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 25 No 18
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 7th November 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Thoroughbreds Subject The Melbourne Cup of 2006 Chairman Trevor McArdle
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Peter Hawthorne Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Fred Andrews
You are encouraged to bring your partner to this fun night, but it is not an ‘official’ partner’s night.
If you plan to bring a partner or other guest, you must register with Hans
Birthdays & Anniversaries 8th Helen Trigg 11th Bill & Joan Steains
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 14th November 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Ken Wyatt Subject Trains Also, Pride of Workmanship Awards Chairman Peter Cullen
Assistant Cashier& Thanker Ken Fleay Greeter and Assistant Sergeant Noel Emselle
Birthdays & Anniversaries 17th Shirley Osbourne 18th Bob & Shirley Osbourne 19th John Fox
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Anne Brown must be a collector, and I am a grateful recipient.
Anne has lent me Vol.18 No. 921 of ‘The Bulletin’, published in Sydney on Saturday, October 9, 1897, and a reproduction of ‘The Age’ Vol. 1 No. 1., dated October 17 ,1854
They are rather hard to read, understandably so after more than a century, but there is a Pandora’s Box of absolutely super stuff to reproduce and I will bring you excerps over the next few months. Those extracts will not be edited. Far be it for me to interfere with the journalistic expertise of the Bulletin or the Age!! The original price of each was sixpence [5c]
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Extracts from the DG’s Newsletter
Out of the 61 clubs in our Rotary District, 6 have 15 members or less, and there are 3 with 75 or more. As of tonight, we have 46, which is better than the district average of 36.
Not so good is our average attendance, which was a bit under 65% at the last count, which put us 45th in the district. But then, the true figure could be better or worse, because 11 clubs didn’t report numbers at all!
There is a Group Study Exchange with Siberia this year, inward arriving 5th Feb. and departing 9th March, but due to attend the Warrnambool conference, first weekend in March. Our team arrives Siberia 3rd May, home 5th June.
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Whatever happened to Common Sense?
Today, we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years.
No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, ‘why the early bird gets the worm’, ‘life isn’t fair’, and ‘maybe it was my fault’.
Common sense lived by simple, sound financial policies, [don’t spend more than you earn] and reliable parenting strategies, [adults, not children, are in charge]. PTO
His health began to deteriorate rapidly after well intentioned reports of a six year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or sticking plaster to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live when criminals received better treatment than their victims and took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and he could sue you for assault. Common sense finally gave up the will to live when a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, and was awarded a huge settlement when she spilt a bit in her lap.
We miss him, because, if he was still about, he might have told those footballers to stay on the bus and to keep their mouths shut. And he would surely have told those teenagers at Werribee that committing a serious crime is sure to be discovered if they put it on film. I wonder how he died?
Some of the foregoing has been ‘pirated’ from the bulletin of the RC of Footscray, and I am grateful to Noel Emselle. ******************************
Notice of Annual Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of this Club will be held at our regular meeting on Tuesday 21st November 2006.
Business will include [1] Minutes of the AGM held on 11/10/05, [2] Financial Statements for 2005/06, [3] election of officers for 2007/08, and [4] the consideration of general business, which must be notified to the secretary by 7th November.
Motions to be put to members at AGM:
• That Article 3 of the Club Constitution be amended to read “The locality of this club is as follows: In Victoria, Australia, the area surrounded by The Bellarine Highway, Fellows Road, Southern Coastline, Black Rock Road, Stacey’s Road, Lake Connewarre, Lings Road and Wallington Road.”
Moved: Tony Haines. Seconded: Rod Greer.
• That Article 5, Section 1 of the Club Bylaws be amended to read “Annual Meeting. An Annual Meeting of this Club shall be held no later than 30 November in each Year at which time the election of officers and directors to serve for the ensuing year shall take place.”
Moved: Tony Haines Seconded: Rod Greer.
• That the ‘Statement of Rules – Rules for the Administration of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.’, as presented to members (7th Nov) be adopted by the Club.”
Moved: Tony Haines Seconded: Rod Greer.
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This Day Tonight
One of the features of this very enjoyable social function was the induction, by District Governor Andrew Suggett, assisted by President Richard, of Suzy Mann, Ben Israel, Dennis Sanders and Ken Fleay, [ transferred from Ballarat East]. We will hear more of their background over the coming weeks.
District Governor Andrew then addressed the club on the occasion of his official visit, [ about halfway through 61 clubs]. He referred to World President Bill Boyd’s challenge for 1.2 million Rotarians throughout the world to ‘Lead the way’, and for all of us to follow his personal challenge to ‘Enjoy Rotary’.
Andrew expressed sobering reflections on the devastating impact of the drought, not only within our Rotary district, but throughout the whole country. He also spoke eloquently of the aims and ideals of Rotary and the introduction of the ‘Club Leadership Plan’, probably the first major change to administration policies in 100 years.
Finally, Andrew reminded us of the District Conference to be held in his home town of Warrnambool from 2 to 4 March 2007. It will be the best conference ever, and if you havn’t yet registered, contact Foxy real urgent!!
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Stop press
If you don’t get those Melbourne Cup raffle tickets back to Peter Hawthorne by the weekend, he will take such steps as will cause you the utmost damned astonishment.
It’s the Market next Sunday and the following are on duty:
Big boss Judy Greer. Big Bosses offsider Rod Bush. Main gate from 8.30 Geoff Brentnall
Car parking 7.30 Colin Brown 8.30 Trevor McArdle 10.00 Alex Magee, Noel Emselle.
Raffles- Boss Alison George 8.30 to 10.30 John Fox. 9.30 to 11.30 Bill Walton. 10.30 to 12.30 WAL
Crays or meat trays Tim Kemp, Marion Walton and Ken Fleay.
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In a democracy, it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes!
