Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 6th September 2023

 THE RANGE VOL 65 No 5

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speakers Ian Pinker and Katrina Udrell from the Glasshouse Country Toastmasters Club. 

APOLOGIES

Apologies please to Bernice by noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                         06Sep              20Sep              04Oct
Duty Officer      Berenice McL   Ric T                Peter McQ
ADO                  Roly N             Fran T              Craig S
Registration       John McL        Phillip S            Laurelle O
Fellowship         John W           James McC       Malcolm B

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
16th Sep 0830 - 1100  Peter McQ  Roly N  Chris B

               1100 - 1330  Andy S  Ric T  Bruce K

14th Oct  0830 - 1100  Lionel T  Sherryl G  Des C

                1100 - 1330  John & Bernice McL  Keith R 

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 16TH AUGUST

President Paulette opened the meeting by welcoming DG Paul Roger on his Official Visit with AG Bernie Wilson, members and Partners Sissel and Helen.  DG Paul had a successful meeting with the Club Board prior to the meeting and was impressed with the Club’s activities and goals. 

The President reminded us of upcoming events;

30 Aug  Club visit to have lunch with our recuperating member Alan at Sandstone Point; 

10 Sep  Walk in support of Australian Rotary Health’s mental health campaign  

7 Oct    She also sought a volunteer to coordinate  Maleny Garden Club parking

18 Oct  RV Club welcome dinner on at the Showgrounds

The Club is also looking for a volunteer to manage our Kiva account now that CL has relinquished this role. 

 Lionel T announced that the 2024 calendars are now on sale at the usual outlets and on Roly's behalf reported that arrangements for the Golf Day are progressing well with very good sponsorship, but we still need more players.

President Paulette introduced DG Paul who commenced his presentation by praising the Club for achieving above its weight in a very competitive environment.  He then explained his personal thoughts on Rotary International – a global organisation of some 44,000 Clubs and 554 Districts with an ideal of Service above Self – a global family with a common bond.  It is what we do that attracts members to our Clubs as we see in Ukraine where membership has increased by over 50%.  Unfortunately, our District lost 5 Clubs last year but many of those Club’s members joined other Clubs and fewer larger Clubs are much better.  Rotary is adapting with many new Clubs being “cause based Clubs” like the newest Club in our District, Bris Pride with 22 members.  

DG Paul then touched on his District Goals starting with “togetherness” – we can do more and be more effective if Clubs work together and the AGs would be coordinating this.  Tackling the scourge of domestic violence is a high priority and purple shirts are available to wear at events and on “purple Fridays” like the End Polio campaign – there will be a walk on 1 December.  Thirdly, raising awareness of mental health issues – it is ok to talk and share.  The annual District Conference will be at Sea World on 8-10 March 2024 and will focus on Unlocking Our Potential.  Although not broken, Rotary needs a freshen up and he referred to the Japanese art of kintsugi where the end result is better than the original.  Finally, he mentioned that his Partners project is ShelterBox and thanked us for our support of this project. 

In answer to a question from MG, DG Paul updated us on the Regionalisation Pilot.  Apparently our second ballot only achieved 15% in favour – a huge drop from the 52% in favour at the first ballot – and there has been no enquiry into why this should be so.  Our District’s view is that the proposed model is flawed, there has not been enough consultation, younger potential members want outcomes, and this is not being addressed.  Many Districts that voted in favour are not happy and at least one is considering withdrawing from the Pilot. 

President Paulette thanked DG Paul and closed the meeting.        

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
08Sep Golf Day at Maleny Golf Club

10Sep  Walk in support of Australian Rotary Health’s mental health campaign

13Sep  Board Meeting

20 Sep Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

04Oct Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speakers Chris and Kristy Paterson of Bamboo Projects

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

BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER
29th Mia Schouteten

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
POSSIBLE ADVICE FOR GOLF DAY PARTICIPANTS

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 4th March 2015

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 16

WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Rich Hungerford on Bush Lore Australia.

APOLOGIES
Please tender apologies to Bernice by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                             4 Mar                18 Mar               1 Apr            
                   
Duty Officer         Alan W              Angela G           Jeff C     

ADO & Scribe      Mike G              Lionel T             Robin T

Registration         Bernice McL     Malcolm B          Bill H            

Fellowship           Rick V              John McL           John W
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

14th March
Michael G (Leader)  Sherryl G  Chris B

28th March
Jim A (Leader)  Bill H   Ric T

11th April
Angela G (Leader)  Donna C  Andy S

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 18TH FEBRUARY
The President opened the meeting on Chinese New Year, welcoming the Year of the Sheep/Goat and jointly celebrating with his wife Jacinta who had forgone a family celebration in order to attend this meeting with Ric.

A warm welcome was extended to several guests Ram Krishna, a Rotarian from Nepal with his local supporters, Gail and Dee; one of our Paul Harris Fellows, Fran Tickle, Rotarian Brian Mason from Caloundra Pacific Club who would talk later about ROMAC, and Philip Stark, a prospective new member.  Nice to see so many women (9 in all) at the meeting, which turned out to be one of the best in recent months.

After the usual formalities, several Directors gave updates on the Club’s many projects and made some announcements:
1. The decision to sponsor the running costs of a Blackall Range Care Group car for 3 years at $1500 per annum.
2. Progress on supporting the Mens’ Shed sign
3. The community grants program
4. The Time Capsule
5. The Green Bags project, which now needed to be checked out with local retail stores
6. The need for a new member of the Calendar Committee to replace Lionel who would be travelling this year
7. The invitation to the 10 year anniversary celebration of North Blackall Range Probus Club (Members to advise Bernice if they intend to go).
8. The upcoming deadline of 28 February for District Grants
9. The reminder to pay membership fees (a bargain at $140).

After an excellent meal and the Sergeant’s usual fund raiser session, Rotarian Brian Mason updated us all about ROMAC and how valuable a project it is in changing lives by arranging treatment for diseases and deformities that could never be cured in countries such as PNG, The Solomon Islands, Vanuatu etc.

Finally, we were treated to the very interesting story of the life so far of our new member (though a Rotarian for 5 years) Chris Ross Smith whose passion in life is acting and the theatre. Educated in South Africa during the challenging apartheid years he learned such skills as hut building and, at the Gordonstoun equivalent senior school, the necessity to walk in groups of 3 in the bush so if one kid was bitten by a snake, one could go for help and the other could stay until the bitten kid died! While at University in Pietermaritzburg, as a white person he courageously demonstrated against apartheid.

After teaching for a short time in South Africa he left for England and got a scholarship to the London Drama School. Various voice coaching and acting related teaching in Zimbabwe and USA eventually led him to a senior lecturer role at the University of Cape Town where uniquely the segregation of the community was transformed into integrated voices during his courses.

Later he settled in Armidale working at the University of New England. Chris has been retired for 15 years and very sensibly recently moved to Maleny, which is a fifth the size of Armidale but had 5 times the number of cafes.

The final message at the end of a very vibrant, fun and interesting evening was to let Bernice know numbers for The Falls vocational visit the following week.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS

11th March
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

18th March
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker George Trembath on the Pachacuti Project.

25th March
Project Meeting at the Masonic Hall with $10 meal.

1st April
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Morag Gamble on the Ethos Foundation.

BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH

5th Judy Tilley  17th Lloyd Larney  26th Rick Vickers

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR MARCH

6th John & Beth Wann

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
SOME REMEMBRANCES OF HOME SCHOOLING

Most of our generation was HOME SCHOOLED in many ways.

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning the house."
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
" Because I said so, that's why."
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Just you look at that dirt on the back of your neck?"
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
11 My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out..."
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it from your father when you get home!"
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."
19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
20. My mother taught me HUMOUR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand.
25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"

Kiva Update: Loans & a New "Club Donor" Brian