RCEB Bulletin - 22 December 2016
Dinner Meeting at the Pier Hotel
Chair: President Brian Tolhurst
Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Visiting Rotarians: Club Daughter Dong Hua Gillet
Raffle: Jim Gray
Director Reports
President – Brian Tolhurst:
Instead of a guest speaker the Esperance Foreshore Festival & Fireworks will be discussed.
Last week’s Xmas Dinner raised $1900 for Sustainable Cambodia. ($400 from the kettle!)
Community – Garry Wilson:
EFFF Program given and members’ present volunteered for various tasks and activities.
Emails with more details will be sent to members participating.
If you weren’t present and can help on 31st then contact Garry W or Bruce J for task allocation.
Members are to wear red RCEB polo shirts for the event (if possible).
Prickle Farm – Peter Schmedje/Fleur McDonald
Via Tom M – 134 lambs shorn (not for flystrike issues but for grass seeds).
Via Heather – sheep and troughs checked – mainly fixed the trough problem but had to call on Scottish to help.
Membership – Renae Poot
STAR meeting went well. Good discussion on Club Service.
Next STAR meeting Tues 21 Feb. Rotary International will be the topic.
Secretary – Heather James
Thanks for RCEB sponsorship from Castletown PS; Teen Challenge; Esperance PS; Nulsen PS; EACS; ESHS; Salmon Gums PS.
Shelterbox Annual Report received.
Treasurer – Bob Jones
Worked out that attendance last week was 100%
From the Floor
Andrew M
– 2016 New Word of the Year – TESTICULATE.
Definition: to talk bollocks with large arm movements.
– Long quote re risk management for operating one horse sleighs and other Xmas activities.
Attendance: numbers not available.
Fines Sergeant - Richard Moore
Gaz - Drive to Norseman for crayfish on Tuesday and forgot to bring some back for his mates. But the good news is. He lost more weight if you know what I mean.
Bob - Who buys specs to the value of $2.50 and shares them with the Fines master
Dick - Mobile phone
Scottish - Name tag
Bruce - Spoke to Gaz today about fireworks. Kept changing his mind and asked if he thought they could change the date to February
Caitlyn - Cody was punching above his weight and dumped the beautiful Caitlyn because he no longer needed her to iron his school uniform
Heather - EFS logo is a heart. She needs to have a heart that's bigger than an Ants so we can see it
Gaz - Keeps bringing his favourite blue tipple ware container to Rotary
Brett - How do you spell Garrrrrry in your official Angling Club letters?
Dave - Left Gaz place last night. Turned right and drive the length of Eastern Rd on the wrong side of the road.
Sergeant’s Jokes:
GRAB A CAB
Buy the Box
Scottish fined the Sergeant for his “crap” jokes.
Final Announcements
NO meeting on Thu 29th December 2016.
Next Meeting: 5th January 2017 at 8 Bostock St. (Jim & Anne Gray’s House)
BBQ and Social evening with partners.
An email will be sent to all members soon requesting an RSVP. Please do so.
Please BYO drinks and glass.