WEDNESDAY 5TH AUGUST 2020
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speakers Paula & Bridgette Powers (Twinnies) on Saving Wildlife.
APOLOGIES AND MEALS
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.
DUTY ROSTERS
Duty Officer Angela G
Assist DO Jeff C
Registration Fran T
Fellowship John McL
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
None at present.
We have taken these concerns on Board and can report the following changes:
• The Maleny Hotel will continue to comfortably sit and provide meals to our members in our usual lounge room location at the Maleny Hotel.
• The tables and chairs will be re-arranged from the previous format. Tables for the meeting will be set at 4 per table, using 6 or 7 tables as required. Distancing will entail 1.5 m from “back of chair” to ”back of chair”. There is ample area within the room for this placement and we viewed the set up format.
• Members are requested to sign in for Rotary and also for Maleny Hotel at same point. Wrist tags will be self-issued for Hotel patrons at sign in. The sign in point will be at the entry to our meeting room
• Members are also asked to remain seated except for going to bar and purchasing drinks. The veranda area will be available for our use but members must be seated.
• This is to comply with latest requirements by Queensland Health that restaurant patrons be seated for drinks and dining.
• Chris B will be available to be our “sheep dog” COVID 19 Compliance Officer and moving members from bar meeting room.
• Members are encouraged to pay for their meals (usual price $20.00) on line to Jim A before the meeting and order at same time using the attached menu which members are familiar with to avoid a crush at the entry point to our meeting room which is from inside the hotel. Please confirm your meal choice at entry
(b) Projects and Activities
As mentioned at changeover, RI President-elect Holger Knaack has challenged all of us as Rotarians with his new theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, to:
• create opportunities that strengthen our leadership,
• help put service ideas into action,
• improve the lives of those in need, and
• create change in the world.
Despite the continuing and changing difficulties being presented to us all by the COVID 19 virus, our members have kicked off the new Rotary year doing all of these and so much more.
1. District Grant Approvals
Thanks to the dogged determination of immediate Past President Sherryl Gregory, the Rotary Club of Maleny was successful with 3 District Grant Applications. These grants are allowing us to complete 3 fantastic local projects
(a) Domestic Violence Signage Project: -In a joint collaboration with local Zonta, Quota,and Lions Clubs, newly redesigned Domestic Violence signs are now at the printers and will be available for installation in numerous Mens Amenities in and around Maleny and Montville during the next week, and a Domestic Violence Forum has been planned and is being organised for 5.30 PM on Wednesday 26 August 2020 at the Maleny RSL with highly experienced and knowledgeable speakers from within our Sunshine Coast region.
(b) Solar Buddies Project
An initial project meeting has been arranged for next week.
(c) Interact Aprons Project: Materials have been acquired and club members are meeting tomorrow to progress the logistics of cutting out and printing of the Aprons for the Maleny Interact Club.
2. Pride of Workmanship Awards
Our Vocation Director Paulette Steele and her energetic team have been wearing out their shoes attending local Maleny businesses during July 2020 seeking nominations for our Pride of Workmanship Awards. Several nominations have been received with nominations closing on Saturday 1 August 2020. Our first Pride of Workmanship Awards ceremony since 2012 will be held at Tranquil Park Resort at 483 Mountain View Rd Maleny on Saturday 29 August 2020 with the nominees and their guests. Please claim the date in your diaries.
3. Maleny Settlers Green Project
In a local broad based collaborative environmental and recreation project with Maleny District Sport And Recreation Club, Maleny Garden Club, Maleny Apex, Maleny Lions, Maleny Cultural & Historical Society and Friends of Pattemore House, the Club has now completed a Commonwealth Community Environment Grant we obtained in the sum of $20000 to purchase and plant native trees shrubs and groundcovers to
(i) establish a wildlife habitat corridor for rare & endangered local endemic & native species linking the nearby Obi Creek riparian corridor, the isolated Porters Wood rainforest, the Northern Wetlands & the Southern Wetlands located on the Maleny Community Precinct
(ii) use a variety of insect, bird & butterfly attracting host & food plants to provide habitat for rare species
(iii) establish a designated butterfly garden close to a play area for children.
(iv) create a community education resource for learning about animal / plant relationships including their indigenous names
(v) compliment the butterfly attracting vegetation program on the adjoining Maleny Golf course
The grant will now be acquitted
Despite some Maleny weather, the Maleny Rotary green team of Lionel T, Jeff C, Roly N, James M and myself have also completed the installation of garden piping on the cordon steel garden border edging on Wednesday 29 July 2020.
4. Parking at Australia Zoo
Several members led by our mercurial Chris B helped out the Glasshouse Mountains Club with parking at Australia Zoo during the first week of the last Qld school holidays.
5. Winter Blues Drive In Concert at Maleny Showgrounds Saturday 18 July 2020
This innovative event sprung out of the need to inject a shot of confidence into and reward our local community for its compliance with COVID 19 restrictions after so many months of lockdown, and to engage with and provide an opportunity for our local musicians to perform for the first time in over 4 months before a live audience and earn much needed remuneration.
The venture could and would not have happened without a highly motivated and dedicated team working around the clock over an amazingly short 5 week period to collaboratively and cooperatively work with the our local Council, Qld Health, Qld Police, Liquor Licensing and an array of local businesses and sponsors together with our own members and partners to provide and serve food, coffee, and alcohol, safely park cars and undertake all set up , conduct the event , clean and pull down everything in compliance with an absolute hoard of rules and regulations.
Thanks to Paulette S, we engaged a great range of local Blues bands including local legend Kevin Borich Express, Vix & the Slick Chix, The Spirit Blues Band ,and local up and comers Accidently on Purpose and arranged the delivery, set up and use of a mega huge and incredibly clear and bright 50 sq metre electronic screen., and the sound and video engineers. I don’t think I have ever seen more leads, microphones, speakers, musical equipment, cameras and lights be installed so quickly, efficiently, and professionally, and then packed up and removed in the same manner. The backstage team together with the sound and video production were amazing
Picture by Ric Townsend
Melinda M raised an unbelievable $ 8500 from our local Maleny sponsors, Rick V and Chris B weaved magic around and through the COVIT 19 Regs , and on the afternoon set up, during the event and in the clean up on Sunday so many members made a vital contribution to the success of the event. A huge thankyou to everyone who made a contribution.
Hard work pays off. Not only was the weather on the night clear and still, but the event was a raging success. We supported our local community, lifted and hopefully changed our profile within our community through an enormous increase in visits to our website, and likes to our facebook page, made a profit that we shall use to fund our own Community Grants scheme, and above all have demonstrated that our club has that entrepreneurial “can do” spirit, that can transform a big dream into a highly successful event. We are reaching out, opening doors and making so many new connections .
6. Other Grants:
• Our Commonwealth Volunteer Grant for equipment: The equipment has been purchased. I am yet to acquit this, but will now do so over the next week or so.
• COVID19 Community Response Grants Continuity and Connectivity Application COV19CC1116 Form Submitted 1 Jun 2020, 8:06pm AEST- was unsuccessful
7. 2021 Rotary Calendar:
The work undertaken by Lionel T and the organising committee has been outstanding, with a record number of entries, despite intervention by the Covid 19 virus. The printing is done and the Calendars are being collected for distribution. Lionel will provide a further update as to whether any photos can be hung at Maple 3.
8. Maleny Park Run
Jo Turner has contacted me to advise that she lodged an out and back course on the Precinct for final approval. Council has amended the permit slightly, but ParkRun Australia are in agreement with its terms and I expect her to advise that the Maleny Park Run is approved and signed off in the near future. It is envisaged that Parkrun Australia will raise an invoice for a reduced contribution of $ 850 from the funds that has been set aside for the new Maleny ParkRun to proceed.
9. Rotary District Project Defibulator
It was great to catch up last Tuesday 28 July with DG Neil Black , AG Jan Lawton and Rotarians from our sister cluster Rotary Clubs to celebrate the Handover of the District Project defibulator to the Beerwah Sports Club.
10. Nepal Earthquake Rehabilitation - Womens' Empowerment Training and Business Development Project Phase 1
It was fantastic to receive the acquittal report from CL and Jim and to read of the outcomes provided to so many women in Nepal. An outstanding project.
11. Maleny Education Support Fund
CL and Angela G have given a glowing report of the benefits of this combined project earlier this month and we can look forward to hearing further about the benefits it has provided to local youth throughout the year.
12. Project to mark 100 years of Rotary in Australia
As mentioned at our last meeting, I would be pleased if you would put on your thinking caps and contact me or any other member of the board about one or more potential projects to mark this remarkable Rotary milestone in Australia.
I look forward to catching up and sharing some fellowship with you all at our next meeting.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF 15TH JULY
The Sergeant made a long awaited return and attempted to recoup the revenue that had been lost over the previous months in a single session.
Final arrangements for the Winter Blues Drive In Concert were discussed. There was an ovation for the organising committee which had done a huge job on a very short timescale. Arrangements had been finalised with the State Health Department, Council and the Show Society - the latter had been particularly helpful.
Patrons in the pavilion are limited to 150 and all members working in the pavilion area must complete an online course.
Paulette explained how those parking on the oval could get meals in the pavilion.
Rick said that it was vital that total attendees were kept below 500 - by shutting the oval to parking if necessary.
Greg praised Melinda for the great job in arranging for the screen and sponsorship. He also thanked Paulette for all her work with this project.
Lionel reported that a record number of photographs had been submitted for the calendar and a selection had been made. Printer proofs were due shortly and sales should start by mid August.
Paulette said that several Pride of Workmanship forms had been handed out and three nominations had so far been received.
President Greg indicated that the Board would be considering a project to mark 100 years of Rotary in Australia.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
12th Aug Board Meeting
19th Aug Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Official DG Visit - Partners' Night.
29th Aug Tranquil Park for Pride of Workmanship Awards - Partners' Night.
2nd Sep Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Greg Ison on PNG Health Project.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR AUGUST
15th Phillip and Janice Stark 29th Angela and Mike
BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST
17th Malcolm Baker 20th Jocelyn Brooker 28th Mary Wilson and Lionel Tilley
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ADVICE SHOULD FACE MASKS BECOME COMPULSORY
