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PRESIDENT JOHN WATSON welcomed members and guests: Visiting Rotarians from R.C. Maryborough Thea & Terry Allan, guests Linda Watson, Grant Deppeler, Stephanie Sutton, Janine Connolly, Michelle Davis and guest speaker Pip Cowan.
MY ROTARY
Service through Fellowship.
Rotarians providing friendship and fellowship at weekly meetings.
- Members sit at different tables each week.
- Sit with members they do not know.
- Invite someone to sit with you.
- Share conversation.
- Make a point of meeting all members.
Warm and personal friendship cornerstone of each club.
- Remembrance Ride meeting at RSL Thursday at 7pm. RSL Ladies donated $500 to Rotary Health.
- No meeting next week.
- Next meeting on 7th November. Visit to Green Waste Recycling. (check details below).
CHAIR: P.P. GRAHAM HODGE:
Spoke on mother's brother Frank Burns killed in action 6th April 1917 in Belgium. Looked up records on computer. Son Peter and wife Leonie visited BRK War Cemetery in Belgium and was impressed with upkeep of cemetery. Located grave. Also visited battlefields then onto England visiting Cornwell locating graves of Hodge ancestors.
GUEST SPEAKER:
PIP COWAN
 Pip spoke on his project "Busking my way to Mississippi". Attempting to raise money through busking with cigar box guitar to travel to Mississippi the home of the blues. Ryan Coonan a film maker will accompany Pip filming a documentary on the trip.
Pip visited Mississippi last year where he ended up in hospital.
Desire to return and have a bit of an adventure.
Figured out back-story to present to see if public interested in supporting trip.
- Personal objective to go and learn as much as possible.
- Using music as a social tool, and see how far it takes him.
- Become a musician.
Playing at Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival.
Pip ended talk by playing a number on his cigar box guitar for the club.
REPORTS
JULIE ANDREW:
Thanks to car raffle sellers. Two week break returning on 10th November outside Home Hardware.
A roster on Club Runner will be available for members to volunteer.
P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Induction next meeting.
LORRAINE GREENWOOD:
Attended Siege's German Night.
Over 100 in attendance, excellent night with a four course dinner.
P.P. TERRY BRENNAN:
Next meeting on 7th November will be visiting Green Waste Re-cycling Plant.
Bus will leave outside Home Hardware in Melville Street at 6pm for bus & dinner.
P.P. LOU HAMON:
Reminder Art & Craft Committee meeting at Ivan & Jennifer Routley's home after the meeting.
ATTENDANCE:
Bill Hewson reported 25 in attendance with 1 make up and 7 apologies.
FELLOWSHIP:
Gary Fisher reported Peter Carter's birthday 24th October, Jacque Phillips 28th October, June Mills 31st October.
Wedding anniversary Chris & Greg Sutton on October 30th 34 years.
HEADS & TAILS:
Joan Barker.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 7th NOVEMBER
VENUE: GREEN WASTE RE-CYCLING PLANT
MEET OUTSIDE HOME HARDWARE AT 6pm for BUS
CHAIR: TERRY BRENNAN
APOLOGIES:
Bill Hewson
Phone: 5862 1944
Email: whe13166@bigpond.net.au
NEW TERRORIST THREAT AL-GEBRA
Teacher Arrested At Sydney Airport - Held in Isolation.
A secondary school teacher was arrested today at Sydney 's Kingsford Smith Airport as he attempted to board an international flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a pair of compasses, a slide-rule and a calculator.
At a press conference, an Australian Border Control spokesman said he believes him to be a member of the notorious extremist Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the Federal Police with carrying weapons of maths instruction.
'Al-Gebra can be a problem for all of us', the Spokesman said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They maintain secrecy by using secret codenames such "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.'
As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, “There are three sides to every triangle".
When asked to comment on the arrest, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said - "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of maths instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."
Fellow Labour colleagues told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the Opposition Leader.
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