Thanks Irish for the photos
Mark chaired the meeting
Welcome to guest speaker John Wagner from Mercy Ships
and guests Don & Keith
Welcome to Merv, Anne & Noel on Zoom
President James delivered his report
- Flashback to last week's DG's visit
- Kath "doing well" after surgery last Friday
- AGM in two weeks - positions need filling
- Interact Advisory Council - 8 positions - advising R.I. 20 Dec applications
International Toast to RC Karachi, Pakistan - Darryl would have trouble doing a makeup there - they all wear suits & ties
The world suffers not because of the violence of bad people, but from the silence of good people
President James presented Pam her PHP badge awarded at Changeover
Judy introduce John - John is an ex RC Caloundra member who left 16 years ago to help set up Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships is an inspirational charity sending hospital ships to the world's most disadvantaged nations, delivering life changing operations taken for granted in more affluent places
Started with a "whit if" idea after Hurricane Cleo in 1964
70% of the world's population don't have access to relatively simple operations
Mercy Ships was Britain's "charity of choice" in 2006
Most workers are volunteers who pay their own way. Australians contribute 46,000 hours per year
Their head office is in caloundra
A new ship is on the way - price to refurbish the old ship is $8.5m
Thanks John
Pam & Merv attended the November RUSCCF Meeting - Minutes
RC Caloundra has contributed $18K, $100K overall
Next burseries for PD students 12th or 19th May 2021 Grand Final dependant
RC Caloundra to run the raffle, Helen Bennett to speak
Darryl re Golf Day - we need sponsors
Sgt Ian was back to his old tricks
Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my Dad, or my older brother Colin, or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin.
To add to your confusion on "In the Chair" and "On the Desk" and oil sources as the basis for a TV Movie script, note that motor car oil is not made from motor cars hence baby oil.......!!! (but whale oil used to be made from whales. As for spermaceti, the mind boggles)
Keep up the subtle comments.
Cheers
Chris