Thursday July 12th Bingo on: John Glassford, Leslie Weston, Paul Weston, Rodney JarrettMonday July 16th Guest Speaker Past Assistant Governor Gary Roberts on membership Gilbert cateringFriday 20th to Sunday 22nd JulyCANBERRA CONFERENCE.Monday July 23rd Meeting Club Catering*Monday July 30th Guest Speaker Jarrad McPherson on Fishing in Laos Gilbert Catering*Monday August 6th Guest Speaker Linda Tillman on Tourism in our district Gilbert Catering.Thursday August 9th Bingo on: Ian Durham, Garth Perkin, Grahame Miles, John Burns*Monday September 17th DG Greg Brown’s visit. Gilbert Catering.Rotary Peace ConferenceWagga Wagga September 21st. – 23rd.*Combined meeting with Junee Rotary Club, date TBA, venue Junee, to be confirmed.*Monday in October (29th) Social Night at Ian and Marilyn Jennings’s House.Peace Ceremony in Coolamon maybe February 2013.
On Monday night Coolamon Rotary Club held it’s 41st Change Over Dinner. Amongst the guests included The Hon. Michael McCormack the Federal Member for the Riverina, and the Mayor of Coolamon Shire Robert Menzies with his wife Betty Menzies.
Rotary was well represented by Immediate Past District Governor Ian Simpson and his wife Jean as well as Past Assistant Governor Gary Roberts and Marilyn.
Other clubs in our District 9700 were represented by Junee, Temora, Wollundry, Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga Sunrise, Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee and Narrandera our sponsor club 41 years ago.
Chairman of proceedings was PP Dick Jennings.
Members present: President Paul Weston, Leslie Weston, IPP Marg Perkin, Garth Perkin, Henk Hulsman, John Glassford, Ian Durham, Grahame Miles, Christine Atkinson, Neil Munro, Rod Jarrett.
Guests included Partners: Sharon Miles, Maureen Hulsman, Maree Jennings, Susan Glassford, Lexi Furner, Carmel Jarrett, and Marilyn Jennings.
Visiting Rotarians: Rotary Club of Junee with Peter Commens and 8 members, Max and Sue Chapman, Peter and Judy Gissing from Wagga Wagga Sunrise, Doug Conkey from Wollundry, Tony Sinclair from Temora, Mary Ann Kelly and Bill Prest from Wagga Wagga and Lance Gillespie from Narrandera.
Coolamon Lions represented by Graham and Leonie Dennis.
Other Guests included: The Campbell Family included Christine Campbell and Jenny Moynahan, also from Coolamon were Harvey and Rose Higgins.
Two Paul Harris Fellows were inducted last night and in absentia was Jeanette Campbell recovering from a fall and our own Henk Hulsman, congratulations to Jeanette and Henk both very deserving of this rare honour. Jeanette was represented by her family and IPDG Ian Simpson presented both PHF awards to the Campbell family and to Henk.
Our sincere thanks go to IPP Marg Perkin for her year as President and we wish Marg well for the years ahead. Thank you Marg and Garth for organising the night.
Entertainment was provided by a delightful young singer from Ardlethan, with the voice of an angel, her name: Amanda Long.
Dick Jennings was the Master of Ceremonies and as always did a great job.
Another great change over night at Coolamon and the following photographs may help to convey the evening. Thank you to all the visitors who made the effort to attend our meeting.
President Paul Weston
The Hon. Michael McCormack on fire!
The Head Table
Go The Stones
The Junee Mob
“Visiting Rotarians!”
Neil and Susan
PAG Gary Roberts and Marilyn
IPP Marg Perkin and Garth Perkiin
Garth Perkin
The Change Over
President Paul Weston
The Board 2012-2013
Neil Munro on Jeanette Campbell PHF
IPDG Ian Simpson inducting Jeanette Campbell PHF
The best MC Dick Jennings
Grahame Miles on Henk Hulsman
IPDG Ian Simpson inducting Henk Hulsman PHF
Henk Hulsman PHF
Grahame Miles The Hon. Michael McCormack and Susan Glassford draw the monster raffle.
Flowers for Marg Perkin
Amanda Long the Voice of an Angel
PRESIDENT PAUL WESTON’S REPORT
President Paul Weston
What a night! The change-over was truly a night to remember. Thanks go to Marg and Garth for their planning and hard work, and to Marg for her parting gift of music in the form of an angelic young singer, Amanda Long of Ardlethan. It was great to see a great roll-up of Rotarians from neighbouring clubs, especially Junee. It would be good if we could send a similar contingent to Junee for their change over this Sunday (so far, it looks like we have four going; if interested in joining us, contact me or John Glassford). Congratulations to Jeanette Campbell and Henk Hulsman for being named Paul Harris Fellows, and to John Glassford for being named ROTIan of the Year. Marg has set a high standard for a change-over night, and I hope to be able to equal or surpass it next year. Best wishes to Marg as she moves on to other ventures in her life.
I look forward to accomplishing much in the coming year with the assistance of all our members. As individuals, we’re limited in what we can do, but when we work together, there’s no limit to what we can do. Although a modest goal, I plan to expand our markets in Coolamon and promote local businesses by advancing the Shop Locally campaign. Increasing membership is another goal for the coming year; several new approaches will be tried this year to let the local community know what we do and generate interest among potential members. Joint events with Lions may be on the cards, allowing us to combine efforts with even more substantial outcomes. Finally, I hope to increase our reach around the world by fully supporting the Roadmaps to Africa project .
I hope to see you all at our next meeting, a business meeting at the club Monday next. Onward and upward!
Yours in Rotary,
Paul
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
General Motors reply to BILL GATES
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If GM had kept up
with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving
$25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”
In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press release
Stating, “If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be
driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part,
especially 7th point and 10th point).
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a
new car!
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would
have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off
the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For
some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your
car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to
reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,
five times as fast and twice as easy to drive – but would run on only five
percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single “This Car Has Performed an Illegal Operation” warning
light.
7. The airbag system would ask, “Are you sure?” before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and
refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle,
turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how
to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the
same manner as the old car.
10. You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off.
Never undervalue the manufacturing industries .
Sent to us via ROTI by Rtn G N Sivaramakrishna
RI District 3230
Secretary , 2007-08, Rotary Club of Madras North, Chennai, India
President 2009-10, Rotary Club of Madras North, Chennai, India
District Sgt-at-Arms, 2010-11, RI Dist 3230
District Chairman, 2011-12 , Rotary Yellow Pages and Employment Exchange, RI
Dist 3230 and Director TRF, Rotary Club of Madras North, 2011-12
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Monday July 9th Business Meeting Club Catering. Thursday July 12th Bingo on: John Glassford, Leslie Weston, Paul Weston, Rodney Jarrett Monday July 16th Guest Speaker Past Assistant Governor Gary Roberts on membership Gilbert catering Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July CANBERRA CONFERENCE. Monday July 23rd Meeting Club Catering Monday July 30th Guest Speaker Jarrad McPherson on Fishing in Laos Gilbert Catering PARTNERS NIGHT Monday August 6th Guest Speaker Linda Tillman Tourism within our district Gilbert catering.Thursday August 9th Bingo on: Ian Durham, Garth Perkin, Grahame Miles, John BurnsCombined meeting with Junee Rotary Monday 27th August TBA venue Junee, to be confirmed.Rotary Peace Conference Wagga Wagga September 21st. – 23rd.5th Monday in October (29th) Social Night at Ian and Marilyn Jennings’s House.Peace Ceremony in Coolamon maybe February 2013.
At the District 9700 change over last night Coolamon Rotarian John Glassford was awarded the ROTIan of the year award from the members of this Rotary International Fellowship called ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet.
IPDG Ian Simpson presents the ROTIan ROTY Award to John Glassford photo by PDG John Egan.
Igloo on the Parks Highway - typical Alaska Winter hotel accommodations
A good friend of ours on ROTI Rotarians On The Internet writes about the district he lives in, D 5010. It is a large district and covers the Yukon, Alaska and Eastern Russia. Jon Deisher is his name and he has a wonderful way with words. I attach a link here to the District 5010 June bulletin, enjoy and learn about Rotary on top of the world.
Rotarians in District 9700 were treated to a rare visit from the standing president of Rotary International when Kalyan Banerjee arrived in Wagga during the week of 21 May. The Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga, as the first Rotary Club in the district, served as host and organised a very nice reception at the Wagga Wagga Country Club. Over 300 Rotarians and guests, many traveling several hours to attend, enjoyed an evening of comraderie and speeches from President Banerjee, DG Ian Simpson, and award recipient Alok Sharma, an optician from Wagga who received a “service above self” award for his “Darkness to Light” program that brings eye surgery to needy patients in India. Representing the Coolamon Rotary Club were President Marg, Garth Perkin, John Burns (who, as a recent Rotary inductee was pinned by President Banerjee), Ian Durham and Paul Weston. Despite having to stand for the duration of the event, a good time was had by all.
One of the most amazing chaps we met in Bangkok was this Indian gentleman and here is a description of him and his work. He is a Rotarian from the RC of Madras Midtown.
Here are the web sites he is involved in:
http://exnora.org/
http://exnora.in/
His business card is something else.
I quote a couple of things that he has on his card.
“Guess who I am?”
“People think of me whenever they see Muck and Garbage”
“Strangely my name is opposite to what you saw! It is sad that people don’t remember me when the see cleanliness”
“When you have Muck you need a Broomstick with broomstick in your hand you automatically get NIRMAL (meaning cleanliness) Appreciate my parents for the foresight of naming me Nirmal.”
I am Muck Broomstick Nirmal.
Dr. M. B. Nirmal.
We said in 1996 “Waste is not Waste until it is Wasted” and further on to say in 1998:
“It is not Waste management but Wealth management”
Our quotes “It is not TRASH but CASH”. It is not MUCK but LUCK” and it is not FILTH but WEALTH” brought fortune to hundreds who took our advice.
Waste made us popular than anybody & anything else.
“District 1010 Scotland North covers some of the most beautiful and famous landmarks in the world such as Eilean Donan, the most photographed Castle in the world. We therefore hope that by navigating through this site you may be able to find a little bit about our District, our Rotarians and the work we do locally, nationally and internationally literally every day of the year.”
Eilean Donan Castle
The GSE Team from D1010 only had a few days with us however we had a lot of fun with them and took them around our Shire culminating in a Mayoral reception at the Coolamon Shire Council Chambers.
Eilean Donan Castle
Look above you Anne is it a ghost? Monte Cristro in Junee
