Date: January 17, 2012
Editor: Chris Musselman |
Vol. 61– 29 |
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Club Program
Past, Present & Future |
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| Last Week: |
Charles Marcus – Inspirational
Speaker |
| This Week: |
Ambassadorial Scholar |
| Jan 24 |
Monica Fox - CNIB |
| Jan 31 |
Laura Baxter –
Disaster Volunteers of Ghana |
Charles Marcus – Inspirational
Speaker
Judy introduced our speaker, Mr. Charles Marcus, who
is originally from
Manchester England. He has been a sales professional,
is a best selling author, and an inspirational speaker,
who has won awards from McGill University, and the Canadian
Comeback Award.
Charles started out by stuttering, and having long
pauses between words, to show what his speech was like
when he was a boy. His disability is similar to that
shown in the movie The Kings Speech. Because Charles
was lost in the woods when he was 4 years old, he started
to stutter, and that lasted until his mid-30’s.
He only speaks 70 words per minute, but the average
person speaks 170 – 240 words per minute.
Charles says that the first 15 to 30 seconds when we
meet a person, we make up our minds as to whether we
like that person, trust that person, want to build a
relationship with that person, and will do business
with that person. So the first impression is very important
in our daily lives. After that, you have to make the
other person feel special, important, and show them
that you care about and respect them.
The 4 principles he stresses are Vision, Courage, Responsibility
and Commitment. Charles has a newsletter to which anyone
can subscribe online and also had some books available
for sale.
Gary thanked Charles for giving such a good speech,
and adding to our own vision. He gave Charles one of
our 60th anniversary mugs to add to the collection he
already has from other Rotary Clubs.
Attendance
We had 27 Rotarians and 6 guests: Dan Bradley –
guest of Millie, Simon and Sue Dennis, Rajan –
guest of Stacey, and Kirk - guest of Chris, plus our
speaker.
Rotary Quiz
No Rotary Quiz this week as Mike C is away.
Woods/Cunningham Wheel
The number was 14, held by Tony, who only spun a 10.
Pot is 750.00!
Announcements:
Audrey advised that we have 2 ad spots
free in the weekly Bluffer, and that any member was
welcome to purchase them for a nominal fee.
Chris announced that we received a
Thank You letter from Sten Eirik, who spoke to us last
week, and some sample Guild Festival programs from last
year, as samples for anyone who might consider advertising
this year.
Also, the Scarborough Twilight Club
is having its Annual Valentine Dinner and Dance
on Saturday February 11 at 6:30 PM. Location is Highland
Yacht Club, and tickets are $25.00 per person. Call
Deborah Cloakey at 416 266-3367, or Dale Maynes at 416
284-3603 for tickets.
Galina announced that the International
Group is meeting on 16 January at 6:30 PM, at McDougall
& Brown – guests are welcome.
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