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Keith McIntosh
PRESIDENT'S BLOG
We are in the midst of our traditional busy summer period raising funds for distribution to our needy causes.
Thank you to those who took part in the Swedish Friendship Exchange, in particular Jan Chappell who prepared the detailed itinerary. A thank you also to Bruce Jefford and Bill Forsyth who drove the minibus. Bill also hosted the team in Arrowtown last Tuesday and, with Ralph and Betty Hanan, escorted our guests to Wanaka. We had lunch at the Wakatipu Yacht Club after their arrival on Monday - thanks to David Carter for that idea and his and Betty's help there. Finally the hosts – Jan & Martin Chappell, David Carter, Ralph & Betty Hanan, Steve & Tracy McLean and Heather McIntosh who made the event possible.
We have just completed 3 days at the Home Show. Thank you to the many Rotarians all who assisted with car parking and door duties but especially Pat and Bruce Jefford who organised our rosters and spent the whole 3 days there organising and carrying out our roles.
Ahead we have the Golf BBQ’s, the Gibbston Wine & Food Festival, and the BBQ at the Queenstown Primary School Fair. Please support us at these events.
Our Club Visioning Workshop will be held on Sunday 12 March at St John, Douglas Street, Frankton. This will be an approx. 3 hour session to look at our club and consider our future. It will be facilitated by PDG John Prendergast from Invercargill. Unfortunately we now have a clash with the Golf BBQ given that those arrangements have changed. We will therefore start at 9am so that those on the first duty at the BBQ can get away. I am loath to change the date of the workshop given John’s limited availability and the urgent need to hold this workshop then commence recruiting new members. I ask for your commitment to this workshop and the opportunity to have your say there. It is important for the future of Queenstown Rotary.
WEEKLY NOTES
CHANGE of VENUE March 7th. This Rotary Meeting will be held at Holiday Inn, Frankton Road. Our usual venue at Wild Thyme is undergoing refurbishment.
WELCOME - to new members, Ross Beal and Steve Fraser. It is great to have you join us and the next bulletin will have some biographical notes!
BRING A POTENTIAL MEMBER - If you bring a potential member to Rotary, the Club will pay for their meal on their first visit. Second visit will be at the guest's own cost.
COMING UP - 9th and 12th March: The ISPS Handa New Zealand Golf Open Barbecues . Volunteer positions may still be available. Please contact Bruce Jefford bruceandpatjefford@xtra.co.nz
President of our NRG branch, Richard Muth, presents a cheque for $4719.15 to Chris Green, Marketing & Communications Manager of the Cancer Society. This was money raised from the Duck Race.
TheWashington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
The winners are:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
6.. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 13. Arachnolepticfit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 15. Caterpallor (n): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating
And the pick of the literature:
16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
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