Vol: 70 No: 5 16th August 2018
President Biffy Danckwerts
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Secretary Monique Bayes
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Treasurer Rob Murphy
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Editorial Board Barry Cleveland, Lina Howard, Stephanie Thomas, Hugh Maunder, Stephen Bredenkamp
August in Rotary Membership and new club development month
Wynberg Rotary meet every Thursday, 6 for 6.30pm, Palm House, Wynberg.
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Minutes: 2 August, 2018 Compiled by Barry Cleveland
Attendance
From the chair of President Biffy
Members’ moments
Slots
Fellowship Swindle
20 members, no guests Pres. Biffy welcomed all present, including the recent travellers; and itemised the following points: Tendai’s mother passed away last week, and he was spending some time in Zimbabwe to be with family. Biffy now has a portable CD writer, ideal for copying data for distribution. The Rotaract Club had a successful conference in Matroosberg, and Mike kindly lent his kombi to facilitate transport arrangements. Mike’s expletives on the state of the returned kombi are not publishable – Ed. Next year’s Rotaract conference will likely be in Windhoek. Keela will be organising Santa’s Shoeboxes. WRC members will be very welcome to help Springfield High School’s youth projects. Candice will be handling Earlyact this year. Hugh’s son, Kingsley was selected to play touch rugby for England in the European championships. They played well but were beaten by France in the final. He is now the proud possessor of a silver medal. Dennis mentioned that the funeral of Peter Bailey, earlier in the afternoon had been well attended by Wynberg Rotarians. Stephen reported that Don’s health is deteriorating, and he has been moved to Barrington House. Stacy said that she and Pres. Biffy had visited Interact clubs of Wynberg Boys High School, who are collecting household consumables for distribution; and also Wynberg Girls High School, who ask for Rotarian assistance in their Blisters for Bread project. Alan reminded members that we have not one, but two Rotaract clubs – Steenberg is now firmly aboard. Stephen van Niekerk’s birthday on 9 August Adele Michalowsky’s birthday on 16 August With R1260 in the kitty, Monique drew Rob’s name, but he only managed to dispatch the King of Spades. The R20 attendance prize went to Keela.
President’s Words Do things for people, not because of who they are or for what they do in return, but because of who you are. of Wisdom Here’s some useless information for you (but it does help to fill the page – Ed.):
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
Duty Roster
August
September
16
23
30
6 Business
Barnard
Cleveland
NO
Jackson
Murphy
O’Driscoll
MEETING
Schonegevel R
Thomas
Bredenkamp
Cleveland
Door Duty
Van Niekerk K
Todd
Van Niekerk
Grace
Dietrich
Howard
Jackson
Loyal Toast International Toast Speaker Intro and Thanks Entertainment for the month
Schonegevel J
Schonegevel R
Smith
Cleveland
Dietrich
Gowdy
Schreiber
Van Niekerk
N/A
Sergeant Wynpress Editorial Wynpress Minutes
Dietrich, Munday, Schonegevel J, Jackson, Barnard
Bayes, Gowdy, Murphy, Thomas, Schonegevel R
Dates To Diarise 16 August
Peter Thomas, a facilitation coach, will discuss how large corporates can reinvent themselves
16 August
ER Community Medics auction
18 August (Saturday)
Race Day at Kenilworth (RC Signal Hill)
23 August
Guest Speaker: ex SA cricketer Vince van der Bijl will tell us about working with young people in disadvantaged communities
28 August (Tuesday)
Quiz night
30 August
No club meeting: See you all at the Quiz Night!
31 August (Friday)
Barnyard fundraiser (RC Melkbos )
6 September
Lowell and Linda Rice from California will talk about their project in Victoria Falls, assisting local women to start their own business as seamstresses.
29 September Last Night of the Proms at 20.00 in the City Hall (Saturday) 30 September Last Night of the Proms at 17.00 in the City Hall (Sunday)
Support Rotary: all for a good cause!
Lina and Stacy packing comfort items into hampers for donation to the Trauma Unit at Kirstenhof Police Station.
Tailpiece from Rolls-Royce Staff Magazine Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story). Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the American engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken shot out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer’s back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin like an arrow from a crossbow. The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the British scientists for suggestions. Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo: “Defrost the bloody chicken.”