Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
Winner of the Holmes Trophy for the best attendance by a Club at the 2006 District Conference
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Volume 24 No. 51
Notice for the meeting at the Barwon Heads Golf Club, Tuesday 4th July, 6.30 for 7.00
Our Annual change-over of Presidents night. Dinner at $30 per person.
Master of Ceremonies T.B.A Cashiers and Greeters Any member of our club who will not be accompanied by a partner. Please contact Geoff Ford if you are willing to be a volunteer.
All attendees are reminded that there are strict dress rules for this important occasion. Gentlemen- jacket and tie. Paul Harris awardees- ribbon and medal. [In addition to the foregoing!] Apologies to Hans by noon, Thursday 30th June.
Birthdays & Anniversaries 7th July Tony Haines
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 11th July 2006, 6.00 for 6.30.
President Richard Grimmett Chairman David Tyrrell
Speakers and Subject Representitives of the Geelong Amateur Radio Club, marking the Marconi Centenary of International Radio Reception.
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Fred Andrews Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Rod Birrell
Birthday 11th July Lois Dawborn
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There’s nothing like variety
It would be too easy to claim that you didn’t get last week’s bulletin because I thought it would be a nice change to have two issues for many weeks, only one in recent times, and, for at least one week, none at all.
But that would be a fabrication, because I thought it had gone over the airwaves on Wednesday, 14th June after my sub-editor, A A George, had got me the copy from Tuesdays meeting, but only the hard cases who get hard copies appeared to have received one of the best bulletins you will ever receive. At least those eight can prove that I did prepare one. Anyway, despite the fact that I have ‘deleted’ no. 51, I will do my best to resurrect it and e.mail it tomorrow. Apologies!!
Meetings from 11th July for the rest of the 2006/07 Rotary Year.
President Richard’s policy for meetings during his year of office will be announced in the bulletin next week. Guest speakers will be advised two weeks in advance wherever possible. Members who can recommend guest speakers are asked to inform program chairman Geoff Brentnall.
The duties of Chairman, Assistant Cashier & Thanker, and Greeter & Assistant Sergeant will be rotated except where a specific chairman is matched with a guest speaker. The President, Secretary, Treasurer and Sergeant at Arms will be exempt from all of those duties, except for those nights when the President conducts a club forum or similar.
Members who are rostered for duty are pleased asked to attend the venue no later than 30 minutes before the advertised time of the meeting commencing. Your bulletin editor controls the roster, so, if you know you will be out of town, or unavailable for any Tuesday meeting, it would be a big help if you could advise John of those dates as soon as they are known, and you will then avoid roster on those days.
This is a convenient opportunity to once again remind all members that apologies for non-attendance at a regular meeting must be in Hans Franken’s hands by 12.00 noon Monday. Please remember that the club has to pay for your meal if you are absent without leave.
If you are rostered for duty and find you can’t make it, advise John Fox even up to 5.00pm on the evening of the meeting. Please don’t try to find your own replacement.
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The odds are a lot better with divorce. [A decidedly distorted view]
Pokies players are losing by legislation. Odds are stacked against anyone who sits down in front of a machine. [And standing up doesn’t help, either].
The industry is legislated so that each time a dollar is put through a machine, only 87cents needs to come back. Tattersalls and Tabcorp are more generous than required by the legislation. With them, you get back 90cents! All those 10cents add up to more than $20 billion in losses by Victorians since poker machines were introduced in 1992.
A Productivity Commission report warned that the odds of lining up five Black Rhinos on a popular machine of the same name was a staggering one in 10 million.
A Macquarie University study compared the odds of various outcomes;
* Being killed by lightning- 1 in 1,603,250. * Dying from a venomous bite or sting in Aus.1 in 1,159,364.
* Winning Powerball - 1 in 54,979,155. * Being kidnapped in Australia. I in 33,223.
* Scoring a trifecta in a 13 horse race. 1 in 1716.. * A chosen Roulette number coming up. 1 in 37.
* Pulling an ace from a deck of cards. 1 in 13. Australian marriage ending in divorce. 1 in 2.3
If any of my readers reported that after reading that ‘crap’, they were ‘none the wiser’, I could perhaps retort, “Yes, but surely, better informed!”.
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Three more programs of the Rotary Foundation- Segments of the Humanitarian Grants Program.
Humanitarian grants enable Rotarians to increase their support of international service projects that provide water wells, medical care, literacy classes, and other essentials to people in need. Rotarian participation is a key to the success of these projects.
• District Simplified Grants, enable districts to use a portion of their District Designated Fund to support service activities or humanitarian endeavours that benefit the local or international communities.
• Matching Grants assist Rotary clubs and districts in carrying out humanitarian projects with clubs in other districts.
• Health, Hunger and Humanity grants fund long-term, self-help, and grassroots development projects that are too large for one club or district to carry out on its own.
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A Plea to Jan Howard
Jan, we were very pleased to receive your e-mail of 24th April, which was distributed to all members. But that was the last time we have heard from you, and we would like to hear from you again.
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This ‘n that
• Community Service Chairman John Wynn has unintentionally caused a well-known supermarket [no names, but it’s not Safeways] to have palpitations because there are too many Grimmetts in the country, with the most controversial to be found in Queensland. It’s a long story, and I can’t recall all the details.
• Bowel Scan guru Ken Wyatt reminded us of the significance of this very worthwhile Rotary project, and expressed willingness to continue with this important task next year. Well done, Ken
• Helen & Richard Trigg presented, last night, an audio-visual talk on their 15 years with the Naval Cadet movement. This excellent training program combines discipline and self-discipline with a lot of fun for 12-and-a-half to 20 year olds. The cadet system in our country covers just 25,000 of our 20,000,000 population and is, of course, voluntary. What a pity it doesn’t necessarily lead to compulsory armed forces training, in which Australia is sadly lacking. Thank you Triggs.
