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Vol.26 No.44
April 28, 2009
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 5th May, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Club Assembly/ Market Feedback Chairman President John
Attendance Officer John Eyles Assistant Cashier & Thanker John Wynn
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Richard Trigg
Birthdays & Anniversaries 10th Rod & Carole Birrell 11th Ann Magee
President John concedes that there is a tendency for members to find excuses for their non-attendance at club assembly nights, but wishes to assure us that there are vital considerations to be presented. So, B there
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Roses are reddish. Violets are bluish. If it wasn’t for Jesus, we’d all be Jewish [From World graffiti by Nigel Rees]
The Rotary Foundation
Revenue and Expenses for Year ended 30th June 2008
Awards and Expenses $mill.A Contributions $mill.A
Humanitarian Grants – Awards & Operations 73.87 Annual Programmes Fund 104.68
Educational Programmes–Awards & Operations 32.83 PolioPlus Fund 102.46
PolioPlus Programme-Awards & Operations 142.27 Permanent Fund 13.36
Other Programme Awards 2.74 Other 2.23
Fund Development & General Administration 21.89 222.73
Excess of expenditure over income 50.87
$273.60 $273.60
Did you know Since 1947 [when the Rotary Foundation was created], nearly 37,000 scholars from 115 countries have received Ambassadorial Scholarships valued at US$504 million. [$557A]
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Notice for the meeting at Davidsons Restaurant, Fenwick St. Geelong, Tuesday 12th May, 6.00 for 6.30
Bookings must be made with Heather Wallace, 5255 3467 or 0407 346 369. On the night, bring $30 per person for the dinner, plus cash for drinks at bar prices. This is a purely social evening, no reports, thongs, shorts or t-shirts. As of tonight’s meeting , there are 65 registrations. For exclusiousity, we can go to 70.
Chairman Heather Wallace Cashiers Ian Downing & Bob Smith
Birthdays & Anniversaries 12th Geoff and Jan Brentnall. 13th Jan Fox.
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I meant to join the Apathy Association, but I couldn’t be bothered.
Rotary by the numbers
As at the end of the last calendar year, there were 1,220,413 Rotarians worldwide in 33,260 Rotary clubs spread over 534 Rotary districts. There were 171,856 Rotaract members in 7,472 Rotaract clubs and 272,918 Interact members in 11,886 Interact clubs.
Rotary bulletin editors should steer clear of politics, religion and sex But I can’t help myself
Last Thursday’s Melbourne ‘Age’ splashed the headline “Another boat arrives, an eighth on its way”, no doubt aiming to convince us that we are about to be ‘invaded’ by asylum seekers. On page 17 of the same publication, Kim Beasley, in an article headed ‘Let’s not rock the boat on border security’, states “Let’s put this in perspective. Last year, 13,000 arrived by boat in Spain, 36,000 arrived in Italy, 2,700 in tiny Malta. In Yemen, 50,000 people arrived from Somalia. A few weeks ago, a tragedy at sea off the Spanish coast claimed 400 lives. In the year to date in Australia, we have experienced 263 arrivals. Obviously, it cannot be said that the Australian route is a favoured one. To attempt to create a sense of crisis out of this speaks volumes about the characters of the perpetrators in the opposition and the shallowness of the media.”
I meant to join the Procrastination Society but I never got round to it.
94 years later, Anzac day is still remembered
The dawn service last Saturday at the Ocean Grove Cenotaph was, as usual, well presented and well attended. Rotary was again prominent, and past president Helen Trigg, resplendent in her officer’s uniform of the Australian Naval Cadets, represented our president John Calnin by laying Rotary’s wreath at the foot of the cenotaph, while John led his team of 15 in serving 180 breakfasts to many of the approximately 250 locals in attendance.
The following was sent to us by PP Keith Nixon from Canada via the ‘Yahoo’ pathway of the internet
And it took 5 pages of A4 ‘computerspeak’ to convey the following 8-line story!
‘Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint.
Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has surgery booked for the following week.
The second sees his family doctor after waiting three weeks for an appointment, then waits eight weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn’t reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for six months hence. Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a Golden Retriever. The second is a Senior Citizen.’
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Notice Board
* THE HOTEL, NO DOUBT IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE QUALITY OF OUR REPAST WITH 4+ DAY’S NOTICE , HAS IMPOSED ON US A REQUIREMENT TO LODGE APOLOGIES OR VISITOR REGISTRATIONS WITH HANS BY NOON FRIDAY IN PLACE OF MONDAY. Words [beyond the foregoing] fail me.
* Bowel scans start Friday.
* The DIK Project needs assistants to pack books next Wednesday. Contact Rod Birrell for details.
* There is a Bellarine District tree planting project set down for June-July-August. Rod Birrell will expand.
* The best thing about tonight’s meal was the complimentary wine.
* Today’s Epicure supplement in ‘The Age’ reported 23 million jars of vegemite produced last year.
* The January school holidays will host, for year 11 Science/ Maths students, the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra. Judy Greer has details if you know of a likely candidate
* Phil Edwards seeks volunteers for the 2010 market season management team.
* In our footy tipping competition, Geoff Chandler tops the ladder after round 5, with Fox, Grimmett and George in equal second, just one tip behind! Buggered if the rest of us know how Alison reached that exalted position.
* The club has received a warm letter of appreciation from the principal of the Wedderburn College following Judy Greer’s leadership of the drought relief project.
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‘Mind your P’s and Q’s
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts, so, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them “Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down”. That’s where we get the phrase “Mind your P’s and Q’s” I’m not sure if that’s fair dinkum, and I’ll ask me mate Robin.
Past Rotarian and OG Rotary club member John Moore was tonight’s guest speaker
John is an intelligent and articulate speaker, and he was named as a marriage celebrant in our pre-meeting notice. What he spoke about was same-sex couples and suicides in the under-30’s age group, clearly linking the two groups.
Your bulletin editor greatly enjoys writing this little weekly two-page rag, but he recognizes his obvious weakness of experience in this complex field, and unhesitatingly concedes that he is editorially and intellectually ill-equipped to comment on that subject or to do John’s address justice.
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