The meeting was an Open Forum to discuss future direction and projects
 
Chair Stephen did a reasonable job of keeping the rabble under control, but he did make a basic mistake in introducing himself as "El Presindito" and may have accidentally dobbed himself in as the next President Elect
 
Thanks Irish for the photos - see them all
Mark gave us three minutes on Interact short for INTERnational ACTion
Very relevant given the formation of a new Club at Caloundra City Private School sponsored by RC Caloundra
Interact is for 14-18 year olds - there are already 30 clubs in our District
 
President James delivered the President's Report and led the Forum we weren't quite sure where one stopped and the other started
  • Welcome to visitor Mel, and Zooming in were Noel and Merv
  • District raffle - 1st prize is a Mitsubishi Mirage
  • RC GHM Mark McArdle talk Mon 21st 6:00pm
  • RC Alex Hds Show & Shine Sat 26th & Sun 27th
  • RC Mooloolaba Lift the Lid on Mental Health Walk
  • Good to see Gordon back, and Merv has finished chemo & radiation - waiting for results, Graham is nursing a broken collar bone
  • Not quite an International Toast to RC Bayside, Geelong in Victoria - they are doing it tough
Thought for the week "One of the most beautiful qualities of friendship is to understand and be understood"
 
  • Board meeting yesterday
  • Friends of Rotary  - Deborah to get it moving
  • Cluster committee for Centenary Celebration - Darryl has been "volunteered" and has the bruises to prove it
  • Peace poles - four locations "May peace prevail on earth"
  • Ashton Wood - collecting phones event
  • Interact - a great achievement
  • Melbourne Cup - Darryl - $60 to $70 per ticket
  • Deborah - membership - some good prospects
  • Pam - RYDA volunteers - Neville gave an update
  • NYSF - Neville spent seven hours on Zoom interviewing students
  • Raisley on line funding platform - need PayPal or Stripe
  • Cashess rotary
  • Thanks Ian for doing the Roster (now we know who to blame)
  • Function at Kath's to celebrate Alan's 50 years in Rotary
  • Mark - grant for wireless microphone for Zoom
  • Darryl - Hawaiian shirt meeting to come in three weeks
Sgt Darryl gave a NZ slant on proceedings
 
 
We all could use more calm in our lives. 
By following the simple advice I heard on a Dr. Phil show, I have  finally found  inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed the way to achieve inner peace is to  finish all the things you have started. 
So I looked around my house to see things I started and hadn't finished; and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished  off a  bottle of Merlot, a bottle of  Cardonay, a  bole of Baileys, a butle of  Kehuha, a pockage of  Tim Toms, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke, some saltins an a bax a cholates.
Yu haf no idr who gud I fel