Twelve intrepid Rotarians plus Aaron's guest from the activities group at the Villa (Jackie Tassell) were welcomed by PP Carmel for our last meeting before Christmas and for 2025. We met in the breakfast room at the Hydro because there was a function in our usual venue.
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Director’s Reports
PP Carmel
Thank you to all who helped at the SurRice BBQ. A pity that the storm on Saturday prevented the clean-up
Carmel received an email from our recovering President.
Hi Carmel,
This arrived today and I think it would be appropriate for you to congratulate the Club on this significant date on Thursday’s meeting. My new hips are fantastic, and I’m hoping to be back in town for the New year.
Please wish all our Members A very happy festive season for me.
Regards JenN
‘Dear President Jennifer Newton OAM ,
This is Suren Poruri, Volunteer - Global Grants, RI District 3020, from India.
Your rotary club of Leeton was chartered on 16/12/1940, which is today. Your club completed 85 years service today in RI District 9705 in serving the communities across the world .
I would like to extend my warm wishes to you and to all your club members on this joyous moment.
Rotary is the only organization which has global foot print and is working towards happy communities across the world with it's noble initiatives.
Thanks to our rotary club founder Rtn Paul Harris, we are able to make a difference in the communities where we live.
Rotary clubs across the world executes service projects worth 2 billion dollars every year in their communities. Rotarians gives 25 million volunteer hours to their communities across the world every year.
Thanks and regards
Suren Poruri
Volunteer - Global Grants(Successfully executed 1 million dollar worth of global grants)
RI District 3150 Best Club President for year 2017-18’
Secretary Brian
A thank you from Parkview School for our contribution
We have been asked about our willingness to provide a meal for a ticketed event at Gogeldrie Weir on the Sunday of the Art Deco festival. After some discussion, it was decided that we could only do that or our contribution on the Saturday market.
Len
We have a new Tyro machine (an updated model)
Greg
No meeting on Christmas Day or New Years day.
Pub meeting (at the Wade) on 8 January
15 January is at the Munro’s
22nd January at the Hydro to organise Australia Day
29th January iis a normal dinner meeting at the Hydro.
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Brain Teaser
Christmas is almost here and the elf is running late. Besides the toys that bring cheer, what’s most important for her to make?
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Raffle
Carmel
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Listening
Aaron prepared an assignment on Listening as a component of his Cert IV studies and he shared his thoughts with us. His presentation is reproduced below
Following the presentation, Dan provided an excellent example of a failure to listen in a story he related about an iron infusion in a pregnant woman.
There was then quite a vigorous discussion about listening so, quite clearly, Aaron's presentation created some thought for those present.
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Some Christmas Cheer
The Weather Man A long time ago, in Communist Russia, there was a famous weather man named Rudolf. He's always had a 100% accuracy rate for his forecasts of the Russian weather conditions. His people loved him and respected him for his faultless foresight. He was particularly good at predicting rain. One night, despite clear skies, he made the prediction on the 6:00pm news broadcast that a violent storm was approaching. It would flood the town in which he and his wife lived. He warned the people to take proper precautions and prepare for the worst. After he arrived home later that evening, his wife met him at the door and started arguing with him that his weather prediction was the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard. This time, she said, he had made a terrible mistake. There wasn't a cloud anywhere within 50 km of the village. As a matter of fact, that day had been the most beautiful day that the town had ever had and it was quite obvious to everyone it simply wasn't going to rain.
He told her she was to be quiet and listen to him. If he said it was going to rain, IT WAS GOING TO RAIN. He had all of his Russian heritage behind him and he knew what he was talking about. She argued that although he came from a proudheritage, IT STILL WASN'T GOING TO RAIN. They argued back and forth for hours , so much that they went to bed mad at each other.
During the night, sure enough one of the worst rainstorms hit the village the likes of which they had never seen. That morning when Rudolf and his wife arose, they looked out the window and saw all the water that had fallen that night.
"See," said Rudolf, "I told you it was going to rain."
His wife admitted: "Once again your prediction came true. But I want to know, just how were you so accurate, Rudolf?"
To which he replied, "You see, Rudolf the Red knows rain dear!"
Luck of the Draw
A man found himself in terrible financial difficulties. He is so desperate that for the first time in his life he gets down on his knees and prays to God for help. 'Dear God, I desperately need your help. I have no money to spend on Christmas presents for my family. Could you possibly arrange it so that I win the Lottery?' The lottery draw is held, but he wins nothing. He sends another prayer to God. 'My business has gone bust and if I don't get some money soon I'll lose my car and my Christmas will be will be very difficult. Please fix things so I win the lottery.' Lottery night comes, but he's unlucky. So he prays to God again. 'Please God, I've lost my car and now they're trying to take my house. Please help me to win the Lottery or our Christmas will be ruined.' Come lottery night, he again fails to win anything. 'Undeterred, be prays to God again. 'I am now a bankrupt, my house has been repossessed by the finance company and so has my car. We are now living on the street, but all I need to get my life back together and perhaps enjoy some kind of Christmas is to win the lottery.' Suddenly there's a flash of brilliant life as the heavens open and the man is confronted by the very voice of God himself. 'Hey, do me a favour will you, buy a ticket.'
