Attendance: 9 members in person, plus two on Zoom.
Guests:
President Courtney started the meeting with a ring of the Rotary bell.
Anthem: Gerd
Toast to The Queen, Canada, and Rotary. President Courtney
Announcements:
Gordon: Next week is a pub night. Details and invite to follow. Please answer the invite yes or no. It only takes seconds!
Arthur has rebound CCovid, so will not be at next week's meeting but will attend the following week.
Gerd. Asked Arthur to put together a presentation in regard to the sudden increase in polio cases in various countries.
President Courtney mentioned the District Conference this weekend. Courtney, Basil, and Danny are attending.
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Canada
Speakers: Rajesh Parshad and Subhash Chander
Suresh introduced today's speakers Rajesh and Subhash.
Ekal’s mission is the holistic development of villages through basic education, digital literacy, skill development, health awareness, modern sustainable agricultural practices, and rural entrepreneurship. The vision of Ekal Vidyalaya (single-teacher schools) is to facilitate the process of empowering communities based on the concept of social, economic, and gender equality.
The Ekal movement aims to eradicate illiteracy from tribal areas of India and Nepal through rural development based on the criteria of equality, diversity, and inclusion across all sections of society.
To hear this very interesting and important presentation, please click on this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ge0uhkzpxlhgk0s/My%20Video%20EKAL.mp4?dl=0
As the meeting ran longer than usual, this section was omitted
President Courtney terminated the meeting.
A bear walks into a bar and says, “Give me a whiskey and ….......... cola.”
“Why the big pause?” asks the bartender. The bear shrugged. “I’m not sure; I was born with them.”
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