Tuesday, November 17

VOL 27 no. 21

Nov. 17, 2009
This Day Tonight
·      The AGM;  The officers of the club for 2010/11 were elected as follows: Pres. Noel Emselle. Pres. Elect [2011/12]: Margaret Campbell. Vice Pres. 2010/11: Geoff Chandler. Secy. Vic Harnath. Treas. Fred Andrews. Other Board members; Richard Trigg, Marion Walton, Phil. Edwards, Richard Grimmett.
·      Financial Statements. 8 pages are at least 7 too many to highlight in this bulletin, but copies are available for every member. Sufficient to say that we had $26,136 on hand at 30/6/09, with the Admin. Acc having income for the year of $67,363 and exes. of $64,047, both well up on 2007/08. Charities Acc. income, at $56,626 was almost $24K higher than the previous year, but record expenditure on 31 different appeals and charities helped reduce accumulated surpluses from previous years by $17,779. Clearly, our club is in a very healthy financial position.
·      The local Ambulance Station has been presented with a cheque for $1300 from the market donations.
·      The Donations-in-kind collection will be PM on Mon.30th Nov. Hosp/medical equip., household goods, primary school books & equip. computers. Any questions, phone Alison.
·      Don’t forget to read and absorb the Art Show proposal for your input next week.
·      Judy Greer repeated her plea for hosts for the Thai students due to visit us in January.
·      Geoff Brentnall chided us for lodging only 19 entries in the comp. to estimate the duration of Pres. Rod’s fun[?] run next Sunday.
·      If you desire a Rotary Xmas cake, you will have to wait for repeats!
·      Social Sec. John Calnin thanked Wal, Vic. & Tony for their BBQ efforts last week.
·      JC also urged us to advise our partners of the Xmas party progressive dinner on 15th Dec. starting at his place and progressing from there. Put your drinks, glasses and chairs in the car boot NOW.
·      Guest Speaker Dulcie Long’s Subject ‘Childless Tractors’ only scratched the surface of a 10 weeks course for children 9-12, providing sensible and timely teaching of the hazards on farms, and aiming to reduce the incidence of injury and deaths to children in the rural sector. Bill & Marion Walton feature prominently in this programme.

Listen!

Car Raffle Sales Duties
Wed 18/11    Geoff & Wal at Leopold.
Fri  27/11      IGA at Barwon Heads       Volunteers required
Sun 29/11     APCO Barwon Heads    AM   Ian Bent    PM    Alison George
Sun 29/11     Portarlington Market   Wal & Charles Dawborn
Sat  5/12       Ocean Grove Park  John Eyles, John Calnin, Geoff Cummins, John Fox, John Paton, Marion Walton, Bill Walton, Geoff Ford.
Sat. 5/12       Torquay market   WAL  and a volunteer, please
Sun 6/12       Our market  Fred Andrews and Bill Walton.

Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 24th November, 6.00 for 6.30

Subject         GSE team visit from D.9780 to Canada/ USA         Speaker Tim McDonnell
Chairman   Judy Greer   Assistant Cashier & Thanker       Gary Golding
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant            Coral Barker
Birthdays & Anniversaries     Richard Trigg [25th],  Rod Bush[27th],  Bruce Gilbert [27th],  Hans & Heather Franken [27th], Robyn Edwards [29th], Michael Cummins [29th].

R.O.S.E. [Rotarians Orphan Students Exchange]
Judy Greer is seeking local home hosts for four Thai students, for about five days from Sunday 17th January. Two females and two males, all year 9 students with some English, seeking to develop verbal communication skills, and currently hosted by RC Eaglehawk. Hosts will need current ‘Working with Children/ Police check’ certification, [no cost to you]. Please contact  JUDY.

Some prominent past and present Rotarians
Neil Armstrong, King Baudouin of Belgium, Admiral Richard Byrd, Sir Winston Churchill,  Sir William Deane, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Sir Hudson Fysh, Thor Heyerdahl,  Sir Edmund Hilary, John F Kennedy.                     Extracted from ‘A Century of Service, The story of Rotary International.’

Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 1st December, 6.00 for 6.30
Business      The Seniors Christmas dinner      Chairmen         John Calnin
Assistant Cashier  Charles Dawborn    Hospitality and Waiters    Every member of the club present
Birthdays   Bill Steains [1st], Heather Franken [3rd], Annette Cullen [4th], Judy Greer [6th].
Market duties for Sunday 6th December, will be printed next Tuesday.
 
Never jump to conclusions!
Little Tony was 9 years old and staying with his grandmother for a few days. He’d been playing outside with other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked , “Grandma, what’s that called when two people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?”
She was a little taken aback, but decided to tell him the truth. “It’s called sexual intercourse, darling”.
Little Tony said, “Oh, OK,” and went back outside to play with the other kids. A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily,” Grandma, it isn’t called sexual intercourse. It’s called bunk beds, and Jimmy’s mum wants to talk to you”.
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What other people think of you is none of your business
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                                                                                     John Fox,   2130, 17/11/2009