Jerraganda

The Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Jerrabomberra Inc D9710

Volume 17 No 40

Just a Meeting

Meeting 789 - 24 Apr 14

Welcome:

Pres Paul Roger welcomed everyone to meeting 789 and welcomed our

guests, Stephen Mulvaney and his beautiful wife Diane, still here from

Jalbarragup, south of Perth WA and Rebecca Whitehouse, who is the new

Manager of the Jerrabomberra Bendigo Bank.

Pres Paul invited Paul Robey to recite the Charge to Australia and gave the

toast to Rotary International.

Apologies:

Liz Mulvaney, Ian Wholohan, Vera and Alex Alexander, Lynne

McPherson, Colin and Cathy Hobbs and Anne Davis.

David Stevens is on leave.

Jerraganda business:

From the Desk of the President:

3-4 May is a very busy time for the club with the MS Mega Swim. Mon

following that is the Peace Fellows dinner at Regatta park, details

have been sent via email. If anyone is interested the details on how

to register was in the email.

Jerrabomberra

Reminder that the District Conf in Canberra 14-16 Nov. Joint between two districts. Pres Paul

hopes that given the Conf is local, that the Club would have a great attendance, in particular at the

social events.

Renal unit luncheon, unveiled a plaque, Rotary Pres’ given a bottle of champagne which he advised

he would auctioned later in the meeting. Final costing of the Project after the $1000.00 grant from

IMB left a balance of $1072.00 for each of the clubs. Thanks to Ian and Terry for their great talents

in excavation and the use of Terry’s ‘little’ toy.

Board meeting on 7 May, brought fwd by a week due to other commitments.

Thanks to Glenda for organising Shout.

8 Exchange students still needing hosting.

Reports: Secretary

Postcard from David Stevens from ‘sunny’ Scotland

Thankyou from Qbn recovery group for donation at the last changeover.

Reports: Treasurer

Admin account sits at $13800.00;

Project account sits at $4700.00;

Future Funds account has a balance of $4300; and

The Joker sits at approx $580.00.

Thankyou to Hall for reimbursing for the purchase of bags in a very timely fashion.

Reports: Community:

Anzac Day Breakfast: Jan advised that all is organised for the day.

4.30am setup.

Bunnings BBQ: Bunnings have advised that when they have a slot

they will contact us. At the moment, they are booked till the end of

Jun. Terry advised that he has a contact at Bunnings and will investigate further.

Bowel Scan: Kerry McPherson advised that he needs assistance with the Bowel Scan which is

conducted from 28 Apr - 25 May.

Reports: Club Service:

NTR – But….Paul Robey advised that the Mystery Tour has been

booked for May 29; more to follow.

Mega Swim:. Will discuss in General Business.

Reports: International

Response back from Tonga: Licence needed to do

any electrical work, which has to be applied for

once over there. There are a lot of details that still

need to be sorted, and it is a work in progress.

Ensure if you wish to attend that you reserve your

spot before Chilly sends out an offer to other clubs.

Reports: Youth and New Generations

NTR.

General Business:

Market Setup: Anton provided a handout to all the members of before

and after shots of what is proposed.

Cost will come in at about $1000.00.

Anton asked for a consensus on the Clubs thoughts and David Bailey advised that it is brilliant, and

we are going with it. Anton provided the Club with the following concept:

The Rotary Table as it is now

The Concept which received a resounding yes from the Club

Notice Boards and Banners

Music Festival: Next week may be able to see the venue, waiting to hear from Kathleen. Have a

rough idea of the menu, more info next week.

Bowel Care: Need helpers, and got them!

Mega Swim. Thanks to Chris for brand new white board. Roster below and Peter advised that he is

still after some volunteers for the 8-12 slot.

Shout Update: Glenda has bought the tickets. 30 May, Fri night, can look at going to dinner before

hand.

What Do Rotary Do brochures: Pres Paul has plenty and encourages all members to take a few to

hand out to any potential Rotarians.

Market Mistress:

The Market Mistress sent out the latest version of the Roster

and the following points:

Hi Marketeers

Please see the next version of the markets roster. A few points

to note:

Kerry, Lynne and Terry are on duty this Saturday – hear it is

going to be cold!!

David and I are away 14-31 May – so there will be no reminders, please check the roster.

I’ve had reports of handles of the bags breaking – PLEASE test the handles of each bag before

being sold. And REPLACE bags as appropriate. I’ve a handle-less one I’ll forward to the importer.

I’ll be preparing the draft markets roster for July-December2014 for the incoming Markets

Mistress/Master- please advise me of any time you know you will be away during this period.

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Joker:

Cecil Smith is on his deathbed, and knows the end is near. The

nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons, are with him at his

bedside.

"So", he says to them feebly: "Bernie, I want you to take the

Glebe houses."

"Sybil, take the apartments over in Balmain."

"Jamie, I want you to take the offices over in the City Centre."

"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings in North Sydney."

The nurse is visibly impressed by all this. As Cecil slips quietly away, she says, "Mrs. Smith, your

husband must have been a very successful, hardworking man to have accumulated all that

property".

Sarah replies curtly, "Property!! ..........

The bastard's got a Paper Run!"

Another week of reprieve: Mez held the winning ticket, but lost with the 7 of clubs. And we took

$36.00.

********************************************************************************************************************** SGT Fines:

A very successful SGT’s session with a very generous $85.05 being

gleefully extracted from unsuspecting Rotarians!

Heads and Tails:

Woo Hoo!!!!! We played!! In honour of the upcoming ANZAC Day, the Pres

decided to play Heads and Tails for the aforementioned bottle of

champagne, rather than auction it off. Two tails and the Pres won!! So

the auction went ahead!

Attendance:

Thankyou Bruce, attendance this week was 64%.

Champagne auction: …… and what a nail-biting affair that turned out to be. David Bailey and

Stephen Mulvaney went head to head, and final bid by David Bailey of $25.00 was the winner. In

true David Bailey style, at the end of the meeting, David presented Stephen and Diane with the

champagne and wished them a very happy holiday!

Thankyou David, so sweet!! Shouldn’t have had that last glass of wine..

Farmers Market Corner:

From the Pen of…Pres Paul

The markets were their usual busy self of Saturday. Tam was on her day off and Ninka was in full

swing.

Despite two early morning starts in a row the market team backed up well from ANZAC morning

and had the Rotary stall fully operational by 7am. The weather was kind with a 7 degree start,

however the promised sunshine did not eventuate until much later in the day, so we had an

overcast mild morning, and a bit of a chilly breeze out on car park duty. We had the usual odd

grump - primary gripe this week was the dog show was on and the road was closed requiring a

detour. Happily there were many very happy customers with praise for the markets and the work

Rotary does. Water sales were slow (only 7 bottles), bags were about average (a few more

complaints about handles that rip off – replacements given), and tables balanced first time with 24

hired out, 2 at the Rotary stall and 14 in the container (making the 40 total that we had available).

Dream Cuisine (2), Kurragong Meats (4), Doms Woodfire Bread (3), Brooklands (2), Lobby

Restaurant (3) and Maruya Seafood (10) were the hirers for this week, which is pretty much the

regular hirers.

On the lost property front, things were quiet. A naked baby (doll) and a nice shiny new credit card

were handed in and remained unclaimed, but everyone else looked after their children and property

pretty well.

Thankyou Pres Paul… outstanding report!

Market Takings for last week:

26 Apr 14

Paul Roger Sue Roger Paul Robey

Tables

Bags

Water

Total

Comments: Very

comprehensive and helpful!

Reminders:

Markets this week –Paul and Sue Roger and Paul Robey.

Markets next week – Kerry and Lynne McPherson and Terry Spencer.

Paul Roger is picking up water.

Was it lets make some crazy eyes night tonight????

What are you doing Paul? Oh.. same as Glenn!!

BFF’s???? No!! That would be us!!!!

All alone Bruce???? Should have had your brother and sister-in-law there!!

Program

3-4 May 14 Mega Swim

3-4 May Distr Conf

29 May 14 Mystery Tour

Social & Special Events

30 May 14 Shout at the ‘Q’

1-4 Jun 14 Rotary International Conf - Sydney

28 Jun 14 Changeover dinner.

Farmers Market

26 Apr 14 Paul and Sue Roger & Paul Robey

3 May 14 Kerry and Lynne McPherson & Terry Spencer

10 May 14 Anne Davis, David Bailey and Glenn Wahlert

St Benedict's Roster

28 Apr 13 Sue and Peter Jarvis

Club Officers 2012-2013

President Paul Roger

President Elect Paul Robey

Vice President Chris Hunter

Secretary Glenn Wahlert

Treasurer David Bailey

Club Service Director Paul Robey

Community Service Director Sue Jarvis

International and Foundation Director Terry Spencer

Youth and New Generations Director Lynne McPherson

Club Service Members

Director Paul Robey

Sergeant Mez Mulvaney

Welfare Sue Roger

Program & Fellowship Ian Wholohan

Attendance & Meals Officer David Stevens

Communications and PR Chris Hunter

Welfare & Historian Sue Roger

Jerraganda Editor Mez Mulvaney

Community Service Members

Director Sue Jarvis

BBQ’s Jan Pettigrew

Epic Markets Anne Davis

Fairs TBA

Ball Sue Jarvis & Jon Wells

Bowel Care Kerry McPherson

Projects Bruce Miller

Rotary Club of Jerrabomberra PO Box 8 Jerrabomberra NSW 2619

Email: secretary@jerrabomberra.rotarnet.com.au Chartered 18 Nov 1998 Meets Thursday 6.30 – 8.30

Jerrabomberra Public School Apologies David Stevens by 12 Noon Tue

T: 0413519894 E: davidstevens002@gmail.com

Bulletin Contributions Mez Mulvaney 0419121128 maryrose.mulvaney@gmail.com

CURRENT CLUB MEMBERS Alex Alexander Lynne McPherson Sue Roger David Bailey, PP, PHF Kerry McPherson Pam Spencer, PHF, PP Robert Chilman Bruce Miller Terry Spencer, PHF, PP Anne Davis, PP Liz Mulvaney, PHF David Stevens, PHF, PP Cathy Hobbs Mez Mulvaney, OAM, PHF Glenda Wahlert, PP Colin Hobbs, PP Anton Pemmer, PHF, PP Glenn Wahlert Chris Hunter, OAM, PP Paul Robey Jon Wells Peter Jarvis, PHF,PP Jan Pettigrew, PHF, PP Ian Wholohan Sue Jarvis, PHF Paul Roger PHF, President

SUPPORTERS Vera Alexander Vickie Berry

HONORARY MEMBERS Alex Alexander Robert Cooke

International Members

Director Terry Spencer

Polio Plus Pam Spencer

RAWCS David Bailey

Foundation George McIver

GSE/Friendship Exchange Robert Chilman

Shelter Boxes Cathy Hobbs

Youth Service Members

Director Lynne McPherson

Local Programs Glenda Wahlert

District Programs TBA

National Programs Lynne McPherson

International Programs TBA

Vocational Service Peter Jarvis

OUR HISTORY

In 1998 the Rotary Clubs of Queanbeyan and Queanbeyan West Rotary decided to sponsor a new Rotary Club based in Jerrabomberra. Bill Lilley, John Snedden and Peter Jarvis from Queanbeyan West took on the joint roll of mentor (Peter Jarvis went on to become our Charter President).

Advertising for potential members began in March 1998. After a successful campaign, the Club was chartered on 18 November 1998 with 20 members. We are an unusual club as we have a very high proportion of female Members.

Initial meetings were held at the Jerrabomberra General Store—the venue was very good until we grew in numbers. We then moved to the Jerrabomberra Community Centre for a few years. We now meet at the Jerrabomberra Public School Staff Room, on Thursdays (6.15 for 6.30 pm). As at 26 Jan 2014 the Club has 26 members — 11 female and 15 male. Included in this are seven married couples. We also have 4 supporters of the Rotary Club.

(Charter) President Peter Jarvis ran competitions to select a name for our Club bulletin and a design for the Club banner. There were some good and (very) bad suggestions. Pam Spencer suggested the winning bulletin name; Jerraganda. The banner design by David Stevens was eventually selected. The design incorporates a goose and the windmill associated with the original entrance to the estate.

Progress might have been alright once,

but it has gone on too long.