Congratulations and Good Luck Nick Nick Leywood informed members that today was his last day for a year. He has asked the board for a leave of absence. He has been offered a position in Northern Queensland setting up a new manufacturing plant that is going to recycle plastics into other products. Nick will be the CEO of the facility and he was obviously excited about the new position partially because of the positive environmental effect of recycling plastics and obtaining the carbon benefits. We will be looking for a replacement as Sergeant next week. |
Update from Mayor Greg Conkey Greg Conkey gave members an update on the overwhelming generosity of this community and this club in response to the disastrous fires that have destroyed so many properties and resulted in the evacuation of many nearby towns. The collection centre for food and other items is now at Kildare College. Greg was there a couple days ago and they needed two minute noodles and they put the word out and within fifteen minutes they had boxes of two minute noodles delivered. The evacuation centre is open again and renamed the Assistance Centre. Since the start of evacuations , 1100 people have registered, and 800 people have been provided accommodations. The overflow has gone to CSU and the RAAF base. At the showgrounds, over 100 dogs, 34 cats, 2 goats and a tortoise, who went missing. The Vet felt the tortoise needed better facilities so she took it home for personal care. Greg asked the club if they would be able to provide tables, biscuits and water for a prayer ceremony for the evacuees on Wednesday evening. President Pykey confirmed that Wollundry would support Greg’s request. |
SERGEANT Michael Knight came to the podium as the Sargeant. Michael says that the fine session is based on the presumption of guilt. People put money in the box before they hear what they are guilty of. He asked each table a question about the Black Sorrows … one question to Phil McIntosh’s table the birth nationality of Joe Camalarie...wrong answer. For Phil Burgess table, Phil yelled out a number instead of the title. Michael asked him what song was that … and Phil did not know....wrong answer. The whole table was fined. The LuftWagga Table was asked about which genre a certain Black Sorrows was in. ...wrong answer. Croz was asked who was the original singer of a popular Black Sorrows cover song … Croz answered “Perry Como”! Michael finished his session with the best joke of the year. Click here to hear it. (If this link doesn't work, go to the top of this page and click on "Click here to view it online.") Update from Food & Wine Chair Andrew Puckeridge Puck came to the podium to give an update on the Food and Wine. Looks like we have the Black Sorrows… they have agreed to everything we have outlined in our reply and they seem to be extremely accommodating to the fee and there should not be any problem negotiating it. Dale Allison wanted to combine the Food and Wine with a large multigroup fundraising concert event for the fires, and it was declined … not enough time to organise and we are only 3 months away from the date. Puck asked the committee to please attend the weekly meetings and write a report as we need to be on top of everything. The meeting will be every Monday at 5:30 pm. At the end of Puck's talk, President Pyke said that BMW had offered an amount of money contingent upon renewing the Food and Wine contract for another 5 years and this was respectfully declined.
LUCKY DRAW PRIZE Wine bottle winner was Peter Clucas |