Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 1st April 2015

WEDNESDAY 1ST APRIL 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Morag Gamble on the Ethos Foundation.

APOLOGIES
Please tender apologies to Bernice by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                                1 Apr           15 Apr            29 Apr          
                   
Duty Officer           Jeff C           Chris B           TBA    

ADO & Scribe       Robin T        Jim A

Registration            Bill H          Donna C           

Fellowship             John W        Alan W
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
11th April
Angela G (Leader)   Donna C   Andy S

9th May
Lionel T (Leader)   Robin T   John W

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 18TH MARCH

The Guest Speaker was George Trembath, who spoke on his Pachacuti Project. The word Pachacuti as a verb means “to restore balance’ and it is also a Bolivian slang word that means ‘out with the old and in with the new’.  George’s thought provoking talk centred on his book of fiction titled “Pachacuti”-environment and philosophy in a novel, which, while a work of fiction, is used by George to explain his philosophy on how the world needs to change.

George commenced the Pachacuti project in 2008, the year his book was published, and while there are only around 8 other people who are working with him on the project, he has support from many well-known figures around the world. Basically George and his supporters are concerned that the world is on the brink of environmental and social collapse and that unless something is done about it the world, as we know it today, will cease to exist, much like the demise of the Roman Empire and the Inca’s to name just a few. One of the aims of the project is to limit the number of people on Earth to 1 to 2 billion, but no explanation was given how this could be achieved given that the population
of the World today is estimated to be over 7 billion.

The Pachacuti project, to quote from the book, “is a wholly self-funded organisation with a philosophical interest in long term human sustainability. It promotes social and cultural change that contributes to that higher aim. With no political or religious affiliation, its views and activities are based on pragmatic science, physical evidence, reasoned logic and strong democratic principles.”

At the conclusion of his talk, George donated copies of his book to anyone who wanted one as well as copies of a music CD composed by Tony King, that George hopes will be the music for a film to be made from the book. Jim thanked George for his thought provoking talk and wished him well with his project.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
8th April
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

15th April
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Barbara Lamont & Edi Heide on The Opal Cutter.

18th April
Possible sausage sizzle for Maleny Neighbourhood Centre - TBC.

22nd April
Project Meeting at the Masonic Hall with $10 meal.

26th April
Parking duties at Cross Country event - TBC.

29th April
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm to consider Community Grants.

20th May
Combined Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarship Awards.

BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL
1st Nancy Baker  4th Phillip Stark  12th Chris Brooker  23rd John McLennan  27th Chris Ross Smith & John Whan

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR APRIL
6th Lloyd & Shirley Larney  13th Jeff & Jan Cornfoot  26th Bill & Marlene Hankinson

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,  subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realise it was your money to start with.
3. Bozone: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
 5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
 6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
 7. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
8. Glibido: All talk and no action.
9. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
10. Arachnoleptic Fit: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
11. Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
12. Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
 And the winners included:  
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
 2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
 3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
 4. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
 5. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.