Rotarlight 18/19 #23 (Dec 16, 2018)

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Pauline Armstrong

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Fellow Rotarians and Friends

The following is an update from DG Terry regarding the District 9640 drought relief fund.

BURRUMBUTTOCK HAY RUNNERS – IS ON THE MOVE.

I have been advised that the next Hay Run by BHR will take place on the Australia Day long weekend in January 2019. The destination is Quilpie QLD. It is anticipated that 240/260 truck will be in the convoy. They will deliver approx 15,000 large round bales of hay. The fund from District 9640 has just exceeded $90,000, truly a magnificent effort from our clubs and their supporters. This donation will fund 25% of the Hay Run cost. Remember that the hay, use of trucks and drivers is all donated, the cost is for the fuel which will be approx $360,000.

Thanks to Membership Director Nigel for his presentation on membership at this week’s meeting. I was impressed that he remembered so much of the detail without having to refer to notes. Noel made a good point when he said that many organisations and churches are experiencing the same drop off in membership. The presentation showed that there are many innovative ways to seek out new members but it is not one size fits all.

We all enjoyed the cake to celebrate David O’Dwyer’s latest big O birthday. Happy birthday again David from all the club.

We have a great group coming to the Christmas party. It is a bit different his year as it is more casual than usual but it will afford a great opportunity to mingle and not be stuck at one table. I am sure you will be pleased with the food and I am really looking forward to it.

See you then.

Yours in Rotary

Pauline

ATTENDANCE REPORT 11 DECEMBER 2018

21	Broadbeach Members
1	Honorary Members (Uwe Seifert)
	Member's Guests Guest Speakers
	Visiting Rotarian
22	Total Attendance

MEETING DUTY ROSTER

18 December - Christmas Function

Scribe: Neil Jones

Profile: Trevor Taylor

25 December - No Meeting

01 January - No Meeting

08 January - Social Meeting - The Hub

Door: Bruce Kuhn

Scribe: Neil Jones

Anecdote: Uwe Seifert

FUNDRAISING ROSTER REMINDERS THIS WEEK

Sausage Sizzle Friday 21 December

8.00am Malcolm Daviess & Bob Jordan

11.00am Noel Phingsthorne,John Curr & Russ Hutchison

No Sizzle Friday 28 December

Sausage Sizzle Friday 04 January

8.00am Bob Jordan & Tony Lewis

11.00am Ian Cowen, John Curr & Noel Hodges

Sausage Sizzle Friday 11 January

8.00am Malcolm Daviess & Uwe Seifert

11.00am Neil Baldwin, Neil Jones & Grahame Werrell

Car Boot Sale Sunday 06 January

5.00am John Curr, Noel & Kay Hodges and Neil Jones

7.00am Malcolm Daviess and Chris Owen

FINANCE REPORT - NOEL HODGES

Meeting		11 DECEMBER 2018
Fines	$ 52.80	Bunning's Sausage Sizzle Friday 7 December	$877.10
Copper Pot	$ 15.60		$
Raffle	$ 35.00	Car Boot Sale	$
TOTAL	$103.40	TOTAL	$877.10

SECRETARY REPORT - Tony Lewis

The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday 15 January 2019 following the regular Club meeting

All members are welcome to attend

ALMONER REPORT - Bob Jordan

Bob has been on the sick list this week but is recovering well and should be back on deck for our next issue,

President

Pauline Armstrong

Immediate Past President

Alain Charles

President Elect

Graham Sivyer

Vice President

Neil Jones

Treasurer

Noel Hodges

Secretary

Anthony Lewis

Director - Admin

Bruce Kuhn

Director - Service

Harold Busch

Director - Membership and Public Relations

Nigel Hyland OAM

Director - Rotary Foundation

Neil Baldwin

Director - Youth Services

Andrew McTaggart

Webmaster

Jim Hawkins

Annual Christmas Party

Quality Hotel - Lounge Bar

Dec 18, 2018
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Xmas Day - NO MEETING

Dec 25, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Mick and Margaret Martin

Jan 15, 2019
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Ross Muir - Group Cultural Exchange member

Quality Hotel

Jan 22, 2019
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Member Birthdays

Denis O'Brien

December 2

David O'Dwyer

December 4

Grahame Werrell

December 18

John Monks

December 19

Noel Hodges

December 24

Spouse Birthdays

Pat Curr

December 17

Anniversaries

David O'Dwyer

Jenny

December 28

Join Date

Denis O'Brien

December 14, 1976

42 years

MEMBER PROFILE

NOEL PHINGSTHORNE

Born on the December 24^th 1947

Education summary: Bell Street Primary school, Northcote High School to Matriculation, Advanced studies RMIT Accounting Certificate, Caulfield institute Diploma of Business Studies

Work History: At 18 years of age I entered the workforce as a trainee Accountant with Felt & Textiles later to be known as F & T Industries and over a period of 10 years worked in their foot ware division for 5 years and their plastics & flooring divisions for a further 5 years.

I then moved to Pyrox Limited and assumed the position of Cost Accountant and later was promoted to the position of Group Accountant for the expanded Pyrox-Sietel Group. They were manufacturers of Domestic and Commercial gas appliances and importers of Siemens colour televisions. After a large management restructure I could see there was no future there for me so I moved on to Australian General Electric as Cost Accountant.

My job description was to pinpoint how and why the company was losing five million dollars in manufactured appliances every 6 months. After 12 months of tracking all data movements I discovered the losses were occurring in the N.S.W. branch. Upon reporting this to the M.D. he dispatched the report to his bottom drawer. Three months later and after much deliberation I decided on a career change.

I applied successfully for the position of General Manager of Exclusive Food Houses and over a period of 18 years provided the owner with competent back up in all areas of the business. He did the overseas travel and product sourcing whilst I was the homebody looking after the day to day running of the business.

Towards the end of my time there I tried to foster a relationship with another importer based in N.S.W. which could have been very profitable for both companies however the owner was reluctant to pursue the arrangement.

This left me frustrated and when the opportunity to take up the offer to establish the Melbourne division of F Mayer Imports I had no hesitation to take on board the challenge. My contract allowed me to work up ownership in the business to 49% and after 11 years and growing the business from 0 to 18 million turn over it was time for me to retire which happened on my 60^th birthday.

Since then I have done volunteer work whilst in Melbourne with food recovery group Second Bite and also the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital.

I hope that this profile is helpful in understanding my Education & working life.

Rotary Information Weekly

December is Rotary’s Disease Prevention and Treatment Month

Rotary members have played a key role in bringing the world to the brink of polio eradication. Our members have not only helped end polio in 122 countries but also created a system for addressing many other health priorities, like Ebola. Rotary clubs lead efforts to fight diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. Clubs also focus on disease prevention by providing health education and bringing routine hearing, vision, and dental care to those in need.
Our Club can be very proud of our contribution in this area of focus including our current Alzheimer's project and partnership with the Malaria Vaccine Project.

2017-18 annual report now available

Read about Rotary's accomplishments during 2017-18 in the annual report.

The report includes highlights from the year, service projects that are having a positive, long-term impact, and stories from donors on why they contribute to The Rotary Foundation.

GET THE REPORT

Greetings From Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope

Dear Neil,

Many thanks for the regular Broadbeach Rotarlight I have been receiving for the past year since my visit to your Club

Please pass on our best wishes to all for a wonderful and Blessed Christmas and festive Season.

From myself, our President Susan O’Hagan Ward and all the members of our Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope

We live on the tip of Africa, and although it is not the most southern point, it is the most beautiful!!

We would love to have a visit from you guys some time.

Warm greetings,

Bev

BEV FRIESLICH

Secretary

Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope

D 9350 – South Africa

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday 18th December 2018

Clubs Christmas party to be held at the Quality Hotel

$25 per head (subsidised by the club) If you have not already done so please pay direct to Club Administration Account BSB 034637 Account No 201534.

Tuesday 08 January 2019

Our first gathering in the new year will be a social evening at the Hub. Usual timings and cost ($25 per person)

A great opportunity for Rotarians and partners to get together for a relaxed meal and tell tales of those extraordinary Xmas happenings.

Register as usual.

A working bee will be held on 08 January commencing at 9.30am to ready the Hub for this function. If you can help out please let John Monks know.

Wednesday 20 February 2019

Multi District TRF Function at Loganholme

Click on image above to go to Conference Website

As this will be our final Rotarlight for 2018 (the next bulletin including a wrap of the Christmas Party will issue on Sunday 06 January 2019), the editorial team of Neil Jones & Tony Lewis take this opportunity of wishing all our readers a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

See you all in 2019

FROM OUR LAST MEETING 11 DECEMBER 2018

Scribe: Neil Jones

Sergeant Les Bulluss opened the meeting stating it was the "345th day of the year of our Pauline" and also International Mountain Day for which he provided a host of irrelevant trivia before inviting Bill Rex to propose the toast of the day. Bill chose to toast our proposed new District 9620.

President Pauline welcomed all in attendance and requested all attending the Christmas Party next week to pay in advance as she did not want anyone having to worry about collecting funds on the night.

Noel Phingsthorne took the opportunity to sell some tickets in the Mermaid Beach Christmas raffle and thanked members for their support.

Sergeant Les began his Sergeant's session with a tale about his work experience at the Catholic Church in Guyra. John Curr and David O'Dwyer were Bunyips (apparently they were Bunyips at this meeting in 1914)

David O'Dwyer was called forth and a cake produced to celebrate his 70th Birthday. Russ Hutchison spoke glowingly of his 38 year friendship with David and all joined in singing Happy Birthday.

President Pauline introduced our own Membership Director, Nigel Hyland to speak on the multi district membership meeting which she and Nigel had attended on 4 November.

Nigel presented a Power Point "You Reap What You Sow" given by Mark Huddleston which aimed to challenge us all in relation to membership. The number of Rotarians in Australia has declined by just over 30% over the last 20 years while over the same period the average age of Rotarians has increased significantly to 71 years. Over 85% of Rotarians are aged over 50 and somewhat resistant to change but change we must if Rotary is to survive and prosper.

A key question is "are meetings effective and a productive use of volunteers time?" He suggests "less meeting and more doing". Many other points were highlighted but Nigel emphasised that change is a matter for the members of each club to decide.

Nigel also covered highlights from a presentation "Learn the secrets to social media success" and concluded by showing the video of the Ashmore Rotary Cup.

President Pauline thanked Nigel and presented him with our usual speakers memento.

The Week in Pictures

Sergeant Les Bill proposed the toast President Pauline

Les and Jim won the raffles Russ speaks of his mate David

Celebration of David achieving the Big 70 milestone

Nigel presenting on Membership Pauline expresses thanks to Nigel

WEEKLY LAUGHS

Signs of the times

In a shoe repair shop:
"We will heel you; we will save your sole; we will even dye for you."

In a Podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."

At an Optometrist's Office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."

On a Plumber's truck:
"We repair what your husband fixed."

On another Plumber's truck:
"Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."

On an Electrician's truck:
"Let us remove your shorts."

On a Maternity Room door:
"Push. Push. Push."

In a Veterinarian's waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"

In a Restaurant window:
"Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up."

In the front yard of a Funeral Home:
"Drive carefully. We'll wait."
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Q: How do hair stylists speed up their job?
A: They take short cuts!

Q: What is a boxer's favorite drink?
A: Punch.

Q: How do you know if a restaurant has a clown as a chef?
A: When the food tastes funny.

Q: What time do ducks wake up in the morning?
A: At the quack of dawn.

Q: What's brown and sticky?
A: A twig.

Q: What do sea monsters eat?
A: Fish and Ships.

Q: What dance was invented by Charles Dickens?
A: The Oliver Twist!

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value"

Albert Einstein

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