Boré’s View.

This week we learned that Bono has agreed to be President-elect, Paul President-elect-elect, and The Voice President-elect-elect-elect.

Boré always gives us great cartoons, but this week I think he has really nailed the analogy perfectly.

Being president-elect is fantastic because you are optimistic and think everything is going to go well.  As Boré noted, when you are president-elect you fail to notice that the train you are on is actually a roller coaster and the wheels are coming off. 

Matt is happy because all he has to do is hold on grimly for another eight months and then he can put on his parachute, hand the yoke to someone else, leap over the side, and stop worrying about when the whole thing is going to go off the rails and end in tragedy.

There are no past-presidents in Boré’s cartoon; they either left the carnival as soon as the ride ended, never to be seen again, or are in the bar across the road, drinking hard liquor and trading war stories.

So, in summary, congratulations to Brendan, Paul and Jon.  We look forward to the years ahead safe in the knowledge that nothing can possibly go wrong.

We thank Boré for another great cartoon.

Minutes

Attendance: Nooka noted that last week at the dairy farm ‘there was a fair bit of shit flying around’ and so it was just like an average meeting.  Nooka counted fifteen members and one guest; Chris Steele.  Other members counted the numbers but included Nooka, and so arrived at a figure of sixteen members present. 

Meal: Lindsay avoided the guinea pigs and tucked into a steak with vegies, gravy and a bread roll.

Stand in sarg Bono introduced The Compass to get the show on the road.  Matt announced;

·       The visit to The Union dairy was a complete success.  Thank you and congratulations to Gerald for organising the event.

·       Colin McKenna is not well.  Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time.  Of course Colin has since passed away and we extend our condolences to his family.

·       We are proceeding to pay the donations pledged at the end of the last Rotary year.  We will donate $1,000 each to Interplast, Rotary Health Australia, Anglicare, and the SES.

·       We will donate $250 to support Matty Stewart and Dan Teehan and their efforts to raise money for CJD research.

·       The club will invest $500 in seed funding to advance the new can recycling sorting table project.

·       The Christmas Party is provisionally set for Friday evening, 13^th December at Matt’s place. 

Matt then announced that we have a President Elect locked in for next year and a President Elect Elect locked in for the year after.  Congratulations to Brendan and Paul and we wish them every success.

In other reports;

·       Paul gave us a treasurer’s report.  The TOMRA can recycling scheme has netted the club $14,300 so far.

·       Boré reported that the rotating dinner will now be a dinner with diners rotating around a table at a local restaurant.  There are a few places left so contact Boré if you would like to join them.

·       Tony D gave an update on the pharmaceutical blister pack recycling project.

·       Matt communicated a message from Hutto that a generous citizen has donated $500 to the club. 

Members enjoyed fines from the floor, conveniently paid for in a range of international currencies, before the barrel was drawn.  Actually the barrel was drawn about ten times before Malcolm claimed the prize and we all were finally free to depart. 

 

Lew is now in Thailand and kindly filed this report.

 

 

 

Gerald is somewhere in Asia.  I have no idea where but, judging from the photo, it looks amazing.

Last week we showed a picture of David eating a deep fried guinea pig.  Members naturally wondered how it came to pass that David found himself eating the guinea pig.  This week we bring you the full story of that meal.

 

Buonas Dias from your correspondent in Peru. We hiked to Machu Picchu yesterday and returned today. It is a 550 year old royal town perched on the side of a mountain. Spectacular mountain scenery. The town below the ruins is only accessible by train and has the sacred river the Urrabamba flowing through it. My next report will be from the Amazon. Adios for now.

 

Editors note: we are not sure why Machu Picchu is now in ruins, but a plausible explanation would be that it burned down due to a lack of installed fire hydrants.

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