Posted by Doug Sutton on Sep 03, 2019

Our Meeting

President David opened our meeting with Rotary Grace. He then welcomed back al the travellers who have been wintering up North or Overseas.
After delivering his report he asked Doug Conkey to give us some Rotary Information
 
Rotary Information

Doug Conkey reminded us of the Four Way Test: Is it the truth?  Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build Good Will and Better Friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Doug then gave a run down on the number of clubs and members both in Australia and world wide. There are 30,000 Rotarians in 1100 clubs in Australia.A new President is installed each year. Clubs operate independently, but often come together to work on joint projects and celebrate big events.
Each Cub belongs to one of the 21 Rotary Districts headed by a District Governor. There are 6 Worldwide Zones.
There are 1.2 million Rotarians in the world and 33,000 clubs.

A Tribute

Rick Priest presented Burmo with  Plant to remember Graham's Mum Flo who passed away some time ago. Apparently many of the Club were unaware of Flo's passing and Rick apologised to Burmo for the delay in formally offering our sympathy. We know how important family is for Burmo and so we appreciate that his Mum is sorely missed.

Sergeant Session

John Flynn was sergeant and he fined Frank Fuller reflecting on the brutality of Hong Kong police, a fairly tenuous connection as I can't imagine kind hearted Frank being associated with such behaviour athough he was heard to exclaim "Give them bigger batons"!

Burmo was fined for his black eye, the result of surgery and not, as was implied by the Sergeant, some nefarious action on Burmo's part. The Luftwagga table game in for some fining especially Nick Leywood who is training for his pilot's licence. There was much scepticism from this table about the news report of the trainee pilot who landed a plane with the assistance of the tower after his instructor passed out.

David Benn was fined for his cooking at Lillier Lodge and the rest of us for being Broncos supporters, bar one exception.

Makeups

David Byfield, Phil McIntosh, David Benn, David Foster

Apologies

Craig Bromley, John Hawkins, Peter Clucas, Ken Cook, Peter Cozier, Peter Green, David Hodge, Pat Ingram, John Mason, Paul Murray, Robert Pearson, David Post, Malcolm Robertson.

Lucky Door Prize Winner  -

Our lucky draw winner this week was Michael Knight