Week #39 - Town Hall OBE

 

Seventy (70) is the new Twenty (20); Aged to perfection!

Gorby, Brian and Veronica were grilled to within an inch of their memories and asked about certain aspects of their existence! Sir Geoffrey Longshaw did not hold back with his (well thought out) questions and put them on the spot as their secrets unfolded!

Interviewer Geoff Longshaw’s opening remarks were “Welcome to three Septuagenarians of our Rotary club. 210 years of experience which I am eager to explore (you, on the other hand, may not be so eager…)

What is your earliest memory?

Veronica:    Of what? (to laughter…). About three years old, I bumped my head and was carted off to hospital in an ambulance wrapped in a red blanket. I’ve never been able to wear red since….

Brian:         Also about three, watching the boy next door get swooped by a magpie. I thought this was wonderful….

Gorby:       Memory is a funny thing, perhaps hearing things so many times from your parents? I remember once watching a steam train come up the hill from Maylands…

What schools did you attend?

Gorby:       Primary school at Como. High School at Wesley College, where Brian and I were in the same year cohort. Then to Uni at Curtin.

(still in therapy after being beaten in German by Brian…).

Brian:        I went to eleven different schools around the state (father’s work transfers) before going to boarding school at Wesley College.

(recollect always having to stand Gorby “downslope” when taking photos for Air Cadets….).

Veronica:    First school Sacred Heart Primary School in Leigh, Lancashire. Catholic co-ed until 11, then off to either “Hell” (Secondary School) or “Heaven” (Grammar School). I ended up at St Marys Roman Catholic School for Girls, no boys…

Did any of you end up copping nicknames?

Veronica:    None that I’m going to divulge here….!

Brian:        I’d like to say “Johno”, but it was “Joystick” (something to do with an early affinity to aeroplanes…?).

Gorby:       Not that I recall. My grandparents were Jewish/German refugees and my father changed his name from Gottschalk to Gooch. I changed back to my family name in early ‘80s because I wanted to and because Graham Gooch was English cricket captain!!

A friend couldn’t pronounce Gottschalk and Mikhail Gorbachev was in power, so “Gorby” stuck….

What languages? You studied German?

Gorby:       My German gets pretty good after about three or four beers… No German spoken at home, so I studied at school and ended up living in Heidelberg for a couple of years.

Brian:        I was in Gorby’s German class, but had to study hard to beat him because he was the teacher’s pet…

(Gorby: I think you were her “toy boy” really….)

Veronica:    Nothing that exciting! I studied French at school.

My Mum was Maltese and Dad wouldn’t allow her to speak Maltese at home (although she did teach me some swear words that got me around Malta fairly quickly…). I did try Italian, but traveling in Italy with Jon I was asked “Do you speak English? Then I suggest you do so….”

Grown up now, do you read a newspaper every day?

Veronica:    Yes, I read the Australian.

Brian:        I won’t read Murdoch press, I tend to read online news.

Gorby:       No! But I do watch ABC News (quip about his recent interview).

Have you ever written to the Newspapers?

Gorby:       No

Brian:        Years ago, something to do with seatbelts.

Veronica:    I once wrote to the West Australian after a pretty nasty election. My Liberal friends all asked if I was having a go at the Party?

What about Social Media?

Veronica:    I love Social Media! Especially on behalf of RCMP, it’s the best thing if we all use it properly. Social Media has a great future, something we need to all embrace and use for the right reasons.

Brian:        I’ve never really been into it, but did try Facebook for Rotary. However I recently got hacked and deleted it all…

Gorby:       Very mixed feelings, I thought a post was something dogs wee’d on…My extended family in Germany tracked us down on FB, even with the name change, and we reconnected. Then I have a friend who’s daughter is being bullied on FB, so good and bad.

Would you prefer to sit next to Trump or Biden?:

Veronica:    I’d prefer to sit next to Brian… Could probably accept Biden.

Brian:        Trump, just to see if someone that bad is real…

Gorby:       Appalling that a country of 300 million can only pick those two for their leadership….I probably wouldn’t turn up, be an apology…

Bucket List?:

Gorby:       Two I’ve already ticked off - Lord’s Test match (saw David Tyler) and Brandenburg Gate.

Brian:        The Edinburgh Tattoo, to see the lone piper on the parapet.

Veronica:    To see my youngest daughter get engaged, which she just did a couple of weeks ago…Parachute jumping, fly a small plane or go to the Maldives.

Favourite country, either visited or want to visit?:

Veronica:    Australia. British born, Maltese by default but Australian by choice.

Brian:        Italy and England (London). There is so much history to see.

Gorby:       Reconnected with my German ancestry, but Australia is by far the greatest country in the world. Strong friendships in Malaysia.

Time getting away, do any of you believe in Astrology?

Gorby:       Of course not, I’m a Capricorn….

Brian:        No

Veronica:    missed….

Superstitions?:

Brian:        Yes (touch wood), even though I don’t believe in Astrology.

Veronica:    When I travel, I always wear these special earrings Jon bought me and feel safe.

Gorby:       Lucky undies though (in response to Veronica)….

Time ran out, so Geoff asked for a round of applause for our Septuagenarians.

 Directors Reports and Announcement

• Geoff L - Endeavour Awards at the Pines Wednesday 12 June - book early as places limited!
• Brian J - District Assembly 19 May - every member welcome to find out more about Rotary.
• Website link password proofed for member section only - Rotary Club info and forms. Send to BJ if you want to include.
• David R - Pride of Workmanship for those outstanding in their workplace. Names to David please.
• Gerry McG - Visit to SKG was amazing and thanks to 21 members who attended of which 18 went on to dinner .

VALE:

We have just been advised that Rod Slater has just passed away.

Rod was a Charter member of Mill Point and was in the Club for about 15 years. Apparently he was the original “Fines Master” and taught Owen everything he knows…. Others may know him as the owner of EuroCars for many years.

He continued in a number of Rotary clubs over the years, most recently in Heirisson Rotary Club. A big personality, and revered member of Rotary. Condolences to Rods family and friends.

Fines

Wayne the Elder boosted our bounty with an array of fines:

• Those who didn't know the difference between the Bird Flu (you need to be tweeted) and Swine Flu (need oinkment)!
• Those ignorant of what a Pogonophile was (those with a beard or who have penchant for a beard)
• Anyone still using a cheque book
• The Blue shirt brigade - all ten of them!
  
• Gorby 'star' of ABC news for hanging around a primary school...
• Derby Day winners and losers (double the fine) and 
• the Three Amigos who would be 'spilling all' in their septugenarian interviews! (Gorby, BJ and Veronica)
  

Winner of Heads and Tails

Ian Kremmer won heads up! 

Thanks to Lyn and Margaret Metcalf for supplying the wine each week.

Attendance

34 attendees in all, including visiting Rotarian Lynnette Mullen from Matilda Bay RC. 

 

 

 

Quotes of the Day - all anonymous

"You don't get smarter as you get older. There is just less stupid stuff left that you haven't already done!"

"I've reached the age where my brain went from 'you probably shouldn't say that' to 'what the hell, let's see what happens'!"

"I remember being able to get up without producing side effects!"

 

Regionalisation Update #8

 Zone 8 Regionalisation Pilot Milestones achieved.

Week #38

It's an ANZAC Kind of Day

The anniversary of Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as Australia's National Anthem this day in 1984, along with the adoption of Green and Gold for the National colours of Australia. Vice President Brian Johnson conducted the formalities of the day beginning with the Ode for the Fallen, followed by a sombre but heartfelt rendition of The Last Post, a minutes silence then the Rouse by local businessman and bugler Barry Telfer.

Guest Speaker - Wing Commander (Retd) Geoff Trowbridge

Geoff had 21 years in the Air Force as a weapons systems engineer and Defence project manager. From the RAAF he joined Optus as their satellite planning manager and then became a consultant for Ernst & Young, Boston Consulting, McKinsey and BHP.

When he retired, he was the MD of Scientific Aerospace, the first company in Australia to design, manufacture and operate drones in the agricultural and defence sectors.

Geoff has been a member of Rotary since 1973 and supported Indigenous and not for profit organisations including Mission Australia’s Christmas Lunch in the Park.

He is currently working with ex-service organisations seeking redress of an injustice to service personnel in the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme.

Geoff gave a very honest and thought-provoking presentation on ANZAC – The Legend and the Reality.

 We should remember:

-       Over 60,000 were killed in WW1

-       Over 27,000 were killed in WW2

-       521 died in Vietnam from 1962-75

-       41 died in Afghanistan from 2001-2022

The most prominent characteristic of the Australian experience of war is not the ANZAC spirit, but the national unpreparedness overcome by the ANZAC spirit.

Defence is far more complex now with weapon technology, air and sea drones and a global race for technical talent. We are in a Grey Zone with Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, cyberattacks, trade coercion, hostile diplomacy, Pacific debt dependency and terrorism.

We are vulnerable because of strategy, 90% of our fuel imported from Singapore, insufficient munitions and firepower, don’t own our supply ships, retention and recruiting crisis and dependence on China for domestic and renewable energy supplies.

We are not prepared for:

-       Any crisis in the South China Sea or Malacca Strait

-       Protecting our sea lanes

-       Operations from forward bases

-       Any war – two weeks supply of munitions

-       Trump becoming President and abandoning AUKUS

-       Critical crew numbers so low we had to drydock an Anzac frigate

-       Rapid use of drones, robotics, satellites, AI and cybersecurity

-       Urgent, competitive need for STEM talent & specialist engineers

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is “Top Heavy”

-       ADF has 219 “one-stars” with 41,079 members, a ratio 1:188

-       UK 1: 1,252

-       US 1: 1,526

-    Service chiefs compete for resources with 9 public servants of equal rank.

 

 

 

Support For Veterans has been very poor. After years of lobbying by the Veteran community, in 2021 the Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide was established. The 2021 suicide rate for ex-serving males was 44% higher for males, for females 107% higher. Veterans and their families have been treated disdainfully and cruelly.

There has been a failure of ADF Leadership. Despite 57 previous inquiries over the last 20-30 years examining risk factors for suicide in our military community and almost 770 recommendations, very little has changed.

 

Geoff’s full presentation can be viewed at:

millpointrotaryclub.org.au>members only (password)> this link>Guest Speaker Presentations>TROWBRIDGE Geoff – ANZAC 2024.

Directors Reports and Announcements

Pastoral Michelle : Heartfelt condolences to Kim P on the passing of her father; Good wishes to Owen F for a speedy recovery from a back problem; Peter Stevens doing well, though still in rehab in Hollywood; and

Congratulations to Jaclyn and Jackson on the birth of their baby boy - as yet unnamed but doing well, even though a month early by C-section. Jaclyn being transferred to SJoG in Murdoch later today.

Vocational Gerry : Vocational tour to SKG on Tuesday - please contact Gerry on 0438 642 738 for more details or to book a place: Pride of Workmanship will be held on 17 May - still need 2 more nominees; RC of Como hosting visiting Professor from Bethlehem at Dome Deepwater point on Friday 18 April 3.30-5.15pm.

Wayne the Elder: The 2024 BulldustNBack is on again 10-13 October. Second survey completed by Kelly and Charlie covering the Northern wheatbelt and beyond, taking in bushtracks, dirt and gravel roads and other places of interest. Please diarise these dates as volunteers are needed.

Attendance

38 attendees in all, including guest speaker Geoff Trowbridge and Bugler Barry Telfer, as well as visitors Peggy, Anne-Marie, Ian, Katrina, Shane, Andy and Beth.

 

Regionalisation Update #7

Appointment of Rotary Community Leader

RCMP is in Rotary Community Group (RCG) #1.

This group consists of Rotary Clubs from the following areas:

• Applecross
• Attadale
• Booragoon
• Cockburn
• Como
• E-WA
• Fremantle
• Melville
• Vitoria Park
• Willetton
  

District has now officially announced the appointment of our Rotary Community Leader, David Barton.

In the next couple of months David will join the other RCLs from across the Zone to undertake a specific learning and development program before the role commences on 1st July 2024.

Week #37

April is Environmental Month!

RCMP lead the way - as usual - here are some of our environmental projects:

• Sewing Sisters and Global Hands - Papua New Guinea and trialling in Sri Lanka - reusable feminine hygiene products, showing the world that we are conscious of landfill and waste.
• Greenbatch, now Containers for Change and still are, recycling cans and bottles
• Collection of unsold bread and other products each week from Brumby’s in Mt Lawley and given to The Haven in Victoria Park
• Second bite recycling and SOS 
• Tree planting, twice a year we have been involved in this in conjunction with Tree Mission and other Rotary Clubs
• The Linen project – recycling linen from FMG mine sites – they have just finished emptying containers in SA and the linen has gone round the world.
• Used spectacles  - sorting and repurposing - A Global Hands project.
  

 

Global Hand Sri Lankan Eye Camp - Raelene George

Host Reggie Lau introduced our Speaker Raelene George, RCMP International Director and Global Hand Charity (GHC) Secretary since 2019.

 

Raelene has been a registered nurse and midwife since 1966. She served as the Charge Nurse of the Emergency Department and Midwifery Manager at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital for 45 years. While there in the 90’s, she was the Boss of a young graduate midwife Reggie Lau….

 

Raelene has travelled to India with the Rotary Polio Plus program and gone on four Eye Camps to Sri Lanka and Cambodia with Global Hand Charity.

 

Reggie described Raelene as “passionate, organised, graceful, extraordinarily hardworking and reliable. Raelene simply gets on with her work because she believes in the humanitarian efforts and the positive impact they have on. People’s lives”.

 

In opening her address, Raelene acknowledged the many people and organisations who supported the GHC Eye Camp:

• John MANSFIELD (Newcastle,  GHC Life Member, former RCMP member and Camp Manager
• Husband and wife team (Melbourne) Patrice ZELAZNY Senior Optometrist and Michael NIELSON Engineer
•  Optometrists Brianna CALDOW (Perth), Sarah FALTAS & 
• Hannah AMIRI (Melbourne), Piranaa ALAGIAH (Sydney
• UWA Optometrist graduate Monique LAO and UWA Optometry students Maddie LAMB and Samantha RATNAYAKA (Perth)
  
• Christa PAUL (Sri Lanka) resident Optometrist 
• Engaged couple Hannah Lawrance Media and Nathan PETRELIS Engineer and “Jack of all Trades” 
• Veronica LAWRANCE (Perth) RCMP President and visual acuity expert (and Hannah’s Mum…) 
• Raelene GEORGE (Perth) RCMP International Director and GHC Secretary. Third visit to Sri Lanka 
• Mark HORWOOD (Perth) GHC Life Member, former RCMP member behind the scenes organisation 
• Reggie LAU (Perth) GHC Board member, RCMP member expert help in setting up the Eye Camp 
• Marelene BOULOS (Melbourne) previous Chief Optometrist 
• Rotarians from Colombo, Batticaloa and Kalmunai 
• Hospital staff from Batticaloa, Kaluwanchikudy and Kalmunai 
• Red Cross staff, students, teachers and others

 

Global Hand Charity (GHC) was founded in 2008 to improve educational and health opportunities in Asian remote regions. It was initially an initiative of RCMP, but is now a charity in its own right.

 

The Eye Camp team hired a coach and travelled the seven hours from Colombo to Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka.

 

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) has a population of 22.2 million people made up of Sinhalese (Buddhists), Tamil (Hindu), Sri Lankan Moors, Indian Tamils and others.

In recent history it has been marred by a 30-year civil war, the 2004 tsunami and is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.

 

The GHC Goal was to service the marginalised segment of the population.

 

 The First day was at the Batticaloa Base Hospital where 370 people were seen (64 Cataracts and 30 custom glasses). Due to overcrowding and crowd unrest at the site, the clinic was relocated several kilometres to the Kaluwanchikudy & Kalmunai Base Hospital.

 

The remaining clinics were in one big room with airconditioning and better registration/crowd control. 1,471 people were seen for a total of 1,841.

 

Day 3 was a well-earned rest at a popular beach destination and then back to work…

 

The team was warmly welcomed by the various Rotary Clubs, hospital staff and of course the masses of people they saw each day.

It was sad to say their goodbyes to each other after an exhausting but exhilarating few days.

 

All Australia volunteers self-funded their own trip, accommodation and meals. The GHC Operation cost included glasses purchased, transport and local staff remuneration. The BulldustNBack donation was essential to the overall $15,000 cost of the Eye Camp.

 

 Where to from here?

•  Follow up with the local Rotary Clubs that the custom-made glasses from Colombo are distributed to the various patients.
•  Cataract surgery is offered to all patients that were identified
• Eye Camps to Sri Lanka and Cambodia in the planning stages for 2025/26
• Fundraising for the camps

 

A PDF version of Raelene’s presentation can be viewed at:

millpointrotaryclub.org.au>members only (password)>this link >Guest Speaker Presentations>GEORGE Raelene – 2024 GHC Sri Lanka Eye Camp.pdf

Please note, there is also a similar 2023 presentation….

The full (520 Mb) PowerPoint with embedded video on request.

 

 

Directors Reports and Announcements

Fundraising 

• Committee meeting after the meeting

Vice President 

• Reminder Rotary Action Day Walk - if you haven't already, can register on the day.

Lorrie 

• Collecting Containers for Change towards BulldustNBack FUNdraising.

Vocational 

• Visit to SKG third time lucky, still on for 23 April. 15b booked can take another 5. Contact Gerry McGann 0438 642 738
• Pride of Workmanship - 2 nominees so far - would like 2 moree
• RC of Booragoon Special Overseas Guest Speaker
  Distinguished scientist and author, Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, who is making his first visit to Australia from RC of Bethlehem and founder of the Palestine Museum of Natural History. A respected speaker able to talk about his positive work in areas of environment and health while situated in an unstable regional situation. He is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University and has also served at US universities including Tennessee, Duke and Yale. Prof Qumsiyeh has published more than 180 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, hundreds of articles, and several books on topics ranging from environmental impact of colonisation to cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to environmental health. He has overseen a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to environmental and climate justice and empowerment projects with farmers, women, and children that benefited tens of thousands. You can learn more about the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at http://palestinenature.org.

WHERE: The Library, Dome Deep Water Point, 100 The Esplanade, Mount Pleasant

WHEN: Friday, April 19, 2024; 3.30-5.15pm

REFRESHMENTS: Drinks, tea and coffee, snacks order at café

COSTS: No charge

RSVP: 5pm, Tuesday April 16 to secretary@booragoonrotary.com

 Community

• MACA Cancer200 Ride - Saturday and Sunday, 12 & 13 October 2024 to support cancer research. 200 Km. Last year this ride raised $8.8 million dollars for research. Donate here (or to join the team, see below)

  https://www.cancer200.org.au/.../peterbest/cancer-200-2024. Join Team “Rotary Riders” here:

  Register - MACA Cancer 200 (2024)

 Pastoral care

Peter Stevens is doing well, although still in Hollywood Hospital, Edwards Ward,  Room 17, having chemo and physio. Visitors welcome, but don't stay too long!

Fines

Our daily indiscretions disunited us from our dollars by way of our pocket-rocket Jenny McLean who focused on Ground Breaking research and near Religious experiences!

• Cheeky Geoff L scored the first fine for talking back!
• The Red Shirt brigade, yes, ALL 13 of them
  
  
• All dog owners - our longevity is in your paws - so the research says.
• All AFL supporters - in particular Eagles supporters who worship the Jesus look-alike new recruit - and of course, those who don't!
• Kelly Gillen for forgetting to show up at the men's dinner.
  

 Winner of Heads and Tails

Grand Two-Up-Tosser Geoff Longshaw spun the coins and
Wayne Duke pipped visitor Eugene Goh at the post!

Thanks to Margaret and Lyn Metcalf for supplying the winning wine!

Attendance

43 attendees in all, including visiting Rotarian Bill Boekman (Wongan Hills) and visitors Amy, Mark, Wendy, Eugene, Rona, Samantha, Beatrice, Gordon, and Penny.

 

 

 

Week #36

Oh, What A Meeting!

Different, peculiar, interesting and downright plain ludicrous are words which  describe some of the events this week.

• 1860 saw the start of the Pony Express, delivering mail for $5 an ounce (a lot of $ in those days). Took 10 days to deliver to California, over 2,000 miles away - thank goodness for emails today!
• 1896 saw the return of the Olympics of the modern era, in Athens after a 1500 year break.
• 1949 saw the signing of the treaty which created NATO.
• 1961 was the year Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space traveling 187 miles or 301 kilometers, above the earth in a single orbit lasting 108 minutes.
  

Guest Speaker - Frank Sciaronne, DUG Technology.

Frank was appointed Non-Executive Director of DUG in July 2015. Over the past 35 years, he has held various positions in investment banking including in the banking industry, funds management and corporate/private client financial advisory services. Frank is the current Managing Director of Vantage Wealth Management, Chair of the Fire and Emergency Services Super Fund, Director of the Government Employees Superannuation Board and Biovision Pty Ltd and Chair of 12 Buckets, a children’s charity, and was appointed to the DUG board on 23 July 2015.

Frank thanked the members for the invitation to share our fellowship and the opportunity to talk to the Club about his involvement with the start-up company DUG Technology.

 

DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) was started in 2003 by two blokes in a shed in Subiaco. They had lots of ideas and no money, with an appetite for disruption….

(Dr) Matt Lamont had been a high school dropout who went back to Curtin University at age 27 and earned his PhD.

(Dr) Troy Thompson had been Matt’s PhD student and ended up joining him in the venture.

Their little start-up company embarked on a “David and Goliath” effort to break into the market. Their aim was to develop technology and deploy expertise in high performance computing (HPC) for real world applications.

Their capability has developed to 45 petaflops (one petaflop = 1,000 terabytes) of computing power and 52 petabytes of storage capacity. As a comparison, one petabyte would be equivalent to 20 million conventional storage cabinets. This capability enabled one customer, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), to optimise their academic code in two weeks and achieve run-times that were 125 x faster.

Another big customer AUSTAL has been able to “reduce the timeframe for hull form optimisation in conjunction with computational fluid dynamics by an order of magnitude”.

DUG’s 21-year journey has seen them open offices in Kuala Lumpur, Houston, London and Abu Dhabi.

 

Other key markets for high data computing include:

-       Oil & Gas.

-       National Security & Space. (Defence)

-       Enterprise. (education, research, applied science, CSIRO)

-       Harry Perkins. (medical research)

-       Telethon Kids Institute. (indigenous health)

DUG has also developed two new innovations:

DUG Cool. This is an oil immersion cooling system for data centres, reducing water usage by over 25%, power usage by over 50%, 85% less embodied CO2 and 85% less synthetic refrigerants.

DUG Nomad. DUG Cool in a container. This has many potential applications, including Defence – a transportable supercomputer in a container on the battlefield.

As Frank observed early in his presentation “necessity is the mother of all invention”

Not bad for two blokes and a shed…..

You can view the full presentation at: millpointrotaryclub.org.au>members only (password)> this link>Guest Speaker Presentations>SCIARRONE Frank – DUG Technology Startup

Directors Reports and Announcement

President : PDG David Barton (Melville RC) has nominated for Rotary Community Leader (RCL) for  Rotary Community Group (RCG) #3. Any objections to be in writing to DG Ineke Oliver at dg@rotarywa.au  by 5pm on Wednesday 17 April.

Vocational : 

• Visit to SKG 23 April. Only 5 places left - be quick.
• Pride of Workmanship 17 May - nominations please asap for those who have gone above and beyond.
• Brightwater is holding its annual Charity Golf Day at the MT Lawley Golf Club and hosted by Adrian Barich. $1100 for a team of 4 - contact Gerry McGann if interested.

Vice President: 

• Rotary Action Day 13 APril - 1 day event instead of 2 day conference. Lift the Lid walk in the morning (proceeds to Alzheimers); Packing Hope for various charities; Public Image seminar and International Dinner. See Events page for more details and how to book. Only 10 of the 22 people who initially showed interest have booked - please support our District (9423).

Community : 

• Sunday 28 April volunteers needed to man the BBQ for Pankind Charity Walk (Pancreatic Cancer www.pankind.org.au). Please see Ian for details and events page.

Rick Sneeuwjagt : 

• Men's 2nd Wednesday dinner at Catalano's in Vic Park next Wednesday
• Roger's stash of Shiraz donated to the club, $20 a bottle with a personalised message from the Rog! He may be gone, but definitely not forgotten and still with us in spirit.
  

Fines : Detaching members from their dough by way of divulging their disasters! Dastardly Geoff Longshaw

• Major 'Dobber-In' Wayne M for 'volunteering' Geoff for this task.
• All Easter Egg hunters
• Scott D for looking too healthy.
• Raelene G for winning a carton of wine for being the first person to register for the International Dinner
• Lydia W and Dianna G - new members (bad) luck
• Alan J - still in his PJs when Ken P arrived to collect him.
• Mike C - the gong was 3 minutes late!
  
• President Veronica - not only is she obsessed but 'possessed' with her weekly tid-bits.
  

Winner of Heads and Tails

Geoff did us proud, tossing 2 x heads; 1 of each, and then 1of each again which  saw Peter Dowling win the prized bottle of booze!
Thanks to Margaret and Lyn Metcalf for supplying the wine.

Attendance

39 attendees in all, including guest speaker Frank and visitors Agatha, Penny and ex Rotarian Chris Hermann.