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Welcome to the Edmonton Strathcona Website
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Hans Granholm
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Welcome
to "The Friendly Club" and our Web
Site. How to contact the site administrator. Click on 'More...' below.
Strathcona
members and Other Users,
if you are unsure how to log in, click online HELP, or contact the site
administrator Hans Granholm;
phone: 780-466-5566 any time.
For more
information about our club, click HERE
For full information on our upcoming Speakers, click on the speaker's
name.
Members can access the Club Constitution and By-Laws from ADMIN | CLUB
DOCUMENTS after login.
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Upcoming Events and Reminders in the next few days...
by
Hans Granholm
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Aug 5; Leo McCloskey, Birthday
Aug 6; Vance Horn, Birthday (BIG sixfive)
Aug 9; Ron Dobbin, Birthday
Aug 10; Marlene & Don Henry, Anniversary.
Tuesday noon belongs to Rotary!
Look
in "Upcoming Events"
for other activities taking place in the near future.
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Special Meeting July 31, 2007
by
Granholm, Hans
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 The July 31
meeting was dedicated to club business.
Dear
fellow Strathconians:
At the special meeting on Tuesday July 31 2007 an extensive update of our
By-Laws was presented. The proposed amendments were approved in
principal.
The undersigned made a motion to amend Article X, Sec 1 concerning the procedure of
electing club officers and directors. This motion was tabled pending
rewording.
The amendment with the new wording can be opened and viewed here. It has been
checked by Peter Denooy and Bill Mouris. Please take a moment, open and
read it. You will be asked to approve it on Tuesday August 7 2007.
I offer my congratulations and thanks to president Peter and his team for
bringing our club right up to-date.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.
Hans Granholm
780-466-5566
hgrdane@telusplanet.net
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4-Way Test
by
Hans Granholm
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 RI
link: 4-Way Test
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Foundation contributions by Club a new High
by
Granholm, Hans
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 Ron Dobbin, Club TRF chair
for 2005-07, reported the club's Rotary Foundation contributions for the
year 2006-07 hit new highs.
The
District report, submitted by Brent
Collingwood, District TRF Chair indicates a significant
increase in this year's total contributions.
The
Annual Programs Fund raised a whopping (his word) $318,192.86 which is a record
for District 5370.
We reached $39,638.93 in Restricted Giving. The Permanent Fund was
$20,331.44 for an incredible total of $377,163.23
The
Edmonton Strathcona Club with 59 members contributed $10,285.26 or 174% of target
of 100%. This works out to $174.33 per member on average.
Give yourself a BIG hand.
Thank
you Ron for spearheading this most important Rotary program.
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JulyFest at the Koenig's -- WOW!
by
Granholm, Hans
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 Barbara and Fritz Koenig were the
gracious hosts of 75+ Edmonton Strathconians and guests at a Rotary
Club of Edmonton Strathcona General Club Fundraiser.
Bavarian
music accompanied Bavarian style food such as weiswurst and
saurkraut, wienerschitzel and potato salad and meatloaf. Home made
desserts and coffee. Beer and wine flowed thoughout the evening.
As
usual Barbara had everything under control including her able elves, Leslie & Doug Milne, Val &
Eric Solash , Lucie &
Hugo Lehmann .
It was
particularly nice to see Shirley &
Allison Barnes. Pearl & Jim Ryckman came in from the
homestead hitching a ride with the MacCalder's.
I know
pictures were taken during the evening, perhaps we can show them in our
photo album online.
Thank you again Barbara
and Fritz so very much.
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GROWER'S IN BLOOM!
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Rose Marie Basaraba
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The
flowers are not the only thing blooming at Grower Direct these days.
Our
very own Rotarian, Heather Platt, has two very good reasons for positively
'blooming' with pride and success!
On
July 9th, 2007, in the presence of her family and friends at a ceremony
in Palm Springs, CA, Heather was awarded the honour of becoming an
accredited member of the American
Institute of Floral Designers. Her talent as a
floral artist was proven through a rigorous Accreditation process and she
is now one of very few such designers in Canada who are proud to
have this claim to fame.
The AIFD
is a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and promoting the
art of floral design as a professional career. Accredited members are in
the forefront of the floral industry worldwide.
Just two
weeks later, on July 23rd, Heather was asked to showcase
her talent in floral design by decorating 10 floats in the
Tournament of Roses Parade
in Pasadena, CA in January, 2008. It is no surprise that she has already
booked her flight! (Her current challenge is that hotel
space is virtually non-existent. She's not asking but perhaps this
presents an opportunity for Rotarians to come to the rescue of a
Rotarian)......
Congratulations
Heather! Members of the Strathcona Rotary
Club are very proud of you and your achievement. May your
future in the floral industry continue to bloom brightly!
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RI President Wilf Wilkinson & President Peter
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Granholm, Hans
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RI President Wilf is putting the
squeeze on President Peter
at the Salt Lake Convention.
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Welcome New Member
by
Hans Granholm
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Say
WELCOME to Eric Dekok introduced
by Peter Denooy into
the club on Jul 10 2007 under the classification
Infrastructure Services.
Eric was introduced and welcomed into our family of Rotary by
District Governor David Taylor.
Please
introduce yourself to Eric at our next meeting.
Welcome Eric!
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Sign of the Times!
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Granholm, Hans
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Noticed
the sign at the front door of our meeting place?
Here
is an idea Pres. Peter picked up during one of his travels...
A great
way to greet our guest speakers.
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Membership Dues are due!
by
Hans Granholm
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 Club Treasurer,
Augie reminds us that the 2007-08 dues are due.
Please bring $220, cash or cheque to a luncheon and give it to Augie or
mail a cheque to the address below. Our annual dues have increased
$20 as a result of an increase in District and Rotary
International dues. If you need a receipt, then please ask Augie.
Augie Annicchiarico
554 Victoria Way
Sherwood Park, AB
T8A 4L1
b: 780-468-7232
h: 780-467-0773
f: 780-465-6120
e: info@ya.ca
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Members' Attendance Reports
by
Hans Granholm
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As we
are approaching the end of the Rotary year (June 30), we want to be sure
we have your attendance correctly reported for the year.
You are
reminded that up to date records are available from the web site
administration page after login any time. Click on the last item in the
"My ClubRunner" section and chose reports #46 & 48. Open
#46 first to see the percantage figure and if you do not agree, open #48
to see which meeting(s) are listed as missed.
Documents #40, 43 & 44 show various attendance reports for last year
2006-07.
If you
do not report any discrepancies to me within the next two weeks, we will
accept these reports as accurate.
Contact
me anytime if you need assistance with the reports.
Cheers!
Hans
Granholm
p: 780-466-5566
e: hgrdane@telusplanet.net
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News from Lisa
by
Hans Granholm
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 Please go to Lisa's
web page for reports, pictures and updates from her stay in
Belgium.
I wondered if you might
be able to help me out with my latest summer project. I don't know if I
had mentioned it or not, but a very good friend of mine from my exchange
in Belgium- a fellow exchange student who was hosted by the same Rotary
club, is planning to come to Canada next January to stay with my family
for a few months. She would like to work on improving her English skills
(and what better excuse to come for an extended visit but in the name of
education!). She also had hoped to work, however it is difficult to get a
work visa without having employer sponsorship beforehand. My current
project is trying to facilitate this by talking with people I know in Edmonton
that might be willing to sponsor her to work part time when she is in Canada
next January.
I have written a letter
directed at Rotarians and will include also a
letter from Amanda herself and a copy of her resume. I wonder
if there is any way to pass this letter along to different Rotary Clubs
in Edmonton. Regardless, I
would appreciate it very much if you could share this message and
the letter with the Rotarians at Strathcona.
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Report on Dr. Sim's North Korea Project
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Jeong Sim
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Dear Fellow
Strathcona Rotarians:
It has been a pleasure and esteemed honor of mine being a
part of the Strathcona club. With your generous supports and
encouragements, I have been fortunate to initiate and carry out a project
entitled "Feed
the Children of North Korea". Thankfully this project was officially
adopted as IS project by the Strathcona club. My role has been to raise
fund in every possible way. As you are already aware of, we raised
$80,000 for the year of 2006.
I
think I owe you a
brief update on my fundraising activities and execution of fund in a
point form as below:
1.
Strathcona club
grant from the annual budget of International services ($3000)
2.
Southside
Pentecostal Assembly, my home church ($10,000)
3.
Donations from
individuals including rotary meetings ($18,000)
4.
Dr. Sim's lecture
tours from Vancouver
to Montreal (Korean churches) ($16,000)
5.
Book sales. I
published a book in Korean language, which 100% dedicated for the cause
($20,000 to be seen)
6.
I have written about
>500 letters to local rotary clubs in North America asking support (as attached) (responses are slow but
hopeful)
7.
My target this year
is to raise $100,000 (very wishful but to be seen)
8.
The fund last year
was sent to a partner mission group in Korea by Southside Pentecostal
Assembly.
9.
The fund is wholly
executed at the China side, not North
Korea . Foods and living supplies are
transported by truck from China to North
Korea (no single pennies go to North
Korean's hands)
10.
I am leaving for China for a teaching mission from September
1 to December 20, 2007 . I will be residing at the Yanbien University of Science
and Technology in Jilin Province of China. My role there is to teach
Nutrition and also oversee in part our mission project of North Korean
children as well.
11.
I take this
opportunity to request a leave-absence for 4 months from the Strathcona
club.
12.
It has been a
pleasure for being supported and encouraged by fellow Rotarians. Deeply
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jeong Sim
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2007 Operation Red Nose Campaign
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Peter DeNooy
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Planning
for the 2007 campaign is already in full swing. The Steering Committee is
meeting monthly and is working on an exciting PR and Fundraising
Campaign.
The
2007 Steering Committee is chaired by Peter
Denooy and is made up of Rotarians and seasoned ORN
volunteers: Orville Sleen, Ted
Griffiths, Peter Stoye, Lezley Zwaal, Eric DeKok, Carstens Schwank, Kathy
Strawson and Del August. We are very excited that The
Rotary Club of Edmonton Urban Spirits and The Rotaract Club of
Edmonton Centre have recently committed to actively participate in
the 2007 Campaign!
This
program is an important component in our fundraising effort for youth
programs, so be sure to support us in any way you can.
We will again operate from the fantastic facilities,
located at 15220 - 114 Avenue, which are generously donated by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers,
Lodge 146 .
Office Phone: 702-8000; Office Fax: 702-8025; edmonton@operationrednose.com
Operations Call Centre: 421-4444 (9 pm - 3 am during active campaign)
For periodic updates, check: http://www.orn-edm.org/.
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Planning a Vacation?
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Graham Gilchrist
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Lets go to a Rotary Convention......
2008
Los Angeles
2009
Seoul, Korea
2010
Montreal
2011
New Orleans
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TIP about where
by
Hans Granholm
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 When Stories
disappear from the front page and the bulletin layout, they don't
disappear completely.
You can always click on the STORIES tab in the menu bar in the top
banner.
Items will remain there for a reasonable period of time (still to be
determined), but even after they disappear there, they can still be
retrieved by contacting your website administrator.
Hans Granholm
e-mail
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Web Site Advertising
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Hans Granholm
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>>>
PLEASE LOOK AT THIS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY <<<
With the number of members in this club either
owning or operating a business, we are getting a very poor interest in
this nice little generator of funds for the club.
Are the rates too steep? I don't think so, but if you do, please let us
know.
If you have any bright ideas on how to promote this little initiative,
please speak up.
A web site and bulletin advertising feature is available
to dedicated members who wish to sponsor an ad and support
the club's endeavors.
It is an opportunity to go out in the community and solicit ads from
businesses, and who knows, in the process of soliciting ads you may also
find prospective new Rotarians.
Be sure to visit these sponsors by clicking on their ad
The fee is for members $20.00 for one month or $50.00 for
three months or $150.00 for one year.
For non-members $30.00 per month or $70.00 for a quarter
or $250.00 for one year.
The ad can be text or a logo. Either way it becomes a link and upon
clicking will take the visitor to the sponsor's website or e-mail
address.
Please have a look at the complimentary ads in the right column
of any site pages and in the left column of the e-Strathconian.
NOTE: You will notice a link in the bottom of the right column of a
site page "Interested in being a Website Sponsor?". This link
opens a page with all the information.
Feedback and comments are very much appreciated. You can post comments on
the FORUMS | CLUB WEB SITE | ADVERTISING. Or you can e-mail you-know-who.
Cheers!
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Edmonton Strathcona Guestbook
by
Hans Granholm
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NEW
GUESTBOOK
Don't forget to encourage the use of our new GUESTBOOK
Do not forget we also have a FORUM
where members can post their views and ideas on a variety of subjects.
NOTE: You have to log in to access the private Forum.
Why not visit yourself and let's benefit from your feedback...
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Is it in you?
by
Hans Granholm
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 View the NEW story on the
District WebComCentre
The blood challenge is over, but the need is not!
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Privacy Policy
by
Hans Granholm
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Privacy laws were recently
implemented in Canada...
The District Privacy Policy is listed on the WebComCentre, front page story or on
our front page at the bottom of DOWNLOADS.
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Birthday Calendar
by
Hans Granholm
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A members Birthday and Anniversary
calendar has been added in the News area
under "Mark Your Calendars"
...Just hit the link and the current month appears.
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How secure is all this data?
by
Hans Granholm
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 No need to worry.
ClubRunner secures all your private information using the latest security
technologies.
Private information is secured using 128-bit encryption, and all
access requires unique logins and passwords. Access to
information is also restricted, for example, a member can only see a list
of membership in his or her club, and his or her own personal
information.
Data on the server is protected by TCP/IP filtering, firewall
and anti-virus software that protect against any unauthorized
intrusion. Backups of data are made daily and stored off-site.
Your information is kept private; to review ClubRunner's Privacy Policy,
visit www.clubrunner.ca.
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