By now, most of our New Year's Resolutions we made may have been abandoned: too hard, too boring, "ok, I admit, I am addicted", "might as well be dead if I can't have an occasional glass of wine", "well, I would be quite happy to, but I'm not getting enough opportunities..." and a myriad of other good excuses.
But there is one new year's resolution which you can still make, which won't cause you any pain, no stress, no withdrawal symptoms: Make it your absolute goal to introduce a new member to Surfers Sunrise Rotary by 30th June 2016. That's on a Thursday, so, in order for her/him to be inducted on the 29th, you need to nominate by no later than the 8th June. So, whom could you ask?
See the article provided by Geoff Croad a bit further on "What 30-Somethings need to know about Rotary" which may be useful if you are thinking of a Gen Y person (yes, ideal since we our incoming President Simon Brook fits into this category!). Are you, or have you been doing business with a person whom you really feel comfortable? How did you get her or him to be your customer? I bet: You asked. How did you get introduced to Rotary? My bet is that 100% of you were asked.
aah... if only all our breakfasts would be as sumptuous as that... But then, if that was the case, many of us would have a weight problem! Again, Graeme Isaacson organized a splendid Christmas breakfast at the Marriott Hotel. Buffets with a huge selection of cheeses, fruits, cold meats, Danish pastry... But that wasn't the Main Course! You could even have your own omelet cooked! Yummy!
Geoff Croad sent me a very interesting article, written by Michael Bucca, a 32 year old member of the Rotary Club of Central Ocean Toms River, New Jersey, USA.
"You might think that I, a 32-year-old member of a 110-year-old organization, would be preoccupied with trying to modernize my club’s way of doing things. But remarkably, my experience in Rotary is teaching me to spend more energy convincing my generation – which keeps trying to reinvent everything – that there is much to be gained in the lost art of personal connection...." ... Think of this as a real-life Facebook status combined with a weekly GoFundMe campaign."
George Keily sent me a picture of a recent presentation of Certificates of Appreciation presented to Darren Musilli and his team at Apple Marketing. Tirelessly, they are collecting funds not only for our Wheelchairs Trust, but in this instance, for St Johns Centre and for the Gold Coast Project for Homeless Youth.
President Elect Simon Brook beat me to it and posted the lot on Facebook already... ☺ Click on this link to go over to our Facebook Page for a full description. Don't forget to Like it! Lots of other good stuff there too, by the way, including a good picture of the "First Breakfast" at Domanis last week!
WHAT IS A ROTARY FOUNDATION GLOBAL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP? Established in 1947, the original Ambassadorial Scholarship program, valued in excess of $20,000 was designed to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. With the launch of the Rotary Grants model, scholarships are now used to fund study by graduate students whose career goals support an area of focus. The funding is the same as a Humanitarian global grant with a minimum scholarship amount of US$30,000. Upon returning home, Rotary Scholars share with Rotarians and others their experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country, and what career they will go into in order to meet the six areas of focus and spread good will and understanding. WHY DON’T YOU NOMINATE A GRADUATE STUDENT FOR A SCHOLARSHIP?
A couple of old geezers, Bill and Jack (not their real names), come into their local watering hole. There they spot not one, but two superbly well proportioned young back packers (yes, their long sight vision is still ok, in case you ask!)
"Now, Jack, which one of these would you like to be stuck with in a lift?" Bill asks.
"Whichever one knows how to fix a lift."
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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