A huge welcome to our first time quests last week Jo Gorman and Mike Twyford and I hope to see you again in the future as well as fellow visiting Rotarians on their visit to the club.
A very productive Directors last week and each will give a summary at the meeting.
Congratulations on all who partook in the Polio Plus collection at Runaway Shopping Centre where over $1000 was raised.
We have had confirmation the District Grant for the Wheel Chair freight costs, subject to us supplying a written brief and possible photos, expenditure budget and bank account details, has been granted. This will require urgent attention.
On Friday, 14th August, ABC 7:00 pm TV News featured a segment on our Wheelchair Boys. Click on this link for the transcript. A very well presented segment indeed, even if I have to say so myself! Daryl Sanderson, the chairman of the Wheelchair Trust, appealed for additional bikes to be donated. Can you help?
The boys will be at 'The Shed' every Saturday morning. If you can't make it at that time, you can contact Daryl via email - see list of Club Executives and Directors on the right (last entry).
Where do you find The Shed? It is off Napper Road near the Arundel Community Centre, between Arundel Primary School and Captain Cook Drive (as you drive east). See map below. For direct contact, phone Wheelchair Trust Chairman Daryl Sanderson between 08:00 and 7:00 pm on 0408 729 118.
A meeting with a difference last week: we met at the Hope Island Golf Club, a golfer's dream place! The meeting was conducted in most salubrious and highly civilized surroundings: white table cloth and serviettes, table service of a tasty breakfast of oven baked bacon, fried eggs, sausage, hash browns, fancy veggies... All for $25.00! [No, Henrietta, there was no option to choose scrambled eggs instead of fried! Ed.] And in the middle of the room was a huge round fountain about 5 metres in diameter. Any moment one expected somebody to jump into it, reminiscent of Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni in 'La Dolce Vita' (picture left)... (Sorry, before your time, I know.)
Other than the introduction of our members, there were no formalities relating to Surfers Sunrise. (We had apologies from Gerald East, Graeme Isaacson, Simon Brook and Fred Hamblen).
Sam Doumany (former Qld Govt Minister and husband of Past District Governor Sandra) was in the chair. An International Toast was proposed to the Rotary Club of St Denis on Reunion Island. Hope Island President Clint Ford, well acquainted to us due to his strong support of the Suns Horizon programme, briefly addressed the meeting. Hope Island features as absolute number 1 in donations to the Polio Plus campaign (see District Governor's Newsletter). District 9640 'Super Rotarian' Ian Yarker (Rotary e-club of NextGen) gave us a presentation of his club's philosphy of "What can we physically do for you?", outlining NextGen's work with the Flying Doctor Service and a recent organized trip to Cape York. Has there ever been a club who donated a bunch of Unicycles? If ever there was an example of 'Be a Gift to the World'... Well done, fellows!
Ok, so there may not have been any Surfers Sunrise formalities last week at Hope Island, but that didn't stop our Sergeant Andy Bell to join with his Hope Island counter part. No one escaped...
Mario Fairlie, you are in exceptionally good health [and Mario confirmed it - not a thing wrong with him today...] Doug Lipp for one thing or another... DGN Darrell Brown had to demonstrate why he is the doyen of fashion - purely due to his socks... Des La Rance was introduced to the other members as the next Pope... Angus Miller was moving house... Franz Huber: you are a pain in the neck [I'm absolutely devastated, since I always try hard to please our Sergeant... Do I have body odour? Something I wrote? Not happy with the photo? OK, like Groucho Marx's principles, I have others if you don't like this one...]Paul Seymour not only lost his voice last week coming back on an airplane. It stopped him from writing a President's Message!! Daryl Sanderson, what was that newspaper article about wheelchairs that was supposed to be published in Finland..? Adrian Crowe, glad you finally found us after gallivanting around the world... Terry O'Shea, what a perfect haircut...
And commenting on the previous Saturday's result of the Wallabies against the All Blacks: after the disaster of the Australian Cricket Team in England, the All Black coach simply decided that you guys needed a break..! [Can't help the feeling that another broadside will be fired this coming Wednesday... Ed.]
Your Editor is looking forward to a holiday... Hopefully, this time, it is definitely there now! President Paul is revealing his innermost secrets.
Read all about it - you can download it now from the Download section on the right! Hopefully, this time it stuck...! Please send me a direct email if you still can't download it.
Ladies, get your fascinators ready! Gentlemen, yes, it is ok to wear a brightly coloured silk shirt with a rosa coloured tie and a heavy gold chain, white slacks and shoes...
Our member and District Treasurer Doug Lipp (he is a race horse owner himself), in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Surfers Paradise, is organizing a Race Day at the Gold Coast Turf Club in October. Further, the day is sponsored by our Sergeant Andy Bell's company Eximm too. Tickets are just $70.00 per head, which includes a sumptuous buffet luncheon as well as afternoon tea and coffee. Tables of 10 are available, so why not invite some friends or clients?
Download the flyer, which includes the booking form, in the Download section on the right.
Alternatively, contact Doug Lipp or Darrell Brown.
“War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.” ― Karl Kraus
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction
On Friday, 14th August, 
A meeting with a difference last week: we met at the Hope Island Golf Club, a golfer's dream place! The meeting was conducted in most salubrious and highly civilized surroundings: white table cloth and serviettes, table service of a tasty breakfast of oven baked bacon, fried eggs, sausage, hash browns, fancy veggies... All for $25.00! 
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