We hosted the launch for the incoming GVE team from the Philippines and farewelled Bruce and his team at the Quality Inn on Sunday. It was a casual affair but with so many PDGs and the current DG and GSE alumni there it was quite an event. The incoming team treated us to a dance routine which may have had Bruce rethinking his strategy for his overseas presentations. Thanks to Les for chairing the event and keeping everything running smoothly.
What a great night at the Hub to finish off our hosting duties for the GVE team. Team leader Grace Vinarao and the team of Mike Torres, Joyce Ancuna, Jam Ramos and Bey de Castro were treated to an Aussie BBQ with Graham W and Noel the Elder as chefs. Many thanks to Kay also who made a magnificent fruit salad and truly gave the meal the Aussie flavour. We rounded off the evening with the team having a rally on the scooters with John supervising. They really enjoyed it.
Thanks again to Noel and Kay, PE Graham and John and Haidee for hosting. I know all the team felt very much at home and even some tears when they had to change hosts.
Our guest speaker next week is Professor Belinda Beck from Griffith University. She is conducting research on bone density which has implications for all of us as we age. I hope many of you can come. It is also a partners night.
Member's Guests (Haidee Diaz, Pam Hawkins, Kay Hodges, Emma McTaggart & June Milton)
Guest Speaker
5
Visiting Rotarian GVE Team from D3780 Philippines
27
Total Attendance
MEETING DUTY ROSTER
19 March
Door: Andrew McTaggart & Alex Jorden
Sergeant: Les Bulluss
Toast: Malcolm Daviess
Scribe: Neil Baldwin
Anecdote: Alain Charles
26 March
Door: Andrew McTaggart & Neil Baldwin
Sergeant: Kevin O'Brien
Toast: Peter Tomlinson
Scribe: Russ Hutchison
Anecdote: Noel Hodges
2 April
Door: Neil Baldwin & David O"Dwyer
Sergeant: Russ Hutchison
Toast: Alain Charles
Scribe: Andrew McTaggart
Anecdote: Alex Jorden
9 April
Door: Neil Baldwin & Grahame Werrell
Sergeant: Les Bulluss
Toast: Jim Hawkins
Scribe: Noel Hodges
Anecdote: Tony Lewis
FUNDRAISING ROSTER REMINDERS THIS WEEK
Sausage Sizzle Friday 22 March
8.00am: Robyn Brown & Uwe Seifert
11.00am: John Curr, Noel Hodges & Grahame Werrell
Car Boot Sale Sunday 07 April
5.00am Les Bulluss, Noel & Kay Hodges and Nigel Hyland
7.00am Alain Charles & Jim Hawkins
FINANCE REPORT - NOEL HODGES
Meeting
12 March 2019
Fines
$
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle 08 March
$595.50
Copper Pot
$
Raffle
$
Car Boot Sale Sunday
$
TOTAL
$
TOTAL
$595.50
SECRETARY REPORT - Tony Lewis
Next Tuesday night (19th March), there will be a Board meeting. As always members are welcome to attend Board meetings. If you have an item you wish to be raised at a Board meeting, please advise the Director concerned who will then raise it at the Board meeting
I am about to update the membership contact list which shows, in part, each members address, phone number/s and Email address. Should you have any changes to any of the these, please let me know as soon as possible so that the change can be made. I only update this list each 6 months.
I will also distribute an updated printed version of the list to all members. The list can also be viewed in Club runner in "View Club Documents"
If you have difficulty in finding this, or any other document in "View Club Documents" or any other area, please do not hesitate to contact me or Jim Hawkins and we will take you through the necessary steps.
Please note, this list is for the information and use of MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Broadbeach ONLY. Therefore, please keep it in a safe area. The electronic version in Club Runner can only be viewed by Members via their login
In my early twenties, like many young Aussies I traveled with a friend to England. The voyage on the Ellinis took five weeks as we went through New Zealand, Tahiti the Panama Canal and New York. With only minimal savings it was decided that we would share a cabin with two other lady strangers and we all slept in bunks.
There was no en-suite and the bathroom was down the hall, not at all glamorous and there always seemed to be a gale of wind when we wanted to shower and our morning tea each day was Bonox a far cry from the current cruises.
We worked in London using the weekends for sightseeing and theatre and then went on to travel by bus through the Scandinavian countries through to Russia and back through Berlin, passing through the wall at Checkpoint Charlie.
The bus unfortunately was quite old and on numerous occasions we had to push it to start the engine. We pushed that bus through France, Denmark, Sweden and many other countries and we all tried to keep away from the exhaust as there was plenty of fumes when it started.
Breakdowns were most useful especially in Russia where we were assigned a “guide” who had great difficulty in keeping track of the bus load of tourists. The guide obviously had a set agenda that we were to be shown and only those items. Therefore, when the bus stopped it was agreed that we all head out sightseeing in different directions on our own to see as much as possible before we were herded back.
Food in Russia at that time was in short supply and when we wanted to buy food we had to line up to buy a ticket and then line up for the food.
We camped along the way and often had little or no hot water but I would not have changed it in any way.
Rotary Information Weekly
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
District 9640 Conference 29-31 March 2019
Registration for Rotarians and their partners is free of charge, however, in fairness, a fee applies to partake in the events which serve food. Click on this link to go to the Registration Page.
WEEKLY LAUGHS
APHORISM: A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE THAT EXPRESSES A WISE OR CLEVER OBSERVATION:
1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humor you probably don't have any sense at all.
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Stroke a cat and you will have a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a.m - for example, it could be the right number.
13. No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap.
15. Be careful about reading the fine print - there's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
18. Money can't buy happiness but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Ford.
19. After 70, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you're probably dead.
20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind and the ones that mind don't matter.
21. Life isn't tied with a bow but it's still a gift.
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
(This week a little more than a quote)
(the last writings of Steve Jobs who died a multi billionaire at age 56)
I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In some others' eyes, my life is the epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of my death.
You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can be found or replaced. But there is one thing that can never be found when it's lost - Life. Whichever stage in life you are in right now, with time, you will face the day when the curtain comes down.
Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well and cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we realize that a $300 or a $30 watch both tell the same time. You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down - you go down with it.
Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies and old friends, brothers and sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, have sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness! Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price. Eat your food as your medicine, otherwise you have to eat medicine as your food.
The One who loves you will never leave you for another because, even if there are 100 reasons to give up, he or she will find a reason to hold on. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage!
The six best doctors in the world are sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence and friends. Maintain them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life.”
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