Thoughts of the day Minutes 17 January 2020 All generalizations are false, including this one.Mark Twain If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. George Bernard Shaw The meeting was held at The Presbyterian Church with President Graham presiding, 3 members present. Toast to Queen and … More Minutes 17Jan2020
Thoughts of the day Minutes 10 January 2020 Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of valueAlbert Einstein The first five days after the weekend are the hardest. Author Unknown The meeting was held at The Presbyterian Church with President Graham presiding, 3 members present. Toast to Queen and Canada Business: Graham … More Minutes 10Jan2020
Thoughts of the day Minutes 03 January 2020 There’s a greatness in not caring what people think.Melissa McCarthy There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens and what we do. Terry Pratchett The meeting was held at The Bridgeview Café with President Graham presiding, 3 members present. Toast to Queen and Canada … More Minutes 03Jan2020
When Viktor rejoined our club he came from an E-Club which he found enriching. Consequently we as a club have been toying with the idea of applying some kind of hybrid model. The exact shape of the hybrid has yet to be fleshed out. Some of the advantages of the hybrid could be: Those of … More What is an eClub?
We all enjoyed brunch at former member Rob Hawton’s home and then had our annual book exchange. Each of us went home with a surprise book recommended by another club member. We will report back in January and see who has read the books and whether we agree with the recommendations.
Thoughts of the day Minutes 06 December 2019 Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebees doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.Mary Kay Ash Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes). Walt Whitman Meeting was held at The Bridgeview Café … More Minutes 06Dec2019
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years has to be one of my favourite YouTube videos. It is five minutes long and was done for the BBC. It is optimistic and fun and deals with great swathes of data entertainingly. Sadly Hans Rosling passed away in 2017. He has a swarm of other videos usually in … More 200 Countries, 200 Years
Thoughts of the day Minutes 29 Nov 2019 Grief is the price we pay for love.Queen Elizabeth II An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. G. K. Chesterton Meeting was held at The Presbyterian church with President Graham presiding and 6 members present. Toast to Queen and … More Minutes 29Nov2019
This post might be considered a little politically incorrect by Rotarian standards, but here goes anyway. While I am not a fan of the Four Way Test it is a standard that Rotarians worldwide do hold themselves to. The Four Way Test: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it be … More A Good Rotarian?
Thoughts of the day Minutes 22 Nov 2019 Fall seven times and stand up eightJapanese proverb Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking Meeting was held at The Presbyterian church with … More Minutes 22Nov2019
