Our Last Meeting - John Nicol - President- Roofs to Recovery

Sgt Richard introduced Chair and “Waggarite” Elaine.
Who welcomed John & Lynette, & May
Special mention for Dave and Robyn

 

President Jim proposed the International Toast to Rotary Clubs of PNG
To remember the landslide there where around 2000 people died.

 

By July 1, 1957, there were in the world 9507 Rotary clubs with 450,000 Rotarians.
During that year 376 new Rotary Clubs in 376 countries receive Charters.
One of these clubs was the Rotary Club of Port Moresby and Rotary came to, as it then was, Papua.

Thanks for the photos Dave

 

Sergeant Richard reported bee stings.

Deborah introduced Guest Speaker John. She knows May from a golf day.
John and Lynn – golden wedding
Four daughters/12 grandchildren - eight girls.
John is the Caloundra Christian College bus driver
He is also a Presbyterian Minister
2019 – Caboolture Church
15 to 20 people for breakfast

John – thanks for inviting him to speak at our meeting
43 years a minister and retired 18 months ago

Roofs to Recovery started as a charity in November 2021 through an initiative of the Pastors Network and Mark Jamieson Mayor of the Sunshine Coast Council
“Crisis“ in Australia
Women over 55 our fastest-growing cohort.
And in to the 60s and 70s

John outlined number of reasons why women were more vunerable.
Including lower earnings, interrupted working, less super, lower home ownership.
500,000 single women rely on the age pension
They compete with wealthy investment owners who see homes as a wealth building commodity.

What it looks like (slide)

Solutions include housing emergency response “temporary“

Vision

Melbourne factory produces them on pallets.
Tradies not needed for basic construction, and they can go up in a few days.
But the real challenge is finding land.
They have a steel floor and use screw in footings.
Then a steel frame with coreflute panels
Electrical/plumbing/trades
Modeled on national disaster buildings

Bunnings have helped.
Salvation Army has furnished

$25,000 for one house originally but now more like $50,000 all up

 

Deborah – Council equals problem?

 

Challenges-  land & finance,
Government regulations

Doing things differently.

BIPU – bolt on septic

Elaine – group housing?
There is no classification except Caravan Park

 

May - fundraiser Comedy Club $35 per ticket at the Powerboat Club on 20 July.

 

Jim thanked John and the team

 

Elaine called for Directors Reports

Sergeant Richard - doing Pilates… Now a cripple

Frog demonstration

My kids laugh because I think I’m crazy – I laugh because it’s hereditary.

There was an85 year old man joke which I didn’t get all down, but we were assured it was “clean at the end“ by Warryn, the most experienced driver in the Club who backed up and wrecked his mirror.

 

 

 

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is walking on the beach, finds a bottle, opens it, and a genie comes out.
He says, “I’m going to give you three wishes for letting me out of the bottle, but there’s a catch. Whatever you wish for, Donald Trump gets, doubled.”

She hesitates, but agrees, “Fine. For my first wish, I’d like a Lear jet.”
The genie says, “If you get a Lear jet, Trump gets two. Are you sure that’s what you want?”
She says, “Yes. That’s my wish.”

“Okay, you’ve got it,” the genie says, “what about wish number two?”

“I wish for $10 million,” she says, “I think I could do a lot of good with that.”

“It’s your business what you do with it,” the genie says, “but if you get $10 million, Trump gets $20 million.”
“Yeah, that’s okay, I still want it,” she responds.

 

“You’ve got it,” the genie says, “Now what’s your third and last wish?”
“I wish to donate a kidney.”