the Arch December 17th, 2014 Volume 38, Issue 17 COMMUNITY MEDIATION CALGARY SOCIETY Stuart Simpson, President IN THIS ISSUE Bart Dailley introduced guest speaker 1 December 2nd Stuart Simpson, President of the Stuart Simpson Community Mediation Calgary Society. Community Mediation Calgary Society Stuart was active in forming CMCS in 1993 and was its first President. He has recently returned to the Board and is its 2 Meeting Minutes December 2nd current President as well as a Chartered Mediator. 3 Meeting Minutes He talked about the variety of mechanisms Seniors Christmas Luncheon that are available to solve issues. Mediation involves looking for solutions by 4 looking for common interests held by the Seniors Christmas Luncheon & disputants and determining what is 5 important to them. Interest based mediation was originally developed at 6 High River Light Up the Park & Parade Harvard. Being right is not necessarily a Speaker - cont’d solution, and historical methods of solving problems that include power and rights Our Thanks may not be the best way. The best mediation results are achieved by building solutions based upon common interests and high priorities. 7 What’s Up !! Did You Know ? CMCS mediators are all volunteers with the only paid staff being the office administration. Their main referrals sources are the police and bylaw officers. Lunch Fees 2015 Community Mediation Calgary Society (CMCS) is a registered charitable not-for- profit organization of volunteers who provide conflict management and dispute 8 Rotary Friendship Exchange 2016 resolution information and assistance through collaborative services and Our Arch Supporters ... THANK YOU !! workshops to neighbours, community associations and not-for-profit groups. Mediation empowers individuals who are in dispute to have conversations to 2014-2015 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS manage their differences and allow them to arrive at positive and collaborative solutions. Best suited to 2 parties of 1 or 2 individuals. Stephen Pick, President Conflict Assistance Meetings (CAM) assists individuals to recognize their own Dale Perret, President Elect potential to manage a conflict situation by working with a CAM mediator. Hank Popoff, Vice President Participants are encouraged to understand not only their own perspectives but Terry Green, Past President also that of the other party in order to discover personal goals and create a Evelyn Stewart, Secretary strategy to accomplish those goals. Al Holt, Treasurer Community Engagement works to engage groups in open discussion to assist in Peter Bickham, International Service creating collaborative solutions. Rena St. Clair, Youth Service Workshop Series Managing Conflicts and Resolving Disputes introduce Bev Tonkinson, Community Service participants to a variety of processes used to manage conflict and resolve Heide Kramer, Club Service disputes. The series consists of 10 stand-alone workshops to allow organizations Bill Churchward, Club Operations or individuals the flexibility to choose topics that best address their specific David Wartman, Club Financial needs. Group size maximum is 20. cont’d on page 6 .... RI President Gary C.K. Huang Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan P.O. Box # 42041 Southland Crossing RPO District 5360 Governor Garth Toombs Calgary, Alberta T2J 7A6 [email protected] Rotary Club of Calgary www.RotaryChinook.ca Club of Calgary Chinook Meeting Minutes December 2nd, 2014 Scribe: Terry Craig No greeters were on duty, but Connie Hussey did her usual Patricia Garner announced fine job of processing members and guests coming through that there would a program at the door. Fairview School on January 9th for those who have President Stephen called the meeting to order at 12:15 and volunteered to be mentors. Ruth Wylie led the group through O Canada and Rotary There will be opportunity to Grace. meet students and parents. Since there were no greeters, President Stephen introduced Garth Sabirsh thanked all who guests and announced a community coat drive for the Morley worked at Spruce Meadows Reserve. Warm clothes may be dropped off at Valentine Volvo the last three weekends and or Charlesglen Toyota. led a happy dance to celebrate the end of parking New member Rob Wolfson was introduced by Pat Hutchinson, for the year. Covering 9 days, inducted by Bob Montgomery and welcomed by Stephen Pick. the Christmas Market is now Peter Bickham is to be Rob’s mentor. our largest fund raising event at Spruce Meadows. Joe Hooper, on behalf of Bob Depledge’s wife Marlene, thanked all those who have made donations in his memory and provided support. Past President Terry Green announced the club executive for the 2015/16 club year. All were acclaimed as no other nominations were received. The 2015/16 Board will be: President Dale Perret President Elect David Wartman Vice President Alex Soutar 3 New Directors Gwyneth Gourley Patricia Garner Bev Tonkinson Returning Directors Peter Bickham Heide Kramer Rena St Clair John Barratt announced December birthdays: Patricia Garner, Dave Saunders, Herve Lamah, Joe Levy, and Terry Craig. Photos courtesy of Heide Kramer & Ian Burgess Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Fran and Phil Hochhausen, Dan and Barbara Scrivens, Stephen and Anne Pick, George and Polly Kimura, and Wayne and Muriel Wiebe. Rotary anniversaries are: Dave Wylie 29 years, John Beatty 19 years, Tammy Truman 20 years, Gordon Billings 23 years, and Dave Saunders 12 years. 50/50 draw was won by John Charrett. Gordon Billings as Sergeant-at-Arms fined Stephen Pick for the small print in The Arch, Bart Dailley for an insult at cribbage, Harry Nazarchuk for complaining at Spruce Meadows, and Dave Wylie for being stingy with his wife’s cookies. He also put up $5 for winning at cribbage. Bart Dailley introduced guest speaker Stuart Simpson, President, Community Mediation Calgary Society. Meeting Minutes – Seniors Christmas Luncheon December 9th, 2014 Scribe: Terry Craig & Stephen Pick It was the morning before the meal, and all the merry Chinook The Carriage House Inn, always a supporter of ours in this Rotary elves were gathered in the Dessert Palms room (aka the event, provided a great meal with a salad course, turkey with coat check room) to pass scrutiny as to attire, and don their gravy, dressing, potatoes and vegetables, followed by a Christmas ties. There was a lot of good natured fellowship and chocolate pie dessert. We received numerous compliments on commentary flowing. both the venue and the meal. The busses started arriving at 11:15 am and our guests, the While members did the serving, the highly efficient Hotel staff seniors, came in ... approximately 225 seniors. Spruce team provided all the back room support and were there Meadows had joined with us, and sponsored the cost of the throughout the event to provide assistance as required. busses. This is greatly appreciated by the club and the seniors. Entertainment was provided by Marty Anthony and Seventh Members in their Christmas ties and now properly attired (per Heaven, who sang a variety of Christmas, rock and roll, blues, Tammy’s standards) for the event lined up to welcome the and gospel numbers which were enjoyed by everyone. seniors and escort them to their tables. Coats were checked in and they all settled in for an enjoyable event. Tammy read out door prize numbers and the Stampeders delivered them to the winners. Tammy Truman, Organizer Superb, and Master of Ceremonies, welcomed everyone and asked us to rise for O Canada led by The 10th annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon was a great Marty Anthony. Grace was said by Joe Hooper. success enjoyed by everyone. Photos: Heide Kramer & Stephen Pick Our other special guests were then introduced by Tammy. The Grey Cup winning Calgary Stampeders players present: #26 Rob Cote, #81 Jabari Arthur, #86 Anthony Parker, #6 Rob Maver, #31 Jeff Fuller, and #1 Ralph the Dog. Our Stampeder guests helped serve the dinner, signed autographs, and posed for photos. Their participation was greatly appreciated. Christmas Rejoice A poem written by one of the seniors who attended our Christmas luncheon. Christmas comes but once a year, A time for love, good will and cheer. Let’s dance, prance, and bellow out joy, Sprinkle out love, and yell out “Oh boy!” But most of all we should remember, This auspicious event, the 25th day of December. The day the whole world was bestowed upon, A blessed child, God’s only son. Let us not forget the poor, for they are the ones in need, Open your heart and share your wealth, and rejoice in your good deed. DEREK W. NEWELL A Newfoundland Poet Seniors Christmas Luncheon – December 9th, 2014 Photos courtesy of Heide Kramer, Stephen Pick & John Beatty High River Light Up the Park & Santa Claus Parade On Friday December 5th, High River Rotary had their “Light Up George Lane Park” event. It was great to see this next step in the restoration of both High River and the park take place. Rotary Clubs from Calgary, District 5360 and literally around the world have played a key role in this recovery from the devastating June 2013 floods. Community Mediation Calgary Society ... cont’d from page 1 A core belief of CMCS is that people need access to problem- specialized conflict resolution training but the willingness to solving methods of dispute resolution that focus on restoring share their time and talent with the Society. and building relationships among individuals and community To inquire about become a volunteer and/or the areas that groups. CMCS mediators utilize an interest-based problem- require assistance, please contact solving approach to mediation. This approach clearly defines [email protected] the problems requiring a solution and then uncovers, for participants, what is important to them and why. The goal of Our Heartfelt Thanks interest-based mediation is to increase the understanding between participants and then have them create a mutually The Club extends its appreciation and thanks to our agreeable resolution.