busy giving booster shots at Tsawwassen Pharmacy.

Lights Taken Down Leslie

Taking the lights down at Diefenbaker Park is planned for Saturday starting at 9:00 AM. Weather looks good and if not complete will be continued the following Saturday

Shred-a-Thon Tom Yingling

. Saturday Jan 29 10AM-2PM

. We will need 30-40 volunteers

. Talk it up especially with businesses

Amazon Donations Tom Smith

We continue to be given pallets of mixed goods. Our task is to pick the items up, sort them with food items going to the food bank and other items going to charitable organizations. The plan is to meet for the work party on Tuesday morning. Those interested please contact Leslie

Next Week:

Jan 15 Light Removal

Jan 18 Pallet sorting

Jan 20 Regular Meeting 7:30 AM

Isobel Mackenzie

B.C. Seniors Advocate

Seniors' local needs are summarized

in our document "What We Heard")

Happy Dollars

Tom Yingling $5 for receiving his booster shot administered by fellow Rotarian Edwin Lee

Joan Hansen $5 for also receiving the booster during the Christmas break but having to trek to Richmond to get it

Tom Smith $5 for finding his way though the maze at the Amazon warehouse on his way to collecting the pallet donation

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 .

The joke of the week:

A minister, priest and rabbit walk into a bar. The bartender says "What'll you have?"

"Water" says the minister

"Holy water" says the priest

"No idea" says the rabbit. "I'm just here because of Autocorrect"

Fines of the week:

Jako $5 for leaving his photo with a cigar in his mouth

Wayne Connorton $5 for disputing last week's levy regarding late arrival and early departure

ATTENDANCE 28