Windsor Rotary Club (1918) Roving Reporter

Our Club is Located in Windsor Ontario Canada

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• A visit to The Victoria-Harbourside Club
• A word of advice for travelling Rotarians
  

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  Roving Rotarian Report- Victoria, BC by Bill MacArthur
  
  It was a cool, windy October morning as I walked the dark and near deserted streets of Victoria. A bitter Pacific wind blew up Humboldt from the Victoria Harbour. Victorian era buildings towered over me as turned onto Gordon St. What madness had sent me wandering in a strange city this early in the morning? Out of the darkness a voice broke through the morning air, You look like you’re lost. But I was not. I had found the Union Club, the home of the Victoria-Harbourside Rotary Club.
  
  The Victoria-Harbourside Club started its 930th meeting right on the dot of 7:00 am. The meeting went according to the President’s schedule which was mapped out to the minute. There were roughly 90 people in attendance, which made it the largest breakfast club meeting in my experience. The club did a few things during the meeting that are of some interest.
  
  Members gave Happy/Sad Notes which in itself is not unique. Most clubs do them with Loonies or Twoonies but V-H did them with $10- Wow! The club gave flowers to those Rotarians celebrating anniversaries. Fund raising items discussed included a Boat Auction and Roses for Rotary neither of which would be out of place in our area. The speaker’s portion was given over to a new Rotarian for what was essentially a This is Your Life presentation. The speaker, Tom Martin, had been a professional hockey player and relayed a number of incidents including being traded for a bus and being run over by Gordie Howe.
  
  V-H concluded its meeting with the singing of God Save the Queen having started it with O Canada.
  
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  How to Locate a Rotary Club on the Internet by Bill MacArthur
  
  While use of the Internet is still new, many Rotary clubs are on the bandwagon and have web sites. Even if the clubs don’t have a site, often they can be found by other means. Here are a few suggestions:
  
  1) Start at our club’s web sight and go to Visiting Rotarians:
  2) Click on meeting dates for every club in Rotary International which takes you to:
  Where Clubs Meet . Clubs don’t seem to keep this up and I wouldn’t rely on it for meeting places and times, but it is a good starting place. Return to our home page and,
  3) If travelling in Canada try Links to Canadian Rotary Club Sites http://www.mmserve.com/rotary/links/canlinks.htm
  4) For general travelling try Globalized Links to 118 Rotary District Sites
  http://www.mmserve.com/rotary/links/links_d.htm and check the district schedules for meetings.
  If a club has its own home page and an email address, it’s best to contact them directly. In my experience, Rotary Clubs often change their venue and don’t broadcast it to the world.
  
  As is typical with the Internet, there is no right way to proceed but I have had some success with the above process. Good luck.
  
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Last Revised: Marcj 26, 2001