Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel on 29th November – 6.00 for 6.30.
The guest speaker will be Rod Bush, on computer technology, chaired by Leigh Holloway, with John Fox, ass’t cashier and thanker, and Charles Dawborn, ass’t Sgt. and greeter. Our Outward Exchange student, Jan Howard will also be featured, perhaps supported by others in the exchange program.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Bill Steains, 1st Dec, Hans and Heather Franken, 3rd. and Judy Greer, 6th.
Coming up
Our dinner for the Elderly Citizens will be held on Tuesday, 6th December, our Xmas dinner on 20th Dec. and something else in between. Watch this space. Our scheduled meeting on 27th December will probably be cancelled, but that has yet to be announced.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
James & Pam Turnbull, 9th, Colin & Jan Brown, 12th, and Trevor McArdle, 14th.
It was going to be a serial, but I thought better of it
November is Rotary Foundation Month
I intend to use this and edition no. 22 partly for the Foundation because it is the charity limb of our organisation, and we should all know the basics. Tim Kemp did a wonderful job on the subject last week, and these few points simply underscore some of his key comments.
Foundation Funding
Contributions made by individuals, clubs and districts are invested for three years. After three years, 50% of the original contribution is returned to the district through the District Designated Fund. The other 50% of the original contribution is provided to the World Fund to support humanitarian programs and provide one Group Study Exchange per district every second year.
Investment earnings support administration costs and may be used to benefit the foundation’s humanitarian and educational programs.
Gifts to the Annual Programs Fund count towards Paul Harris Fellow Recognition, Multiple Paul Harris Fellow Recognition and Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member Recognition.
Contributions of at least $2 are fully tax-deductible
Any member wishing to contribute to the Rotary Foundation should write to ‘Rotary International, McNamara Centre, 2nd Floor, 100 George St., Parramatta, NSW 2150’.
Three Group Study Exchange teams will be at the Portland Conference
Our District is sponsoring a team to Belgium this Rotary year, and there will be inbound and outbound teams to/from New York State USA, all at the District Conference in Portland, first weekend in March . If you want to go to the conference, get a reg’n form from Tim Kemp.
I didn’t leave enough space!
Each week, as I think of stuff, I progressively build up next week’s edition so as to leave about 25% of the available space for the night’s events. Tonight, I needed about 45%.
* Geoff Richardson from Drysdale was a visiting Rotarian, we had four from the Neighborhood Centre, 35 of our mob, and Geoff Brough, guest speaker.
* John Webb spoke on Mitre 10 experience over the past 20 years, highlighting the initiative of home improvements, inexpensive finance, marketing, competition and the development. of IT.
* The possibly final WB at the BH Bluff is on next Sunday, 27th Nov. at 1300hrs.
* JC got 10 drivers and 6 for a 3 PM setup for the Elderly Cits. Xmas ‘do’ on 6/12 at the GC.
* Our Xmas party is in the bistro of the hotel @ $20 PH on 20/12. Please bring your contributions in kind or cash to the coming meeting, [29th] for the benefit of local disadvantaged families.
* Margaret Campbell seeks donations to RAWCS. Margaret will enlarge on this next meeting.
* On insurance at WB’s etc, you have full cover up to age 76, when medical and additional exes. may cut out, disablement benefits will cease at age 80, and the accidental death benefits reduce to $50,000 at age 90. If you are over 120, stay home.
* Rod Birrell has a ripper of an idea for a fun day on the Barwon next year in river craft of all shapes and sizes. It’s proposed for next April or May so ideas can be given a lot of thought.
* Shaun Rogers and Janelle Keynes were brief speakers at last night’s meeting. Shaun won the Luke Hutchinson Memorial award for Art work.
* Our guest speaker, Snr. Constable Geoff Brough of Bellarine Police, spoke on the post-court appearance of young offenders invited to attend a low, [1 metre] and high, [12 metres] ‘ropes’ course for 5-6 young offenders, which was an initiative of Boronia Police, some three years ago, and now introduced in other centres, including here. We need to find out more on this project!!
* The next RYLA program is due to be run from 25-30 June 2006. This opportunity for 18-25 YO’s will be promoted by us in the ‘Ocean Grove Voice’.
* The five minute vocational talks by our members will be continued in 2006. FIVE MINUTES.
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The attendant at the car wash chatted to an emerging customer. “ I bet you’re Irish”
“ Now how on earth did you guess that?”, said the customer.
“Well to tell you the truth, we don’t get too many people coming through here on a motorbike”.
