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This is the weekly bulletin for
The Richmond 
Sunrise Rotary Club 
for June 10, 2021 

Miscellaneous

 
Repeat from last week or until no longer relevant or until I delete it:  
 
 
 
 
 
June 24th President Debbie S. Roast! Can't wait!
 
 
Saturday June 26, 2021 at 6:30 Zoom meeting with dinner lasting 1 hr. Dinner will be provided by the Ghirra’s. Pick up will be from 4:00 – 4:30 pm. More details will follow. Pay attention because this may change with the changing rules. 
 
 
Payment for the President's dinner will be directly to the Ghirra's. Details to follow.
 
The Rotary year ends this month so if you want to donate to the Foundation this year do so before the end of June.
 
 
 
 
 
Zoom Meeting Rules
 
THE LINK TO OUR THURSDAY MEETINGS WILL NO LONGER BE EMAILED BUT ACCESSED THROUGH THE LINK BELOW.
 
Meeting ID: 868 5522 9058
Passcode: 473892
 
1) Mute your microphone if you aren't already muted. Background noise is distracting. 
2) If you are not engaged in the presentation, turn off your camera. 
3) Chat function should only be used to address the speaker, not for Club member remarks during the presentation
4) Unmute when harassing the Sergeant at Arms or taking your turn during Sergeant at Arms.
 
 Presidents Report
 
All meetings will be by zoom until further notice. 
 
 

Please direct any questions to me or a board member of your choosing and we will discuss any and all questions or concerns during our board meeting. Also please refer anyone who may be interested in attending a meeting or joining the club.

 
Be kind and be calm and safe...
 
Send in your volunteer hours to Sandra
 
 
 
 
Announcements
 
Whale Song Oh Canada
 
It is time to become full partners with our First Nations, not with legal texts but with the heart.
 
The Auction Gala has been postponed to May 6, 2022. Fred Lee, Givergy, and the Banquet Hall have all been reserved.
 

Sadly one of our ex valued member Bernard Dewonck who was born on October 27, 1952, passed away on June 3, 2021. Rest in Peace Bernard. 

 
 

Visitors       

 
 Gloria Staudt
 
 
 
 
 

sergeant  At Arms Tidbits

 

Susan was in the middle of her breakfast cereal and was hoping for peace and looking forward to a sunny day and the President's Roast. Aren't we all. 

Chris P. reported that she flew out to Hamilton and was the only person through security and on the plane was served by flight attendants in hazmat suits. Discovered that it takes three days to drive across Ontario. It is a shock when you haven't done it. Most exciting moment was watching the odometer turnover from 2,999 to 3,000 kilometers and then from 3,000 - 3,001 etc., etc,. Yawn! 

Amanda has now received two months notice to vacate but was told by new owners that they actually had a year. Someone has it confused.

Joyce is looking forward to the lifting of quarantine as she will be able to visit family in the US. 

Micheal ran out of Netflix shows to watch so decided to watch all the Rambo films. Good thing the banquet hall is reopening just in the nick of time. I think the Nancy Drew mysteries were next on his list. Do not need to hear about that during Sergeant at Arms.

Kathy enjoyed going to Chris M.'s retirement drive by and enjoyed a drink with the others who attended. 

Pat has no plans for Palm Springs, also enjoyed Chris M.'s retirement event. Looking for a speakers coordinator.

I had lunch downtown and was surprised that all the stores in Pacific Centre were open and most had customers in them. We are slowly returning to norbal. Watching Deadwood and strongly recommend it if you can stand all the swearing. The script writers are actually poets.

Kal went out for a couple of cocktails with Shoker (Iqbal) and then to a drive by. No not that kind of drive by the one for Chris M. But locals were not convinced. Racial Profiling!

Melinda is enjoying sunny Tsawwassen and excited to go out to dinner with friends also about finally travelling but not the costs - expensive. John's scheduled for his second shot. 

Danny has gotten his second shot without side effects but some of his staff did so.

Elena enjoyed visiting with friends during the week and had calls from family in San Francisco to come and visit.

Dick had his last time joining Rotary, at least on his current laptop. Laptop not happy and growling at him. Getting a valve job for his glaucoma. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322839/  If you are interested in the details.

Gordon is enjoying his hanging baskets and happy to see summer is around the corner.

Dalbir thought the District Conference was really well done. Waited all afternoon to be called as a witness but not called until the next day. Only question from the opposing lawyer was that the petitioner was his niece. "So What?" said the Judge. His nephew who had the heart transplant is doing well. 

Carolyn is looking forward to her Peace Fellowship Interview and had a treat at Chris M.'s retirement drive by - sounds like provided by Kathy. Or maybe the event was a treat.

Judy claims she did not have a lot going on but then told us about going out for lunch and then a dinner. Helped granddaughter Chiffon with make up for her dance concert. Excited for the border to open because she can get a joint for a jab down south.

Bobby is back from Whistler. The garden is looking good and looking forward to opening up the banquet rooms. It will keep him away from the kitchen and the laundry room.

Peter is getting his second shot tonight.

Marg went to the vigil for the 215 and residential school victims and survivors on Tuesday. Had seen Bernard in the last couple of years and he looked frail. Marg's house lost power and no tennis. ouch. French Open this week too!

Deb M. had a good golf game and enjoyed especially the nachos on the 19th hole. Watching a show called Start Up. 

Mary Lou said that Bernard had been ill for about four years and going for treatments. Was very happy off the grid with three days of camping at Golden Ears Park.

Bill sends Sam's regrets for not attending. Will be celebrating his 34th anniversary if they make it to Sunday. He generously donated a kidney stone at VGH and celebrated by going for a run. Gets Shot II at 9. Was selected as one of 10 portfolio managers (out of 800) to be on the TD National Advisory Council. Congratulations.

Debbie S. had her second Astra-Zeneca shot without side effects and is headed to Whistler to cash in a credit balance outstanding. 

 

 

 

speaKER
 
 
 
Gloria Staudt told us about the Rotary Peace Centre Fellowship where the vision is to create sustainable peace with a network of peace builders around the world. There are currently 1,400 alumni in 115 countries. Rotary partners with Universities in a few different countries to provide the Masters Program and it takes between 15 to 24 months to complete. The Professional Development Certificate takes one year. Each year there are 5o applicants accepted into the Masters program and 80 into the Certificate program. Generally to be accepted into the Masters program you must have a Bachelors degree, speak English, be committed to peace, have cultural understanding and demonstrated leadership skills. To be accepted into the PD program which is both on line and on site you also need to have five years of peace development work and explain your plan to promote peace. You need to be dedicated to implement social change with networking throughout the world. The Masters program costs about $75,000US and the PD about $11,000. The bare majority of graduates work for NGOs or in Government but you will also find them in teaching, research, the UN, police, journalism, law and the World Bank. The interest has grown from 300 applicants in 2008 to 900 applicants this year who have been endorsed out of a total of 1500 applicants. The promotion of the achievements of Rotary Peace Fellows will create new applicants in the future. She gave examples of Fellows who work toward reducing conflict in police encounters, a director of CARE in Liberia and now Cambodia, working with child soldiers, and working as a youth and women activist in Egypt. Rotarians and families are not eligible but Rotoracts are eligible. 
 
 
 
 
 

Meanderings 

 

So it isn't just the former British Colonies that have created tragic consequences for Indigenous populations. A Taiwan Court recently had to deal with a case involving Indigenous hunting rights and the countries Wildlife Conservation Act. The Court ruled that although some of the rules were unconstitutional because they breach the indigenous peoples rights to practice their culture freely the animals also had to be protected too. So most hunting restrictions remained in place. Taiwan's tribes only received official recognition in 2001 but had lived on the island for over 6,000 years and are more closely related to Filipinos. The Chinese majority are descended from settlers began arriving in large numbers in the 17th century. The 16 recognized tribes make up 2.5 % of the population and hunting is central to their way of life. Many feel they are viewed as primitive by the ethnic Chinese and their life expectancy is 8.6 years lower than the general population. In 2016 the president promised to improve the lot of the indigenous people and apologized for centuries of pain and unfair treatment.

As with many other indigenous groups in the world, some tribes were able to retain substantial control and ownership of their lands in part because of their populations' substantial sizes and the need for authorities to maintain good relations with them for military and other purposes. But as their relative size in relation to the increasing Han population diminished during the 18th and 19th centuries, more and more land was to pass to Chinese hands by imperial edicts, as well as at times coercion and fraud. There was still armed and guerrilla resistance against Qinq authorities by some Aborigines until the end of the 19th century who fought against the intrusions into their traditional lands. Still, by some estimates 50 per cent of the land in Taiwan was still controlled by indigenous groups at the time of Taiwan's transfer to Japan by treaty in 1895, especially in the mountainous core of the island.

The Japanese occupation which lasted in Taiwan until the end of 1945 saw a brutal attempt to crush the resistance of those Aborigines not fully under the control of authorities. For example, a campaign against the Taroko (also known as Truku) people by Japanese armed and policy forces saw perhaps some 10,000 killed. One of the last cases of armed resistance by an indigenous group, the Atayal, occurred as late as 1930 in what is known as the Wushe Incident. The Japanese sought to exploit the island's resources in a systematic way, thus pursuing for this purpose a policy of 'pacifying' the Aborigines and nationalizing indigenous land. From 1930 authorities started to embark in policies aimed at turning the Aborigines into Japanese: whole communities were forcibly moved to low-lying areas near Japanese military and police outposts, the hunting down and killing of rebels, and enforcing the use of Japanese language and names.

The policies of the Kuomintang after 1945 were in many ways similar and just as devastating as those of the Japanese. The sudden huge influx of more than one million Han Chinese migrating to Taiwan within the space of a couple of years, the new measures adopted by the government which imposed the exclusive use and domination of the Mandarin language on all aspects of public life, and the further erosion of Aboriginal land rights continued and accelerated the processes of assimilation. All land in the mountain areas was nationalized, for example, with Aborigines retaining only limited use rights; just as the Japanese had done, the Kuomintang authorities adopted policies designed to assimilate the indigenous populations, prohibiting the teaching of their languages and prescribing not only the use of Mandarin, but also the adoption of Chinese names.

Legislation adopted in 1968, ostensibly to protect Aboriginal lands, in reality had the almost contrary effect: unless land was cultivated for 10 years, it became state property. This meant that Aborigines had to abandon their traditional hunting, gathering, and slash-and-burn agricultural activities, thus signaling a near deathblow to many aspects of their cultures. The legislation also contained a number of ways for government and Han Chinese individuals and corporations to 'lease' land for commercial and other uses, and these often resulted in further disenfranchising indigenous peoples from any real control over their remaining land, as some of this land eventually ended up being owned by Han Chinese, sometimes illegally.

As the end of the Kuomintang domination was ebbing in the 1980s, Taiwan's move towards a liberal democracy gave indigenous peoples their first opportunities to freely claim their rights to land and culture. The first non-governmental organisation specifically dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights and interests of indigenous peoples, the Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines was founded in 1984. By the 1994, this resulted among others with the amendment of the Republic of China's Constitution, with indigenous peoples being recognized as 'original inhabitants' instead of 'mountain compatriots'. Aborigines began again to be allowed to officially use their indigenous names on identity cards, and seats were reserved for them in the legislature. More recently, indigenous students receive subsidies for higher education and some municipal governments have departments dedicated to assisting Aborigines.

Does this all sound too familiar. To read the rest of the source follow the link below. 

https://www.refworld.org/docid/49749c9fc.html

 

 

                              Upcoming Events

 

All meetings by Zoom until further notice. 

 
 

Please note the new date for the Auction

Friday May 6th 2022 Auction Fundraiser with final details to be determined but anticipating live and in person. 
 
 
 
 
June 24th, 2021 President's Roast so preheat the oven! 😈
 
Saturday June 26, 2021 at 6:30 Zoom meeting with dinner lasting 1 hr. Dinner will be provided by the Ghirra’s. Pick up will be from 4:00 – 4:30 pm. More details will follow or may change depending on Covid restrictions.
 
 
 
 

Committee (and other) Updates

 
 
Sign up for the President's Dinner June 26th. 
 
 

 

TODAYS CHUCKLEs  

 
 
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From Rodney to Zsa Zsa and now George Burns!!!

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

 

 

         
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Brian Cole
June 10
 
Dalbir Rai
June 23
 
Spouse Birthdays
Greg Boyd
June 4
 
Lavina
June 29
 
Anniversaries
Eleanore Matthew
Don
June 1
 
Bill Jaffe
Shelley
June 13
 
Debbie Murphy
Miles Timmis
June 26
 
Join Date
Sandra Hass
June 10, 2008
13 years
 
Debbie Murphy
June 17, 2010
11 years
 
Eleanore Matthew
June 17, 2020
1 year
 
Melinda Newman
June 17, 2010
11 years
 
Mark Phillips
June 18, 2014
7 years
 
Russell Hampton
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