THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.13

WEDNESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Amanda Kennedy on Library Services.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           2 Feb            16 Feb        2 Mar
Duty Officer        Fran T           Roly N        Malcolm B
Assist DO           Peter McQ    Alan W       Craig S
Registration        Renee H        Rick V       Jared A
Fellowship          Neil A            Des C        John W

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

19 Feb     0730 - 1030  John & Bernice McL   James McC

               1030 - 1330    Paulette S   Phillip S   Chris B 

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
Our next meeting at the Maleny Hotel on 2 February is a General Meeting. At this point, but subject to any further changes and or the adverse impacts of Covid 19, continue logging in at the Maleny Hotel with your Qld App, and bring your masks although they are not required whilst seated to drink and eat. We can all look forward to an interesting presentation from Amanda Kennedy from Sunshine Coast Library Services in relation to our local Maleny Library.

District 9620 Conference in Caloundra 18, 19 and 20 March 2022:
The Inaugural District 9620 Conference will be held in beautiful Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast at the Caloundra Events Centre from 18th to 20th March 2022. I hope that as many of our members as possible are able to join with me to celebrate the coming together of two great Districts and get to know your fellow Rotarians and new found friends in a relaxed atmosphere. It will certainly be an opportunity to see and hear some amazing speakers changing the lives of others. Please put the dates in your diary. You can attend for one, two or all the days and also the Saturday night dinner.
We are continuing to explore the prospect of a static type display in the House of Friendship with an emphasis on our Speak Up Now Project. If members have any other ideas, please approach any of the Board.
 
Other Covid 19 Impacts:
I can confirm that due to the impacts of the Omnicron variant of COVID 19, the Board has also decided not to participate in the DIK service activities on 5th February or in the ROMAC Trivia Night on 3rd March.

Maleny SES Awards Presention:
Prior to Christmas, it was also my honour and privilege to attend this ceremony to present our Rotary Club of Maleny Community Spirit Award to SES Volunteer Pamela O’Connor. Pamela was absolutely thrilled to receive our award in recognition of her commitment to our broader Maleny and hinterland community through her dedicated long service with the Maleny SES.

 

And for some international news:
The Rotary International President Elect for 2022-23, Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, will be the first woman to hold the office of President in the organization’s 115-year history and recently announced her incoming theme. According to the Rotary International website, Jennifer Jones imagines Rotary fulfilling big dreams. “Imagine, a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 19TH JANUARY
It was a smaller than usual gathering with only two tables of members attending. There was the noisy table with all the boys on it and there was the other table with the girls and our El Presidente Greg. A social gathering more than a business dinner meeting that’s for certain! Although there was a little business discussed, of course. More about that later…….

The biggest benefit of attending the meeting was that we were offered dessert! Apple strudel with icecream and cream. When Kim asked who wanted dessert, it was a unanimous raising of hands. Someone suggested taking a photo of said dessert so we could include it in the blog, however it was too late. By the time it was suggested, there was nothing left to photograph as all the desserts were devoured.

So back to the meeting. Bill H was applauded for being on the front page of this week’s edition of the GCM News and the subsequent photos inside relating to his gaining lifetime membership with the Maleny Show Society. Bill had a tale to tell of course about the photo of him at 8 years old wearing a suit. He apparently went swimming in it with his mates as he didn’t have anything else to wear.

Bernice was once more looking for someone to fill in at a sausage sizzle. This time for Murray who can’t make the one in February and Paulette put her hand up to do it.

Jim A mentioned that the half-yearly Rotary fees are due and that he’d sent out an email to all the members with some paying as soon as they received it.

Greg W spoke about the Australia Zoo parking thanking those who had done some shifts over the Christmas & New Year holidays and how the amount will help to increase our coffers. He mentioned being ready to do the next lot of parking due over the Easter holidays which won’t be until April.

It was also mentioned that with the Maleny Wood Expo planned for the long weekend in May and the Maleny Show at the end of May, there would be a great opportunity to raise significant funds for the Club. On the calendar is also the return of Muscle on the Mountain in July although all money from parking that day goes to charity.

Greg also gave another big thanks to Jim A and Roly N for putting up the lighting display at the Uniting Church over Christmas and for Roly’s masterpiece of a sign saying ‘Joy with Rotary’. Roly was apparently very prompt in taking down the lighting display afterward. Malcolm B said that the external lighting displays were well received by the community and the organizations who participated were happy to do it. So, it’s looking like it will be done for 2022 Christmas as well. Roly is hoping for a short word like ‘Joy’ again as it’ll mean not having to change the sign too much. Malcolm replied he thinks it may be ‘Peace’ which wasn’t quite the answer Roly had hoped for.

President Greg then closed the meeting.        

FUTURE MEETINGS  AND EVENTS
9th February  Board Meeting 

 

16th February  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

2nd March  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA

BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY
18th Jeff Cornfoot   28th Marlene Hankinson

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THE DISMISSAL

All the members of the company's Board of Directors were called into the Chairman's office, one after another, until only Ted, the junior member, was left sitting outside.
 

Finally, it was his turn to be summoned.

Ted entered the office to find the Chairman and the other six Directors seated at the far end of the boardroom table.

 

Ted was instructed to stand at the other end of the table, which he did.

The Chairman looked Ted squarely in the eye, and with a stern voice, he asked: "Have you ever had sex with my secretary, Miss Floyd?"

"Oh, no sir, positively not...!" Ted replied.

"Are you absolutely sure...?" asked the chairman.

"Honest, I've never been close enough to even touch her...!"

"You'd swear to that...?"

"Yes, I swear I've never had sex with Miss Floyd, anytime, anywhere.." insisted Ted.

 

 

 

"Good.  Then YOU fire her."