RC of Maleny Bulletin for 19 April 2023

 "THE RANGE" VOL 64 No. 19                                                                            

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

DUTY ROSTER
                          19 Apr              3May               17May;
Duty Officer      Jim A               Peter McQ        Phillip S
ADO                 Ric T               Greg W              Michael G
Registration      Bernice McL   Roly N               Brian A
Fellowship        John McL        Chris B              Bill H

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

13May 0730 - 1030  James McC   Sherryl G   Chris B

             1030 - 1330   Rick V   Phillip S   Keith R

10Jun   0730 - 1030  Andy S   Bernice and John McLennan

             1030 - 1330  Paulette S   Greg W   Ric T

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Our DG Tim Keeler has postponed his official visit to our Club on 10th May but will be joining our members attending the R&USCCF Scholarship Dinner that evening.  His visit to the Club is being rescheduled.

Wood Expo Parking April 29/30 and May. Another reminder to those who haven’t put their name down to do shifts at some point during this long weekend, please help if you can.

 MINUTES OF MEETING OF 19TH APRIL
President Paulette opened the meeting by welcoming members, Guest Speaker Anna Carrick and three visiting Rotarians from Bribie Island, Caboolture and Randwick respectively. Also present were the parents of Interactor Nathaniel Audley of MSHS who has expressed an interest in Youth Exchange. Bernie Wilson from RC of Bribie Island is the Distrist Youth Exchange Programme Director. She explained how the programme worked and the criteria used for selecting a host country. Although she has worked full time in her family business, Bernie has hosted 11 overseas students and explained the benefits and the happiness that she had enjoyed as a result of her experience. She then answered questions. 

The running of the meeting was a little disjointed due to problems in the kitchen - the problems were of delivery rather than quality. Our Sergeant managed deftly to reverse this vibe.

Our Guest Speaker was Anna Carrick of Food Agribusiness Network.  FAN is a not-for-profit food industry cluster that was established in 2015. It now has more than 370 members from across the food value chain located in Gympie, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and beyond and is recognised nationally and internationally as a leading Australian food cluster.

Anna is the co-ordinator for the Sunshine Coast cluster and now lives in Peachester.  She is a country girl, originally from Orange, NSW. With media and cultural studies completed from CSU in Bathurst, Anna headed to Sydney to start an eclectic mix of roles, in a variety of industries, across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Hospitality, skincare & cosmetics, events, model agent, advertising, interior design, even environmental science. Anna is also a marriage celebrant.

With FAN, she is involved with helping the existing members in her cluster expand their business and in finding new producers.  Her major clients in the town are Maleny Diaries, Maleny Coop and Maleny Cheese.

Keith R gave the Vote of Thanks and the meeting closed at 8:50pm.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
29Apr - 1May  Car parking duties at Wood Expo.

03May  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker former member Jack Wilcox.         

10May  R&USCCF Scholarship Dinner at USC.

13May  Casino Night at the RSL.

17May  Board Meeting.

2/3June  Maleny Show.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR APRIL
13th Jeff and Jan Cornfoot  18th Brian and Gillian Allen  26th Bill and Marlene Hankinson

BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL
1st Nancy Baker  4th Phillip Stark  12th Chris B  23rd John McLennan  27th  Andy Schouteten and John Whan

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
WIT VERSUS ANGER

When Gandhi was a young student, studying law at University College, London, a Caucasian professor, called Peters, disliked him intensely and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards him.  Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him, as he expected, there were always arguments and confrontations.

One day, Professor Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University, and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to him. The professor said, "Mr. Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat."

Gandhi looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, "Do not worry professor. I'll fly away" and he moved to another table. Professor Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions.

Professor Peters, unhappy and frustrated, asked him the following question. "Mr. Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag full of money, which one would you take?"

Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course."

Mr. Peters, smiling sarcastically, said, "I, in your place, would have taken wisdom, don't you think?"

Gandhi shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."

Professor Peters, by this time, was beside himself with rage and so great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word  "idiot" and gave it to Gandhi.

Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.

A few minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Professor Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade."

Wit always wins over anger.