Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 4th March 2020

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 61 No.16
WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH 2020

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speakers Sue Krucker & Jo Rickards on Maleny Flexi School.

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS              
                        4th Mar             18th Mar          1st Apr
Duty Officer     Lionel T            Alan W             Malcolm B          
Assist DO        Jim A                Angela G          Michael G   
Registration     Bernice McL    John McL          Melinda M
Fellowship       Phillip S           John W              Keith R
   
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
7th March
Jim A (Leader)  Lionel T  Paulette S 

21st March
Chris B (Leader)  Andy S  Keith R

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
WE CONNECT PEOPLE
Rotary unites more than a million people.
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

WE TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
We take action locally and globally.
Each day, our members pour their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. We persevere until we deliver real, lasting solutions.
16 MILLION volunteer hours each year.

WE SOLVE PROBLEMS
No challenge is too big for us.
For more than 110 years, we’ve bridged cultures and connected continents to champion peace, fight illiteracy and poverty, promote clean water and sanitation, and fight disease.
2.5 BILLION children immunized against polio.
                                                     2.5  BILLION
                                   children immunized against polio

It is good every now and then to step back from the busy-ness of our own Rotary Club doings to reflect on the big picture of Rotary and why we all joined in the first place. This week was Rotary International’s 115th anniversary - quite a milestone. The above is from the Rotary International website at: https://www.rotary.org/en. If you haven’t browsed the website recently, check it out, and get that WOW! feeling that I did that we are part of such an amazing organisation.

The three of us who were on the sausage sizzle team last week, had a taste of the internationality of Rotary when we had visits from 2 international Rotarians who were visiting family in Maleny. This provided a photo opportunity of course.  It was great to meet and speak with Greta from Canada (with hat on) and Monica from Sweden. Looking forward to seeing Monica at our next dinner meeting. Sausage sizzles and their relevance have been on the discussion agenda since the results of our members survey were collated in January. As a result of this we have formed a Sausage Sizzle Action group to look at the various aspects of sausage sizzles and will report back to the next board meeting & the club at the next business meeting.

After the horror of the domestic violence tragedy that occurred in Brisbane last week, the local Presidents of Zonta, Quota, Rotary and hopefully Lions are getting together to see if we can work together on a project to address this issue in our community. While I was on the Rotary.org website I found a report of Australian Rotary clubs raising awareness and funds to prevent domestic violence and support its victims in their communities. One Rotary President quoted said “When ending polio seemed insurmountable, Rotary stepped in. Why can’t Rotary help end domestic violence?” The report can be found on the link below:
https://www.rotary.org/en/putting-end-domestic-violence

REPORT OF BUSINESS MEETING OF 19TH FEBRUARY
Show and Tell:
Fran told us about her Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1994 and showed us a very meaningful candelabra which she brought home to remember the visit. The trip included visits to Greece, Turkey and Israel. Fran read out a moving inscription she saw at a Gallipoli monument, remembering both Turkish and Australian soldiers lost in that fateful campaign. Highlights of the visit to Israel were seeing Jerusalem and swimming in the Dead Sea. The candelabra depicted a music treble cleft symbol and it resonated with Fran as she loves singing and music.

Meeting Duties were clarified:
DO: Puts out banners and regalia, mats on table, helps Guest speaker set-up if necessary, introduces Guest Speaker, makes sure a member is lined up to take photographs of Guest Speaker (this last bit is a new duty for the DO).
ADO: Scribe for meeting (takes notes and sends them to Keith for Bulletin), Thanks the guest speaker (gets Bag and Calendar for gift from cupboard), Puts away banners, regalia, mats etc.
Registration: Marks attendance, including any guests, visiting Rotarians etc, collects money (& gives to Jim), makes sure everyone has ordered a meal & gives to Kim.
Fellowship: Makes visitors to meeting welcome, makes sure they are recorded on attendance sheet and order a meal, orients them to a seat etc. Makes sure President/Chairperson knows names of guests so they can be welcomed at beginning of meeting.

The Club Committee Structure was distributed for comment. All members have been attached to a committee or sub-committee. A copy will be emailed to all members.

Committee	Sub-Committees
Community Relations	Grants Calendar Settler’s Green Show Parking
Vocational	Vocational visits Pride of Workmanship Community Connect
Youth	Interact Uni of Sunshine Coast (USC) Maleny Education Support Fund (MESF)
Membership and Public Relations	Membership Public Relations Social Bulletin Program
International	The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Ebenezer Project Nepal Project

 There was a thank you to Chris B, Brian A and Jim A for helping with the Golf Club parking on Saturday.  Roly N said that the official opening of an 18 hole golf course was a significant event for the town and would certainly attract many visitors.  It was a credit to those who had put in so much work to reach the current goal.
He modestly failed to mention that he had burgled the B Grade competition on the day - but this had not escaped the notice of the Sergeant.

Sherryl and Greg had attended the opening of the CHASM mini-house behind the Coop.

Bernice and Greg had attended the Hospital Auxillary AGM.

Paulette is arranging a roster for a Club member to be present at the weekly Interact meeting at the High School.

Sherryl reported that the Maleny Educational Support Fund, financed by Apex, Lions and Rotary, had made donations of $7,000 anonymously to local students with financial needs. Nominations are made by school principals.

The Womens Empowerment Project in Nepal has been completed with some funds not spent. These may be allocated to a new project for which RAWCS backing will be sought.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
1st Mar    Clean Up the Obi day.  Meet at 7:30am.

8th Mar  Interact Conference at St Columban's.

12th Mar  Island Presidents' Dinner hosted by RC of Bribie Island.

13-15th Mar  District Conference.

2-4th May  Parking for Wood Expo.  This is a major fund raiser for the Club and multiple shifts will be needed.

9th May Smart Living are running a Gangsters and Flappers Night at the RSL.  Thrre hours legalised gambling with roulette, black jack  and other casino games.  Contact Ric T for all details.

The Sergeant had a ripper time with his unconventional take (in more than one sense) on members' activities - and their pockets.

The meeting closed at 8:20pm.

FUTURE MEETINGS

11th March
Board Meeting at the Masonic Lodge.

18th March
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Business Meeting.

25th March
No meeting

1st April
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Stuart Mason on Hand Hygiene for Health.

BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH
5th Judy Tilley  26th Rick Vickers

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR MARCH
6th John & Beth Whan

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
A DIFFERENT TAKE ON:
1. A MEETING ACTIVITY

2. A LOCAL ACTIVITY

WITH APOLOGIES TO THOSE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT MEALS ON WHEELS