Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 21st December 2022

RIP  DAVID WILSON  1933 - 2022
Every one associated with our Club will be saddened by the news of David's passing last week.  David was the last surviving member  of the original Charter Members of the Club in 1959 and was President in 1996.  Our sincere condolences to Danni and the family.

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Christmas Party at Roly and Kerry Neiper's home in Watson Lane at 6:00 for 6:30pm. Please note that there is limited parking inside the property. BYO drinks and glasses and possibly chairs.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                       21st Dec          4th Jan        18th Jan
Duty Officer                            Greg W         Jim A    
Assist DO                               Ric T             Roly N      
Registration    Peter McQ      Craig S          Laurelle O
Fellowship                              Lionel T         Neil A

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
07Jan  0730 - 1030  Peter McQ   Roly N   Fran T 

           1030 - 1330  Ric T   Chris B   Keith R

04Feb   0730 - 1030  Brian A   Sherryl G   Phillip S 

            1030 - 1330  Jeff C   Rick V   Andy S 

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Don’t forget!! Our last get together for the year is Christmas dinner next Wednesday 21st

at Roly and Kerry Neiper’s home in Reesville. It will start earlier than our normal dinners,

at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start although dinner will commence at 7.00pm. So we get some

more time for chatting and drinking.

Then, our first social get together for 2023 will on Wednesday 4 January and that’s going

to be, although it’s yet to be fully confirmed, a platypus tour with our own Platypus

Whisperer, Neil Andison, followed by a BBQ and drinks at Beersheba Museum. So, it’ll

start at the showgrounds sometime in the afternooon and proceed along the Obi creek

and Maleny Trail through to the Maleny Precinct. Details will be sent out by email once

they’re confirmed. Sorry, Peter, no croquet just yet! Talk with Craig about having it as a

future vocational visit in 2023.

That’s it for me! I’m looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Neiper’s

home next week and if I don’t I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a

sensational New Year kicking off into 2023!!

Lastly I am attaching some photos of last week's street party. 

Sherryl on Santa's knee with Mrs Santa and Craig

Santa kicking on post duties

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 7TH DECEMBER

President Pauline opened the meeting by welcoming 17 members, Honorary Member Jill Morris and our Guest Speaker Michael Hinds, Branch Manager of BOQ Maleny.  She reported on the interesting and well organised vocational visit to the new Emergency Services Centre on 30 November.

• Maleny Christmas Festival on 9 December. Arrangements in hand for story telling for children in a Rotary marquee and a BBQ at the Maleny Food Company premises.  The latter will be organised by Jim A who needs three helpers.

• Roll call for those attending the Christmas Party at Roly and Kerry's on 21st December.

• Maleny Neighbourhood Centre Christmas Breakfast on 25 December at MNC. All community members welcome. Volunteers needed to assist set-up, cooking & service of BBQ etc. See Greg if you can assist.

• Possible arrangements for Australia Day at the Showground are still being discussed.

Michael Hinds gave a well illustrated presentation on protection for individuals from on line and phone scamming.  This included an outline of the most commonly occurring scams which targeted the general public, particularly senior citizens.  The goal of the scammers is to obtain personal information from their victims that will allow access to their accounts/records. The main types of scams can be found at the following website: 

https://www.boq.com.au/help-and-support/fraud-and-scams/protect-yourself

Michael's advice was to never provide any personal information to anyone who calls or emails you - just hang up if that occurs!  Passwords should be upgraded and accounts checked regularly.  If anything does not sound "right", end the conversion. The watchwords are Pause/ Process/ Proceed - if in doubt, take no action.

There was a lively questions and answer session at the end of his talk and Renee gave the vote of thanks.

ROTARIANS FROM NEPAL

Recently two Nepalese visitors were staying in the Maleny Hotel where they noticed our sign giving details of our meetings.  Although no meetings coincided with their visit, they asked for details of our Club.  Fortunately Kim was on hand and took them across the road to meet PP Chris Brooker, shown with Rajendra Guatam.

Raj is the current Secretary of RC of Kathmandu. He joined Rotary after being in Rotaract from 2009 and was President of Kathmandu Rotaract 2014/15.  He is in Australia for a month with an award from RC of Melbourne.Raj's partner is Rumi Dhungel, shown below.Rumi, who has a Masters degree in Accounting and Business Administration, lives near New Farm in Brisbane and is working in aged care.

Chris gave them a copy of 50 years of Rotary in Maleny. Interestingly the Kathmandu Club was established in 1959, the same year as Maleny.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
04 Jan  Possible walk with the Platypus Whisperer - details to follow.

11 Jan  Board Meeting

18 Jan  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

26 Jan  Possible Australia Day function at the Showground

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR JANUARY
 1st Malcolm and Nancy Baker

BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY
1st Jeff Cornfoot  21st  Michael Gregory  24th  Renee Harris

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT 
CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS