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President's Message

Paul Seymour
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Geoff Croad has received the go-ahead from Bunnings Olsen Avenue for our next Sausage Sizzle fundraiser on Sunday 3 April 2022, please let him know of your availability to help on the day.
 
A reminder to all attendees the Business Session at the District Expo which will held in Tenterfield 25th-27th March 2022.
 
Following the previous and current year, due to COVID restrictions, a decision has been made that in the coming Rotary year 2022/23, there will be no in-person International Youth Exchange Program. In this coming Rotary year, there will also be a new Committee which will no doubt ensure that YEP in District 9640 will be ‘good to go’ when physical exchanges recommence in July 2023.
 
Nikki Mullen, Business Development Manager at Express Recycling  have had meetings with COEX (Containers for Change) which is in charge of the bottle refund scheme . They want to work with us on High Rises and were wanting to do a trial with one of the buildings. Surfers Sunrise Rotary are still very keen to get behind this, as it is a great opportunity to raise funds. If any members who live in High Rises can get an appointment with their on- site manager or a Committee member to discuss, please contact Geoff Croad.
 
Kind regards,
President Paul Seymour.
Stories
This coming Wednesday 16th March: Angie Bell MP
This coming Wednesday "our" Federal Member of Parliament for Moncrieff, Angie Bell will visit Surfers Sunrise Rotary. Not to be missed!
Who says you are too old to learn a new skill?
Who says you are too old to learn a new skill? Here's Brian Pearson who completed his training course and freshly graduated in ... BRIDGE!
Picture shows him receiving his certificate from Dot Piddington, a Director of the Gold Coast Bridge Club. Congrats, Brian!
District has set up a flood donation account
District Governor Jeff Egan recently wrote a letter (see Download section on the right) to all Rotarians in District 9640, advising that a dedicated Flood Appeal account has been set up for Rotarians (and anyone else, for that matter) to contribute to a flood appeal to benefit victims of the horrendous floods some regions experienced over the past two weeks. As is common for any Rotary-based appeals, there will be no administration fees, director's remunerations etc. All funds end up directly at the target, the people who were affected. 
 
If a donor does not require the donation to have tax deductibility status, it is preferable that donations should be deposited into the following account:
Rotary International District 9640 Ltd.
BSB: 084462, Account No: 816279059
This is the account to which Rotary clubs should donate.
 
 
If tax deductibility is required, please use this account: 
Keith Wilson Relief Trust Fund
BSB: 633000 Account No: 175308303
The name of the donor needs to be included on the deposit AND please send via email to PDG Sandra Doumany at srmd@bigpond.net.au (Note: the original post had a typo - this is the correct address): 1. the name of the donor 2. the amount of the deposit 3. any requirement for the donation to be spent on a specific area (if requested). 
 
District Expo is next week!
This year's event is going to be a real country affair, it's in Tenterfield! Go to the Expo Website https://rotary9640.org/page/district-conference and check out what's happening. There you find the program, a brief summary of all the Keynote Speakers, and of course, you can register. But of course, one of the big attractions of attending a conference is always the deep feeling of Rotary Fellowship. Being in the country, formalities will be kept to a minimum. There is a lot more to a District Conference than Keynote Speakers and Rotary business. There is lots of social interaction:
  • Friday morning is the District Governor's Golf Challenge
  • Friday night is the Welcome Dinner - held at the historical Tenterfield Railway Station
  • Saturday night is a Dinner Dance (and yes, you can drink; they have organised bus pick up to/from your accommodation place)
  • Sunday morning are two styles of breakfast: one the Champagne Breakfast up near Bald Rock (image right), the other at the Historic Walk with PDG Harry Bolton
The (almost) final program is now on the Downloads section. Go on, check it out!
Duty Roster
 
Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week.  Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting
 
DateDoorChairmanFellowship/Project Shed (following Saturday)
16/03/2022Johnny BuetiGeoff CroadGerald East
23/03/2022N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Mario Fairlie (Saturday 26/03/22)
30/03/2022Ray HiggsAdrian CroweGraeme Isaacson
06/04/2022N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Ben Illes (Saturday 09/04/22)
13/04/2022Doug LippIan MayberryPeter Morgan
20/04/2022N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Larry Murray (Saturday, 23/04/22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Inspirations - well, sort of... 160322
“Great deeds come at great cost, Mr Parcher”
“Conviction, it turns out, is a luxury of those on the sidelines, Mr Nash”
From ‘A Beautiful Mind’ movie, based on a biography of Nobel Prize winning Mathematician John Nash
 
Decisions take a split second. It’s not deciding that takes all the time. Lionel Shriver, ‘So much for that’
 
“Wake up!” Says the person who slept through every single science class at high school and now promotes conspiracy theories
 
 
 
Download Files
Rotary District Conference 2022 Program
Rotary District 9640 Flood Appeal
Kate Worboys - RYTS Power Dance
Feedback letter from RC of Port Alfred, South Africa
Port Alfred, South Africa, Wheelchair Report
Why Join Rotary?
Upcoming Events
Sophia Seumanu - National Youth Science Forum
Surfers Paradise SLSC
Mar 30, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser
Bunnings Warehouse
Apr 03, 2022
7:45 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Angie Bell, MP for Moncrieff
Surfers Paradise SLSC
Apr 27, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
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Surfers Sunrise Golf Day October 2021
Italian Long Lunch 22nd October 2021
A whole bunch of Paul Harris Fellowships
Loading a container for the Solomons
Changeover Breakfast July 2021
10,000th Wheelchair Celebrations
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Vanuatu Program
 
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