Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 4th March 2020

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 61 No.16
WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH 2020

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speakers Sue Krucker & Jo Rickards on Maleny Flexi School.

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS              
                        4th Mar             18th Mar          1st Apr
Duty Officer     Lionel T            Alan W             Malcolm B          
Assist DO        Jim A                Angela G          Michael G   
Registration     Bernice McL    John McL          Melinda M
Fellowship       Phillip S           John W              Keith R
   
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
7th March
Jim A (Leader)  Lionel T  Paulette S 

21st March
Chris B (Leader)  Andy S  Keith R

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
WE CONNECT PEOPLE
Rotary unites more than a million people.
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

WE TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
We take action locally and globally.
Each day, our members pour their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. We persevere until we deliver real, lasting solutions.
16 MILLION volunteer hours each year.

WE SOLVE PROBLEMS
No challenge is too big for us.
For more than 110 years, we’ve bridged cultures and connected continents to champion peace, fight illiteracy and poverty, promote clean water and sanitation, and fight disease.
2.5 BILLION children immunized against polio.
                                                     2.5  BILLION
                                   children immunized against polio

It is good every now and then to step back from the busy-ness of our own Rotary Club doings to reflect on the big picture of Rotary and why we all joined in the first place. This week was Rotary International’s 115th anniversary - quite a milestone. The above is from the Rotary International website at: https://www.rotary.org/en. If you haven’t browsed the website recently, check it out, and get that WOW! feeling that I did that we are part of such an amazing organisation.

The three of us who were on the sausage sizzle team last week, had a taste of the internationality of Rotary when we had visits from 2 international Rotarians who were visiting family in Maleny. This provided a photo opportunity of course.  It was great to meet and speak with Greta from Canada (with hat on) and Monica from Sweden. Looking forward to seeing Monica at our next dinner meeting. Sausage sizzles and their relevance have been on the discussion agenda since the results of our members survey were collated in January. As a result of this we have formed a Sausage Sizzle Action group to look at the various aspects of sausage sizzles and will report back to the next board meeting & the club at the next business meeting.

After the horror of the domestic violence tragedy that occurred in Brisbane last week, the local Presidents of Zonta, Quota, Rotary and hopefully Lions are getting together to see if we can work together on a project to address this issue in our community. While I was on the Rotary.org website I found a report of Australian Rotary clubs raising awareness and funds to prevent domestic violence and support its victims in their communities. One Rotary President quoted said “When ending polio seemed insurmountable, Rotary stepped in. Why can’t Rotary help end domestic violence?” The report can be found on the link below:
https://www.rotary.org/en/putting-end-domestic-violence

REPORT OF BUSINESS MEETING OF 19TH FEBRUARY
Show and Tell:
Fran told us about her Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1994 and showed us a very meaningful candelabra which she brought home to remember the visit. The trip included visits to Greece, Turkey and Israel. Fran read out a moving inscription she saw at a Gallipoli monument, remembering both Turkish and Australian soldiers lost in that fateful campaign. Highlights of the visit to Israel were seeing Jerusalem and swimming in the Dead Sea. The candelabra depicted a music treble cleft symbol and it resonated with Fran as she loves singing and music.

Meeting Duties were clarified:
DO: Puts out banners and regalia, mats on table, helps Guest speaker set-up if necessary, introduces Guest Speaker, makes sure a member is lined up to take photographs of Guest Speaker (this last bit is a new duty for the DO).
ADO: Scribe for meeting (takes notes and sends them to Keith for Bulletin), Thanks the guest speaker (gets Bag and Calendar for gift from cupboard), Puts away banners, regalia, mats etc.
Registration: Marks attendance, including any guests, visiting Rotarians etc, collects money (& gives to Jim), makes sure everyone has ordered a meal & gives to Kim.
Fellowship: Makes visitors to meeting welcome, makes sure they are recorded on attendance sheet and order a meal, orients them to a seat etc. Makes sure President/Chairperson knows names of guests so they can be welcomed at beginning of meeting.

The Club Committee Structure was distributed for comment. All members have been attached to a committee or sub-committee. A copy will be emailed to all members.

Committee	Sub-Committees
Community Relations	Grants Calendar Settler’s Green Show Parking
Vocational	Vocational visits Pride of Workmanship Community Connect
Youth	Interact Uni of Sunshine Coast (USC) Maleny Education Support Fund (MESF)
Membership and Public Relations	Membership Public Relations Social Bulletin Program
International	The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Ebenezer Project Nepal Project

 There was a thank you to Chris B, Brian A and Jim A for helping with the Golf Club parking on Saturday.  Roly N said that the official opening of an 18 hole golf course was a significant event for the town and would certainly attract many visitors.  It was a credit to those who had put in so much work to reach the current goal.
He modestly failed to mention that he had burgled the B Grade competition on the day - but this had not escaped the notice of the Sergeant.

Sherryl and Greg had attended the opening of the CHASM mini-house behind the Coop.

Bernice and Greg had attended the Hospital Auxillary AGM.

Paulette is arranging a roster for a Club member to be present at the weekly Interact meeting at the High School.

Sherryl reported that the Maleny Educational Support Fund, financed by Apex, Lions and Rotary, had made donations of $7,000 anonymously to local students with financial needs. Nominations are made by school principals.

The Womens Empowerment Project in Nepal has been completed with some funds not spent. These may be allocated to a new project for which RAWCS backing will be sought.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
1st Mar    Clean Up the Obi day.  Meet at 7:30am.

8th Mar  Interact Conference at St Columban's.

12th Mar  Island Presidents' Dinner hosted by RC of Bribie Island.

13-15th Mar  District Conference.

2-4th May  Parking for Wood Expo.  This is a major fund raiser for the Club and multiple shifts will be needed.

9th May Smart Living are running a Gangsters and Flappers Night at the RSL.  Thrre hours legalised gambling with roulette, black jack  and other casino games.  Contact Ric T for all details.

The Sergeant had a ripper time with his unconventional take (in more than one sense) on members' activities - and their pockets.

The meeting closed at 8:20pm.

FUTURE MEETINGS

11th March
Board Meeting at the Masonic Lodge.

18th March
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Business Meeting.

25th March
No meeting

1st April
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Stuart Mason on Hand Hygiene for Health.

BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH
5th Judy Tilley  26th Rick Vickers

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR MARCH
6th John & Beth Whan

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
A DIFFERENT TAKE ON:
1. A MEETING ACTIVITY

2. A LOCAL ACTIVITY

WITH APOLOGIES TO THOSE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT MEALS ON WHEELS

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 5th September 2018

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 60 No.5

WEDNESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2018

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Anthea Maas on RYLA.

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
RSVP to Bernice before noon on Tuesday 4th. Please ensure that your meal order is lodged by 6:45pm at the meeting.

DUTY ROSTERS                
                            5th Sept          19th Sept        3rd Oct           
Duty Officer        Jeff C               Chris B            TBA          
Assist DO           Bernice McL    Peter McG     
Registration        Andy S            John McL     
Fellowship          Keith R            Greg W

SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
8th September
John & Bernice McLennan (Leader)  Peter McGuirk

22nd September
Jeff Cornfoot (Leader)  John Whan  Greg Williams

6th October
TBA

CLUB ORGANISATION
Details of the make up of the current Board and Committees can be found at the end of this bulletin.

MEETING OF 15th AUGUST
President Alan opened the meeting with a welcome to members in general and a special welcome to Paulette and Peter who were talking on "My Story".

The Club Assembly of 22nd of August would deal with the the final preparations for the car parking for the National Cross Championships at the Precinct.

Bernice was still looking for volunteers for marshalling a charity bike ride on 6th October which aims to raise funds for Care Flight.

Rick Vickers then gave an excellent power point presentation on his recent visit to his daughter and family in Costa Rica. With a series of striking photographs, he revealed a very different country and life style compared with the Sunshine Coast. I doubt if any attending will complain about locally flooded roads again!

Members were spared the normal assault from a surprisingly benevolent Sergeant.

After the meal we were treated to two interesting personal presentations from Peter and Paulette who have both had varied lives. John Whan gave the vote of thanks noting, as is frequently the case, that our most interesting speakers were our own members.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Every picture tells a story.

Congratulations to our organisers Chris B and Rick V and to their many helpers.  This was the first time that we have used the Beersheeba Field for parking.

The donations raised were sent to the Drought Relief Appeal for Queensland Farmers.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
12th September     
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

19th September
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for DG visit - Partners Night.

26th September
Masonic Hall at 5:30pm for AGM.

3rd October
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Vince Carberry on the History of Croquet.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR SEPTEMBER
4th John & Bernice McLennan  18th Andy & Mia Schouteten  28th Keith & Gloria Rogers

BIRTHDAY FOR SEPTEMBER
17th Judi Ross-Smith 29th Mia Schouteten

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
RELATIVE PURCHASING POWER
A MECHANIC AND A CARDIOLOGIST



A Lexus mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a LS460 when he spotted a well-known cardiologist in his shop.

The cardiologist was there waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his car when the mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey, Doc, want to take a look at this?"

The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was working.  The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So Doc, look at this engine.  I opened its heart, took the valves out, repaired or replaced anything damaged, and then put everything back in, and when I finished it worked just like new. 

 So, how is it that I make $48,000 a year and you make $1.7M when you and I are doing basically the same work?"

The cardiologist paused, leaned over, and then whispered to the mechanic...

"Try doing it with the engine running."

MALENY ROTARY CLUB EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR 2018-2019

BOARD MEMBERS
 President  -   Alan Wilson
Vice President  - Michael Gregory
Secretary  - Bernice McLennan
Treasurer  -  Jim Atkinson
Vocational - Ric Townsend
Club Admininstration / Membership - Philip Stark  
International/Foundation - Angela Griffin/ CL Claridge
Community Relations/Youth - Greg Williams
Service Projects - Rick Vickers/Chris Ross-Smith
 
Other Roles
Minute Recorder - Lionel Tilley  
Guest Speakers  - Michael Gregory                                          
Bulletin Editor - Keith Rogers

MALENY ROTARY CLUB COMMITTEES   
1.Grants Committee            2.RAWCS - Ebenezer Zambia 
Confidential                         Angela Griffin
                                            CL Claridge
                                            Jim Atkinson
3.RAWCS-Nepal               
Chris Ross-Smith                4.Show Committee
Jim Atkinson                        Bernice McLennan
CL Claridge                         John McLennan
               
5.Social Committee             6.Calendar Committee
Phillip Stark                         Lionel Tilley
Roly Neiper                          Rick Vickers
                                            Jeff Cornfoot 
7.High School Project         Jim Atkinson  
Chris Brooker                         
Jeff Cornfoot                        
Greg Williams               

8.Membership/                     9.Qld Australian Cross Country Athletics Title
USC Project Committee       Rick Vickers
Phillip Stark                          Greg Williams
CL Claridge                           Chris Brooker
Angela Griffin
Roly Nieper                          10.Plan for Maleny Education Support Fund
Chris Ross-Smith                  Angela Griffin
                                              CL Claridge
                                               Roly Nieper   
                                               Jeff Cornfoot 

 

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 29th April 2015

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 20

WEDNESDAY 29TH APRIL 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm to award Rotary Community Grants.

APOLOGIES
Please tender apologies to President Ric by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                               29 Apr            6 May               20 May        
                   
Duty Officer          John W           Michael G         USC Meeting     

ADO & Scribe       Keith R          Sherryl G

Registration          Chris R-S       Bernice McL           

Fellowship             Ric T              John McL
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
9th May
Lionel T (Leader)   Robin T   John W

23rd May
Malcolm B (Leader)   Philip S   Rick V

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 15TH APRIL
President Ric welcomed guests Steve Miskin from the RC of Home Hill, our ADG Ian Hope from Glasshouse and, after prompting, CL Claridge who had visited us previously.

We were given reminders of the upcoming events including the District Conference on Bribie Island 2/3 May, the help needed with the Interact sausage sizzle at Bunnings and the cross country running event at the precinct both on 26th of April. The recently held garage sale at the Baptist Church was a bit of a fizzer, netting only $200 while Jim and Elaine managed private sales of $180 (less the $40 fee gives a profit of $160 according to Jim – go figure). Show rosters were circulated, a reminder of the USC Combined Rotary Meeting on 20th May, a letter from our sponsored Ebenezer student Kenedi Lucas brought us up to date on his achievements & Jeff C mentioned a forthcoming Rotary tour to South Africa. Lionel called for help in distributing flyers advertising BowelScan.

President Ric announced that the Board had agreed to make the following grants to local community organisations:
* Art for Space/Golf Club $1600 to be used for seating & art on the precinct walk. The Golf Club will pay for public seating on their grounds, our funds will be used for the general public seating.
* Croquet Club $1000 for the purchase of lightweight mallets and balls to enable elderly, youth and handicapped people to play.
* Friends of the Library $960 for the purchase of 6 CD/DVD/MP3 readers to enable Erowal Aged Care Facility patients to listen to ebooks.
* Pattemore Historic House $1000 to purchase foldaway outdoor furniture to be used on the verandas during functions.
* Neighbourhood Centre $1000 for mental health awareness training for centre volunteers.
* International Day Against Homophobia Event – $1000 to help with the running a public awareness /education event.
* TS Centaur $450 to pay for cadets to attend an outdoor survival course.
* Maleny Players $960 to assist financially the placement of two students at the Maleny Youth Theatre Classes.

These projects will attract District Grant funding of 50%. Representatives of the successful applicants of the scheme to be invited to our meeting on 29th April when they will be presented with cheques.

Heads and tails was won by Chris Ross-Smith and Chris B managed to extract funds from all in attendance through some amusing although not quite truthful stories. Has an amazing imagination does our Chris.

"The Opal Cutter” was the theme of the talk by our guest speaker Barbara Lamont who was ably assisted by Edi Heide.

As a young adventurer Barbara arrived in Australia in 1982 and ventured forth to the opal fields of Coober Pedy as she wanted to see people living underground. Her initial short sojourn turned into a 26 year odyssey, having married a local miner 2 months after arriving. The time spent in Coober was one of many trials and tribulations with the ever hopeful thought of striking it rich ‘next day’. Her skills evolved over the period from hand digging pits to developing tunnelling machinery and vacuum lifts for rock to being the ‘powder monkey’ for the blasting operations (shooting).

In 1990 she expanded her operations by opening a cutting and designing shop in Coober which proved a very satisfying venture, being recognised as once of the best. A move in 2008 to a mining lease in Bolder near Cunnamulla saw several years once again scrabbling for a living but enjoying it. A recent move to Montville (retirement?) to open an opal jewellery shop is proving successful and finally no more digging holes in the ground.

Barbara was thanked by Lionel T. and presented with a calendar and copy of ‘Humanity in Motion’.

President Ric thanked everyone and said go home, so we did.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
6th May
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Michael Wearing on Mens' House.

13th May
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

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

27th May
Project Meeting at the Masonic Hall with $10 meal.

29&30th May
Maleny Show.

24th June
Changeover Dinner.

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
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
A GOLFER'S CONFESSION

Wife - "Where the hell have you been?  You said you'd be done with golf by noon!"

Husband - “I'm so sorry, Honey, but you probably don't want to hear the reason."

Wife - "I want the truth, and I want it NOW"

Husband “Fine.  We finished in less than 4 hours, quick beer in the Clubhouse; I hopped in the car, and would have been here at 12 on the button.   On the way home, I spotted a girl half our age struggling with a flat tyre.  I changed it in a jiffy, and next she's offering me money.  Of course, I refuse it - then she tells me she was headed to the bar at the Sheraton - and begs me to stop so she can buy me a beer.

She's such a sweetie, I said yes.  Before you know it, one beer turned to three or four and I guess we were looking pretty good to each other.  Then she tells me she has a room at the Sheraton less than 50 steps from our table.

She suggested we get some privacy while pulling me by the hand.  Now I'm in her room, clothes are flying, the talking stopped and we proceeded to have sex in every way imaginable.

It must have gone on for hours, because before I know it the clock says 5:30.  I jumped up, threw my clothes on, ran to the car, and here I am.  There. You wanted the truth, you got it."

Wife - "What complete and utter baloney!! You played 36 holes, didn't you?"