Thursday 9 August 2018

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 15th August 2018

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 60 No.4
WEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST 2018

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speakers our own Laurelle Owen and Peter McGuirk.

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
RSVP to Bernice before noon on Tuesday 14th. Please ensure that your meal order is lodged by 6:45pm at the meeting.

DUTY ROSTERS                
                          15th August    5th September  19th September       
Duty Officer       Chris R-S       Jeff C                 Chris B          
Assist DO          Lionel T          Bernice McL      Peter McG     
Registration       John McL       Andy S               John McL     
Fellowship         Andy S           Keith R              Greg W

SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
25th August
Lionel Tilley (Leader)  Chris Ross-Smith  Bill Hankinson

8th September
John & Bernice McLennan (Leader)  Peter McGuirk

22nd September
Jeff Cornfoot (Leader)  John Whan  Greg Williams

CLUB ORGANISATION
Details of the make up of the currrent Board and Committees can be found at the end of this bulletin.

MEETING OF 1ST AUGUST
President Alan opened the meeting with a general welcome to members and a special welcome to our guest speaker Roslyn Leslie from Wildlife Volunteers Association (WILVOS) as well as Paulette Steele who was becoming a member.




Rick Vickers took charge of Paulette's induction and she was greeted by a standing ovation from those present.

Chris Brooker reported that he had sufficient volunteers for parking at the Cross Country on 4th August.  The attached photograph shows how successful his team was on that day.



However the National Championships to be held on 25th August is a much bigger and will require all hands on deck.

Bernice is looking for volunteers for marshalling a charity bike ride on 6th October which aims to raise funds for Care Flight.

The Sergeant then made another set of fanciful allegations for the benefit of Club funds.

Following a brief interlude coffee/tea we had the pleasure of a talk by Roslyn Leslie. Roslyn is one of 290 volunteers for WILVOS in SE Queensland.  She explained the WILVOS charter and their role in helping to rescue injured wildlife and return them safely back to their natural habitat. Roslyn showed us all the best techniques to rescue wildlife with her various first aid items carried in the car, including ice cream bucket, pouches, towel or sack and the use of a goon sack, which we all had a laugh.

The talk was very interesting and we all took away some tips. For anyone wanting to volunteer, its easy as you are just on call once a month.

Melinda gave a warm vote of thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
22nd August
Masonic Hall at 5:30pm for Club Assembly.

29th August
TBC

5th September
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Anthea Maas on RYLA.

12th September     
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

19th September
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for DG visit - Partners Night.

26th September
Masonic Hall at 5:30pm for AGM.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR AUGUST
15th  Phillip and Janice Stark  29th Angela and Mike

BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST
17th Malcolm Baker  20th Jocelyn Brooker  28th Mary Wilson and Lionel Tilley
 
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
VOLUNTEERING - A CAUTIONARY TALE

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.

The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunk stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

“Not a chance,” says the husband, “it is 3:00 in the morning!”

He slams the door and returns to bed.

“Who was that?” asked his wife.

“Just some drunk guy asking for a push,” he answers.

“Did you help him?” she asks.

“No, I did not, it’s 3am in the morning and it’s pouring rain out there!”

“Well, you have a short memory,” says his wife. “Can’t you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!"

“God loves drunk people too you know.”

The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pouring rain.

He calls out into the dark, “Hello, are you still there?”

“Yes,” comes back the answer.

“Do you still need a push?” calls out the husband.

“Yes, please!” comes the reply from the dark.

“Where are you?” asks the husband.

“Over  here  on  the  swing,” replied  the  drunk.   

 

MALENY ROTARY CLUB EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR 2018-2019
BOARD MEMBERS
 President  -   Alan Wilson
Vice President  - Michael Gregory
Secretary  - Bernice McLennan
Treasurer  -  Jim Atkinson
Vocational - Ric Townsend
Club Admininstration / Membership - Philip Stark  
International/Foundation - Angela Griffin/ CL Claridge
Community Relations/Youth - Greg Williams
Service Projects - Rick Vickers/Chris Ross-Smith
 
Other Roles
Minute Recorder - Lionel Tilley  
Guest Speakers  - Michael Gregory                                          
Bulletin Editor - Keith Rogers

MALENY ROTARY CLUB COMMITTEES   
1.Grants Committee            2.RAWCS - Ebenezer Zambia 
Confidential                         Angela Griffin
                                            CL Claridge
                                            Jim Atkinson
3.RAWCS-Nepal               
Chris Ross-Smith                4.Show Committee
Jim Atkinson                        Bernice McLennan
CL Claridge                         John McLennan
               
5.Social Committee             6.Calendar Committee
Phillip Stark                         Lionel Tilley
Roly Neiper                          Rick Vickers
                                            Jeff Cornfoot 
7.High School Project         Jim Atkinson  
Chris Brooker                         
Jeff Cornfoot                        
Greg Williams               

8.Membership/                     9.Qld Australian Cross Country Athletics Title
USC Project Committee       Rick Vickers
Phillip Stark                          Greg Williams
CL Claridge                           Chris Brooker
Angela Griffin
Roly Nieper                          10.Plan for Maleny Education Support Fund
Chris Ross-Smith                  Angela Griffin
                                              CL Claridge
                                               Roly Nieper   
                                               Jeff Cornfoot 

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