Fellows! have you invited a friend to come along this Wednesday?

 

Terry O'Shea organized a top Guest Speaker, Lee Danaway of "Oz Harvest”. She is GC Operations & Special Projects Coordinator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Des La Rance was at the door (standing in for Conrad Martens), Terry O'Shea was Chairman (standing in for John Franich) and Andy Bell was Sergeant.

 

We had apologies from Fred Hamblen, Simon Brook, Daryl Sanderson, Angus Miller and Darrell Brown.

 

President Paul Seymour welcomed all members and our Honorary Member Barry Lea.  He congratulated Daryl Sanderson, Bob Harrison, Des La Rance and the crew at The Shed on their recent major TV exposure on ABC's 7:00 pm news (which, according to the only person I know who tunes in to ABC News 24, Mitch Brown, also appeared continuously on that program). Paul urged members to participate in the Wheelchairs project and go out to The Shed.

 

Des La Rance reported that Wheelchair Chairman Daryl Sanderson has suffered a back injury which stopped him coming in last weekend.  Des indicated that, as a result of the TV exposure they had a huge response, with offers of bikes. Des also advised that a further 36 wheelchairs came in from Palen Creek gaol. And on Thursday 27th August, The Shed will have a visit by Rotary's equivalent of Royalty: Rotary International Vice President Guiller Tumangan, accompanied by DG Anne Egan, Past District Governors and his entourage.  Considering that he is in the District for just 24 hours, no mean recognition! Guiller is hosted by the Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads, whose member Andy Rajapakse was highly influental in arranging for the container of wheelchairs which recently was shipped to Sri Lanka.

 

Doug Lipp reminded us of the upcoming Race Day (see download section).  We need at least 4 more people to fill up a table, as well as additional raffle prizes.  Top prizes for Best Dressed Lady, Best Fascinator etc!

 

Chris Thurtell reported on his recent interviews of candidates for the next National Science Forum in Canberra (we had a successful candidate with Maria Batcu in 2014). Very tough indeed - 39 candidates, only 16 can go through.  Chris interviewed 8, of which 4 got through.  However, there is an alternative Science program as well.  Do you know a potential candidate for 2017? (Year 12 student next year).  Chris also expressed his sincere thanks to Terry O'Shea for his offer of a "weekend away" for Chris, Marie and our Italian Youth Exchange Student Martina at Terry & Gillian's Hibiscus on the Beach Resort.

 

In view of our club's projector having given up its ghost, Mario Fairlie will donate his "old" projector. Thank you, Mario!

 

Tania Laird, the driving force of our club's fundraising efforts together with Doug Lipp, announced that we will be able to run a Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings Southport on 17th October.  We have also approached to do the same with Dan Murphy stores.

 

 

 

"I am the real Andy Bell - Undercover", Julian, our man with the perpetual friendly smile and sunny disposition, declared in his opening statement. [Personally, even though he is no a Kiwi, I'd classify Julian as the only genuine 'All Black' I know in my circle of friends.. ☺ Ed.]  Not long after he was born in St Lucia, West Indies in 1960, Julian's father moved his family (mum, Julian, two brothers and one sister), to London - Hammersmith.

 

Julian's father was a Policeman, mum did "everything" to help make ends meet. "We were the only black family that didn't have any altercations with Police".  

 

"My focus was on music" Julian declared: at the tender age of 14, he played the lead in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat".  Julian performed in front of the Queen Mother, was in Motown at age 17, sporting a big Afro Hairstyle... [See photo on left with President Paul Seymour. Yes, try to imagine it!].  He had his own band "JC Price - The Love Crowd"...

 

Julian has a daughter from a previous relationship who lives in the UK, and in 2000 he married his wife Donna [we understand Donna comes from Collingwood - therefore without doubt obviously a lady of distinction.  Assumption is that, like your Editor, she is also a fellow sufferer, supporting the Magpies... Ed.] They have a daughter (15) with a serious leaning towards drama and a son (11) who is very strong in Hockey. 

 

But, one needs to generate some real income...  meanwhile, in Australia, in addition to his family, Julian has a very busy life indeed: he runs an organization named 'The Startup Club, "a place where passion meets perfection". It is a mentoring organization where members can pitch ideas to their fellow members. More details on their website. Julian works with a company called Belocal which specializes in the development of websites that indeed will attract some visitors. "A lot of people get ripped off by website crooks... " Having experienced receiving the promises but no tangible results whatsoever, I definitely concur with Julian: Don't they ever need an honest son of a Policeman to clean up that industry a bit!

 

 

After Andy himself got framed by Tania Laird for not posting her apology the previous week, Andy rolled out his fines with his usual eloquence and aplomb:

 

Terry O'Shea, you really are a PITA, but then you also do a lot of nice things... Franz Huber still copped it for the display of the bulletin... Barry Lea, so lovely to see you again! Mario Fairlie, how do you feel? (Knee replacement at the end of September, on an upcoming trip to Amsterdam, Stuttgart).  Mario in turn cross-fined the Sergeant for the worst haircut he's ever seen... Pope in Waiting Des La Rance, you'd better be on stand-by for Mario... And Chris Thurtell was observed souveniring spoons...

 

And, last but not least: Who was truly sad last Saturday? Fellow Kiwi Geoff Croad was the only one excused from paying up. [for the uninitiated: a certain team named the All Blacks, coming from the other side of the ditch, apparently trampled all over a local team named The Wallabies. Your Editor has little knowledge of these events - at the time he was watching a Wagner Opera on DVD. Now, that is where some serious conflicts are apotheosized... ☺]

 

 

Coordinator Gerald East and Simon Brook were the only representatives of Surfers Sunrise due to the absence of several regulars, along with Tyler from Southport Rotaract who flew under our banner. The good news was that Simon and Gerald sold out of tickets and could have sold more if they had had them. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week

 

 

 

 

 

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Sun Tzu

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. Voltaire