Call to Order
President Anna Harder Presiding.
16 Rotarians attending.
Guests
Stacey Strilchuk
Makeups:
None this week.
Announcements:
There will not be a meeting next week. Enjoy the last long weekend of the summer!
Breakfast for our September 9th meeting will be pancakes and bacon.
Labour Day weekend will be our last flag weekend of the summer. Carol asked people to stay in their flag delivery groups for this weekend and she will create zones and a more efficient system for next year. This is also a great weekend to talk to your flag subscribers about renewing for next year.
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is asking for volunteers to assist with scraping and painting a fence at the residential program Wednesday September 10th, 2014. We will be starting work at 4:00pm and will work until we are done. Please join the many hands of some CMHA staff and consumers in making this light work. The address is 6208 48 A Ave and we will be painting the rear fence.
Gail will be hosting a “Fireside” for new members and their sponsors. This will be held Wednesday, September 17 at 7:00pm. The address is 4605-49 Street. Everyone is welcome!
RCC is hosting the South African Friendship exchange during the week of September 8th. There are many activities that club members are encouraged to participate in including the Reynolds Museum, Drumheller, a potluck supper, etc. Please contact John S for more information.
The Terry Fox Run will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2014. The Rotary Club of Camrose has a team entered and Destiny has sent out an email detailing how to join the team. Please contact her if you want further details or assistance registering. Hope to see everyone out in their Rotary t-shirts. For those that don’t have a shirt and would like one, there are some available for $20. RCC has accepted our challenge and will also be entering a team.
A committee membership list was circulated and will continue to be circulated at future meetings.
District 5370 is having their District Conference and fall training the first weekend in October. Anna and Destiny are planning on attending and encourage anyone else who is interested to join them.
There are two Rotary Friendship exchanges in the works. Turkey – District 2430 and Australia – District 9650. For more information talk to Anna or check out this link http://serviceaboveself.ca/rfe/
Food for Thought: Darren shared some inspirational quotes with the club. Including a Paul Harris Quote “It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.
Happy Bucks:
Happy bucks this week included quite a few sad bucks as well. Donations were given for the following; giving notice for Market Manager position, 2 university students who stayed for the summer recently left (it was a great experience having them stay), citizenship issues faced by a grandmother who was born in France to Canadian parents, having the coolest short term job ordering supplies ($20,000) for and setting up the Home Ec. room for the new school in Bawlf, wife back to work at the new school in Bawlf, Augustana is bustling with the largest number of students on campus (over 1000).
Judge:
Judge Harry used his position of power to recruit assistance with his flag delivery this weekend. Alan took one for the team saving many from parting with their dollars :)
50-50 Draw:
Dave pulled the eight of diamonds and the deck continues to get smaller.
Speaker:
Patrice introduced our speaker this morning. Stacey Strilchuk has lived and attended school in and around the Camrose area. She participated in a Rotary Youth Exchange to Sweden in 1989-90. Stacey completed university at the University of Alberta as well as an after degree program at the University of Calgary. She has worked within the Alberta Government for ten years in numerous departments before leaving to oversee a portfolio for physician recruitment and privileging in the Capital Health Region. Stacey returned to Camrose in 2008 to start work with the Camrose Primary Care Network as Executive Director. She enjoys travelling and sports and is currently living on an acreage outside of Beaumont with her husband Dan and their black retriever Bodhi.
The Camrose Primary Care Network is a joint partnership between a group of family physicians and Alberta Health Services. The Camrose PCN started as a very local program, but has grown to be more regional including Daysland, Bashaw, Tolfield, and Hardisty. They are looking at options to extend their services even further through remote access and onsite lodge services.
The PCN is funded by Alberta health using the formula of the number of family doctors multiplied by the number of patients attached to these doctors. Currently that is putting the PCN operating budget at close to $2,000,000.
The PCN’s Vision is to meet the primary healthcare needs of Camrose and Area through collaborative, comprehensive team based patient care. The family doctor is the point of entrance they must make a referral in order to access the PCN services. The family doctor is the “quarterback” of your care and the PCN attempts to avoid fractioning of care by ensuring the inclusion of family doctors. That being said, currently there are no doctors in Camrose accepting new patients and they are looking for answer for this beyond simply having people connect to a doctor elsewhere in the region.
The Camrose PCN has many areas of focus including chronic disease management, the Maternal Newborn Clinic (the PCN funds 24 hour on-call physicians for deliveries in Camrose), geriatrics (includes support to the individual and family with transitions to care facilities), grief and bereavement and a cancer support program which is hosting a 2 day conference in September to name a few.
The Camrose PCN is located in the Rec center and also the west end clinic and is very committed to providing local solutions for local needs. Stacey highlighted the need for partnership for continued success and growth. She would like Rotary to champion the PCN. Stacey’s office is in the Rec center and she encourages anyone who is interested in learning more to stop by for a coffee and chat.
After several questions from the floor, Patrice presented Stacey with a Polio Plus certificate for the vaccination of 10 children.