Week of 6th September

We had a great rollup on Zoom on Monday night, with 15 members in attendance and getting involved.

Well done Bernadette on getting your system working well.

Some points from last night:

1. Albert will have 200 tomato plants ready in 2 weeks time at $2/plant. Proceeds will go to the social committee.
2. There is also plenty of composted horse manure available from the Westons.  Contact Paul if interested.
3.  Discussion on an online raffle — the decision was not to proceed at present.
4. Insurance and registration for the caravan passed for payment.
5. Chez had some good ideas for fund-raising.
6. CRC AGM is on Monday 15th November.  All members are encouraged to put their hands up for the 2022-2023 Board including President Elect Nominee for 2023-2024.

We had two presentations via YouTube, the first being of a virtual tour of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.  Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass is the first VR (virtual reality) experience presented to the public by the Louvre Museum and is conceived as part of the Museum’s seminal Leonardo da Vinci exhibition which commemorates the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death in France.

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass reveals the latest scientific research on da Vinci’s artistic innovation and his painting techniques and processes through exceptional visualization in virtual reality, bringing them to life.

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass at The Louvre I HTC VIVE ARTS.   You can view it here:

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass

Grahame Miles presented a tribute to Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. Click HERE to view/listen to it.

DIARY

Monday 13th September – Zoom meetings until further notice of easing of Covid restrictions.

Wednesday 15th September – Board Meeting via Zoom. 7.30pm start.

Monday 4th October – No meeting (public holiday).

Monday 18th October – District Governor Leo Farrelly OAM Visit.

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September:  Online Zone 8 Conference. 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Africa is not for sissies!

Still plenty of COVID memes making the rounds.  Some of the better ones:

THE PUZZLER

Answer to last week’s puzzler: Here are the clues and the answers:

1. hair-control foam – moose (mousse)
2. very exposed – bear (bare)
3. tellin’ falsities – lion (lyin’)
4. a lamenting cry – whale (wail)
5. a dull person – boar (bore)
6. a precious or loved one – deer (dear)
7.  these make up a chain – lynx (links)

This week’s puzzler:  Each pair of words below contains a pair of smaller words. By putting “&” between the words, you can make a familiar phrase. For example, “thighbone/swallowtail” conceals “high & low.” Give it a go!

1. Gulliver/clearness
2. tragicomedy/pentagon
3. chinchilla/Magdalene
4. terrestrial/ecoterrorist
5. thundershower/intellectual

ROTARY NEWS

1.  African region marks one year since being certified wild polio-free

2.  Trek New Zealand’s Southern Alps for disaster relief

September is Basic Education and Literacy Month