Happenings at the last meeting.
 
Ray gave a heart-felt thanks to the members of the club that have supported him so much over the last few months.  He wanted to thank Harry on his birthday last week, but with the pressure of time he was not able to do so.  We are all pleased that we can help Elaine and Ray, they are truly  a remarkable couple and our help to them are nothing against their Rotary efforts and commitment over the decades.
 
Secretary Chris indicated that the embroidery shop, who have been making cushions for those who have had surgery for breast cancer, are no longer doing it.
It has been confirmed that the District governor in 23/24 will be Lynda Humphries. 
Chris referred to an email from  and indicated that since March 2020, the foundation  awarded $32 million in global and disaster response grants for projects related to COVID-19. 
He also indicated that that in the past year, our district has been awarded a Disaster Relief Grant of $25,000USD and 3 Global Grants each in the order of $95,000USD to carry out recovery work in East Gippsland that was ravaged by Fire last summer. These Grants are being managed by The East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee.
 
Tony gave a GIG.  He spoke about the fact that the hull of his boat is 80 years old and, I think he said, he feels like being 80 after a few days restoring it.
Tony then went on to speak about “the man behind the badge”. He and his wife, Sue, have had an interesting life in the Airforce over a 21 year span.  He was involved in heavy maintenance where they were able to build one plane from the components of two damaged planes.  He set up a “school” for the technical training of aircraft engineers.
He then worked for RMIT as an educator. 
At one stage he had his own consulting business, but he soon became tired of clients asking for more than what is in the scope of the contract.   He says that this is what he used to do other consultants.  Is this Karma!  

TONY  HAS SUBMITTED A BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS BOAT Click HERE then Tony's Boat.
Mike spoke about the basis of the song “I was only 19”. 
 
Harry indicated that Michael Anderson will be the new generation or youth director in Harry’s term as President.  
 
Mark indicated that we have a little more in the bank than last week and that we have 54 market stalls for next month’s market.
 
Lyn spoke about the function to acknowledge the life of David Buchanan. Lyn said Anne is managing OK and is ready to receive some help from others
 
Carol said that next week and then the fourth meeting in each month will be a ladies night. Mark your diaries.  Carol would like to see as many guests as possible on these nights as they are a good way to attract new members.  Adrian indicated that we should be trying to attract new male and female members 
 
We discussed media releases.  A4 and A5 generic and specific flyers have been produced, but we are also looking for other options; for instance local newspapers and advertising before a movie in theatres.  We also intend to promote our sponsors and subsequently  draw attention to the club and the market.

 

These photographs show Lyn Lewis describing s serious point.  It shows the members deep in contemplation.

 

 

 

 

On the lighter side ...
 
More from the Two Ronnies.
 
A man was marooned on a desert island. One day a beautiful woman arrives in a wet suit. 'When did you last have a smoke?' she asks. 'Five years ago.' So she gets out a cigar and he smokes it. She unzips her wet suit a bit and says, 'When did you last have a drink?' He said, 'Five years ago.' So she gets out a bottle of Scotch and he has a drink. Then she unzips her wet suit a bit more and says, 'And when was the last time you played around?' He looks at her in amazement and says: 'You're not telling me you've got a set of golf clubs in there?'
 
A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston by-pass. Motorists are asked to be on the look-out for 16 hardened criminals.
 
For some time, my wife's had this ridiculous idea that I'm playing too much golf. Actually, it came to a head at about 11.30 last night. She suddenly shouted at me: "Golf, golf, golf. All you ever think about is bloody golf!". And I'll be honest, it frightened the life out of me. I mean, you don't expect to meet somebody on the 14th green at that time of night.
 
A grandfather has gone missing after eating four cans of baked beans, two cauliflowers and a jar of gherkins. His family have made an emotional appeal for him not to come home for at least a fortnight.