Roger chaired the meeting, and welcomed guests Sally, Ian and Sandy - to be more formally introduced later
And if you thought last week's chair lost control of the meeting ..
this was Irish's sun dance for the Golf Day
Although I must say it seemed to be working so far
 
See the photos
President James delivered his report
  • Congratulations to Roger for another outstanding issue of "The Reel" - I could go on (and on) about this but I don't want to exhaust our space allocation on Clubrunner
  • Bryan Mason from CalPac reported that the ROMAC Trivia Night raised $13,530 - and the raffle made more than the bar (gamblers not drinkers I"m guessing)
  • For the Centennial Gala Dinner, James can arrange to take the Salvation Army bus (drinkers not gamblers this time) Let James know if you are interested
  • Sue is compiling a list of those attending the Conference - let her know if she doesn't already know
  • The secret is out! Next year's conference is at the Caloundra Events Centre - First conference for the new district
  • Golf Day is Friday - All hands on deck
International Toast to the clubs in PNG, reflecting on the death of Sir Michael Somare, first prime minister of Papua New Guinea
 
James' thought for the day related to International Women's Day.  23% Rotarians are women in 2020, up from 16% in 2010. In 1896, the Rev William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army said "some of my best men are women"
 
Jokes:
What musical instrument do you find in a bathroom? A: Tuba toothpaste.
Why was Cinderalla bumped from the basketball team? A: She ran away from the ball.
 
Deborah introduced Sandy
"Talking Rubbish"

Sandie Johnston is the Sunshine Coast Council’s Waste 2 Resource Education Coordinator.

Today’s presentation is Recycling and Waste Management on the Sunshine Coast, a topic relevant to every resident and visitor on the Sunshine Coast. Everyone is becoming increasingly aware of our environment and the impacts we’re having on it. Most people want to do their bit to help minimise this impact and one way we can help is by recycling and recovering as many resources as possible. During this presentation the mysteries of what can and what can’t go in the yellow lidded bin (and why) will be revealed among other strategies and services. This presentation is much more than just ‘Talking Rubbish’.

Sandy was here to "demystify the yellow bin"

From the comments from some members, she has her work cut out.  On the bright side, her "people who needed a visit" list was expanded.

It's a moving field of bin and lid colours, but in a future "perfect world" it would be red lid for rubbish, yellow lid for recycle, bright green for garden waste, and some other colour for the FOGO (for organic and garden waste)

Small general bins cost approx $50 per year less, and bigger 360 litre recycle bins are available at no extra cost

There are five recycle streams: steel, aluminium, glass, paper & cardboard

Remember that people are involved at the Nambour Material Recovery Facility, and "milk bombs" are not appreciated - rinse things where possible

Size matters to the sorting technology - tiny things like milk bottle lids can't be sorted

Collect aluminium foil and roll into a golf ball sized ball

Flatten cardboard - "some" oil is OK - eg. pizza boxes, but no "food"

"Tear test" for take away coffee cups - no styrofoam please "snap test" for meat trays

No "soft plastics like plastic bags and gladwrap.  Take the lids off containers & don't crush

Bottles and jars only please - window glass, drinking glasses etc melt at higher temperatures.  No ceramics either

The refund for containers is a good fundraising stream - it was designed around preventing littering, so that's why wine bottles. for instance, are not included

Roger thanked Sandy for the talk

Directors

Roger mentioned that "The Reel" wasn't sending to everyone , but you can go to the website on Fridays and download it

Bernie (on behalf of Judy) spoke on the Sausage Sizzle proposed for the Ewen Maddock Dam on Sat 10th April - helpers needed

Bernie also noted the meeting next Wed at 2:00pm including Jane Goodwin from Council and Volunteering SSC

Darryl gave us the detail on the golf day this Friday, including the sunny weather provided by Irish

Sgt Ian was up to his usual tricks

Men's shed on the way

 

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My mate just hired an Eastern European cleaner, took her 15 hours to hoover the house. Turns out she was a Slovak.
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Since the snow came all the wife has done is look through the window.
If it gets any worse, I'll have to let her in.
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Just had my water bill of $175 arrive. That's a lot. Oxfam can supply a whole African village for just $12 a month: time to change supplier I think. ***********************************************************
Two women called at my door and asked what bread I ate, when I said white they gave me a lecture on the benefits of brown bread for 30 minutes. I think they were Hovis Witnesses. ***********************************************************
Seven wheelchair athletes have been banned from the Paralympics after they tested positive for WD40.
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A mummy covered in chocolate and nuts has been discovered in Egypt. Archaeologists believe it may be Pharaoh Roche... ***********************************************************
Two Indian junkies accidentally snorted curry powder instead of cocaine.
Both in hospital...one's in a korma.. The other's got a dodgy tikka!
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A boy asks his granny, 'Have you seen my pills, they were labelled LSD?' Granny replies, ‘bugger the pills, have you seen the dragons in the kitchen?!’ ***********************************************************
Little Billy asks his dad for a telly in his room. Dad reluctantly agrees. Next day Billy comes downstairs and asks, 'Dad, what's love juice?'
Dad looks horrified and tells Billy all about sex.
Billy just sat there with his mouth open in amazement.
Dad says, 'So what were you watching?' Billy says, ' Wimbledon ...'
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An elderly couple is attending Mass. About halfway through, the wife leans over and says to her husband, 'I just let out a silent fart; what do you think I should do?'
He replies, 'Put a new battery in your hearing aid.'