Wednesday 16th January 2013
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Jane Stanley on "Camino de Santiago".
APOLOGIES
Please tender apologies to Lionel Tilley by noon Tuesday.
DUTY ROSTERS
Jan 16 Feb 6
Duty Officer Sherryl G Lloyd L
Registration Andy S Jeff C
ADO & Scribe Ric T Charlotte G
Fellowship Keith R John W
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
19th January
Sherryl Gregory (Leader) Mike Gregory Charlotte Golding
2nd February
John Whan (Leader) Jim Atkinson Jeff Cornfoot
MINUTES OF MEETING OF 19TH DECEMBER
Maleny Rotary Christmas Celebrations
On 19th December past and present Maleny Rotarians and many of their partners enjoyed a seasonal buffet dinner to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at Maudy’s Restaurant. Welcomed by Rick Vickers and the President, everyone got into the spirit of Christmas and fond memories of Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow Tony Loughlan were brought to mind when Jim the Treasurer reported that the Club would be receiving a donation of $1000 from Tony’s estate – a generous Rotarian to the end.
The presentation of the 2012 awards, cheekily devised and distributed by Charlotte, Bernice and Sherryl, resulted in much hilarity.
Brian Allen - brown bag award for faithfully meeting the “dietary needs” of members;
Treasurer, Jim Atkinson - the bean counter award;
Malcolm Baker – the Yates Gardener of the Year for efforts in establishing a gnome habitat at the bottom of his new garden;
Karen Binstead – the Mad Hatter award for wearing so many community hats simultaneously;
Chris Brooker – the Dodgy Tour Guide award;
Jeff Cornfoot – The Angel award for being much closer to heaven than the rest of us for much of the time;
Charlotte Golding – The Measure Up award;
Michael Gregory – the Foundation man award;
Sherryl Gregory – The Eveready Award for running our of battery power for various mysterious appliances;
Bernice and John McLennan – the loaf and fish award for conjuring up a Rotary dinner at the Rotary Hut when the club booking went awry;
Angela Griffin- the Parking Queen award;
Bill Hankinson – Gravity award for displaying fondness for Mother Earth when in the saddle;
Lloyd Larney – Muffin Man award for supplying sustenance to sausage sizzle partners;
Debra Lynde – The Shutterbug award for dedication to photo snapping;
Keith Rogers – the Maleny Walkley award for Bulletin journalism;
Andy Schouteten – Cunard Award for extended international cruising;
Lionel Tilley – The Jack Horner award for finding pies in remarkable surroundings;
Ric Townsend – The Schmako Award for closely monitoring mongrels;
Rick Vickers – life Membership in the Chicken Appreciation Society for ensuring that they have warm cereal on cold days and chilled water in the hot weather;
John Whan – the Garlic Lovers award (with the extra strong mint antidote);
After the fun awards, President Karen presented much deserved real awards to two very fine supporters of Rotary. Rotarian Brian Allen and his wife Gillian Allen were recognised as Paul Harris Fellows – Brian receiving a second sapphire Pin and Gillian a first.
Before departing Rotarians were reminded to visit the display of creative and inspiring Christmas trees including the Rotary Christmas Tree at the Maleny Uniting Church in aid of the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre, and also the Christmas Carols event on 21st December.
ROTARY-UN DAY FOCUSES ON PROMOTING GLOBAL PEACE
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary News - 7 November 2012
Nearly 1,000 Rotarians, UN officials, Rotary youth program participants, and guests gathered at the United Nations in New York City on 3 November to hear panelists discuss ways to advance global peace. The annual Rotary-UN Day event drew slightly fewer people than usual this year because of disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy, which had slammed into the Northeastern United States several days earlier. But those who were able to attend celebrated the relationship between the two organizations, which dates back to 1945, when Rotary members acted as delegates, advisers, and consultants to the United Nations Charter conference.
During the opening panel, RI President Sakuji Tanaka said the relationship between the two organizations is a natural and enduring connection because both are committed to peace. “I truly believe that the world today is a better place with Rotary and the United nations in it,” Tanaka said. “Neither the United Nations nor Rotary is in a position to solve all of humanity’s problems. But that is not our goal. Our goal is simply to make things better. We take what we have, and do what we can.” Tanaka, who chose the RI theme of Peace Through Service for his year in office, said there is a connection between service and peace. “It has to do with caring for other people and understanding their needs. When we recognize that the purpose of our lives is being helpful to others, it changes the way we feel about other people,” he said. “If our goal is service, we do not want to argue or fight. We want to live together in peace, and have greater inner peace ourselves.”
Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Wilfrid J. Wilkinson asked attendees to continue to advocate for a polio-free world and to keep up the momentum toward eradicating the disease. In doing so, he said Rotary and the UN will be building a world of peace. “We can create one of the great miracles of polio eradication: days of tranquility, when those involved in an armed conflict call a cease-fire to allow children access to health care,” Wilkinson said. “To save children from polio, we’ve convinced people to lay down their arms in Afghanistan, Southern Sudan, and Somalia. That’s something no one else has been able to do. And if that’s not practicing peace, I don’t know what is.”
FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
23rd Jan Masonic Hall at 7:00pm for a Project Meeting
30th Jan Vocational/Partners Night - TBA
6th Feb TBA
22-24 Mar District Conference at Twin Waters - registration now open.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR JANUARY
1st Malcolm & Nancy
BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY
1st Jan Cornfoot 21st Mike Gregory
NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
WITH THE LOCAL POLITICAL WORLD ABOUT TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE AND SOME STRANGE LEGISLATION ABOUT INSULTING BEHAVIOUR IN THE OFFING, LET US CONSIDER SOME EXAMPLES OF OUTSTANDING INSULTS FROM THE PAST.
• A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
• "He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
•"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
• "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
• "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
• "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde
• "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second .... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
• "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
• "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
• "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand
• "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
• "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
• "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang
• "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
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