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President
Allen Richards & wife Lesley at Changeover Dinner.
Meets Tuesday at 6.00pm
for 6.30pm start at Fiasco’s Restaurant, Parkwood Tavern, Olsen
Avenue, Parkwood.
Bulletin for Tuesday 29 July 2008
From
the President
Fifteen members and two guests
attended last week’s meeting – thank you! Apologies from Doug, Mike,
Karyn, Craig, Teresa, Charmaine, Ken & Susan.
A special welcome to our guests –
Noel Grummitt and RI Ambassadorial Scholar from Vermont USA,
Lauren Skaskiw.
Lauren is
studying at Griffith University, for a Masters in Education. She
graduated from The University of Vermont in May 2007 with a Bachelor
of Science in Early Childhood Education and a minor in English.
Since then, has worked as a Preschool teacher at two locations, each
vastly different, but enriching, challenging and enjoyable. Lauren
loves working with young children, to encourage a positive growth
experience with the inquisitive minds of future. Lauren feels very
fortunate to have received this wonderful opportunity to travel and
continue with her education, and will give back to Rotary as much as
she has been given!
A
lively and productive Club Assembly was held, with more about that
later in the Bulletin, thank you all for your invaluable input.
Allen
Directors Reports
Ron Wilson - GSE
nominees and leaders are needed for 08/09 trips to Taiwan and the
Caribbean.
Polio Plus – Brian Knowles
mentioned the Polio Plus weekend (last weekend in November). Good
media coverage and exposure in shopping centers is expected for
fund-raising.
Bravehearts
– Assistance is needed for the send off event – Mowerthon
Fund-raiser – on Saturday August 9th at 10am.
Morning tea for 20-30 people is required on the day. Gold Coast
local Claude Harvey is heading to Sydney (approx. 850km) with
a push lawnmower. The trip is expected to take four weeks and funds
will be raised along the route. Rotarians available to help on
the morning and provide morning tea to please indicate to Secretary
Margaret.
Bravehearts – Ken Bonython
needs volunteer painters for Bravehearts new building.
Medical Mission to Kenya
– Charmaine White leaves on September 20th
as a volunteer participant with the Medical Mission being organized
by Rotarians for Fighting AIDS – A Rotarian Action Group. Charmaine
would like to take some gifts that would be useful to the local
people – in particular non-prescription sunglasses and reading
glasses with magnification. Also small gifts for children such as
pencils, small balls, crayons etc will be accepted. Charmaine will
be back at Rotary from July 29th to receive any gifts.
Rotary Toast
Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada – Mark Kent.
Mark proposed a toast to this Club in response to the fellowship and
ongoing communication enjoyed since their members travelled here in
Mark’s year.
Joker Raffle
John Smith
conducted the Joker Raffle – with Margaret Grummitt holding
the winning ticket (again) – but alas she did not draw the joker.
The ‘pot’ will jackpot to next week.
Board Meeting
A quick Board Meeting was held after the regular meeting. The main
items addressed were:
Annual Dues
to remain unchanged ($200pa)
Leave of Absence
granted to : Craig Tobler – 12 months, Teresa Dawson – 4 weeks.
Honorary Members
: Elsie Cummins, Ingrid Nielson, Kelly Stalman, Peter Lucas & Peter
Richards to be contacted to seek his intentions.
Club Assembly
Discussion points
included goal setting, co-ordination of activities, membership,
ongoing Rotary education, review club’s strengths and weaknesses,
annual and long range goals & Rotary programs.
President Allen’s goals
include : to make Rotary fun (more social functions), to fund-raise
(BBQ’s, parking fees etc), Polio Plus, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,
Clean Up Australia Day, Cancer Appeal, Vocation Service Award,
Community Service Award, Bravehearts landscaping, Arundel School
Project.
President Allen has re-introduced committees to the club, in the
following manner:
Club
Administration
Director
Charmaine White
Deputy Director/Treasurer John Tunnicliff
Secretary
Margaret Grummitt
Public relations - IPP Karyn Joyner
Bulletin – Susan
Tyrrell
Webmaster - Bill
Pavey
Rotary
Foundation/PolioPlus
Director
President Allen Richards
Brian Knowles –
PolioPlus
New Generations
Director Ron
Wilson
Deputy Director Lyn Massey
Vocational
Service
Director Teresa
Dawson
Deputy
Director Doug Thomas
Community Service
Director Mike
Bottomley
Deputy Director
Ken Bonython
Klaus Gross
and Gary Cummins.
Membership
Chairman David
Rolle
President Allen
Richards
Mark Kent, John
Smith, Harry Grace and Ken Smith
Duty Roster – 29th July
Registration
– Charmaine,
Welcome
– Harry,
Sergeant
– Margaret,
Intro/thank Guest Speaker
– Ron,
Rotary Toast
– Susan.
Club Calendar
(Partners and
members of the Rotary family are always welcome) The club enjoys 30
mins of fellowship prior to each meeting.
Tuesday 29th July
Bryce Wilson - sailability
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 5th August
Taryn Harvey – Guide Dogs
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 12th August
Carol & Megan – Spinal Injuries Assoc
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 19th August
Linda Walk – Blue Care
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
All members are reminded to contact, Charmaine
White 0418121963 or
charmainetwhite@yahoo.com.au
to confirm numbers for each event.
All local, national and international Rotary News
is available on our web site. Members, please check the website for
your Monthly Duty Roster:
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/ for Parkwood Home Page and
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/rosters0809.pdf
for Duty Roster.
Club
Details
Club President:
Allen Richards
Club Secretary:
Margaret Grummitt
Telephone:
(07)
55378984
Address:
P.O. Box 99, Labrador, QLD 4215
Email:
parkwood@rotarnet.com.au
Website:
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/index.html
District
Governor:
Tony Hayes
R.I. President:
Dong Kurn Lee
Great AFL Quotes
'I
owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.' (Shane
Wakelin)
'You guys line up alphabetically by height.' and 'You guys pair up
in groups of three, then line up in a circle.' (Barry Hall Sydney
Captain at training).
Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals vs. Day Games 'It's basically
the same, just darker.'
Ron
Barassi talking about Gary Cowton 'I told him, 'Son, what is it with
you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Barass, I don't know and
I don't care.'
'Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football - but none of
them serious'. (Adrian Anderson
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