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Liza McCosh
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Dr Liza McCosh President 2019/2020
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Meals On Wheels - Dianne Brown
Nov 15, 2019
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
PETS Training Seminar
Nov 16, 2019
 
Warrnambool Clontarf Academy 2019 Presentation
Nov 20, 2019
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
 
Meals On Wheels - Peter Smid
Nov 22, 2019
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Rotary Club of Warrnambool's 90th Anniversary
Nov 23, 2019
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Meals On Wheels - Leni Brockmuller
Nov 29, 2019
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
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Dec 06, 2019
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
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President's Chat
Liza's Chat 20
Hello members of Daybreak and welcome to Bulletin number 20.
 
We are now into the month of November which is Foundation Month on the Rotary Calendar. This week our Guest Speaker, organised by Gerard Lourey, was Jess Moloney from the Dare Program of Brophy Family and Youth Services.
 
 
Jess outlined the many ways her team supports youth in family and community situations. It was obvious from her talk that there is a real need in the community for the services that her team provides. We also heard from Clancy McCoy who is being supported by Daybreak to attend the National Youth Science Forum in early 2020. Clancy expressed the importance of the opportunity to attend the NYSF at this stage in her development. Our speakers were followed up by Chez who wrestled some laughs from the members with her jokes, thanks Chez.
 
 
It is also pleasing to see Chez has a little more freedom in movement, now that her brace has been removed.  Our meeting was kept in order by acting Sergeant at Arms Peter Cassady who is filling in for Geoff in his absence. Our speaker next week will be Matthew Stewart from Standing Tall.
 
Care Program Update – members received an update on the Care Program which has increased its clientele over the past few months, identifying the need for the program in our community, see Care Program report below.
 
The Care Program has been going for 62 weeks
Total of 207 client attendances
Total of 274 Tubs of washing done
Total of 377 Dryer loads
Total of $1,199 put through washing machines and dryers
Average No. of clients per week since start - 3.3 persons
Average No. of clients per week in last 10 weeks – 4.6 persons
Program Started 2 September 2018
 
Christmas Breakup – Our last meeting for the year will be at Andrew and Betty Suggett’s residence on the morning of December 18, and after consulting the members it seems the consensus is to consider this breakfast event as our Daybreak Christmas celebration rather than organising an extra lunch or dinner event. Given this, could members mark this date in their diary to ensure attendance and to celebrate the year that we have all worked together to make some difference in our community and hopefully the world in general. We will need an RSVP for the Christmas meeting as we will be self-catering.  After consulting with the Treasurer (and often chief cook) a cost and RSVP date will be circulated to members closer to the date.
 
Group 5 Meeting – This week I attended the Group 5 meeting held in Port Fairy. This is a good opportunity to network with the other Clubs in our District and to hear what they are achieving and the different approaches they take in running their Clubs, some of which could be useful if adopted by Daybreak. By all accounts all Clubs have settled into the year and are achieving many of our objectives. It also seems we have the same gripes, in particular the various Rotary web-based platforms that need to be negotiated for reporting rather than one streamlined website, and also the reticence of members to take on Executive positions within their Clubs.
 
Membership and Public Image Seminar - The need for members to attend the membership and public image seminar scheduled for Port Fairy on November 23 has been raised by AG John Clue who suggested all Clubs should pay for training that their members undertake. Registrations are $35 and this will be reimbursed for members registering for the seminar. I plan on attending the seminar and would like at least two other members, possibly more, to attend, hopefully from the Membership and Strategic Planning Committee and also the Public Relations Committee. However, the seminar will be valuable for all members as all our projects and publicity for projects need to align with Rotary International guidelines for branding.  We also need to find alternative and innovative ways to attract new members to our Club and the seminar should provide positive pointers in achieving this.  Members can register on the district website or the link provided through the district newsletter.
 
Notice of Future Dates to Save
 
Nov 13 – James Mepham Documentary (see poster)
Nov 16 – PETS Training, Ararat
Nov 23 – Membership and Public Image Seminar, Port Fairy. Register District website ($35)
Nov 23 – Rotary Club of Warrnambool 90th Anniversary
Nov 27 – AGM Daybreak (conducted at our weekly meeting)
Feb 23 – Longest Lunch, Brother Fox, Deakin University
Feb 21-23 – PETS Multi-District, Creswick
Feb 29 – Weekend Fishing trip to Portland
March 5 – Peace Concert and Rotary Peace Awards
March 21-23 – District Conference, Swan Hill
April 26 – District Assembly, Ararat or Stawell (tbc)
June 6-10– Aloha, Rotary International Conference,
                     Honolulu, Hawaii USA
 
 
Birthdays and Anniversaries – Best wishes go out to Barry “Bugsy” Moran who will be celebrating his birthday on November 9. We also have some Rotary anniversaries in this week; Bob Jeans celebrates twelve years as a Daybreaker on November 7, Jenny Turner celebrated ten years as a Daybreaker on Nov 5 and Mary Bouwman celebrates three years as a Daybreak member on November 9.  Congratulations to those members.
 
We also send our best wishes to Bob for a speedy recovery from his hip operation.  We will miss his presence in our meetings over the coming weeks.
 
Have a wonderful week in everything you do and make every connection worthwhile.  See you at the Bay next Wednesday.
 
Liza
 
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LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

“I’m having some people over later to stare at their phones later if you want to come by…”
 
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Ask any man, and he will tell you that any woman's ultimate fantasy is to have two men at once. While this has been verified by a recent sociological study, it appears that most men do not realize that in this fantasy, one man is cooking and the other is cleaning.
 
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Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
 
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An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation.
As he was about to get the anaesthesia he asked to speak to his son.
 
"Yes, Dad, what is it?" "Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me ...
your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife...."
 
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A lady went into a bar out the back of Bourke and saw a jackaroo with his feet propped up on a table. He had the biggest boots she'd ever seen. The woman asked the jackaroo if it's true what they say about men with big feet are well endowed. The jackaroo grinned and said, " Why don't you come out to the sleepout and let me prove it to you?"
 
The woman wanted to find out for herself, so she spent the night with him. The next morning she handed him a $100 Blushing, he said, "Well, thanks Love. I'm flattered. Nobody has ever paid me for services before." "Don't be flattered."
 
Said the woman. "Just take the money and put it towards some boots that fit."
 
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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. "Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?"
 
"Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, "I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'."
 
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It was Saturday night and the preacher still hadn't been able to think of a sermon for the next morning. About 9:00 p.m. he finally said to his wife, "Dear, I think I've come up with the perfect sermon! I'm going to give a sermon about horseback riding!"
 
She said, "Don't be silly! You can't give a sermon about horseback riding!" He replied, "Well, it's going to have to do because I've preached on just about every other subject I can think of." The next morning as they were driving to church, she said, "I can't believe that you're insisting on doing this! You know, if you're going to give that silly sermon on horseback riding, I'm just going to stay in the car during the service." He said, "OK, then, suit yourself!", so she stayed in the car. !
 
Entering church before the service, the preacher had a sudden inspiration and gave a hellfire and brimstone sermon on S,E.X that just had the congregation in awe. As the congregation filed out of the church, some of the members saw his wife sitting in the car and approached her window. One of them said, "Wow! You just missed the best sermon you husband has ever given!"
 
She said, "Yeah, right! What does he know about it! He talks big but he's only tried it twice in his life! "Once before we were married and once after, and he fell off both times!"