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President's Message
Alain Charles
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Hi all,
 
Very enjoyable evening in the company of our special guest Cr. Paul Taylor was had last Tuesday.
Cr.Paul kept us informed and updated us with on the Commonwealth games organisations as well other issues that may affect us around Broadbeach.
 
Admin Director Bob updated us on alternate venue arrangements. After meeting with the Crowne Food and Beverage manager, Bob informed us that the hotel was not prepared to negotiate down on attendance numbers and it is now becoming obvious that we as a club can no longer afford to pay the weekly excess fee. I appreciated Denis O’Brien’s input and comments which were invaluable and one we should be considering. Cr. Paul Taylor also confirmed that the Kurrawa Surf Club will not be ready until end of November.
Thank you to those who have come forward with their valuable suggestions. Our thanks go to Bob and Secretary Tony for their efforts in trying to negotiate a suitable venue on our behalf.
 
This week I also attended a Group 7 Cluster Meeting. It was hosted by the Rotary Club of Broadbeach at the HUB. The meeting was Chaired by Assistant Governor David Baguley and attended by Presidents from Surfers Paradise, Surfers Sunrise, Broadwater, Gold Coast, Mermaid Beach and Broadbeach.
None of the Presidents had ever visited the Hub. I am pleased to report that the Presidents were extremely impressed with what we have at the Hub and somewhat envious about the facilities. They have all indicated that at some point in the near future they will be contacting Hub Committee to make arrangements for their meetings seminars and functions.
Each President shared great ideas, all had similar issues and the opportunities that were raised resulted in very positive outcomes. The Presidents were happy to buddy up in projects and to share the workload in fundraising as well as to raise the profile of Rotary to attract new members. Further our Alzheimer’s Project was very well supported by all.
 
I look forward to enjoying a great social BBQ this coming Tuesday at the Hub catered by Grahame Werrell and Noel Hodges.
Yours in Rotary
Alain
 
 
Links
Sausage Sizzle Roster
Car Boot Sale - Roster
Book Shop Staff Roster
Rotary International
D9640 Website
Miami Combined Probus Club
 
 
 
ATTENDANCE REPORT 22 AUGUST 2017
 25 Broadbeach Members
   2
Honorary Members (Ian Cowen & Uwe Seifert)
   1
 Guest Speaker (Honorary Member Paul Taylor))                                                                  
   Visiting Rotarian 
 28 Total Attendance
 
MEETING DUTY ROSTER
29 August
Door:       Neil Baldwin & Bruce Kuhn
Sergeant: Kevin O'Brien
Toast:      Les Bulluss
Scribe:     Noel Hodges
Anecdote: Russ Hutchison
05 September
Door:       Grahame Werrell & Andrew McTaggart
Sergeant: Russ Hutchison
Toast:       Ian Cowen
Scribe:     Bruce Kuhn
Anecdote: Nasser Kaviani
12 September
Door: Grahame Werrell & Denis O'Brien
Sergeant: David O'Dwyer
Toast:       Jim Hawkins
Scribe:      
Anecdote: John Monks
19 September
Door:        Grahame Werrell & Graham Sivyer
Sergeant:  David O'Dwyer
Toast:       Peter Gowans
Scribe:      Andrew McTaggart
Anecdote: Malcolm Daviess
 
FUNDRAISING ROSTER REMINDERS THIS WEEK
 
Sausage Sizzle Friday 01 September
Robyn Brown & Les Bulluss
John Curr, Kevin O'Brien & Grahame Werrell
 
Carrara Markets Book Shop
Saturday 02 September: am volunteer required, pm Volunteer required
Sunday 03 September: am Michelle Curnow & Jill Kidd pm Volunteer required
 
Car Boot Sale Sunday 03 September
5.00am Les Bulluss, John Curr, Peter Gowans & Bill Waller
7.00am Harold Busch & Alain Charles
 
 
FINANCE REPORT - PETER DIMOND
Meeting   22 August 2017  
Fines $15.80 Bunnings Sizzle Friday 18 August $   757.40 
Copper Pot $14.45                             $  
Raffle   Carrara Markets Book Stall 19/20 August  $   456.15
       
    Car Boot Sale Sunday  20 August $   637.00
TOTAL $30.25    TOTAL $1,850.55
 
 
SECRETARY REPORT - Tony Lewis
Not a lot to report this week. However, I must reiterate what President Alain and Administration Director Bob said at last weeks meeting.
As Bob stated, the Crowne Plaza Hotel will not reduce our minimum numbers to under 25. There are several reasons why we are not meeting this minimum number of attendees each week including members travelling, illness, reduction in membership numbers etc. However, to date this has created a large debt for the Club. As Alain and Bob advised, we have been actively looking for another venue with at least 1 appearing to be suitable for us to relocate. Your input into this issue would be greatly appreciated.
 
ALMONER REPORT - Bob Jordan
Cec is out and  about although still taking it easy. No date set for his return to Rotary.
David called on Keith last week and he is still going as well as can be expected.
Bon voyage to Neil & Christine who leave for London on Wednesday.
ClubRunner
Executives & Directors
President
Alain Charles
 
Immediate Past President
Bruce Kuhn
 
President Elect
Pauline Armstrong
 
Vice President
Neil Jones
 
Treasurer
Peter Dimond
 
Secretary
Tony Lewis
 
Director - Admin
Robert Jordan
 
Director - Service
Harold Busch
 
Director - International
Kevin O'Brien
 
Director - Membership
Les Bulluss
 
Director - Rotary Foundation
Pauline Armstrong
 
Director - Youth Services
Noel Hodges
 
Webmaster
Jim Hawkins
 
Upcoming Events
Social Evening - The Hub
The Hub
Aug 29, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Chub Meeting - 5 September 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Sep 05, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Chub Meeting - 12 September 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Sep 12, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - 19 September 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Sep 19, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Social Night - 26 September 2017
Sep 26, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - 3 October 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Oct 03, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - 10 October 2017
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Oct 10, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Police Officer of the Year Awards
Southport Golf Club
Oct 17, 2017
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Alex Jorden
August 1
 
Harold Busch
August 4
 
Neil Jones
August 12
 
Les Bulluss
August 21
 
Kevin O'Brien
August 27
 
Spouse Birthdays
Cindy Bulluss
August 10
 
Agnes
August 30
 
Anniversaries
Noel Hodges
Kay Hodges
August 23
 
Kevin O'Brien
Jeanette O'Brien
August 27
 
Join Date
Kevin O'Brien
August 27, 1986
31 years
 
 
 
MEMBER ANECDOTES
 
PETER GOWANS
 
 
In all our trips to India travel arrangements have gone amazingly reliably as planned. However I can remember one occasion where the element of adventure aligned to create what turned out to be a comical set of circumstances.
 
Our plan was to depart Madras, (now called Chennai) for Goa with a transit stop In Bangalore now called Bengalu. We departed Chennai on time and arrived in Bangalore to be greeted by our local travel representative as usual. He advised us that due to some minor political demonstrations the Goa Airport was currently closed to all incoming flights. I told our representative that in this case we would prefer to travel to Mumbai our next destination. He replied “that the flight to Mumbai had left with no further flights today”, available. Ok time for plan B I thought. So now we will need to stay here in Bangalore before travelling on to Mumbai. Sorry all the hotels in Bangalore are full due to an annual racing event. By this time it was lunch time and our Group need to relax and eat, so I said. Ok we will go to the West End Hotel to relax, have lunch and acertain our next move. “Sorry all the Taxis are unavailable due to the local races. This now was starting to become a small challenge. Somehow we managed to rustle up 3 private cars and arrived at the West End Hotel, met the Manager who advised us that, all our Travel Agent was telling was true. Shanti then asked him, “if the Indian Prime Minister was coming where would you put him. Oh he replied in the Presidential suite of course. Ok Shanti said we will stay there. This suite was like a 2 bedroom house in size so the girls got to share the bedrooms and boys the lounge and hallways and it became the talk of the town. “westerners engage in orgy in Presidential suite”.
 
 
 
 
 
Rotary International     
Rotary Information Weekly
 
Rotary finds a new partner for peace
Rotary is forming a new strategic partnership with the Institute for Economics and Peace, a leader in the study of peace and conflict. Together, we will create new learning opportunities for members. Rotary will work with the institute to create an online learning platform, with webinars and interactive tools, that members and Rotary Peace Fellows can use to build on their expertise. Contact Area of Focus Manager Rebecca Crall for additional details.
 
 
Club News
 
Don't Forget this week's meeting will be at The Hub.
Noel Hodges & Grahame Werrell will be cooking up a treat.
Don't miss this Fellowship opportunity and bring your partner and/or friends.
Register today.
 
UPCOMING ROTARY EVENTS
 
SURFERS PARADISE CLUB RACE DAY - SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER
Please contact Bruce Kuhn if you are interested in joining a Broadbeach table
 
GOLD COAST POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARDS - TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER
The thirteenth annual presentation of The Gold Coast Police Officer of the Year Award will be held at the Southport Golf Club on Tuesday 17 October 2017.
Southport Rotary Club has kindly surrendered its venue to us and will be joining us for this special event on our annual Rotary calendar.
Cost on this occasion will be $55 per person. More details when finalised.
Don't miss this very special night - mark it in your diary now.
 
BROADBEACH 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER - SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER 
Planning is underway for this milestone celebration and invitations have been extended to our Sister Clubs for this special event which will be held at Southport Golf Club on Saturday 4 November 2017. More details over ensuing months as program details are finalised. In the meantime please mark this special night (which will replace our normal meeting on 31 October) in your diary. 
 
 
 
 
 
The Rotary Foundation Weekly
 

My gifts will leave a lasting legacy

Monica Saville, Rotary Club of Epping, New South Wales, Australia

Monica Saville is a polio survivor and a trustee with the Australian Rotary Foundation Trust.

Australia hasn’t seen a new case of locally acquired polio in decades, but survivors like Monica Saville, who contracted the virus at age 11, haven’t forgotten the disease. Now a trustee with the Australian Rotary Foundation Trust, she speaks at conferences and Rotary institutes about how to support the campaign to end polio and other Foundation programs.“When I learned that Rotary’s goal was to eradicate this debilitating disease, I contributed financially to the cause,” says the former teacher. “As a polio survivor, however, I also feel a great need to increase awareness among Rotary members and the general public and motivate them to support our efforts.” She’s currently organizing a fundraising dinner for two Australian districts in honor of The Rotary Foundation’s centennial, and she’s encouraging Rotary members and their partners to consider the Foundation in their wills, as she and her husband, Geoff, have done. “Leaving a legacy to promote a better world beyond our lifetimes is the logical extension to our combined nearly 60 years of Rotary service,” says Saville, who has been recognized with a Medal of the Order of Australia for her work with Rotary.

We can all help Rotary's worldwide work by contributing to The Rotary Foundation - talk to Foundation Director, Pauline.

 
 
 
FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING - 22 AUGUST 2017 
Scribe: Jim Hawkins
 
The meeting was opened with the call for attention by Sergeant  Kevin - who followed that by introducing President Alain.
Alain welcomed our honorary members Uwe, Ian along with a special mention to Cr. Paul Taylor as our guest speaker for the evening.
Alain then welcomed back pp Harold Busch from his 4 months of exploring the northern half of our great continent with the team organized by D9640 e-Club.    Alain announced some changes to our Board with Harold taking on the portfolio of “Director – Service”.  With the resignation of Laurie Lynch, Noel Hodges has taken on the role of “Director – Youth”.   Pauline has taken on the role of “Director - Foundation”.  Kevin has taken on the role of “Director – International”.   The full list is shown on the home page of our ClubRunner website.  Congratulations to these members  for taking on these roles.
Harold delivered the toast of the evening to a very worthy group – “the Royal Flying Doctor Service”, that  iconic of service to the great outback.  Well done Harold.
Admin Director Bob Jordan gave us the latest update on low attendances for two recent meetings where the hotel had enforced the minimum charge of 25 meals. That meant  further dipping into the diminishing funds of our admin account.  This was followed by some Q & A in this regard.
 pp Dr. Denis O’Brien took the opportunity to tell us how he had negotiated the move to the Crowne Plaza many years before  ( in the latter portion of the last century).  At that time our numbers were a lot higher and the negotiation led to the regular supply of a 3 course meal  for something under $15 per head.   My, how times have changed.  Denis remarked that he felt that in recent times, our hotel no longer displayed that keenness in retaining our business and that we should now seriously consider an alternative venue – as investigations have indicated other options interested in hosting us.
After Sergeant Kevin relieved us of our spare change, the raffle was won by  Pres. Alain & the heads & tails by John Monks.
Alain then welcomed Hon. Member & Division 10 Cr. Paul Taylor to the microphone.
Cr. Paul started by reminding us that its now less than 240 days to the start of the 2018 Commonwealth games !!   He advised the good news that everything is on target for a successful event.  Paul went through the various locations where the events will take place. He believes however that the epicentre is in fact Broadbeach, with the convention centre hosting over 3,000 sports journalists from around the globe, the casino being the primary centre for Channel  7 & the other  television networks and the Kurrawa area the home for a further 1500 journalists involved in covering the games.  Security is being taken very seriously and  3,000 or more security and army personnel will be involved.  It’s going to be VERY busy in our patch, certain areas such as Surf Pde,Queensland Ave & the beach area will be locked down for some weeks. Planning is for about 25,000 people to be traveling in & out of Broadbeach EACH day of the games. Not a place to take your car over that period.  Huge TV screens will be setup in the beach parkland areas, along with jumping castles & other entertainment.   Expect temporary bollards and lots of concrete as part of the security that is the norm these days for major events.  Indications are that every hotel in our area will be fully booked.
CR. Paul mentioned that the works in Surf Parade have all been completed.  Over $5mill has been spent on improvements in that central area and as such it’s now extremely well set up to take advantage of events such as the games with further spin off longer term to regular annual events such as Blues on Broadbeach.  Similarly most of the round-a-bouts in our Broadbeach area have been made more attractive with new plants etc. from new funding as a result of the games.
He advised that projects overall on the coast have been forging ahead with significant investment.
Of course problems sometimes accompany these projects. Parking pressures as a result of expansions at the Star casino and other constructions such as the new Sunland project at the north end of Hedges avenue create pressures from the large number or car parks needed for construction workers.  Council always requests advance plans of parking requirements from builders however in practice council are often thwarted by the practices of groups such as builders unions who advise their members to park wherever they like.
Cr. Paul went into more detail on car parking in Broadbeach.  One initiative is additional signage in key areas advising more as to where car parking is available – there are lots of areas under buildings that many people are unaware of – some free, others not.  One example is the large areas that are part of the convention centre – thousands of spots are normally available there for fees that are very favourable when compared to anything similar in our largest cities.
It was clear that everyone present greatly appreciated the information provided by Cr Paul.  We indeed are very fortunate to have such a capable and enthusiastic councillor looking after our area and particularly to have him as a member of our club.
Thank  You Cr. Paul Taylor.
 
 
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
 
   
   Sergeant Kevin                        President Alain             Harold Toasts the RFDS
  
                                 No!  I don't have a drinking problem
   
    Harold receives his Director's Pin      Bob & Denis discussing venue options
  
         President Alain won the raffle                  John took out Heads & Tails
    
                     Guest Speaker & Honorary Member, Paul Taylor
 
 
 
WEEKLY LAUGHS 
A Missouri farmer passed away and left 17 mules to his three sons. The instructions left in the will said that the oldest boy was to get one-half, the second oldest one-third, and the youngest one-ninth. The three sons, recognizing the difficulty of dividing 17 mules into these fractions, began to argue.
Their uncle heard about the argument, hitched up his mule and drove out to settle the matter. He added his mule to the 17, making 18. The oldest therefore got one-half, or nine, the second oldest got one-third, or six, and the youngest son got one-ninth, or two. Adding up 9, 6 and 2 equals 17. The uncle, having settled the argument, hitched up his mule and drove home.
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My father was completely lost in the kitchen and never ate unless someone prepared a meal for him. When Mother was ill, however, he volunteered to go to the supermarket for her. She sent him off with a carefully numbered list of seven items.
Dad returned shortly, very proud of himself, and proceeded to unpack the grocery bags. He had one bag of sugar, two dozen eggs, three hams, four boxes of detergent, five boxes of crackers, six eggplants, and seven green peppers.
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An old lady phoned the hospital and asked if she could check on a patient.
“I can do that for you,” said the operator. “What’s the name and room number?”
“Bettie Mahoney, room 309,” said the woman.
After placing the woman on hold for a few minutes, the operator returned.
“I have good news! Her nurse just told me that Bettie is doing very well and will be discharged on Tuesday.”
“That’s wonderful!” said the woman. “I was so worried. Thank you for your help.”
“Not a problem,” said the operator. “Is Bettie your daughter?”
“No,” said the woman. “I’m Bettie in room 309. No one tells me anything.”
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Q: What happened to the butcher?
A: He backed into a meat cutter and got a little behind in his work.

Q: What do lawyers wear to court?
A: Lawsuits!

Q: What do you call security guards working outside Samsung shops?
A: Guardians of the Galaxy.

Q: What sound do porcupines make when they kiss?
A: "Ouch!"

Q: What did the triangle say to the circle?
A: You're pointless!


 
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
 
Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
　
- Spike Milligan
 
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