 (left): Gerald's post and advice for business people of the week, and below his joke of the week: Late one night, Jack takes a shortcut through the local cemetery. Hearing a tapping sound he becomes scared and quickens his pace. The tapping gets louder and Jack is now scared out of his wits. Then he notices a man chiselling a tombstone. "Thank goodness!" Jack says to the man. "You gave me the fright of my life! Why are you working so late?" "They spelt my name wrong." "... on the edge of a social media precipice, today’s governments live in a world where swiftly and without warning, wrathfully and without mercy, stupidity strikes." Henry Ergas AO, Australian Economist, Author and Journalist. There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. Will Rogers, American Entertainer 1875 – 1939. (Also credited to him: “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.”) |
This Wednesday 21st April, from 07:00 am, we'll have a social meeting at the Surfers Paradise Surf Club, downstairs Bistro, on the northern side. See you there!
On Friday morning, members of the Rotary Club of Parkwood handed the baton to Surfers Sunrise. Parkwood President Margaret Grummitt (picture left) paddled across the Broadwater by Canoe - Howzat! President Charles Thomasson was joined by a fair number of Surfers Sunrise members and associate members and paraded the baton with our 'Rough Terrain' wheelchairs along the Broadwater foreshore. The baton relay is organised in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Rotary clubs being chartered in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the theme of 'Rotary says NO to Domestic Violence' is depicted on purple coloured T-Shirts, worn by many members.
Breakfast with a difference: instead of our regular venue at the Surf Club, this week we met at the Project Shed at the Arundel Community Centre. We were joined by members of the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach and Gold Coast, as well as our local Councillor, Ryan Bayldon. Thank you, Ryan, for taking the time, we appreciate your support.
On Saturday 15th May 2021, our District 9640 will hold its Conference at Twin Towns Conference Centre. In view of the COVID situation, the format is a one day event. This brings the cost down to just $60.00 per head ($20 for Rotaractors and $10 for Interactors) which includes morning tea break and Lunch. Registrations close on 1st May (less than two weeks away), or when the maximum of 500 seats have been sold out.
