   President James reported on a busy Rotary week
International Toast to RC Bucharest in Romania. James has a connection through the Salvation Army branch and their Australian personnel. Poverty and human trafficking are still major problems And a joke about the old man on his farm - when he went to check his dam, bucket in hand to pick mangoes from the nearby tree, he found some young ladies taking advantage of his dam for some skinny dipping. They retreated to the deep end "No worries ladies, I'm just here to feed the crocodile" Moral - Old guys may walk slow, but they can still think quick" Thought for the day from Martin Luther King Jnr "You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say"  Mark introduced Jeanne Jeanne Motteram - Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians  Jeanne Motteram – Bio Jeanne was born and educated in Adelaide completing a Bachelor of Business in 1993. She was a Police Officer for 11 years, ending her career as a Detective Brevet Sergeant with the Anti-Corruption Branch. She completed Certificate 4’s in Building and Residential Drafting, worked within the Residential Building Industry, designing, estimating and coordinating the construction of homes. Jeanne obtained her South Australian Builders Licence. The thought of another winter in Adelaide helped Jeanne decide it was time to find somewhere else to live. After driving most of east coast of Australia in 2012, Jeanne stopped in Townsville for 4 years where she worked in new home and land sales. There she obtained her residential design licence and had her Builders’ Licence transferred to Queensland. Jeanne decided to take another road trip and collected her father in Adelaide to accompany her across the Nullarbor. In the middle of 2017 Jeanne’s aunt and cousins needed a hand in Brisbane, so her drive around Australia was cut short as she flew there from Broome. By now she had decided where she wanted to live and the type of business she wanted to run. So in 2017 she moved to the Sunshine Coast, the best place to live, and started Colomba Property. The business has had a slight change in focus and is now assisting seniors clear out their homes when they move into Aged Care Facilities or families dealing with a deceased estate.
Jeanne spoke about her father's involvement with AGFR and her stepping up to organize this years event at the Maroochydore Course We also found a few of our own members involvement with Rotary Fellowships The event has Wishlist as its major benefit beneficiary. There are a few Covid issues around the event, with a need for Queenslanders to sign up to assure the 80 players needed for the event to be viable. BMW is a major sponsor. She had some interesting stories from her Dad about the IGFR - how they had promoted internships at prestigous golf courses around the world, and playing at St Andrews. Although "if some people held knives and forks like they did their golf clubs, they would probably starve" Deborah thanked Jeanne for the talk and her work with the AGFR Directors
Kath talked about the new Interact Club - they are chartered, have a board, and are ready to go - The school is thrilled. I picked up some photos from the school Facebook page
Darryl is already wearing his St Patrick's Day green shirt - 10 days to go, and a special for raffle tickets. Help is needed on the day Mark - We no longer have a Zoom subscription, but people can still live stream for 40 mins Bohol grant needs to be spent by end of financial year.
Sgt Ian finished the meeting. If we need to slow him down, we could use these:
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