Tuesday night next week at the hub, we have Couma ,a chef from the Star Casino cooking dinner for us. A gourmet buffet of butter chicken, beef stroganoff, buttered vegetables, naan bread and a dessert plate. Remember it’s a partner’s night so book early via the website by Friday as numbers are required for our new chef Couma. Sarah McTaggart will be our guest speaker for the evening with some surprises planned for everyone. Could we please have a few members to assist with cleaning the hub on Tuesday morning. Please contact Peter Tomlinson and advise if you can help.
A big thanks to Uwe who represented our club last weekend to assist with the packaging of the hospital building to Vanuatu. The launch breakfast is to be held on Wednesday 5th April at 7.15 am at Catalina café Southport. Next to Southport swimming pool and bookings can be made at https://www.trybooking.com/CGETL
District 9640 conference in Yamba. Conference dates are March 10th,11th and 12th and tickets are available from the District 9640 website.
See you all on Tuesday
Yours in Rotary
Andrew
FINANCE REPORT - Neil Jones
Meeting
21 FEBRUARY 2023
Fines
$ n/a
Bunnings sausage sizzle
$
Copper Pot
$
TOTAL
$ n/a
$
Secretary Neil Baldwin
Reminder to members about Registering for the District Conference to be held at Yamba from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 March 2023. Numbers are limited for Golf on the Friday and River Cruise on the Sunday, so members are encouraged to book early.
Tenterfield Rotary Bavarian Festival 15 to 19 March 2023, booking details were included in the email advice on 25 January.3
ATTENDANCE REPORT 21 FEBRUARY 2023
12
Broadbeach Members
Visiting Rotarian:
Guest Speaker:
6
Members Guests: Pam Hawkins, Edwina Hutchison & daughter Judy and Paul, Christine Jones & Kathy Lewis
18
Total Attendance
NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 28 February
Fellowship meeting at The Hub
Cash Only - EFTPOS NOT AVAILABLE
DUTY ROSTER
Tuesday 28 February
Door: John Monks
Sergeant: Noel Hodges
Scribe: Bob Jordan
Tuesday 7 March No Meeting
Tuesday 14 March
Door: John Curr
Sergeant: Malcolm Daviess
Scribe: Pauline Armstrong
BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLES
Next sizzles will be 24th and 31st March
Please add your name to the roster on the Club Website
Rotary has been creating connections and making an impact for more than a century.
Our 1.4 million members join community leaders, friends, and partners in a global network that is addressing challenges around the world. It started with the vision of one man—Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago in 1905 to exchange ideas and form meaningful friendships. He saw Rotary as a force for ethical leadership, civic service, and peace—ideals he would promote throughout his life.
Having celebrated Rotary's 118th Birthday on 23 February it is appropriate to look back and reflect on the early years.
Founding Years
(1905-1911)
Starting with the first club meeting in 1905, our founding years focus on building an organization that encourages community connections based on friendship and service
The first four Rotarians were Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris.
1907: Early service project
The Rotary Club of Chicago meets with civic organizations to discuss the need for comfort stations (public toilets) to improve sanitation in the city
1908: Rotary's second city
San Francisco, California, USA, becomes the second city to have a Rotary club in November.
1910: Clubs form an association
Members representing 16 Rotary clubs gather at the first Rotary Convention, in Chicago in 1910. They create the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America, adopt a constitution and bylaws for the organization, and elect a board of directors. As members of the association, Rotary clubs remain autonomous but share core values.
1911: The Rotarian magazine
Rotary publishes the first issue of The Rotarian magazine in January 1911, with the purpose of delivering standard messages to all clubs and sharing news from clubs and members. The magazine's name changes to Rotary in 2020.
1911: Our Motto
Rotarians at the 1911 convention embrace an early version of our primary motto, Service Above Self. They also adopt an early version of our secondary motto, One Profits Most Who Serves Best. Two slogans were formally approved as official mottoes in 1950: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self.
With less than the required numbers registered to meet the hotel’s minimum number for our usual meeting upstairs it was decided to switch the venue to the bistro downstairs.
with the addition of a few partners and Edwina’s daughter and partner we ended up with 18 in attendance.
We enjoyed good fellowship and individual meals of our own choosing. With no complaints and no formalities a very relaxed evening was had by all.
The week in Pictures
Enjoying fellowship, wine and food at Mermaid Waters Hotel Bistro.
WEEKLY LAUGHS
In the room, the curtains were drawn, but the rest of the furniture was real.
He's a man of few words, if vocabulary is anything to go by.
I wouldn't say I'm smug, but every year on my birthday I phone my mother
to congratulate her.
There was a time, a new hip joint meant someplace I would go to on weekends.
I once had a psychic girlfriend…she left me before we met.
Small babies will be delivered by a stork . But the heavier ones need a crane.
I knew I was going bald when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face...
Accidently used the dog's shampoo today...
....and I'm feeling like such a good boy.
I went to a psychic today. She warned me that someone was going to swindle me out of some money... Best 200 quid I've ever spent!
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Q: What do you call an alligator in a vest?
A: An Investigator!
Q: Why did the king go to the dentist?
A: To get his teeth crowned.
Q: What do you call a woodpecker with no beak?
A: A headbanger.
Q: What animal has more lives than a cat?
A: A frog. It croaks every night.
Q: Why are elephants so wrinkled?
A: Because they take too long to iron!
Q: Where do geologists like to relax?
A: In a rocking chair.
Q: What do you call a bee born in between April 30 and June 1?
A: A maybe.
Interesting Trivia
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