Volume 93, Number 21 4,566th Meeting Friday, December 7, 2012

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 405, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5L3 — web: www.rotarynanaimo.org

Serving Our Community Since

May 1, 1920 - Charter Number 43

DIRECTORS Doug Cowling Brent Stetar Susie Walker

John Shillabeer Chris Pogson Susan Gerrand

President Rotary International Sakuji Tanaka, Rotary Club of Yashio, Japan

District Governor Assistant Governor Judy Byron, Sidney, BC Barry Sparkes, Lantzville, BC

Club Meeting Friday at 12:00 p.m.

at the Coast Bastion Inn

CLUB OFFICERS 2012-2013

President ....................................................... Joan Ryan

Vice President ............................................... Wahid Ali

Secretary ......................................................... Bob Janes

Treasurer .............................................. Gordon Hubley

President Elect .................................. Douglas Anderson

Immediate Past President ..................... Dave Hammond

Rotarians Dave Hammond, Brent Stetar, Wahid Ali and Frank Shoemaker raised $1000 from Club members who paid to

shave or just watch these guys lose their facial hair. Funds help support Rotary Foundation.

Meeting Notes – Nov. 30

Reporter: Jane K. Currie

Bob McDougall gave a touch-

ing invocation.

Ian Williams called for guests.

Ed Borisenko introduced visiting

Rotarian Barry Sparkes, Assistant

District Governor, Lantzville Club;

Mikel Knutsson introduced

Donna Mercier, Chamber of Com-

merce. Wahid Ali reported that

Yvan Gosselin was recovering

from a trip to Emergency.

President Joan’s Newfound-

land question was to name the two

little islands in the Gulf of St. Law-

rence and

their nation-

ality. Jane

Currie knew they

were St.

Pierre et

Miquelon,

belonging

to France and won the coveted

bookmark

Announcements

John Heisterman asked for vol-

unteers for

the Dec.

19 Bay-

view

Christmas

Lunch.

Keith

McFarlane asked for RSVP’s for

the Family Santa Breakfast, Dec. 9.

He is also selling tickets for the

Dec. 21st Christmas dinner, at $75/

couple, or $37.50 per person.

The Sergeant-at-Arms, Bob

Fenty, then chastised & fined Jane

Currie (COGS committee) for get-

ting her Bobs mixed up in the last

COGS bulletin. Bob HOFF-

STROM’s firm, not Bob WIL-

SON’s, was the Bob that scooped

Al Herold’s milk money.

Bob Hoffstrom then chirped in

a so-happy buck that he was not

Bob Wilson!

Mike Herold reported that only

“Bobs” won the recent Grey Cup

football pool:

Bob Fenty,

Bob Patrick,

Bob Bu-

chanan (it

might have

been Janeane

Coutu) and

Bob McDou-

gall, was the

winner of the

grand prize of

$150. The

club gained $250 from this fund-

raiser.

Bob Buchanan then reported

that proceeds from the Dragon Boat

Festival benefited many local medi-

cal and community groups, and that

Lynne Pankratz would be greatly

missed as Treasurer, having com-

pleted her term. Jane Currie, who

once again was taking meeting

notes, is now in great fear of being

fined again, after this complex

plethora of Bob-ly activity.

President Joan Ryan was look-

ing forward to a craft fair in

Nanaimo, at which her husband

Bruce was to be the head chef.

Lynne

Pank-

ratz was

proud

that all

seven

local

candi-

dates

passed

their CA

exams.

Douglas Anderson was happy it

was St. Andrew’s Day and to be

heading off for a week of skiing at

Whistler.

Frank Shoemaker, Brent

Stetar, Wahid Ali and Dave

Hammond then courageously took

turns standing for bids for Movem-

ber shaving, an effort that quickly

raised over $1K, despite John

Heisterman having forgotten to

bring his machete. Dave H. did

bring a snappy electric shaver and

the deed was done with no spilled

blood or pulled nose-hairs. Frank

Shoemaker shared a bit of Movem-

ber history: since being created by

two Australian mates in 2003 to

raise funds for prostate cancer re-

search, Movember has grown inter-

nationally to raise more than $100

million/year!

President Joan Ryan won the

ticket for the card draw, but did not

connect with the Ace of Spades.

Club Assembly

The programme today was a

Club “Assembly”; an opportunity

for members to hear what the

Board has been doing and to pro-

vide feedback and discussion.

Assistant Governor Barry

Sparkes reminded us all of the

wonders to be

experienced at

the Rotary In-

ternational

Convention in

Lisbon, June

2013. For

those attending

from our District 5020, DG Judy

Byron plans to host a social event –

please let Barry know. The video

for the Lisbon Convention was

shown.

Janeane Coutu gave a Notice

of Motion to adopt the new Consti-

tution and Bylaws as previously

circulated and posted on the web-

site. The documents substantially

Bob McDougall

Lynn Pankratz

follow the current RI standard tem-

plates with several additions, in-

cluding;

1. The Board spending author-

ity limit of $500 has been

retained; except for adminis-

trative expenditures, any lar-

ger amount requires mem-

bership approval.

2. The duties of the secretary

will be expanded to include

filing the annual reports and

accounts with the Province.

This is because we are a so-

ciety, registered in BC.

Some discussion followed and

members who wanted further infor-

mation were directed to the Club

website www.rotarynanaimo.org.

Note: You must sign in to see the

category Club Documents. This

will be voted at the AGM Dec. 14.

Douglas recommended that we

delete “sergeant at arms” from

Constitution Article 10, section 4

since it is not our practice to have

this position represented directly at

the Board level.

Chris Pogson spoke on Mem-

bership Committee activities, plan-

ning for Fireside meetings and the

importance of Participation. He

has copies of the New Member

packages from RI that include lots

of information; copies are available

for recent members.

Chris also reported on the acti-

vates and

plans of the

Fellowship

Committee,

and particu-

larly noted

the upcoming

Santa Break-

fast and our

Christmas

Dinner on Friday 21st

Douglas gave a presentation on

the importance of Participation

over Atten-

dance. The

Board policy to

award make-up

for Participa-

tion has now

been included

in the new

Constitution

and Bylaws. Attendance at a mini-

mum of 50% meetings in each 6-

months is a commitment each of us

made when we joined. The obliga-

tion is for members to inform the

Secretary of any Participation to

which they are entitled. Members

should check their own attendance

records through Clubrunner and

identify any make-up credits due.

Bob Janes pointed out that the da-

tabase will only accept entries for

the current and previous months –

don’t delay.

John Shillabeer reported on the

activities of his several Administra-

tive committees:

Bruce Gordon and Janeane

prepared the

Roster data in

good time; Egon

has the cashier

roster filled to

the end of the

year; Dave Hammond has the ser-

geants at arms in line, and is ad-

dressing the issue of members re-

spect for others; Basil has his pro-

gramme committee organised, and

has dealt well with some recent

challenges.

Attendance figures for the first

18 weeks of the year to 19th No-

vember show that 30% of our

members had less than 50% atten-

dance, and 11% had perfect atten-

dance. Participation is most impor-

tant.

DATES TO REMEMBER

December 9 - Rotary Family Christmas Breakfast at the Clubhouse, Bowen Park, pancakes at 9 am, Santa at 10 am. Bring your child’s gift from “Santa.”

December 19 - Bayview School Christ-

mas Lunch. More details forthcoming.

December 21 - Rotary Christmas Din-ner at the Coast Bastion Inn. Fellow-ship 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:00 p.m.

ATTENDANCE

By Bob Janes

Attendance for November 30th was

65%

We missed these Rotarians

Blackmore, Blinston Cowling,

Gerrrand, Lucie and Yvan, Gosselin

Hais, Hewitt, Hrabowych, Hubley,

King, McIver, Patrick, Ramos, Sa-

lem, Al Smith, Kathy Smith, Joyce

Smith, Welch

Visiting Rotarians:

Donna Mercier - Whitehorse, Barry

Sparks - Lantzville.

Birthday and Anniveraries

Members Birthday

Bill King Dec. 1

Bob McDougall Dec. 6

Allan Smith Dec. 12

Spouses Birthdays

Sharon Hubley Nov. 30

Gord Buzzard (Sharon Welch) Dec.

11

Anniversaries

Bob and Peggy McDougall Dec. 2

Club Anniversaries

Doug Cowling 10 yrs , Dec. 6

Bob Patrick 20 yrs, Dec. 11

Rotary Club of Nanaimo

Annual General Meeting

December 14, 2012

1:00 PM

Coast Bastion Inn

Nanaimo, B.C.

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WEEKLY CLUB PROGRAMS

GREETERS

CASHIERS

SGT-AT-ARMS

INVOCATION

HEAD TABLE

INTRODUCE GUESTS

“COGS” is the official bulletin of the Rotary Club of Nanaimo, published each

Friday by the Bulletin Committee

Winner of District 5020 Best Bulletin

Awards

Bulletin Committee Chair — Lila Tanner Meeting Reporter: Jane Currie / Program Reporter: Douglas Anderson / Photos: Ian Williams

Editing, Production & Web Posting: Ian Williams

PRINTING COURTESY OF ISLAND OFFICE EQUIPMENT NANAIMO - BOB JANES

GREETERS

CASHIERS

SGT-AT-ARMS

INVOCATION

HEAD TABLE

INTRODUCE GUESTS

INTRODUCE SPEAKER

THANK SPEAKER

PROGRAM

December 7th

Art Vanidour,

Joyce Smith, Guenter Raedler

Barbara Blinston

Wayne Anderson

Keith McFarlane

Pres. Joan, John Shillabeer, Bob

Buchanan, Al Smith, Art Vanidour,

Joyce Smith, Guenter Raedler

Lucie Gosselin

Bob Buchanan

MINING IMPACTS EVERYTHING

John Shillabeer

Bruce Forward

December 21st

President Joan and Bruce Ryan,

V/P Wahid Ali and Nancy Ford

Barbara Blinston

Mike Herold

Debbie Narver

Pres. Joan and Bruce Ryan,

V/P Wahid Ali and Nancy Ford,

Neil & Heather Valsangkar

Keith McFarlane

CHRISTMAS DINNER Coast Bastion

Fellowship 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:00 pm

Entertainment to Follow

GREETERS

CASHIERS

SGT-AT-ARMS

INVOCATION

HEAD TABLE

INTRODUCE GUESTS

INTRODUCE SPEAKER

THANK SPEAKER

PROGRAM

December 14th

Susie Walker,

Brent Stetar, Charles Ramos

Barbara Blinston

John Heisterman

Carey McIver

Pres. Joan, Bob Janes

Donna Hais, Susie Walker,

Brent Stetar, Charles Ramos

Yvan Gosselin

President Joan

CLUB A.G.M.

Bob Janes

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Sacrificing their Facial Hair for the Good of Rotary Foundation

Clockwise: John Heisterman shaves Dave Hammond, Frank Shoemaker shears

Wahid Ali, Mike Herold removes Frank Shoemaker’s growth and Wahid Ali puts

the finishing touch to Brent Stetar’s shave. That’s $1000 bucks worth of hair!

Rotarian Action Group expands maternal health project in Nigeria

Excerpt from article by Vanessa N. Glavinskas, Rotary International News

In Nigeria, one out of every 18 women dies as a result of childbirth. The country has the second-highest maternal mortality rate in the world.

That’s why the Rotarian Action Group for Population Growth and Sustainable Develop-ment targeted the northern Nigerian states of Kaduna and Kano with a pilot program aimed at reducing maternal mortality by preventing and treating obstetric fistula, a seri-ous birth injury. From 2005 until 2010, the project, partly supported by a grant from The Rotary Foundation, reduced maternal death by 60 percent in participating hospitals, reached 1 million women of childbearing age, and repaired obstetric fistulas for 1,500 Nigerian women.

“We have to empower women, and women cannot be empowered if they can’t make their own choices in antenatal care and child spacing,” says Dr. Robert Zinser, CEO of the Rotarian Action Group for Population Growth and Sustainable Development and member of the Rotary Club of Ludwigshafen-Rheinschanze, Germany.

Zinser has been to Nigeria nearly 20 times to work on maternal and child health pro-jects, including the northern Nigeria pilot focused on the prevention and treatment of fistulas. An obstetric fistula is a birth injury that can cause stillbirth and, in the mother, chronic incontinence, infection, nerve damage, or death. The primary cause is labor that goes on for too long, often for days. Because 70 percent of Nigerian women deliver at home, often without access to proper medical care, long labors that would be prevented in the developed world are more common.

The action group is now preparing to replicate the project in the states of Abuja and Onoda, with plans to eventually establish the model in other central and southern Nige-ria states.