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Bill Quinney greeted us all to the Zoom meeting.
President-elect Marlene Doherty opened the meeting in place of President Bill Fitzsimmons.
Clarence Buckley, newly moved to a new home, provided the inspirational moment talking about the middle class.
Announcements
- Judy Cochran announced that the RAYEC (Rotary Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp) registration, sponsored by RBC, deadline isMay 5. RAYEC is like a mini Junior Achievement. Click here for details and registration.
- Terry Felton spoke about Stampede. We have been asked for 50 volunteers for crowd control. Please sign up on our website by clicking here. It is still uncertain whether the parade will proceed.
- Garfield Ganong announced that the virtual District 5360 conference will take place on Saturday, $20 per person. Also, there is a TRF polio fundraiser on May 12. The price is $100 USD with a tailgate party by the District. Sign up on the District website by clicking here.
- Marlene Doherty announced that during Volunteer Week, Judy Cochran was recognised by Opportunity International for her work on our Honduras Economic and Community Development.
- Bill Tapuska announced that Mike Komlodi, a former member and past president during the Olympic year, passed away on April 2.
- Bill Quinney announced that we gave $2,500, matched by the District 3:1, to Homespace to provide housing for low income families.
Judy Cochran offered the following information by email to the editor:
"The funds have not yet been released – just received board approval last week. . The District grant application deadline closed yesterday. Until we receive District approval (anticipate early September, 2021) for the matching grant, the funds will not be released. There are six other clubs pooling funds on this project with anticipated funding total of $72,500."
Guest Speakers
Bryden Horwood introduced our speakers.
Patricia Jones (BSW, MSW) is President and CEO of Calgary Homeless Foundation. Following 27-years with the Catholic Family Service, Patricia is known for her reverence for anyone experiencing vulnerability, and is known as a well-respected leader in the human service sector. Her passion sparks courageous conversations which often lead to innovative solutions that help people break the cycle of vulnerability.
Patricia’s background is in social work with a clinical specialty. She has stewarded many innovative programs throughout her tenure, including one of the first evidence-based programs in Canada serving teen fathers, and the use of technology to ensure counselling is coordinated amongst organizations and barrier-free. She is client-focused and believes that effective collaboration is critical to ensuring an effective and humane service.
Philippe has worked in public affairs, strategic communications, and stakeholder engagement in the private, not for profit and public sectors for over 25 years. He has led major engagement programs and campaigns in highly regulated and complex stakeholder environments with Trans Mountain Pipeline, Kinder Morgan Canada, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and Enbridge Inc.
Philippe has been a strategic advisor to senior executives and helped manage complex internal and external reputational and branding issues resulting from corporate rebranding, mergers and acquisitions, operational failures and human resources related matters.
Philippe believes that one of the best ways to manage reputation and brand challenges is to create alignment between executive leadership and staff and to integrate communications, marketing and stakeholder engagement functions.
More recently, Philippe led the strategic communications function at the University of Calgary. Philippe holds a BA in Social Anthropology and a Master of Environmental Design in Regional Planning from the University of Calgary. He speaks English and French.The Calgary Homeless Foundation ambition: "By 2025 we will be recognised as the authoritative guide on how governments, service providers and community leaders, in our community and beyond, can best leverage their resources and programs in a unified fight against homelessness."
Patricia spoke to the shocking extent of homelessness in Calgary. We have 2,911 homeless people, 51% of all Alberta.
The Calgary Homeless Foundation is addressing this issue through allocation of resources for highest impact and outcomes, building knowledge and understanding, and galvanizing public and political will. They administer funding for 29 different agencies. Their budget is $62million, most of which comes from the government of Alberta, of which 90% goes to programs.
Chris Ritter moderated the questions raised.
Please note that the Calgary Homeless Foundation does not work with the homeless directly. Contact 211 to find the appropriate service providers.
Duncan Stanners thanked our speakers.
Club Business - Membership types
President Bill joined the meeting and described the different types of membership and the cost. He noted that $204 of our annual fees go to Rotary International and the District.
Darren Grierson described four options proposed for membership:
1. Active member. Dues $350. Full voting rights.
2. Young Rotarian (members younger than 40). Dues $225. Must become active member when over 40 or after five years.
3. Family - spouses and children of full members with full voting rights. Dues $225
4. Trial - initially $100 for the first 6six months, then $125 for the remainder of the year. Must become active member afterward.
5. Associate - non voting for snowbirds, students, early career and family. Dues $200
It was noted that dues are a small part of the cost of being a Rotarian. The real cost, with meetings, fundraisers and social events is around $2,000 per year.
A Zoom poll was used to judge the support for each type. Family and young Rotarian memberships were supported. Trial and associate were not.
President Bill thanked team 2 and closed the meeting.
