Volume 49  Number 12                                                                   September 20th 2020
Presidential Musings for the Week
Has anyone looked up what “zoom” really means?

It can mean “Move or travel very quickly” or “A camera changing focus rapidly to close up” or “(as in prices) rising sharply”.  By the end of this year, it will probably be a new entry into the dictionary as “The only means of communication in 2020!!”.  Some warped minds had a great barnstorming session over the naming of that video link service.  Might be able to put instead of prices – “Tempers rising”!!!!  We are not even able to travel quickly and definitely only within a 5 km limit!!
 
Well, we have Zoom to thank for assisting to keep our club together.  The food and beverage at our meetings have been second to none.  “None” if I did complain to the chef!!  Also, Zoom might have got it’s name for the ability it gives the voyeur to  “zoom in” and see snip bits into people’s houses and choice of domestic clothing.

 
 
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Go Team Glenferrie Grinners
The sponsors of our Glenferrie Grinners Team are rolling in.  And we are just over a third of our goal of $1,500.00.  If you aren't able to run, skip, walk (or hobble) in the month of October, perhaps you could follow the example of President Mark and sponsor the team or an individual.  Let's paint the streets within your 5km area End Polio Red!!
 
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Wine Purchase Opportunity
An opportunity for all members to have a delivery of wine to their doorstep at this trying time.  If you would like to enjoy a wonderful wine with your meals the following offer should suit.
 
GEOFF MERRILL 2014 SHIRAZ.
 
 It’s a well-aged wine made for easy drinking.
 
“Warm and inviting; aromas of spice, earth, leather, black olive, savoury meats and chocolate.  The palate shows ripe red berries, plum and blackberry with rounded grippy tannins and lively acidity”.
 
 
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There's A Real Story Behind this Brick
You may not be able to read it in the picture on the left, but if you click on Read more... below you will see a larger version of it and you should be able to read the words branded into the brick:  'Fritsch Holzer'. 
 
But who the heck is Fritsch Holzer? What is the story behind this brick, found in Burwood just lying around? And what has it got to do with Rotary?
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Rotary Fellowship of Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians

One of the most enjoyable parts of our Rotary life is fellowship within our clubs, districts and the wider world of Rotary clubs.  Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians is all about fellowship.  It aligns with the 4th Object of Rotary: “The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service”; as well as the 4-Way Test: “will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?”

The Australian Golfing Fellowship meets each year in a town or city somewhere in Australia for a week-long golf tournament.  An International Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians is also held annually in various countries around the world.

For more information about Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians, visit:  https://agfr.org/

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How to Prevent Dementia: The Latest Evidence
Tuesday 29th September 2020
6.00 - 7.00pm
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Breakfast With the District Governor
Zoom Breakfast - Leading Teams & Organisations in a Changing World
Guest Speaker: Annette Kimmitt - Annette is the CEO/Managing Partner of MinterEllison.  Annette has strategic leadership experience in financial and professional services. 

Date: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Time: 7.00am - 8.30am
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The Glorious Insult

"He had delusions of adequacy ."-Walter Kerr."
 
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."- Winston Churchill.
 
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
 
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."-Moses Hadas.
 
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."-Mark Twain.
 
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."-Oscar Wilde.
 
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."-George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill. 
 
 "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."-Winston Churchill, in response.
 
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."-Samuel Johnson.
 
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"-Mark Twain. 
 
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."-Mae West. 
 
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-Oscar Wilde.
 
 "He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-Billy Wilder.  
 
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it."Groucho Marx
Speakers
Sep 22, 2020 7:15 PM
Member Behind the Badge
Member Behind the Badge

Andrea Kimler is a vet, an environmentalist, a creative spirit and a Glenferrie Rotarian. The Member Behind the Badge talks are always much enjoyed, they are where we get to know just a little more about each other's incredible life experiences, our vocations, and whatever else we want to share and they are an important part of being a Rotarian. Come along and hear Andrea's story. Immediately after the Special General Meeting.

Oct 13, 2020 7:15 PM
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
Oct 27, 2020 7:15 PM
The Bushfires
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Upcoming Events
Spring Into Alice-Rotary Zone 8 Virtual Conference
Sep 19, 2020 11:30 AM –
Sep 20, 2020 1:00 PM
 
Rotary District 9800 Business Leaders Breakfast
Sep 22, 2020
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Special General Meeting
Sep 22, 2020
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Club Meeting Via Zoom - Special General Meeting
via ZOOM
Sep 22, 2020
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Club Meeting Via Zoom
Oct 13, 2020
7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
Oct 17, 2020
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
World Polio Day
Oct 24, 2020
12:01 AM – 11:59 PM
 
Club Meeting via Zoom
via Zoom
Oct 27, 2020 7:15 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
Oct 31, 2020
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Club Meeting via Zoom
via Zoom
Nov 10, 2020 7:15 PM
 
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