Mitch Brown

Medlemmer et og alt

This is my last President’s report as next week I will be in Tasmania, in part preparing for a very bracing swim in the River Derwent.

Tentative planning has an away team to assemble the x-ray and pathology building on Pentecost Island leaving in mid-July.

Hopefully there will be no more intervening acts of God!

This week’s meeting will be a bit of a casual affair downstairs as the upstairs room is unavailable due to new carpet being laid.

That said, I’m sure you will all be in attendance to find out what becomes of Warlimpirrnga!

The snake should be called Kabul – it’s Yugambeh for carpet snake. [Hmmm... the indigenous people of Afghanistan might object to this. Huh? No, not the Hazara and not the Tajiks, nor the Panjiris. The Pashtuns. What? OK then, I'll see myself out... ☺]

Enjoy your week and see you Wednesday morning.

Mitch Brown

No "formal" meeting upstairs this Wednesday

We have been advised (at a somewhat late date) that the upstairs venue will not be available this Wednesday, due to renovations. Therefore, we won't have a "formal" meeting with a guest speaker; we'll simply enjoy fellowship in the downstairs bistro. See you there!

Note: Wheelchair Trust board meeting afterwards.

Our Changeover Luncheon is on 25. June

President Mitch Brown and President Elect Doug Lipp invite you to our club's Changeover Luncheon: Here are the details:

Sunday 25th June 2023

11:30 am for start at 12:00 pm

Braeside Estate

251 Gooding Drive, Merrimac 4226

Menu to be published shortly. President Elect Doug Lipp has conducted some additional negotiations with Councillor Darren Taylor, who is shouting a substantial bar tab that should comfortably suffice to pay for some decent wine, beer and soft drinks for all.

Cost per person: $60.00.

Click here to book

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Alternatively, you may direct deposit to our club's bank account, but don't forget to send me an email with details of your booking. No cash on the day please.

Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise Inc

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What should we name our chief rat catcher at the project shed?

What should we name our chief rat catcher at the project shed?
This photo, by long time Associate Member Don Ferguson, shows our pet carpet python (Morelia Spilota) at our project shed. Not sure if it is the same that has been around for years, see Al Sirovs displaying 2 metre snake skin last year.
Carpet pythons are placid and not dangerous, except when they have just shed their skin. Then they are a bottle green colour and are hurting all over, and can bite you just like a cranky dog might. So stay clear of them at that time.
I thought that we should have a NAMING COMPETITION. What should we call it? (No politics, please! 😊)

Can you walk for 5.7 Km? Join Graeme at the Gold Coast Marathon

Here is an email from Graeme Isaacson:

Greetings Franz & Fellow Rotarians ……One of the events of the Gold Coast Marathon Weekend is the Gold Coast Airport Fun Run & I’m putting together a team from our Surfers Sunrise Rotary Club ….Anne & I are already registered. Here are the details……1) Distance, only 5.7 kl…..2) When, Saturday the 1^st of July…..3) Time, 1000hrs….4) Where, Along the Broadwater….5) Starting Point, Broadwater Parklands….Cost, $90.00…BUT only $70.00 to us by joining the Sunrise Rotary Group & paying by the 28^th of April….SPECIAL NOTE…..Participants can…. run….jog….walk….crawl or do Cartwheels as long as they finish within 1 hour & 20 minutes (Brisk Walking would take about an hour)….there is a great atmosphere at the track with Families / adults /children/teenagers & Corporate Groups………its healthy & a fun way to enjoy our fabulous Gold Coast Lifestyle…..& at the same time Showcase Surfers Sunrise Rotary……….Register on the “Gold Coast Marathon Website”……PLUS…..send an e-mail to me with your Registration Number to business@mainbeachpost.com.......krg

KRG (Kind Regards Graeme)

…PS: the event is the “Gold Coast Airport 5 Km Fun Run”…….any questions? email me or contact me on my mobile.

Duty Roster

Posted by Franz Huber on Jun 14, 2023

Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week. Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting

Date	Door	Chairman	Fellowship/Project Shed (following Saturday)
14/06/2023	Simon Brook	Trent Belling	Johnny Bueti
21/06/2023	N/A (Social Meeting)	N/A (Social Meeting)	Dean Castell
25/06/2023	(Sunday) Changeover Luncheon
28/06/2023	NO MEETING	NO MEETING	Nick Cole (Saturday 24/06/23)
05/07/2023	Jake Richards	Darrell Brown	Mitch Brown
12/07/2023	N/A (Social Meeting)	N/A (Social Meeting)	Geoff Croad

Inspirations - well, sort of... 140623

No matter how kind you are, German children are kinder.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs. Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer 1874 – 1936

Computer: “It’s going great. This guy is a real genius!”

Her: “Was that sarcasm?”

He: “I don’t know…”

To be advised (Evan & Jake postponed to July)
Surfers Paradise SLSC
Jun 14, 2023 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Club Changeover Luncheon
TBA
Jun 25, 2023 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

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President

Mitch Brown

Immediate Past President

Paul Seymour

President Elect

Doug Lipp

Vice President

Paul Seymour

Secretary

Trent Belling

Treasurer

Charles Thomasson

Executive Secretary

Franz Huber

Director - Club Administration

Franz Huber

Joint Director - Service Projects

Larry Murray

Joint Director - Service Projects

Paul O'Neill

Director - Membership

Gus Miller

Director - Public Relations

Johnny Bueti

Director -The Rotary Foundation

Gerald East

Joint Director - Youth Services

Darrell Brown

Joint Director - Youth Services

Ash Symes

Joint Director - Fundraising

Andy Bell

Joint Director - Fundraising

Johnny Bueti

YEP Club Protection Officer

Gerald East

Chair - Wheelchairs Trust

Larry Murray

Coordinator Golf Day

Paul Smith

Fellowship and Social Program

Graeme Isaacson

Liaison - Wheelchair Trust

Peter Morgan

Program Manager-Guest Speakers

Franz Huber

Vanuatu Program

Mario Fairlie

YEP Counsellor

Gerald East

Webmaster & Bulletin Ed

Franz Huber

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