last meeting’s guest speaker, Graeme Smith,  for his excellent presentation on the aims and importance of the GSE Team exchange programme .    We are avid supporters of this programme and know how beneficial it is to be able to interact with people from other countries in a one-to-one environment.  Commiserations go to Marie on her being pipped at the post by the gentleman from Chinchilla in her quest to become the GSE Team Leader for next year.    Maybe next time, Marie.  You would have been a very worthy ambassador for Australia and Australian Rotary and an excellent Team Leader.

Many thanks to those of you who have contributed articles to this week’s Intermesh.  It sure takes a lot of pressure off me.       If any member would like to submit something please don’t be backward in coming forward.

Please take special note of our Vocational Award Night to be held on 20^th October, 2003.  It is all too rare that people get the accolades they deserve for a job well done and it probably doesn’t occur to a lot of employers in this busy day and age to nominate their good people for an award unless they are given a nudge.   Pride in one’s work is re-inforced when it is noticed and acknowledged.    How about us all giving Business Owners and Managers a nudge?,  and making this year our biggest year yet.    See Peter Jones for application forms or give him the name of anyone you know who may participate and he will see they receive the form.

If you have a look at the end of this missive you will see a note from Don Hay looking for a Bbq to replace the unsafe one they have been given for the workers at District Headquarters.   If you are at all able to help please don’t hesitate.    The people who are puting in all their spare time continuing with the  refurbishment of the building are also looking for help on the week-ends.  Allan Short puts in an inordinate amount of time and if anyone else feels they can donate an hour it two occasionally at the weekends I’m sure it would be extremely appreciated.  

D-I-K  are looking for people to help there on Thursday mornings.   Again, this is an extremely worthwhile activity and if anyone feels they can spare some time please don’t hesitate.  Some of the partners may be interested in helping here.  

To all Directors, don’t forget our Board Meeting on Monday night and don’t forget the DG’s visit the following Monday (25^th).  This will be 6.30 p.m. for 7.00 p.m. and is a Partners Night.

Lorraine Howson

QUOTES FROM “DISORDER IN THE COURT”” – THINGS ACTUALLY SAID IN COURT, WORD FOR WORD.

Q:   Are you sexually active?                                                A.  No, I just lie there

Q:   What is your date of birth?                                            A.  July 15^th.

Q:   What year?                                                                     A.  Every year.

Q:   What gear were you in at the time of impact?   A: Gucci sweats & Reboks.

Q:   This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?                A.  Yes.

Q:   And in what ways does it effect your memory?                                    A:  I forget.

Q:   You forget?  Can you give an example of something you’ve forgotten?

Q:   Doctor, before you performed the autopsy did you check for a pulse?     A:  No

Q:   Did you check for blood pressure?                                                      A:  No

Q:   Did you check for breathing?                                                                A:  No

Q:   Then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?  A: No.

Q:   How can you be sure, Doctor?        A:  Because his brain was on my desk in a jar.

Q:   But nevertheless could the patient have still been alive: 

A:   Yes, it is possible that he could have been, and practicing law somewhere.

NEW GENERATIONS

DIRECTOR – Stephen Hendey

Due to a combination of a lack of participants and some illness to a couple of the leadership team, the RYPEN camp on 25^th to 27^th of July was postponed. This was particularly disappointing as Randal Dennings had worked hard to nominate 4 students from JPC.

On a brighter note our own Logan Camp is set to take place at Mt Cotton on the 27^th and 28^th of September. Logan club has already contacted Shailer Park and Rochedale High schools and has a commitment of 6 students from each. They have asked if we can contact Springwood and Mabel Park High Schools and possibly JPC with a view to have a camp with 24 – 30 participants at a cost to the students of $25-00 each.

We have had correspondence from Terry Barker regarding the short term exchange program (STEP) with South Africa.

STEP in summary: -

·        A cultural exchange and not a school program;

·        Reciprocal family to family exchange;

·        Parents are responsible for their child’s airfares and pocket money;

·        South African families try to take their inbound student to see something interesting in the country – the Europeans take their inbound student skiing;  and

·        Student visits club to meet members and exchange banners.

Applications should be submitted in a similar manner to the long-term program but suitably noted as being for STEP.

Following is a copy of the letter from Terry. If there are any members who are interested please contact me.

“We have now reached agreement with the South African District that the exchange from both sides will occur each December / January with the students overlapping in each country for about two weeks each. We had two students selected to go to South Africa this December but have just been advised that for family reasons one of those students cannot go. Accordingly, we are seeking a replacement student to travel to South Africa this December for around 8 weeks departing Australia just after 26 November 2003. In addition the South African District has sent the papers for two more students to come to Australia in December this year and we would welcome applications from the sons or daughters of Rotarians and or the sons and daughters of members of the community who would be prepared to host these two South African students and also spend 8 weeks in South Africa with the students families. There is no cost to Rotary Clubs for this programme. Families who wish to participate host the inbound student and it will probably cost them around $3,000 plus spending money for their son or daughter to go to South Africa.

Details of the two South African students: -

Miss Lana FOURIE DOB 29 September 1987 - Lana is fluent in English and Afrikaans. She has no dietary restrictions and does not smoke or drink alcoholic beverages. Her interests include drama, public speaking, competitive cycling and netball. Her favourite school subject is maths. Her father is a Businessman and her mother is a Psychologist. She has a 7 year old sister. She lives with her family in a small cluster house development in Johannesburg. When she finishes her secondary schooling she would like to study law at University.

Mr Calvin COPELING DOB 28 May 1986 - Calvin is fluent in English and Afrikaans. He has no dietary restrictions and does not smoke or drink alcoholic beverages. His interests include cycling, hiking and being creative (photography, sketching and art). He is an accomplished horseman having been involved in Showjumping for 10 years and more recently Polocrosse. He is captain of his school Showjumping Team. His favourite school subject is Geography. His father is a Business Director and his mother is a Teacher. He has a younger sister. He lives with his family on a small rural holding near Rynfield where the family stables horses. His father is the Chairman and his mother the Secretary of the local Polocrosse Club. He has an ambition to play in the South African Polocrosse team and to be happy and successful in what he does.

 

The process will involve these two South Africans coming to our District around 1 December and being hosted by the family of our student who is to go to South Africa. In all probability they would both go on our Roundabout Tour from 6 to 13 December and then our student would travel to South Africa and be hosted by the family of the South African Students. Consequently the South African students would be in Australia from approximately 1 December 2003 until approximately 11 January 2004 and the Australian students would go to South Africa around 15 December 2003 and return home around 25 January 2004. These dates are negotiable.

Please discuss these opportunities with your club members and from your collective knowledge identify a student we could match with those being offered from South Africa”.

STEPHEN HENDEY

DIRECTOR – Chris Monahan

Rotary Information

Rotary International considers it important that each of its Clubs has a well-balanced membership in which no business or professional group predominates.   This, of course, enables each Club to be properly representative of the community it seeks to serve. 

The RI Constitution provides that unless a Club has more than 50 members it shall not elect a person to active membership in a certain classification if the club already has 5 or more members from that classification.   

In a larger club (greater than 50 members), no one classification can make up more than 10% of the club’s active membership.

CHRIS  MONAHAN

COMMUNITY

DIRECTOR:  Marie Grant

TEAM     – Peter Nelson, David Khoury, David Cocker, Judy Farmer, Roz McCoy, Noel Ambler

Community Services Events for Loganhlme Rotary for 2003 - 2004:

1.      Clean up Australia  -  March 2004

2.     Charity Bowls Day  -  date to be decided

3.     Bowel Scan -     March 2004
4.   Raffles – 2 major raffles for the Year requiring each member to sell at least 25 tickets.  If you know of someone who has something that can be donated or perhaps will sponsor our club, please let me or a member of our Committee know and we will follow up.

6.     Guess who’s coming to Dinner – Saturday 29 November, 2003.

7.     Melbourne Cup Function – Monday 3 November.

8.     Wheelchairs/School Partnership

·        Shailer Park                     Mable Park

·        Springwood                     Logan TAFE

·        Kingston                           Redeemer  College

·        John Paul College            Calvary College

·        Woodridge       

 

Denise WEST has asked to be included in any Community Event Planning for the club so a hearty welcome to you Denise to the Team.  Due to the amount of work to be done by our Committee we will have more at home meetings from time to time to discuss and divide the work.

COMMUNITY and NEW GENERATIONS will combine forces to do the Wheelchair Proposal that will be presented to the club within the next couple of meetings.

Regards

MARIE GRANT

Community Services Director

JOKE OF THE WEEK

MARIE’S JOKE CORNER:  Ever spoken and wished you could take the words back, or that you could crawl into a hole?    Here are a few people who do....

While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up

energy and ran amok.   I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of

disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving  "right now" she would be punished. To my utter horror, she looked me in the eye and then said in a voice just as threatening, "If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!" The silence was deafening after this exchange.  Even the tellers stopped what they were doing.  I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow.  The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me were screams of laughter.  Amy RICHARDSON.

Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?  My Three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly.  One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room.  While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, and she was clean.  Then I realized that Danny had not asked to "go potty" in a while, so I asked him if he needed to go, and he said "No."  I kept thinking, "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me...."  Then I said, "Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?"  "No," he replied.   I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse.   Soooooo!    I asked one more time, "Danny, did you have an accident?"   This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over and spread his cheeks and yelled "SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!"  About 30 people nearly choked to death on  their tacos laughing!   He calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.   An old couple made me feel better thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days, and left a very embarrassed female newsreader who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks.   What happens when you predict snow but don't get any.....a true story...    We had a female news reader who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed but didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked: "So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?"   Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, they were laughing so hard!

STOP PRESS

Help!!

Do you, someone in your Club or someone you know have a gas Bar-B-Que in good working order, surplus to your needs.

 

The District Headquarters needs one desperately!! 

* to cook a sausage sizzle for the workers at our monthly Working Bee

* catering for attendees at meetings/seminars/etc when much more of the internal work has been finished.

 

To date, Working Bees have used a Bar-B-Que, lent for the purpose, but that has now been returned to its owner.  A second Bar-B-Que that was given, has been found to be unsafe to use.

 

The next Working Bee will be held on Saturday 13 September.  If you are able to assist, or point me in the direction of someone who can, please contact me, urgently. 

 

YIR
Don

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Don Hay
Governor 2001-2002, Rotary District 9630
phone 07 3899 2246, fax 07 3395 8503
mobile 0403 600 540
PO Box 753, MORNINGSIDE, Q, 4170
e-mail - haygrant@bigpond.com