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Lori Pyne, Interim Director of Whistler Community Services and the Whistler Food Bank spoke to our online meeting. Lori and her team try to plan for monthly income, a larger space to meet the needs of the Whistler Food Bank following a 300% increase in use from locals, funding and equipment needs including refrigeration and transportation of donations and purchases. The Rotary Club of Whistler is looking as ways to help our community.Perhaps this is our opportunity to plan going forward.
Jack was Back May 12th Mayor Jack Crompton, member of the Rotary Club of Whistler updated us giving up to date plans for a soft opening of parks, trails and restaurants. Jack acknowledged the careful management of visitors required and following the correct protocols handed down from health officials and measuring how other communities are addressing the same challenges. Jack expects a large visitation this summer as Whistler is close to Vancouver and the Provincial Health Minister is advising "staycations" in our province and community for this coming summer.
May 19th Mitch Sulkers, retired local school teacher, founder of a popular local school program for back country hiking, skiing and ocean kayaking for youths, President of the Alpine Club of Canada for 10 years, Park Ranger, Environmentalist, Grizzly Bear/Black Bear Specialist, Trail Maker Consultant and so many more accreditations - spoke to us on the changes in wildlife patterns on our valley and high back country trails. He elaborated on how training increasing numbers hikers and campers requires a high level of supervision as does the actual making and maintaining of the trails to enable a gentle melding of humans, habitat and critters. His photos, knowledge and common sense were not so common in this presentation which held us enraptured, until - Jack came back late in the meeting to update us on the re opening of Whistler. He outlined the information being used by Work Safe BC, Guidelines from Industry Canada, Federal and Provincial government recommendation distributed to municipalities to maintain our flattened curve and protect our vulnerable. 
MLA for West Vancouver Sea to Sky, re-elected in 2017, Jordan Sturdy who is owner, with his wife Trish, of North Arm Farms, has served as president of the Whistler Farmers Market Society and many non government and government organizations that have benefited many if not all of the West Vancouver Sea to Sky constituency. Jordan held forth to us for an hour giving us notable COVD19 facts on daily and weekly communications with the Federal government, provincial government, Mayors in the province, Coastal Health, Fraser Health and our whole region. In addition to our health and safety we are severely effected economically by the novel COVID virus. Jordan elaborated on this stressing how we rebound is a constant concern. He also told of us some of the rare upsides to the recent COVID19 pandemic that have pushed along in transportation improvements and medical evacuations in our area. A vigorous question period followed.
The Rotary Club of Whistler has been fortunate to have Senator Diane Griffin a long time Rotarian from Prince Edward Island speak to us on two occasions. The most recent was at, what has become our weekly ZOOM meeting, in March 2020. The COVID19 situation in PEI and from a Senators point of view was graciously spoken to our online audience. Senator Griffin's awareness, intelligence and kindness came across beautifully.
Assistant District Governor, our tech wizard shown here 
Former Air Canada pilot David Spicer gave a very informative presentation on the Boeing Max 737 issues and specifically last year's crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10th, 2019. David covered the cascading problems of inexperienced Ethiopian crew, shortcomings with Ethiopian Airlines maintenance and training procedures, FAA shortcomings resulting from a too close relationship with Boeing, and finally Boeing itself with many design and quality control issues, which continue to this day. We learnt a lot about the way airliners are designed, certified and put into service. David felt Boeing and the Max 737 still had a long way to go from having the worlds largest zero emission airline fleet (highlighted with images of hundreds of parked 737 Max’s).
November 26 Leaders Ainslie Conway and Elise Maskell present to the Rotary Club of Whistler at the Whistler Museum. They have revived the Whistler Scouts and seek RCOW sponsorship. 
Remembrance Day in the Olympic Plaza Cenotaph was attended by many local Rotarians past and present. RCOW Vice President Marg Pallot stands second from the left along with Eva Zebrowski and Doug Forseth.
November 12 Chairperson Claire Moses of the newly renamed Whistler Community Foundation formerly the CFOW spoke to the AM Rotary meeting. Shown with long time member and speaker organizer Wendell Moore, Claire outlined how the overall role the Investment structure works and the management of the WCF Foundation Investments. Claire identified our 3 Rotary Club of Whistler Foundation accounts in her description of how our investments are managed. 
Thursday October 10th we had a joint meeting of the two Whistler Clubs with our District Governor Bala Naidoo not only speaking to us but also inducting a new member into the Rotary Club of Whistler, Jamous alJamous. Welcome to Rotary Jamous!
Chris Oddleifson: October 1st at the Whistler Museum was Hockey Night 
Rotary Club of Whistler held Blues at Dusty's Fundraiser Saturday September 21st with a fantastic Silent Auction, excellent Blues Jazz Band, tasty ribs and excellent extras. All proceeds are going to the Whistler Library Wonder Lab, a new technology marvel for library users.
September 18 our Membership walk with Wendell Moore, long time Rotarian and Whistlerite who has a wealth of history and grand stories of early skiing and living in Whistler. We finished up having a snack and continuing a recount of our memories.
