September 30, 2012
Opening of McMurchy House [Date]
Rotary was invited by the Oxford House Society of Regina to attend the official opening of “McMurchy” House. Oxford House Society of Regina is a non-‐profit foundation that offers help for those recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. The house offers six men a safe, sober living zone where peers help them transition from a treatment environment back into society at their own pace. Residents must gain full-‐time employment, go to school, or volunteer each day to stay there. (In Calgary, their success rate is 80-‐85 %.). Their current two houses were completely funded and furnished through partnerships with at least four groups – an excellent example of collaboration. This is a group worth watching – they have a third & fourth house planned, (one for women).
L-‐R: Gordon Braun (President), Adele Neil (outreach worker), Blair Pope (Executive Director), Joanna Alexander (Rotary)
The Four-‐Way Test: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and
BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all
concerned?
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September 11 Bingo
Provided the payout will be 11% on gross sales of $7,220.00 less a very modest shortage of $23.70 our contribution to Rotary will be $770.50. And the winner of our in-‐house best guess lottery is Doug Alexander with an educated guess of $780.00 taking home $17.00 if he reminds Floyd. Congratulations and a big Thank you to all, Floyd
− Carol Bryant − Al Schreiner − Shelly Sundolm − Ian Toms and his partner Leslie − Floyd Manz − Rollie Hardy − Nick Kaufman − Joanna Alexander − Doug Alexander − Doug Cuddington − Frank Proto − Tom Atkinson − Stewart Graham − David Stewart − Deb Jordan − Art Wakabayasha − Gordon Brooker − Jack Poliszczuk
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History of Rotary’s 4-‐Way Test All Rotarians are aware that our 4-‐Way Test was the work of Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor. But Herb didn’t invent it for Rotary. The test was primarily written for the near bankrupt Club Aluminum in 1932. He even invested $6,100 of his own money in the company to give it some operating capital. Herb actually gave up his job in packaged groceries, house-‐to-‐house sales, (his classification in the # 1 club) to join 250 other employees onboard the so-‐called sinking ship. Herb said he realized that he needed some sort of ethical yardstick that everybody in the company could memorize and apply to what he thought, said and did In their relations with others. One morning, he leaned over his desk with his head in his hands and in a moment, wrote down what had come to him in 24 words -‐ The 4 Way Test. An early practical example of the test in action concerned an incident involving a printing contract. One local printer won an order from Herb’s company but he soon realized that he had under-‐estimated his quote by $500. Herb asked his board to re-‐consider and pay the contractor the extras $500. He reminded his board of the 2nd line of the test….”Is it fair to all concerned”? Club Aluminums future grew brighter and brighter and in five years had pulled itself out of the red. Herb gave Rotary the right to use his famous 4-‐way test in 1942 and gave Rotary International the copyright in 1954, the year he himself was International President.
The Old Philosopher Past President Doug
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October 15 -‐ A/Prof Britt Hall -‐ The Need for Science in the Public Realm
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