Club Bulletin No 3, Vol 21, August 92002 The Cam |
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16TH AUGUST 2002 Our Club was well represented by 20 members attending the FNQ Youth Assistance Fund Testimonial Dinner to honour Ted Elliott that was held at Brothers Leagues Club last Friday night. Everyone enjoyed the function which was a great success - raising in excess of $ 40000 to establish The LE (Ted) Elliott Testimonial Fund. This was an appropriate outcome to recognize the efforts of one of the finest humanitarians in Far North Queensland. The return of our Christmas in the Mountains function at the Lake Eacham Hotel last Saturday night was also a great success. Numbers for the event were excellent with our YEP student Laura attending with her host parents Brian & Royale White. The wine, food & fellowship was enjoyed by everyone, however Cliff Rogers' piano playing skills need a little polishing for next year This week's meeting is a very important occasion for our Club as we host District Governor Jeff Crofts on his visit to our Club. The Directors will meet with Jeff before Fridays meeting and Jeff will give a power-point presentation to all Members during the meeting. Please make a special effort to attend the meeting and make our very own DG feel welcome. The Business Liaison Association is desperate for ushers to help students and parents at the Careers Expo being held at the Fred Moule Pavilion from 15th - 17th August 2002. There are 2 shifts of 3 hours approx on Thursday & Friday and on session on Saturday morning. If you can spare the time to help out as an usher for a shift, then please contact Robyn Goodwin or myself today. Please remember to keep pushing our Rotary Community Art Union tickets. The closing date is not too far away and we need to make sure that all of the tickets are sold. If you know of an organization that may benefit from being involved in our unique Art Union then please call John Quinn (Community Service), Herman Ehrlich or David Kirchner and they will take it from there. A big push will be required by all members if the Art Union is to be a financial positive for the Club. The prize car will be on display at the shopping center soon, so if you are able to help out for a few hours selling tickets at the shopping centers then please contact John Quinn or Herman Ehrlich. Please return all of your sold tickets and the money to John Quinn as soon as possible. August is Rotary Membership Extension Month, so please think hard about introducing a new member to Rotary this month. If you have someone in mind all you need do is contact either David Kirchner (Membership Co-ordinator) or myself and we will contact the person to invite them to a meeting. We have inducted 2 new members recently in Dean Wolfenden and Carl Pie so lets keep the momentum going. So far two Club members have indicated an interest in applying for the position of GSE Team Leader to Turkey next year. If you are interested please see Michael Plunkett for the necessary forms. That's about it for this week. See you all at the Hilton at 12.30pm for 1.00pm - remember the parking arrangements. Take care of each other, and be sure to talk to someone about Rotary this week. Garry Shirvington President Rotary Club of Cairns-Mulgrave 2002-03 Rotary 4-Way Test |
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Ted Elliot Testimonial Youth Assisitance Fund AUGUST is MEMBERSHIP and EXTENSION
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Lawrence Edward (Ted) Elliot Testimonial Youth Assistance Fund Donations are being sought to establish the Lawrence Edward (Ted) Elliot Testimonial Youth Assistance Fund for the assistance of disadvantaged and isolated youth achievers throughout Far North Queensland. AUGUST is MEMBERSHIP and EXTENSION MONTH! It is with some difficulty that I find the time to pen this month's District Report! From wondering how we might cope with our programmed visits, we have been flung headlong into an initial round of club (and district) changeovers at the beginning of July and then straight out into the first of our official club visits without having had time to ponder how we were going to do them. As of the end of July, we have completed visits to 12 clubs in Cairns, Townsville, Mossman, Ayr, Innisfail and Mareeba and far from wondering how we might cope, we are wondering where the month has actually gone as we enjoy the pleasures of Rotary fellowship and hearing about each club's plans for the year ahead. If this first month is any indication, the clubs in our district are going to have a great year of fellowship and service. As noted by President Bhichai, the key to a strong and successful Rotary is strong and successful clubs. Strong clubs are those which experience a healthy membership, and undertake projects of service to the community, both locally and internationally. The keys to any successful club project are a strong, growing membership which carries out its club and community responsibilities with strong fellowship. As Rotary's Membership and Extension month, August is, therefore, a critical time for all clubs to focus on their membership. As part of my official presentation to clubs, I am urging all Rotarians, when seeking new members for Rotary, to consider the following attributes: · Potential for achieving an executive or managerial position in their chosen vocation (let's not wait until they get there, let Rotary help them achieve that goal by instilling the ethics of Rotary now, and let us gain immediately the benefits of their active membership); · Potential to contribute to Rotary service (let's look for what a prospective member has to offer, in terms of enthusiasm and commitment to the club and to the community, not just whether they will contribute to the fellowship of the club); · Youth, and potential to contribute not only a fresh outlook to our club perspectives, but to the future regeneration of our Rotary clubs; · Potential to truly reflect the makeup of businesses and professions in our local community, in terms of race, gender and age, as well as vocation. I believe, as a generalisation, that we have become somewhat blinkered in our views with respect to membership, and that perhaps some lateral thinking is needed at a time when membership growth is an obvious priority And while some clubs are sensibly looking for consolidation and invigoration of their existing membership, we should never lose focus of the need to actively seek new members at all times, as even in the most successful club it is often necessary to gain 5 or 6 new members each and every year just to "stand still", due to natural attrition in membership numbers due to transfers, changes in lifestyle and priorities, etc. In this regard, membership retention, through promotion of strong club fellowship and participation in effective service projects, must again be recognised as the single most effective way of maintaining club membership. As the old saying goes, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." A reminder also that this month will see the start of a major initiative to promote awareness of the Polio Eradication campaign across Australia, culminating in Rotary Awareness Week in September. Now is the time to consider how your club will promote this major and vital initiative, "Fulfilling our Promise, Eradicating Polio!" Jeff Crofts Governor, District 9550, 2002-2003 " ...To Sow the Seeds of Love is to find opportunities to serve every day, every moment of our lives. To Sow the Seeds of Love is to think of others first, and ourselves in terms of what we can do for others..." Call for Assistance for Blue Care Million Dollar Drive As one of Blue Care's largest fundraising endeavours to date, the Blue Care Million Dollar Drive aims to be the most recognised event by a Queensland charity during 2002/2003. It is an innovative, one-of-a-kind event that will help Blue Care to continue their vital work in the community. The fundraising programs, of which Rotary have been a valuable and integral part of for many years, ensure Blue Care are able to provide caring services for more than 75,000 Queenslanders each year. From July 2002 Blue Care will undertake an 8 month journey around Queensland, visiting approx. 80 communities to raise $1 million dollars. They hope that Rotarians can help by providing a "Million Dollar Drive Car driver" to assist with relocating their two promotional vehicles from community to community when required. Best known to the community by their Blue Care and Blue Nursing cars (a fleet of over 1,000 on the road) they will use one that will look like a rally car (with corporate signage) to drive around the state. The general public will have an opportunity to guess (and hopefully make donation!) the number of kilometres the cars will drive over an eight-month period on their journey to over 75 locations. The closest valid entry at the completion of the event will win a brand new Holden Commodore. For further details contact: Blue Care Regional Director for North Queensland
Here is a very simple little test comprised of four questions to determine the level of your intellect. Your replies must be spontaneous and immediate, with no deliberating or wasting time... And no cheating! 1: You are competing in a race and overtake the runner lying in second place. In which position are you now? Answer: If you answered that you're now coming first then you're completely wrong. You overtook the second runner and took their place, therefore you're coming second. 2: If you overtake the last runner, what position are you now in? Answer: If you answered second-last, once again you're completely wrong. Think about it. How can you overtake the person coming last? If you're behind them then they can't be last. The answer is impossible! Anyway, here's another to try, don't take any notes or use a calculator, and remember your replies must be instantaneous. Take heart! 3: Take 1000. Add 40. Add another 1000. Add 30. 1000 again. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What is the total? Answer: 5000? Wrong again! The correct answer is 4100. Try again with a good calculator. Today is clearly not your day. Although you should manage to get the last question right... 4: Marie's father has five daughters: 1. Chacha 2. Cheche 3. Chichi 4. Chocho Question: What is the fifth daughter's name? Think quickly... you'll find the answer below. Answer: Chuchu? WRONG! It's obviously Marie! Read the question properly! You are clearly the weakest link....GOODBYE!
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