Sunriser July 10, 2021 (Jul 10, 2021)

Jan 20, 2022

Isobel Mackenzie

Seniors Advocate

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

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Speakers Meeting

Jan 17, 2022 4:00 PM

Social Committee

Jan 20, 2022 5:30 PM

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MEETING START UP

Paul Arcand
You are the greeter for the meeting on Jan 13

Greeters Coming Up:

Jan 20 Wayne Connorton

Jan 27 Blake Cowan

Feb 3 Keith Dinwoodie

Feb 10 Laura Dixon

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

In the return to our Zoom- only meeting Linda Ding played O Canada on screen .

Benno Bucher delivered the invocation in which he expressed his thanks to Rotary for providing the opportunity to help and join others in friendship. He looks forward to the new year as we continue to tackle polio and poverty while ridding ourselves of the dreaded Covid.

Covid and Meeting Changes

A return to virtual meetings was not the way we expected to start 2022 . However, we are fortunate to have the Zoom option to carry on our activities and maintain contact with one another. The future course of meetings is dependent on the path of Covid and our health authority's reaction to it. We can only return to in-person meetings when it is determined to be safe to do so. Until then we will have to content ourselves with wearing pyjama bottoms, slippers and cooking our own breakfasts on Thursday mornings.

Visiting Rotarians:

Sherrie Jamieson (Ladysmith)

John Charbonneau (Ontario)

Rick Lewall (Hawaii)

Guests:

Carlene Lewall

Alison Wood

Special Occasions;

Birthdays:

Rick Lewall (Jan 6)

Brian Brackman (Jan 12)

Anniversary:

Renee and David Li (Jan 11)

Sunshine Report

Condolences on the passing of Tom Yingling's dad.

Best wishes to friend of Rotary, Jim Stimson, who is recovering from a stroke

Rotary Lights Leslie

Special thank you to Tom Smith, Roy and Liz Ellis for contributing their decorating talents to the Festival of Lights in which a total of $39,000 was raised for the Delta hospital.

Our own lights at Diefenbaker Park- they will be dismantled on Sat Jan 15 and Sat Jan 22 (weather dependent)

Book Club Update Judy McLeod

The book club selection, The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, will be reviewed on Jan 26. Anyone can join in- all you have to do is read the book

Social committee Gail McEwan

The social team is gearing up for the new year with their first meeting of the year on Jan 20 5:30 PM

Shred-A-Thon Tom Yingling

. Saturday Jan 29 10AM-2PM.

. Volunteers will be needed

. Publicity signs through social media and Optimist

. Interactor involvement as well

Food Bank Leslie

We received a note from the Food Bank thanking us for the bags put together for men and women. Our special thanks to Tom Smith who spearheaded the sorting and filling party

The coming year President Greg

Lots coming up; the Shred-A-Thon , Easter Egg Hunt, Dog Show, Valentines and St Patrick Day Social activities, Parade and the District Conference in Prince George

Next Week:

Jan 10 Board Meeting 4:00 PM

Jan 13 Regular Zoom Meeting 7:30 AM

Bowen Island Defibrillator Programme (AED)

How it works, funding and maintenance

And...........the Monthly Calendar:

Jan 15 Light Removal I

Jan 17 Speakers Meeting 4:00 PM

Jan 20 Social Committee 5:30 PM

Jan 22 Light Removal II

Jan 26 Book Club 6:00 PM

Jan 29 Shred- A-Thon

Happy Dollars

Ed Lee $20 happy to be involved in giving out vaccines and boosters. He is volunteering his time to give these out as long as the supply continues

Murray Lott $20 to welcome the new year but sad to announce the cancellation of his Project Amigo trip this month. However by rescheduling it will probably allow more people to join him later.

John Anderson $5 for having his wife Claire back home after spending New Year's Day with her in Delta Hospital

Tom Smith a sad $5 for having to cancel his annual Mexico vacation for the second year

Blake Cowan $5 for having his son and new wife in from Montreal. Unfortunately they both tested positive and had to be isolated. It made Christmas a smaller affair than planned but everyone is now fully recovered

Judy Mcleod $4 to report another casualty when expected visitors tested positive in the US and were turned back at the airport

Tom Yingling $25 for the memory of his dad and for being happy to be back meeting the group

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 Sarge's story for the day involved the hungry customer ordering Eggs Benedict for breakfast but surprised at having them served on a hubcap. When inquiring about this he was told "There's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise"

Fines included:

Rick Lewall $5 for basking in the Hawaiian sun while the rest of us shovel snow.....and another $5 for celebrating his birthday over there

Wayne Connorton $5 for arriving late, displaying his photo only and departing early

Cindy Phillip $5 for arriving late and missing out on her special occasion duties

ATTENDANCE 28