WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2022
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.
APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.
DUTY ROSTER
19th Oct 2nd Nov 16th Nov
Duty Officer Jeff C Phillip S Michael G
Assist DO Greg W Jim A Sherryl G
Registration Craig S Laurelle O Bernice McL
Fellowship John W Murray A Des C
WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
29 Oct 0730 - 1030 James McC Brian A Fran T
1030 - 1330 Andy S Lionel T Keith R
26 Nov 0730 - 1030 Phillip S Sherryl G Des C
1030 - 1330 Roly N Chris B Rick V
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Bernice, John, Greg, Sherryl and myself visited the relatively new Moreton Bay campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast at the end of September. Members from about 6-7 Sunshine Coast Rotary clubs attended on the day. Based in Petrie, a two minute walk from the train station on the site of the Petrie paper mill, it’s a prime location to get students from a broad area. Also, there aren’t any university campuses nearby. People either have to travel to inner city Brisbane or to the Sunshine Coast.
They have already exceeded their anticipated numbers and are pushing forward with Stage 2 earlier than planned and Stage 3 is already in the design process.
I guess, as with many educational establishments these days, there are a lot of collaborative and interactive areas. The lecture theatres of years ago don’t exist anymore with smaller workshop like areas for smaller tutorials which are far more popular. There is one large auditorium which can be used for special events and is also able to be hired out to other organizations or companies.
Some interesting stats given to us were that 49% of students are the first in their household to attend university and 51% are over 20 years old (and much greater than 20). A very interesting visit.
What’s coming up on our calendar for the rest of the year?
On Sunday 16 October, Maleny Bowls Club are having an open day with an Octoberfest theme. It will go from 10am to 3pm and people can come along and have a go at bowling from 10am to 12pm and then socialise after that with food being catered for by Lions. There will be sausages, including German ones, and drinks at the bar with German beer available as well.
Rotary has been invited to run a raffle and we thought it would be a good idea to be seen and support a local club as well. So prizes have been gathered, and we will sell raffle tickets from 10am to 1.30pm when the winning tickets will then be drawn. If the Club makes a couple of hundred dollars, that will be good and will go straight into our coffers. I’ve sent a separate email as we need a couple more people to volunteer for a couple of hours to help out at this event.
Next on Friday 28 October our inaugural Golf Day will take place. We’re working on this being a successful event and I think we still probably need a couple of more people to volunteer to help out at this event. Roly has sent out an email with the relevant information so contact him if you can assist.
Then on Sunday 13 November, we’re having a ‘Lift the Lid’ walk to raise awareness of mental health issues. It will be from 8am to 10am and isn’t a long walk. From the showgrounds to the Beersheba museum on the Precinct and back again. We’ll give you some more details at our next meeting and in emails.
Wednesday 30 November will be a vocational night and Craig is trying to organize a fun event which will most likely involve food and drink. Always a good combination!
So a bit coming up before Christmas and of course we’ll have our traditional Christmas dinner meeting on 21 December. And this year Roly and Kerry have kindly offered to hold it at their home. So more details to follow about that.
One last thing I’d like to mention. Since Covid curtailed some of our more lucrative fund raising events such as the Woodies Expo and we had a year without the Maleny Show, our income has fallen compared with earlier years. So, that’s why the Woolies Sausage Sizzles, the Australia Zoo carparking and anything else helps to boost our funds to allow the Club to continue to support worthwhile causes like World Polio, Shelterbox, Rotary Health etc. In some instances, we’ve had to reduce the amounts we had given in the past as it simply was not viable.
Those events and the others we support help us to be able to donate to these great causes, normally including the local community grants which unfortunately did not happen this year. However, we need people to put their hands up and volunteer so it doesn’t get left to the same people doing it all the time. So please read the emails Bernice sends out requesting assistance as there’s nothing worse for her than deafening silence.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF 21ST SEPTEMBER
Past President Greg, standing in for President
Paulette who was not well, opened the meeting by welcoming members and our Guest Speakers Clare Christiansen and John Green. After a false start on the Loyal Toast, the meeting got under way.
Bernice gave an update on our members who were experiencing health problems –
Malcolm B, Alan W, Bill H, Lionel T, Fran T, Laurelle O and Chris B, who had been sighted in town earlier in the day. She endorsed the best wishes from those present for a speedy recovery to them all.
Sherryl G gave an update on her meeting with Andrew Wallace
on child exploitation.
Mike G announced the disappointment that, due to insufficient
votes, our District had failed to approve the new Regionalisation Pilot Project. Ours was the only District polled that did not approve the proposal. It is now up to RI to determine what the next steps will be.
Jeff C asked for vacancies
to be filled at kiosk for calendar sales on 15 October and Roly gave an update on
the Charity Golf Day due on 28 October.
Neal A announced that his platypus walking tours had been written up in the latest Lonely Planet guide for Queensland - many congratulations Neal.
Roly, with the Sergeant's hat on, managed to extract fines from nearly all with dubious
facts about the accused and astute observations from spies (Jim) on
unsuspecting members (Renee).
Ric T introduced our guest speakers from Orange Sky,
volunteers Clare Christiansen and John Green. They told us that Orange Sky had been founded by two young men, Lucas and Nick,
wanting to give some practical help to the homeless and disadvantaged, managed to set up a van as a mobile laundry by fitting it with washer/dryers. This was so appreciated that additional vans were added as funds were donated. For
their efforts they were named 2016 Young Australians of the Year.
Our speakers explained that the benefit is more than
just doing laundry, its about connecting with people. It’s the socialising, the care factor and giving some hope. Symbolically each visit site has the laundry van
and six orange chairs to sit, connect, discuss and understand the plight of
those attending.
A simple amount of $49 will pay for a shift of 12 wash
loads. Orange Sky is a registered charity and all donations go to the running
of the vans and supplying the laundry service free of charge to anyone who
attends. The volunteers are non-judgemental about who has their laundry done.
We noted that Orange Sky is one of the charities our Golf
Day is supporting, so John and Clare promised some promotional material to raise
awareness of their activities.
Rick V thanked John and Clare for their informative presentation
and the insights into many aspects of those less fortunate than ourselves. Both
were presented with a calendar and the world renowned shopping bag. Renee snapped
the photo for the next bulletin.
Ex President Greg wished all a safe journey home and reminded us to wear a silly hat (or not so silly) to the next meeting. Meeting finished a bit late but well worth it.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
16 Oct Rotary raffle at Maleny Bowls Club Octoberfest
28 Oct Maleny Rotary Golf Day at Maleny Golf Club
02 Nov Maleny Hotel at 6.30 for 7.00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA
09 Nov Board Meeting
16 Nov Maleny Hotel at 6.30 for 7.00pm for a Business Meeting
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR OCTOBER
26th Rick and Cilla Vickers
BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER
12th Gloria Rogers 14th Keith Rogers 16th Kerry Neiper 28th Bernice McLennan 30th Andy Schouteten 31st Gillian Allen
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
HISTORY LESSON - THE FIRST COMPUTER
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