Chair
Helen
Visitors
Brian Scott - Merv’s brother in law ex RC Toowoomba South
Roger’s daughter Summer Johnston
Jan from RC Darwin Sunrise and Sue Mϋller
Melanie Ferguson
Apologies
Alan, Noel, Neil, Stewart, Ron &Bernie, Darryl, Norm, Anna
Makeups
Trivia Night
Ian made up at RC Buderim’s 20th anniversary
Presidents Report
There was a little “too much” clapping as Deborah took the podium
Is there something we don’t know?
Apparently the Begleys and Bethunes stayed away from Rotary for too long and ended up in the penitentiary at Maria Island in Tasmania - fortunately they are on parole now.
Deborah welcomed the visitors and guests.
We didn’t win the Trivia Night, even though Deborah won us an extra point because it was her birthday. Jeff won a quilt and resisted Win’s not too subtle attempts to auction it off for ROMAC (good on you Jeff) Apparently he is still hanging on to it with great determination.
Three have enrolled for the Conference - please enroll in case you want to attend the odd session and “so it looks like we care”
RYDA starts 1st April (No this is not a joke!) - 8-10 volunteers needed
More sessions in July and October
A card from Libby was passed around.
Speaker
Helen introduced Melanie, Project Support & Community Resilience Officer | Disaster Management from Council. She is also a Rotarian of 17 years, President of RC Woombye/Palmwoods and incoming ADG for next year
(not bad - wonder what she does in her spare time)
Melanie discussed Council’s processes for dealing with natural disasters.
They organize and coordinate the operations centre and the recovery process
Fire and flooding are the main risks on the Sunshine Coast
Melanie provided seven handouts - take them home and nail them down so they don’t blow away in a cyclone, but read them first.
Damn - there goes my plan
The Weather Bureau says there is 50% chance of average rainfall.
(and you can bet your house on that)
Council website has flood maps
Click on the key map to download, open it, then click on the detail maps to download
Melaine showed me the tricky wind up rechargeable torch/radio/phone charger complete with handy instructions
Directors
Summer Johnston talked about “Be brave and shave”
Link to her page
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All this will go!
Gerry re Golf Day this Sunday - 30% chance of rain!
A few brave souls volunteered to meet on Wed arvo for final preparations
Scroll down the blog for the famous roster.
Please have a look - as I did not get responses of availability from everyone and have included names on the assumption that members would be here anyway.If I have missed you and you want to do something- let me know!
If anything is not suitable in any way please let me know straight away.If you have an aversion to or preference for a job, let me know now and I'll change things.
Some tasks only last a short time, and we will need relievers so members can have refreshment (toilet) breaks etc so unallocated volunteers gratefully accepted.
The day is looking great 31 teams to date.
Cheers,
Graham Baker -John Hanley- Gerry Swan
Golf Day Committee.
Genta is back from Bali - welcome back
Trevor is processing the Global Grant
Komaki are doing the “heavy lifting”with a $50K donation
Ann spoke about the card and presentation pack with champagne to share with family given to Libby. Helen expressed our thoughts “We are all with you Alf & Sue”
Sergeant Gerry did his worst,
including a fine for Roger and his deteriorating car
but Roger notices that he is not the only Rotarian with car trouble
From: Noel Begley <noel@begsy.net>
Subject: Hello from Begleys
Date: 10 March 2014 6:38:06 pm AEST
We have just farewelled the Bethunes , who are flying out on Tuesday, after enjoying their company for the last three weeks. We have had a great time together - drinking, eating , sightseeing, happy hours and national park camping with the initial one to excess. We mainly saw both sides of Tamar valley and down the east coast to Southport in the south. Our visit to Maria Island to sleep in the Penitentiary for two nights was a highlight with the very basic accommodation and wonderful walks on this beautiful island. The weather has been extremely kind to us with just a couple of unpleasant days. Prior to Carolyn and Alan arriving Olive and I visited the North West and Cradle Mountain. From the information Alan and I have been receiving our Rotary Club is being run very well thanks to the leadership and members. Helen, we visited your home town of Scottsdale. But was unable to attend Rotary due to our timing. I must add the timber sculptures in the park were magnificent. We camped down in the Scottsdale North East off road park. Tonight we are at MtField National Park and heading out to Lake Pedder tomorrow. Please pass on our regards to club members.
Regards Olive & Noel
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