As I chaired the meeting last week I just wanted to give those of you that could not attend an update of any discusssion.

- Bunnings barbecue was organised but since then had to be cancelled.
- Reminder was given for a meeting organised for Monday 27th February at 6pm at the Surf Club to discuss options for holding the Carols this year and assess possible involvement and assistance from other community groups.
- School dictionaries have arrived for Burleigh Primary and Russell will advise when they are being presented so anyone interested may attend
- District Conference update from Bren, being held at Jupiters on the 13th-15th April, he will advise re registration next week plus cost
- We have been invited to assist with a swimathon at Burleigh Aquatic Centre on Saturday 31st March – need volunteers to help with raffle, lanes and barbecue. We will receive 100% of profit from these but need manpower so far have only 7 people, please consider giving some time.
- Jo is organising a fundraising committee, anyone interested please put forward your name so first meeting can be arranged.

Hoping to see you all this week
YIR
Karen

Secretary Elect:  2012-2013 David Ungar

Treasurer Elect:  2012-2013 Eva Mosler

Good morning fellow Rotarians and friends – you may have noticed that our great leader Morgan was absent this morning and I chaired the meeting for him.  I believe I scored a sanctimonious  7 from Geoff and Alan – still this is probably more than I scored during my year as President so hey I’m cool about that and thanks for acting Sergeant Geoff!  Sorry to the guys I had coffee with afterwards – too much caffeine = non-stop talk!

I would like to congratulate Graeme Jackson who was inducted into our club last week – great to have you on board Graeme.  We had a visit from District 9640 Assistant District Governor John Tunnicliff and our second and last visit (for now as we know he’ll be back!!) from Peter Schutz who gave us a briefing on what events and projects his club runs in Limerick, Ireland.

To see all the children enjoying each other’s company at their own table was great – Anthony T doesn’t have enough with 3 of his own and brought along a friend too!  Well done to the parents as all the children were very well behaved.  Lulu of course sits with the “big folk” now.

Guest Speaker (Karen)

Peter Schutz told of how his club placed a Shelterbox in the town for donations to Haiti and they raised a staggering € 25,000 and their “Memory Christmas Tree” is a great idea which Rev Colin would like assistance to implement if not for this Christmas for Easter.  This project allows people to add a tag to the tree in memory of their loved one and then at Christmas all the tags are blessed in Church – a donation is made to place the tag on the tree – though it is not necessary.  What a wonderful idea – could see that working in Stocklands perhaps?  We wish Peter a lovely stay and safe trip home.  It was also wonderful to hear that the whole of Ireland is one district – Rotary truly is a uniting force.  Karen is compiling a list of speakers, if you would like to present “your life as you dare tell it” please contact Karen.

Secretary’s Desk (Ken)

Miami High School have their presentation evening on 14^th November – if anyone could attend please liaise with Ken.  Thanks to Ken for putting info on the Club’s facebook page and congratulations on his CPR rego plate – still trying to think of a “cute” meaning of that acronym…..

Caningeraba State School were nominated for an award in the special needs department for Australia Day thanks to the extensive efforts of Bren – but unfortunately have not succeeded as apparently there were many schools very worthy of the award – thanks Bren for all the work you did on this.

Youth Desk (Meredith)

RYLA places are open for taking if anyone has an under 29 year old employee they would like to send.  Liaise with Meredith please.  ADG John Tunncliff mentioned this morning that there are willing applicants within the district if we don’t secure our own from Burleigh.
Club Financials (David)

All in order!

Other Club News

Jo (who recently become a new member too) – our events coordinator is doing a fabulous job on the forthcoming Business Buddies night set for Thursday 17^th November.  If you have any business associates/possible new members/prizes to donate – please let Jo or Karen know.  If you are free to help set up the event can you liaise with Jo or Karen.  Thanks girls.

Russell – wow what a huge effort for Donations in Kind (DIK).  Russell received an 11kg package of stamps from Yamba which he managed to sell with others he had to raise a massive $1,000.  Russell also informed us of a further $450 which he hopes to secure for DIK too.  Nothing stops you Russell and we hope your head heals soon (really should have a word with Gillian!).  Great work.

Julie – selling Christmas Tree badges to raise funds to purchase gifts for children in hospital this year.  Julie is looking for helpers to wrap parcels and donations of gifts.  Please liaise with Julie on this.

Anthony T – has a BBQ scheduled for December – date to be announced plus he has contacted Masters to secure any dates going – well done for that Mr T!

Colin – will be holding the annual Christmas Day Lunch for anyone spending Christmas alone – he is expecting around 120 and would love to hear from anyone who is free to help out either before or on the day (sorry I am away freezing in blighty land).  Contact Colin if you can help out.

Jac (me) – will be hosting an “après wedding” celebration for Chris and Ann (ex GSE visitor) for some time in January 2012.  Let’s have another BYO BBQ – raffle donations welcome – including paintings (but not from Morgan or Geoff!).  Date to be set – it will probably be Sunday 22 January so try to keep that date free and remember last time we all went swimming so go easy on the Christmas pudding portions this year (hee hee!).

Burleigh Heads Surf Club Membership Cards – David and Nic are in discussion to get these given out to all members asap.

T-Shirts – Screen Printed (yellow on navy) Navy Blue Polos I will be ordering the following:

Colin x 4, Graeme x 1, Eva x 1 – cost is around $22.  I will endeavor to get embroidered ones done too but I know they will cost more.  Please let me know if you need one.

Michael has a couple of events planned to support his crazy and brave notion to stay in local politics one being a golf day soon – if you need information please contact Michael.

Board Meeting

The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday 8^th November at 6.30 Burleigh Surf Club – anyone is welcome to attend a board meeting, but cannot vote unless they are on the Board of Directors.

General Items

• The website is finished so please have a look and add your comments to myself or David Ungar. Photos and Talking Points are also being added, so if you have anything you would like to add to the site please do so. The website is www.burleighrotary.org.au
• We also have a CLUB mobile number that David Ungar manages , it’s 0437 768 124

There is now a dedicated area to view MAKEUPS in our region/district so please have a look if you need to do another visit to a local club.

PROJECTS

Carols 2011 Update

Coming soon from Morgan.

.

PR: Sun Announcements – Any projects or applicable dates for events should be forwarded to Anthony or Morgan  to send to Bob Robertson to put into the Rotary Round-up section in the Sun Newspaper.

Vocational Visit for Rotarians, partners, friends

Is the proposed visit to the brewery taking place?

The visit to the Burleigh Brewing Company was put on hold last year – any news Mr President?

Membership

Don’t be afraid to ask someone if they would like to attend a breakfast meeting, remember, their FIRST breakfast is covered by the club. The more members we have the less work for everyone else, and we increase our networks

Attendance:

If you miss a meeting you can make up by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club or coming to Board meetings or an event organised by a Rotary club.

Club & Partner’s & Kid’s Name Badges:

These are obtained from Gold Coast Trophies Direct, Unit 15, 99 West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads ( just past the BP Service station on Lower West Burleigh Rd) – now under new ownership.

Ph:  07 55 08 2500.  If you need new badges or extra badges – drop in and order them or email them at info@goldcoasttrophies.com.au .

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday  8 November      -           Board meeting Burleigh Surf Club 6.30pm

Sunday 11 December       -           Carols with the Bears

Christmas Day                    -           lunch at the Church – helpers required

22^nd Jan 2012                       -           Après wedding day celebration BYO BBQ & social gathering

at Jac’s.

YIR (Yours in Rotary)

Jacqueline Plaice (Ps thanks to AZ for the easy to follow format of today’s notes and all the emails he sends around!)

Next week

So far we are Guest speaker –less so perhaps we can have a brainstorming session on where we want to go with the future of the club, so everyone can have a say.. Ideas please.

This week

We have Damien McConnell from Mindstore Australia visiting us again, he has been before and is always welcome as he tries to get us to think differently about our work/life/Rotary balance.

Last week

(From Jacq’s notes..)
We all enjoyed listening to Chris and his past experiences with Ground Hogs and his future, thanks to Rotary (sorry had to plug us again!) with Thiess.  As Chris mentioned, his visa 457 has been approved which allows him temporary residency until Thiess complete the process and put him forward for permanent residency.  Ann and Chris have been house hunting as they will have to leave us (and the shoebox flat they are currently staying in!) and move to North Lakes, Brisbane very soon – we wish them both luck and success in the future.

Congratulations to Doug for the fantastic Salvo fund raising he organised for Red Shield Day last Sunday over $1300 from our club – Ken should wear his combo gear again next year as he received a single donation of $50 (think it was from a woman….) – a big thankyou to Eva, Ken, Jacq, Catherine & David and of course Doug for volunteering their time.

Julie mentioned the Cancer Council Race Day 20 Aug $60 she is organizing, contact Julie for more information

The club decided at this morning’s meeting to donate $200 to the legacy fund set up for the young policeman, Damian Leeming, who was shot earlier this week and whose life support machine has now been turned off leaving a very young family.  Michael Hart and Jacq went to the CID building in Burleigh to deliver the cheque and we also donated our own money for some of the ribbons.  Apparently Snr Cnble Leeming used to work at the Palm Beach station a few years ago so they personally knew of him.

Visitors: Andrew from Broadwater Club

Apologies

Meredith ,Derrick, Anthony Z, Anthony T, Karen, Colin B

Exempt from apologies: Alan Still, Geoff Dubois

Approved Leave of Absences: Meredith Graham

Funds Donated

Last month the Board agreed to pay for some rubber matting to be installed in a Dept of Housing home for 2 young disabled men, Justin & Ash, and it all went through this week. We have been invited to go and meet the recipients at some stage and help them set up the matting, so keep an eye out for further details.

STOP PRESS!

Gold Coast Marathon is looking for Volunteers for 3^rd July 2011 to help out with the race day, they need 26 volunteers, and they will pay $1000 to the club if we can help. Yet to find out further details but it maybe a very easy way to raise some money…. Please keep the date free (after the Changeover)

Board Meeting

The meeting is next WEDNESDAY night – 15^th June – please let Ken know of any Agenda items. To be held at the Burleigh Surf Club from 6.30pm.

Club Financials

As of the 18^th May 2011 our accounts are as follows (details from Catherine)

• Club Accounts
• Service Accounts
• Will Emerton

So after all accounts are settled from the Carols, we are looking pretty healthy at the moment, so great work Catherine!

Vocational Visit for Rotarians, partners, friends

The visit to the Burleigh Brewing Company has been put on hold until they get back to us and the Tugun Desalination Plant has been recommended as a possible visit site by other clubs

General Items

• Photos and Talking Points are being added to the website, so if you have anything you would like to add to the site please do so. The website is www.burleighrotary.org.au
• We also have a CLUB mobile number that David Ungar manages , it’s 0437 768 124 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0437 768 124 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

There is now a dedicated area to view MAKEUPS in our region/district so please have a look if you need to do another visit to a local club.

Changeover Dinner

The changeover dinner has been marked down for 2^nd July 2011 to be held Saturday night at Burleigh Heads Surf Club. Morgan and Anthony are in the process of getting things organized so more details to follow

Guest Speakers

Please pass on ANY interesting Guest speaker names or topics to Anthony Z, as he will have need of them very soon!

HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Once a month, PDG Alan Still is going to write an article for our history to be included in the Talking Points. I thank Alan for his contribution and dedication and the article themselves.

PROJECTS

PR: Sun Announcements – Any projects or applicable dates for events should be forwarded to Anthony or Morgan  to send to Bob Robertson to put into the Rotary Round-up section in the Sun Newspaper.

Membership

Don’t be afraid to ask someone if they would like to attend a breakfast meeting, remember, their FIRST breakfast is covered by the club. The more members we have the less work for everyone else, and we increase our networks

Attendance:

If you miss a meeting you can make up by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club or coming to Board meetings or an event organised by a Rotary club.

Club & Partner’s & Kid’s Name Badges:

These are obtained from Ray Wilson & (Trudy), Gold Coast Trophies Direct, Unit 15, 99 West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads ( just past the BP Service station on Lower West Burleigh Rd) .

Ph:  07 55 08 2500 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 07 55 08 2500 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.  If you need new badges or extra badges – drop in and order them or email them at info@goldcoasttrophies.com.au and attention it to Ray.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

15^th June       -   Board meeting Burleigh Surf Club

Saturday 25th June – David De Vito Concert : Tickets $49 (show only); $100 (dinner and show).  If you are interested in going please let me know and I will arrange for tickets.
Saturday 2nd July – Changeover Dinner at Burleigh Surf Club – Price to be confirmed

Sunday 3^rd July – District Changeover Lunch, Southport Sailing Club

Saturday 20 August – Daffodil Day Tickets $60 (details attached)

YIR (Yours in Rotary)

Anthony Zirilli

President

This morning’s meeting was quite well attended considering there were
quite few apologies and it was lovely to see Andrew from Broadbeach Club
and this week he was not even selling anything!  We welcomed David P. back
to the fold after his “interesting” trip to Griffith!

Apologies: Meredith (lost her voice – is it in the toy box?); Derrick,
Anthony Z, Anthony T, Karen.

We all enjoyed listening to Chris and his past experiences with Ground
Hogs and his future, thanks to Rotary (sorry had to plug us again!) with
Thiess.  As Chris mentioned, his visa 457 has been approved which allows
him temporary residency until Thiess complete the process and put him
forward for permanent residency.  Ann and Chris have been house hunting
as they will have to leave us (and the shoebox flat they are currently
staying in!) and move to North Lakes, Brisbane very soon – we wish them
both luck and success in the future.

We had an open forum on Solar Energy and the advantages – thanks to
everyone for their useful input.

Congratulations to Doug for the fantastic Salvo fund raising he
organised for Red Shield Day last Sunday over $1300 from our club – Ken
should wear his combo gear again next year as he received a single
donation of $50 (think it was from a woman….).

The club decided at this morning’s meeting to donate $200 to the legacy
fund set up for the young policeman who was shot earlier this week and
whose life support machine has now been turned off leaving a very young
family.  Michael Hart and I went to the CID building in Burleigh to
deliver the cheque and we also donated our own money for some of the
ribbons.  Apparently Cble Leeming used to work at the Palm Beach station
a few years ago so they personally knew of him.

Ken read out the mail and there was an interesting fund raiser for the
Leukaemia Foundation which involves a bush walk in Lamington Park – the
details of which I neglected to pick up so hopefully someone else did!

Saturday 25th June – David De Vito Concert : Tickets $49 (show only);
$100 (dinner and show).  If you are interested in going please let me
know and I will arrange for tickets.
Saturday 2nd July – Changeover Dinner at Burleigh Surf Club – Price to
be confirmed
Saturday 20 August – Daffodil Day Tickets $60 (details attached)

Ok, that’s it for today, sorry it’s brief!  Have a great weekend.

YIR
Jacqueline

So far we are Guest speaker–less, so perhaps we can have a brainstorming session on where we want to go with the future of the club, so everyone can have a say.. Ideas please.

This week

The guys and girls from the RYLA training weekends are coming to talk to us about the positive effect that RYLA had on them, we know it will be a fantastic talk.

Last week

Wendy John was our guest Speaker and she gave a talk on “Charlie’s Tales” a way of looking at life through her childhood pet dog, Charlie the red-heeler. “Grab it, seize it, do it”  was the motto and even white trash lessons (her words) can be inspirational! It was a funny talk on how to get the most out of life, and we all enjoyed Charlie’s exploits especially with the 2 Dalmatians that lived up the road…
Michael, Morgan and Ken did their bit for the environment and fitness levels by walking to the meeting from their houses, great effort guys, maybe we could start a Rotary project out of it!

Jac is speaking to PDG Errol Wildman of D 9630 regarding Flood Relief donation from our club to help out a family/families in the Grantham area.
Morgan spoke of the District Conference, to be held somewhere in Terranora; Pets for Therapy Lunch, Coolibah Downs (contact Jac $30/head); a Rotary Wine & Food Event at Ballina and Salvo’s Red Shield Appeal Day (contact Doug) ALL on Sunday 29th May!
Julie mentioned the Cancer Council Race Day 20 Aug $60 she is organizing, contact Julie for more information

Visitors: Jill Gatty, Salamanca, Tas and Allison Cooper, Elston, Vic

Apologies

David Parker, Karen Thomas, Anthony T, David Ungar, Geoff Stonehouse, Bren Milsom

Exempt from apologies: Alan Still, Geoff Dubois

Approved Leave of Absences: Meredith Graham (although she has indicated that she is having Rotary withdrawals and wants to come back!!)

Board Meeting

The meeting was held on Wednesday 27^th April and thanks to Anthony Z, Karen, David U, Jacq, Catherine PT, and Doug for their attendance and input.

Many items were discussed and the minutes will be available soon.

The next Board meeting is tonight (18^th May ) at 6.30 Burleigh Surf Club

Romac Trivia Night 13^th May 2011

It was as close as we are ever going to get. With 2 tables Burleigh Heads lead the Trivia until the final round where we lost by 2 points, and then found out the Winning table had access to the questions!! It was a fun night for many, especially with Ken and Meredith S dressing up as witches and Wizards (Ken being the ONLY male in the room to dress up) and Jacq getting up on stage to sing Beatles songs.

The Rotary Club of Surfers Paradise do a great job setting it up every year and we hope it raised lots of money for ROMAC. Next year Jacqueline, next year!

A big thanks to Rotarians, friends and relatives that turned up
Jac & Paul                                         Chris Arrington & Ann Hawks
Ken & Meredith S                            Anthony Z & Kelly D
Doug                                                  Eric & Kay Stevens
Julie                                                   Eva M & Ed
June                                                   Pat (June’s friend)
Paul & Meredith Graham                Annette & Mark Foster

Hat Day May 20^th – Australian Rotary Health

This Friday is Hat Day, the Autralian Rotary Health Day for Mental Health Awareness, maybe we can all wear a hat to breakfast and donations go towards their research.

Club Financials

As of the 31^st March 2011 our accounts, after all bills are settled from the Carols, are looking pretty healthy at the moment, so great work Catherine!

Vocational Visit for Rotarians, partners, friends

The visit to the Burleigh Brewing Company has been put on hold until they get back to us and ther Tugun Desal Plant has been recommended as a possible visit site by other clubs

General Items

• The website is finished so please have a look and add your comments to myself or David Ungar. Photos and Talking Points are also being added, so if you have anything you would like to add to the site please do so. The website is www.burleighrotary.org.au
• We also have a CLUB mobile number that David Ungar manages , it’s 0437 768 124 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0437 768 124 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

There is now a dedicated area to view MAKEUPS in our region/district so please have a look if you need to do another visit to a local club.

Changeover Dinner

The changeover dinner has been marked down for 2^nd July 2011 to be held Saturday night at Burleigh Heads Surf Club. Morgan and Anthony are in the process of getting things organized so more details to follow

Carols 2011 Update
The Board has agreed to continue with organising the Carols for 2011 but with a definite time frame on when to say YES or NO to the continuance of organization so not to leave us in the position like the past few years.

Guest Speakers

Please pass on ANY interesting Guest speaker names or topics to Anthony Z, as he will have need of them very soon!

HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Once a month, PDG Alan Still is going to write an article for our history to be included in the Talking Points. I thank Alan for his contribution and dedication and the article themselves.

PROJECTS

PR: Sun Announcements – Any projects or applicable dates for events should be forwarded to Anthony or Morgan  to send to Bob Robertson to put into the Rotary Round-up section in the Sun Newspaper.

Membership

Don’t be afraid to ask someone if they would like to attend a breakfast meeting, remember, their FIRST breakfast is covered by the club. The more members we have the less work for everyone else, and we increase our networks

Attendance:

If you miss a meeting you can make up by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club or coming to Board meetings or an event organised by a Rotary club.

Club & Partner’s & Kid’s Name Badges:

These are obtained from Ray Wilson & (Trudy), Gold Coast Trophies Direct, Unit 15, 99 West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads ( just past the BP Service station on Lower West Burleigh Rd) .

Ph:  07 55 08 2500 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 07 55 08 2500 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.  If you need new badges or extra badges – drop in and order them or email them at info@goldcoasttrophies.com.au and attention it to Ray.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

18^th May         -   Board meeting Burleigh Surf Club

29^th May         -    Red Shield Appeal – Salvation Army

-       District Conference at Terranora (Lindisfarne Anglican School, Mahers Lane)

-       Pets for Therapy Lunch Coolibah Downs

Birthdays/Special Events

May 20^th – Ann Hawks Birthday (GSE Team)

2^nd July – Changeover Dinner Burleigh Surf Club (Saturday night)

YIR (Yours in Rotary)

Anthony Zirilli

President

ROTARY CLUB OF BURLEIGH HEADS

Send your Apologies/Makeups to

Anthony Touzell = touzell@tpg.com.au

The 4 way test of the things we think, say or do

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3 Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS       FEBRUARY IS  WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH

4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?                                                               

Next week

Our breakfast meeting is the Carols Thank-you Breakfast where we invite sponsors, performers and others involved in the Carols to come along and be recognised for the great work that was done to put on this event. The more members that can attend, the better!

This week

Last year the guys and girls from the Hinze Dam Alliance came and spoke to us about the work that was being performed to improve the Dam’s capacity and effectiveness. Matt and Paul will once again inform us of the job that has been completed and explain the benefits of such work (very timely).

Last week

A quieter attendance this week compared to last week but still good to see the regulars. Michael Knight from England is back in town so that means Bowel Scan is nearing soon! We welcome him and Madeline back to Australia for their annual visit. Our guest speaker was James Charleson, the quiet-spoken young man whom we helped support to attend an orphanage in Uganda at the end of 2010. Due to projector problems and a clash between Apple and all other computer systems, some of the members missed the talk unfortunately but James would love to come back and speak to a packed house.

Apologies

David Parker, Karen Thomas, Jacq P, Ken C, Barbara (who was getting married!)

Exempt from apologies: Alan Still, Geoff Dubois

Approved Leave of Absences: Meredith Graham, Susan Oddy

Board Meeting

Was held on Tuesday 15^th February and thanks to Anthony Z, Karen, Michael, David, Catherine PT, Morgan and Doug for their attendance and input.

Many items were discussed and the minutes will be available soon

BBQ List of attendees (at Jac’s) Sunday  20^th Feb
What a social event! Hot weather, loads of food, great company and a marvelous pool make for a great Sunday outing. Jacq and Paul did a wonderful job of coordinating and cooking and Geoff Stonehouse provided the prizes for an in-house raffle, with many winners on the day. Jacq performed a miracle by picking her own ticket out of the hat and winning the major artwork and Morgan and his partner Melanie also walked away with more prints..(I think Morgan will open an art gallery soon…). I have listed below who attended

• Jac, Paul, Giulio and Nunzio
• Geoff & Rosemary
• Colin & Viv
• Ken and Jordan
• Doug
• David & Vik
• Derrick & Jenni
• Julie
• Chris and Ann
• Michael & Madeline Knight

• Wendy & John (Tweed Heads RC)
• Friends of Derrick and Jenni
• Anthony & Kelly

List of Romac Trivia Night 13^th May 2011 (Tables of 10)
Table 1:                                                                                  Table 2:
Jac & Paul
Ken & Jordan
Doug
Julie
June
Paul & Meredith
Joan Townsend (tbc – friend of Jac’s)

The cost is $49 per person but it includes dinner, wine/beer and a great night. The club has funded part of the cost for members in the past and we can do the same this year. Please add your name to Jacq list during the next few weeks if you would like to go

Club Financials

As of the 31^st January 2011 our accounts are: see Catherine

So after all accounts are settled from the Carols, we are looking pretty healthy at the moment, so great work Catherine!

Vocational Visit for Rotarians, partners, friends

The visit to the Burleigh Brewing Company has been organised  early 2011, and Morgan is following up the date

General Items

• The website is finished so please have a look and add your comments to myself or David Ungar. Photos and Talking Points are also being added, so if you have anything you would like to add to the site please do so. The website is www.burleighrotary.org.au – it is a GREAT looking site, the best on the Gold Coast!

There is now a dedicated area to view MAKEUPS in our region/district so please have a look if you need to do another visit to a local club.

For all those who don’t access Facebook, Kirsty and Kevin Mailer  are soon to welcome another child into their family, so please congratulate them when you see them next!

Carols 2011 Update
The Board has agreed to continue with organising the Carols for 2011 but with a definite time frame on when to say YES or NO to the continuance of organization so not to leave us in the position like the past few years.

Guest Speakers

Please pass on ANY interesting Guest speaker names or topics to Karen Thomas, as she will have need of them very soon! Karen has arranged Speakers the next few weeks so be ready for some top quality presentations.

HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Once a month, PDG Alan Still is going to write an article for our history to be included in the Talking Points. I thank Alan for his contribution and dedication and the article themselves.

PROJECTS

PR: Sun Announcements – Any projects or applicable dates for events should be forwarded to Anthony or Morgan  to send to Bob Robertson to put into the Rotary Round-up section in the Sun Newspaper.

Membership

Don’t be afraid to ask someone if they would like to attend a breakfast meeting, remember, their FIRST breakfast is covered by the club. The more members we have the less work for everyone else, and we increase our networks

Attendance:

If you miss a meeting you can make up by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club or coming to Board meetings or an event organised by a Rotary club.

Club & Partner’s & Kid’s Name Badges:

These are obtained from Ray Wilson & (Trudy), Gold Coast Trophies Direct, Unit 15, 99 West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads ( just past the BP Service station on Lower West Burleigh Rd) .

Ph:  07 55 08 2500.  If you need new badges or extra badges – drop in and order them or email them at info@goldcoasttrophies.com.au and attention it to Ray.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

3^rd March – Carols Thankyou Breakfast

7-12 March – Bowel Cancer Awareness week – See Doug

13^th May – ROMAC Trivia Night

29^th May – Red Shield Appeal – Salvation Army

Birthdays/Special Events

2-3^rd April – Burleigh State School Garden Weekend

9^th April – Relay for Life – see Julie or Derrick

YIR (Yours in Rotary)

Anthony Zirilli

President

TALKING POINTS for 13^TH February 2011

ROTARY CLUB OF BURLEIGH HEADS

Send your Apologies/Makeups to

Anthony Touzell = touzell@tpg.com.au

The 4 way test of the things we think, say or do

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3 Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS       FEBRUARY IS  WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH

4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?                                                               

Next week

Last year the guys and girls from the Hinze Dam Alliance came and spoke to us about the work that was being performed to improve the Dam’s capacity and effectiveness. Matt and Paul will once again inform us of the job that has been completed and explain the benefits of such work (very timely).

This week

Our breakfast meeting is the Carols Thank-you Breakfast where we invite sponsors, performers and others involved in the Carols to come along and be recognised for the great work that was done to put on this event. The more members that can attend, the better!

Last week

What a turnout! It was great to see so many Rotarians and visitors on such a beautiful Thursday morning, and it was great to see Meredith and Alexis pay us a visit, welcome back. Fe Taylor came as a guest of Ken Clark, and she runs her own business of Fe Taylor fitness.

Former GSE Chris Arrington and his finance Ann Hawks from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA also paid a visit, as they are now trying to establish their life in Australia, thanks to the help of Jacq Plaice and her family. It’s great to have Chris back in town and we welcome Ann to Qld!

Our Rotarian visitors were: Andrew & Michael from RC Southport; Bernard from RC Bundaberg; Jeff Somers from RC Rowville, Vic. Thankyou all for making the time and effort to come to our club, much appreciated.

We were fortunate enough to have 3 lots of Guest speakers this week, all involving Education.

Acting Principal of Burleigh Heads State School, Peter Tong, and one of the staff, Stephanie, spoke of the desire to establish a Stephanie Alexander Garden for the children of the school, and they were looking for some Rotary muscle to help out on April 2^nd & 3^rd 2011. The school was successful in obtaining funds to build the Garden but they need the community to help build it. As a club we will be only too happy to help, so please let me know if you can volunteer some time.

Earlier in the year we sponsored Kylie James to attend the Science experience, and Priya Singh from Marymount to attend NYSF, and both were only too happy to come and speak on their newfound skills and knowledge. It was wonderful to hear positive feedback and we are definitely looking at sponsoring future local teenagers in these Rotary Youth Projects.

On Friday 4^th Feb our club did a BBQ at Bunnings, and boy, what a hot day! Many thanks must go to Anthony Touzell for his organising and the rest of the club and volunteers – Derrick, David U, Michael, Doug, Eva, Colin Batt and his wife Viv, Anthony Z and Charlie Touzell who wanted to stay and help sell sausages and drinks rather than going to school! We raised over $1130 (gross) but after expenses, closer to about $600. A great effort for a Friday.

CAN EVERYONE PLEASE CHECK WHO HAS THE ROTARY APRONS? THEY HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE THE LAST BBQ IN NOVEMBER

Apologies

David Parker, Catherine Pevy-Trewartha, Morgan Rick, Nick Owens, (Lulu Owens), Eva Mosler, Karen Thomas.

Exempt from apologies: Alan Still, Geoff Dubois

Approved Leave of Absences: Meredith Graham, Susan Oddy

Board Meeting

To be held this coming Tuesday 15^th February at the Burleigh Heads Surf Club from 6pm.

Please let Anthony Z know if you cannot attend.

BBQ List of attendees (at Jac’s) Sunday  20^th Feb
So far we have a great list of people coming for the Welcome BBQ for Chris and Ann to be held at Jacq’s place. Please contact Jacq if you are coming.

• Jac, Paul, Giulio and Nunzio
• Geoff & Rosemary
• Colin & Viv
• Karen Thomas
• Ken and Jordan
• Doug
• David & Vik
• Derrick & Jenni
• Julie
• June
• Bren & Sue
• Anthony & Kelly

List of Romac Trivia Night 13^th May 2011 (Tables of 10)
Table 1:                                                                                  Table 2:
Jac & Paul
Ken & Jordan
Doug
Julie
June
Paul & Meredith
Joan Townsend (tbc – friend of Jac’s)

The cost is $49 per person but it includes dinner, wine/beer and a great night. The club has funded part of the cost for members in the past and we can do the same this year. Please add your name to Jacq list during the next few weeks if you would like to go

Club Financials

Refer to Catherine for details …

Vocational Visit for Rotarians, partners, friends

The visit to the Burleigh Brewing Company has been organised  early 2011, and Morgan is following up the date

General Items

• The website is finished so please have a look and add your comments to myself or David Ungar. Photos and Talking Points are also being added, so if you have anything you would like to add to the site please do so. The website is www.burleighrotary.org.au – it is a GREAT looking site, the best on the Gold Coast!

There is now a dedicated area to view MAKEUPS in our region/district so please have a look if you need to do another visit to a local club.

• Barbara is getting married this week, so we wish her well!!

Carols 2010 Update

I can happily say that we are wrapping up Carols 2010 this week! Council have come forth with a cheque to cover our costs for the stage, sound and lighting, and the Carols Breakfast will be held this Thursday. We will have final figures on what we made, what it cost and what we plan to do for Carols 2011.

Guest Speakers

Please pass on ANY interesting Guest speaker names or topics to Karen Thomas, as she will have need of them very soon! Karen has arranged Speakers the next few weeks so be ready for some top quality presentations.

HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Once a month, PDG Alan Still is going to write an article for our history to be included in the Talking Points. I thank Alan for his contribution and dedication and the article themselves.

A GLIMPSE  FROM  THE  PAST.

In 1955, the then Rotary District Governors Special Representative , Cec Carey, a member of the Southport Club came to the Coast to arrange the Charter of the Surfers Paradise Club. The area we know as the Gold Coast was called South Coast and consisted of a number of villages including Burleigh. Cec had made arrangements to also visit Burleigh. He reported back to the District Governor that a Club could be charted at Burleigh .The outcome was the formation of the Provisional Club of Burleigh Heads, consisting of 22 Members and the Charter night was to be on 3^rd October, 1955.  Lindsay Firth from the Southport Club was the first President. Weekly meetings were held at the Chinese cafe which was on the present corner of the highway and Connor Street and could be the site of the present Classification Pole. The café was owned by Billy Nighjoy a member the Club with the dinner fee of 2shillings and sixpence. A weekly bulletin  was produced and called “ The Rotator ”. However the CHARTER had not arrived from R.I. and finally the actual Charter Night was held on 8^th April, 1956.

In March a resolution was passed to “no longer propose a toast to the Queen”. Projects at this stage included a Shelter shed at Burleigh State School, a donation to the Burleigh Ambulance and cricket bats to the local Club.

In 1957 the Club Sponsored an entrant in the Miss Australia quest and sponsored a migrant family of four from the UK. ( to be continued)

PROJECTS

PR: Sun Announcements – Any projects or applicable dates for events should be forwarded to Anthony or Morgan  to send to Bob Robertson to put into the Rotary Round-up section in the Sun Newspaper.

Membership

Don’t be afraid to ask someone if they would like to attend a breakfast meeting, remember, their FIRST breakfast is covered by the club. The more members we have the less work for everyone else, and we increase our networks

Attendance:

If you miss a meeting you can make up by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club or coming to Board meetings or an event organised by a Rotary club.

Club & Partner’s & Kid’s Name Badges:

These are obtained from Ray Wilson & (Trudy), Gold Coast Trophies Direct, Unit 15, 99 West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads ( just past the BP Service station on Lower West Burleigh Rd) .

Ph:  07 55 08 2500.  If you need new badges or extra badges – drop in and order them or email them at info@goldcoasttrophies.com.au and attention it to Ray.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

15^th Feb – Board Meeting , Burleigh Heads Surf Club

3rd March  – Carols Thankyou Breakfast

7-12 March – Bowel Cancer Awareness week – See Doug

13^th May – ROMAC Trivia Night

29^th May – Red Shield Appeal – Salvation Army

Birthdays/Special Events

20^th Feb (Sunday) – Welcome BBQ at Jacq & Paul’s place for Chris and Ann (1-5pm) – BYO

Drinks

2-3^rd April – Burleigh State School Garden Weekend

9^th April – Relay for Life – see Julie or Derrick

YIR (Yours in Rotary)

Anthony Zirilli

President