In the Chair: President Jennifer
Members: 12
Guests: 0
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Grain of Hope – Ken Dachi and Rob Houghton
Greg played a YouTube video from the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley.
Somewhat surprisingly, it was an interview with Ken Dachi and Rob Houghton in Leeton.
Ken and Rob have hatched a plan to ship 500 tonnes of donated wheat to Sudan. They formed a small team and had the first meeting in August 2005. Sourcing the wheat turned out to be the easiest part of the program. The tricky part has been working out how to ship the cargo to a war zone, get it milled and into the hands of those who need it. They have formed a partnership with the World Food Program and have worked with parters in the Sudan to attack this problem. Sourcing the wheat turns out to be only about 10% of the cost and the group are seeking donations to fund the hard part.
The interesting part of this video was that it was talking about a program in its early stages, was an interview of two Leeton people by the eClub in America and reaching members from around the World.
The video is worth watching (although it takes about 40 minutes) and can be viewed at:
Also taking part in the interview was a podcaster (Amy Rose) from Sydney and she has done a story on the program. She was the one to bring it to the attention of the eClub.
Greg hopes to get Ken and Rob to our club to talk about the program when it can be arranged.
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Brain Teaser
Every Friday, Tim visits his favourite coffee shop. Each month, he visits the coffee shop 4 times. But some months have more Fridays than others, and Tim visits the coffee shop more often. What is the maximum number of months like this in a year?
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Director’s Reports
President Jennifer
Jennifer drew our attention to the emails concerning re-districting and that submissions were due by the following day. There was some discussion on the subject with general consensus being that we would much prefer 3 NSW districts than two and, if two the proposal to split the districts North and South was unworkable.
Jennifer also drew our attention to the fact that there will be no Rotary Youth Exchange in our District in 2026/2027. The Youth Exchange Secretary has resigned under difficult circumstances and the District will be looking for a replacement.
Secretary Brian
Brian reported on two discussions in the Board about a Film by Lachlan McIntyre – we are supporting an application for a community grant to support the event. He also reported on a show- type initiative and we may be supporting this with a sausage sizzle in October.
Brian has transferred the registration of the two RYDA trailers to our club.
Greg
Next week’s guest speaker is Rachael Cody – the Libraries children initiative.
Thursday 28 May is Brian Walsh - Solar Electricity.
Laurie
Don’t forget the CopRice BBQ lunch on Wednesday 6th. At the SunRice Main Office. 1030an to about 1.30.
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Sergeant Bill
Bill made sure he spread the pain around by including everyone in his pursuits. He focused on the Day – it turns out it was the International Day of Jazz. More importantly it was the National Day of Sav Blanc.
It was a good session and left us all feeling a little lighter (in pocket and in spirits)
The raffle was won by Brian.
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Market Day – 2nd May
It was a quiet day but was an opportunity for some good fellowship. One customer paid $50 for a sausage sandwich and refused to take her change. This was probably our profit for the day.
The bulletin editor was slack on the day and forgot to take any snaps but he was very grateful for all those who volunteered to help.
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Farewell to Bruer
Many members of our club travelled to Wagga to farewell Bruer. It was a beautiful service, and it was sad but important to remember how much Bruer contributed to our Club and to our lives.
I know all members extend our thoughts and wishes to Carol and we I am sure we offer our help at any time if needed.
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More Sad News
The funeral notice for Ron Bell notes that the funeral is on Friday. I am sure we all pass on our best wishes to Jan on the sad occasion.
We also learnt this week that past member Peter Errey passed away in Echuca this week. We still have no news about the arrangements.
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Sign of the Times.
Q: How many people does it take to change a lightbulb in a Facebook group?
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
17 purists who use candles and are offended by light bulb discussions.
6 to argue over whether it's 'lightbulb' or 'light bulb'.
Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.
22 to tell THOSE 6 to stop being jackasses.
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is 'lamp'.
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that 'light bulb' is perfectly correct.
249 to post meme's and gif's (several are of someone eating popcorn with the words added, “I’m just here for the comments.”)
19 to post that this page is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb page.
11 to defend the posting to this page saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant here.
12 to post F.
8 to ask what F means.
16 to post 'Following' but there's 3 dots at the top right that means you don't have to.
3 to say "can't share"
2 to reply "can't share from a closed group"
36 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.
15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and use their own light bulbs.
6 to report the post or PM an admin because someone said "f÷×$"
4 to say "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago?".
13 to say "Do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".
1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that (insert politician of choice) isn't the brightest bulb. This usually takes place within the first three comments.
50 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.
5 admins to ban the light bulb posters who took it all too seriously.
1 late arrival to comment on the original post 6 months later and start it all over again.
A: 5
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