Thursday 14 March 2024

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 20th March 2024

 THE RANGE Vol 65 No 16

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting plus a Special General Meeting to update the Club's Constitution. This will also be a special meeting to give our thanks and recognition for Angela Griffin’s 32 years of service in Rotary at a total of 5 clubs worldwide. Maleny was her longest-serving club as she came here in 2008. So, it’s an open invitation to partners as I’m sure many would like to come along and thank Angela in person.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice by noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                            20Mar           03Apr           17Apr      
Duty Officer         Malcolm B     Phillip S      Fran T   
ADO                     Michael G     Neil A          Greg W
Registration         Brian A          Lionel T       Ric T
Fellowship           Chris B         John McL     Keith R

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE
30Mar    0800 - 1100  James McC   John and Bernice McLennan

              1100 - 1330  Keith R   Chris B   Lenah K

27Apr    0800 - 1100  Lionel T   Scott W   Brian A

              1100 - 1330  Jim A   Bruce K   Andy S

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
We appear to have found another ‘super talent’ besides parking. Catering!!  A massive thanks to everyone who assisted at the Historical Motorcycle Swap Meet last weekend. You all did a great job and we’ve received great feedback from the organisers who are more than happy for us to do it again next year. They will be back with dates for next year shortly and then it’ll be up to us to decide if we want to do it again. At a rough guess, we made substantial money from a few hours of effort.

A special thanks to Roly and Kerry for organising all the food and storing it at their home. I understand all we have left is about 40 bread rolls and some soft drinks. That’s a great effort.  Considering it was miserable weather, there was still a good turnout and the guys were rushed off their feet from 6.30am to 9.30am. Also, the cricket shed was a lot smaller space than the kiosk on the other oval so I know there was real coordination required so they didn’t trip over one another.

On a sadder note, for which Bernice sent out an email earlier this week about Alan Wilson, it will be a while before he and Mary can attend a dinner meeting so we can recognise the wonderful service he has done for the various Rotary clubs he’s belonged to over many years. He’s home from hospital after having an emergency abdominal operation to remove a cancerous tumor and resting up for the next number of weeks. I’m sure he’d appreciate a phone call from some of you.

Future meetings.  On 3 April  our guest speaker will be PP Patrice Robinson who lives in Woombye. She is the Director of Australian Rotary Health and will give us an update about what is happening with ARH.  On 17 April our business dinner meeting will discuss two of our major functions of the year, our parking duties for the upcoming Woodie’s Expo on the first weekend of May 4/5/6 and the food stall at the Maleny Show on May 31 and June 1.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 20 MARCH 
With President Paulette S enjoying a Steele family re-union event in Adelaide, President-Elect Scott W stepped up to chair the meeting.  He confirmed that our newest member Cougar Lutze had departed Qld en route to Tanzania where he will be undertaking his charitable work.  He also reported that he had met with Sunshine FM to discuss radio spots to promote Rotary in our Sunshine Coast district, as a member of our Cluster Membership Promotions Sub Committee.  Scott also handed out a Membership Analysis Form to all of us to complete and return at our next meeting. Other matters discussed were:
- The Club Constitution is under review by the Board and an amended draft will be sent to all members to discuss, ratify, etc at our meeting in April.
- 2nd Life Line Domestic Violence Training Workshop (organised by SUN):  Fran T, John McC and Bernice McC attended the workshop held on 5 March at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre. Over the 2 workshops, 46 local people have received training.
- Motor Cycle Swap Meet for 8 and 9 Mar.  Several members have offered and been organised by Roly N to assist with the preparation and sale of food and drinks from the Cricket shed on the Aub Cork Oval
.- Maleny District Sport And Recreation Club Strategic Planning. Any members interested in assisting as a club delegate or delegate for another local organisation with the development of this plan for our whole community,  please contact Theresa Craig Mob 0419029385 or Cliff Hefner Mob 0419029622 to arrange attendance at the remaining planning sessions or go to the following links:                                   Monday 18/Mar 5pm to 7pm   Link https://www.trybooking.com/CPKYG     

 Monday 25/Mar 5pm to 7pm   Link https://www.trybooking.com/CPKYH   

Thursday 28/Mar 6pm to 8pm Link https://www.trybooking.com/CPKYI

Fran T introduced our guest speakers Helen Owens and Hannah Lynch – both science students from Maleny State High School to discuss their recent Rotary assisted experiences.

Helen O passionately recalled her time away at the 8 day National Science Convention in Melbourne last year where she had the opportunity to meet and mix with other like-minded STEM students from all over Australia . Helen shared with us some photos of her experiences.  Helen is very interested in plant/bio engineering , is planning to go to Uni next year to study biology, and has a far better knowledge of the options available to her after attending the Convention

Hannah L addressed us in relation to the Santos Science Experience which took her to Brisbane for 3 days at 3 different campuses – UQ, QUT and Griffith Uni. Hannah recalled how each campus was  different and the professors explained what they did and why they do it. She was amazed by the UQ Astronomy and the stars session, and the experiments with chemical reactions in science labs. She made many friends and was motivated and passionate when discussing her plans to study medicine after school.


Scott W gave a fantastic vote of thanks to our guest speakers and wished them well in their future studies and careers.

 FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

03Apr Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker  PP Patrice Robinson on Australian Rotary Health.

10Apr  Board Meeting

17Apr  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

01May  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA.

4-6 May Parking duties at Showgrounds for Wood Expo.

BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH
5th  Judy Tilley   26th  Rick Vickers

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

WITH ST PATRICK'S DAY SHORTLY, HERE IS SOME IRISH PHILOSOPHY