Rotarlight 21/22 #32 (May 17, 2022)

Peter Dimond

Fellow Rotarians & Friends

It was nice to see more of our members back for the meeting to hear Mia Gosselin speak about her experience at RYTS a few months ago. Gareth Hunt, the District RYTS chair, also attended our meeting and introduced Mia as well as Mia’s parents.

We celebrated John Curr’s 80^th Birthday with a lovely chocolate mud cake. Fortunately there was enough left over to send some home with Russ who has a lot of visitors at the moment.

Harold is preparing a draft of our article which is to be in the July issue of RDU so if anyone has material to submit, please liaise with Harold.

Each Rotary year at this time we ask you to vote for a member you consider worthy of being awarded the Bruce Duncan Fellowship Cup.

The criteria to consider when voting for a member includes but is not limited to:

Attendance
Fellowship with other Members
Service work
Fund raising efforts
Communication

The rules are as follows:

The cup can be won by the same member on more than one occasion but not in consecutive years.
Attendance at the District Conference is no longer part of the criteria for consideration.
You can only vote for one person.

The Cup is an important part of our Club and will be presented at the Changeover Dinner. Please send your vote to me (peter.dimond@bigpond.com) by 29 May.

Until next time

Yours in Rotary

Peter

FINANCE REPORT - Neil Jones

Meeting		17 May 2022
Fines	$47.20	Bunnings sausage sizzle	$
Copper Pot	18.70	Hub Function Profits	$

TOTAL	$65.90		$

SECRETARY REPORT - Tony

Nothing to report this week

ALMONER REPORT - Bob Jordan

Peter & Robyn are taking a well deserved break in Fiji

ATTENDANCE REPORT 17 MAY 2022

17	Broadbeach Members
2	Visiting Rotarians: Rob Haines 9Northern Beaches Upper) & Gareth Hunt (Hope Island)
3	Guest Speaker: Mia Gosselin & parents
1	Members Guest: Alan McNeill
23	Total Attendance

NEXT MEETING

Tuesday 24 May

Asian/Pacific night at The Hub

DUTY ROSTER

Tuesday 24 May 2022

Sergeant: Neil Jones

Door: Harold Busch

Scribe: Bob Jordan

SCOOTER PICKUP/DELIVERY

May 16th - 31st Martin Ingram & Ray Milton

June 1st - 15th. Harold Busch & Rock O’Keefe

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Friday 27 May

7.30 to 11.00 Neil Baldwin, John Curr & Malcolm Daviess

11.00 to 2.00 Pauline Armstrong, Peter Dimond & John Monks

Saturday 11 June

7.30 to 11.00 John Curr, Rock O'Keefe & Grahame Werrell

11.00 to 2.00 Harold Busch, Malcolm Daviess & Neil Jones

President

Peter Dimond

Immediate Past President

Les Bulluss

President Elect

Andrew McTaggart

Vice President

Pauline Armstrong

Secretary

Anthony Lewis

Treasurer

Neil Jones

The Rotary Foundation

Neil Baldwin

Membership

David O'Dwyer

Youth Services

Noel Hodges

Service Projects

John Monks

Club Administration

Robert Jordan

Webmaster

Jim Hawkins

Club Meeting at "The Hub"
Broadbeach Rotary Hub
May 24, 2022 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Outside Visit to SPG Lawyers, Bundall

May 31, 2022 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM

No Meeting on Tue 7th June

Jun 07, 2022

Club meeting at Mermaid Waters Hotel
Mermaid Waters Hotel
Jun 14, 2022 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

2 Options for meeting tonight

Jun 21, 2022 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Changeover

Jun 28, 2022 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

View entire list

Member Birthdays

John Curr

May 10

Cec McPaul

May 11

Neil Baldwin

May 12

Jim Hawkins

May 22

Peter Dimond

May 28

Alain Charles

May 30

Spouse Birthdays

Jeanette O'Brien

May 30

Anniversaries

Alex Jorden

Marie Jorden

May 2

Join Date

Les Bulluss

May 5, 2008

14 years

Neil Jones

May 11, 1986

36 years

Neil Baldwin

May 22, 2007

15 years

Rotary Information Weekly

Fifth Tuesday In May

Informative Seminar Followed by Dinner

Please see the invitation below

Following the seminar it is planned to have dinner at the nearby Gold Coast Tavern which has been suggested as an alternative meeting venue

For further information and to register please contact President Elect Andrew McTaggart

FROM OUR MEETING 17 MAY 2022

Scribe: Bob Jordan

A very good night attended by 23 people. Our guest speaker, Mia Gosselin was our RYTS participant who was there with her parents Tyrone and Kana Gosselin. Other guests included Alan McNeill and Gareth Hunt and Rob Haines,a guest looking at Rotary

Sergeant Neil opened the meeting right on 6.30 and welcomed all those attending .President Peter then gave his welcome and outlined the evening.

Dinner was served, followed by a special dessert to celebrate John Curr’s 80^th birthday. While all the cake cutting and passing around was happening Sergeant Neil was separating everyone from their money although to be fair we escaped reasonably lightly.

Heads and tails was won by our special guest Mia and the raffle by Alex Jorden.

Mia gave an informative address on her RYTE’S visit and thanked the club for their sponsorship .Unfortunately the hotel’s speaker system decided to expire halfway through her address and it was difficult to hear.

President Peter thanked Mia for her address and donated the customary club gift to our guest speakers.

After some questions from the audience President Peter closed the meeting at 7.35 p.m.

WEEKLY LAUGHS

I've just finished reading the Kama Sutra.....and I have to say its left me in a very awkward position !!!

Have you been a victim of faulty double glazing? You could be entitled to condensation!

To awaken the student sleeping in his class, the English Professor threw a book at him.
“What hit me?” spluttered the student.
“That, my lad,” replied the professor, “was a flying Chaucer.”

I just said to my mate have you put a bit of weight on? He said yeah I’ve had a lot on my plate recently

When I was in school I was always successful at spelling bees. Other words I found much harder.

I went to the bakery and asked for shortbread, they said they don't make it any longer.
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Some interesting thoughts to ponder…

I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom, until they're flashing behind you.
Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass of water.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
I'm great at multi-tasking--I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once.
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
Take my advice — I'm not using it.
Hospitality is the art of making guests feel like they're at home when you wish they were.
Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
Ever stop to think and forget to start again?
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Q: What's the difference between a well-dressed man and a tired dog?
A: The man wears a suit and the dog just pants.

Q: What do you call cattle with a sense of humor?
A: Laughing stock.

Q: What did the scotch tape say to the duct tape?
A: I was hoping you'd stick around.

Phrases and their origins

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