PRESIDENT STEPHEN MILLS welcomed members and guests, Gerrard Daniel guest speaker, Sophie & Amie Hodge.
APOLOGIES:
Marie Austin, Allen Canobie, Grant Deppler, Lorraine Greenwood, Ernest Jones, Judy McDonald, Jacque Phillips, Gary Phillips. Sieg Seiter, Chris Sutton.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Judy Newman hosted an international university student over the weekend.
Susan Alberti to be guest speaker at the Business Breakfast.
Sophie Hodge will speak on her trip to the Japan Jamboree.
Gerrard Daniel founded Nu Genes in 1989 with two partners, with the aim to respond to peoples needs offering herd testing, artificial insemination, de-horning, milk testing DNA testing.
Now has 51 employees and 40 vehicles and branches in Gippsland in Maffra and Western District in Terang.
In 1974 Australia had 7,926 dairy farms, in 1986 14,986, 2000 7,926 and today 6,000.
Need to change with the times with the introduction of huge corporate dairy farms, and employ staff willing to travel. Servicing farms from Forbes to S.A. and all over Victoria.
Has made mistakes along the way, if you think everything is going to go your way - you are dreaming.
Meet challenges by responding in a realistic way.
Past not so bad, future exciting.
SOPHIE HODGE:
Sophie a year 10 student spoke on her trip to Japan to attend the Japan Scout Jamboree.
With 12 other scouts left Australia for Japan, arriving in Tokyo. Two days spent as tourists then on to Noto the jamboree campsite for 5 days. Met the Prince of Japan was a highlight, another was being invested as a Venturer in front of 13,000 scouts
Highlight of the trip was the Japanese culture.
REPORTS
SECRETARY JENNIFER RODGER:
Letter from Numurkah Secondary College Year 10 VCAL students seeking financial assistance to manufacture display cabinets for the Numurkah A & P Society.
Working with Children check now have 27 out of 39 members registered. If members having trouble updating details on Club Runner please contact Jennifer.
JEFF BUZZA:
A sub was paid by EFT on 21st August from a CBA account with no name. Please check.
JUDY NEWMAN:
Kay Moody has welcomed a new grand daughter.
Hosted International Student from La Trobe University, a Spanish girl, visited Ulupna Island to see wildlife, netball, pub for a meal, giving a full country experience.
P.P. KATE HODGE:
Secured Susan Alberti to be guest speaker at Business Breakfast Wednesday 3rd April.
Philanthropist, businesswoman and women's football league pioneer Susan Alberti has been crowned Victorian of the Year. The well-known Melburnian, who has helped raise millions for charity through her medical research foundation.It comes after Ms Alberti won 2017 Melburnian of the Year. The prominent philanthropist is known for her charity work, in particular raising funds for diabetes research, and for her work in helping to develop the women's football league. Her passion for medical research developed after her daughter Danielle was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the 1980s and later died from complications associated with the disease. Ms Alberti is the former vice-president of the Western Bulldogs Football Club, which she has barracked for since she was a child. Her work to nurture and financially support the AFLW competition has been a focus for decades. In 1997 she received an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for her contribution towards the cause of diabetes research, and was a finalist in the Australian of the Year Award in 1997 and in 2009. She was awarded an AO (Officer of the Order of Australia) in 2007, and the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Award in 2016.
HEADS & TAILS:
Sophie Hodge
Community Service Director John Watson's inspirational pick this week - Jeff Buzza.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 1st OCTOBER 2018
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: TERRY BRENNAN
GUEST SPEAKER: PAUL ARNEL.
Wear your footy colours.
APOLOGIES:
Ernest Jones
Phone: 5862 1968
Email: hidejones@bigpond.com
He is a very fast drinker
A man goes into a bar and seats himself on a stool. The bartender looks at him and says, "What'll it be buddy?" The man says, "Set me up with seven whiskey shots and make them doubles." The bartender does this and watches the man slug one down, then the next, then the next, and so on until all seven are gone almost as quickly as they were served. Staring in disbelief, the bartender asks why he's doing all this drinking. "You'd drink them this fast too if you had what I have." The bartender hastily asks, "What do you have pal?" The man quickly replies, "I have a dollar."
