Club donates $1,000 to Polio PreventionGuest speaker was Bruce McNaught who spoke on the Rotary programme to eradicate Polio as a disease that affected the world. Back in 1954 when Bruce was had just started school he contracted polio, as many kids did. Not all children were affected by limb paralysis … but Bruce was.  During the 1950’s 1960’s and 70’s into the 1980’s the number of people contracting wild polio virus was climbing rapidly till it reached around 350,000 a year in new cases each year … basically 1,000 new cases EVERY day. Following on from our clubs recent fundraising activities, the club was delighted to contribute $1,000 to polio prevention. This is one of Rotary's great achievements, in harnessing various groups around the world to meet our local hero's vision (Sir Clem Renouf) of complete eradication of this terrible disease. Those of us 50 and over will recall how this disease crippled folks in the communities here in Australia and around the world. Now it is almost eradicated thanks to Rotary and its amazing supporters. Here's some background as to why its been so difficult to eradicate. Wild poliovirus (WPV) is the most commonly known form of the poliovirus. However, there is another form of polio that can spread within communities: circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, or cVDPV. While cVDPVs are rare, they have been increasing in recent years due to low immunization rates within communities. So thank you Rotary against polio and please put our $1,000 to your good work. Club wins major Charity Trivia Quiz - (For the third time)Alex Rotary has been a keen supporter of the Cal-Pac ROMAC trivia challenge and Alex has often had two groups to enjoy the light-hearted fun event. The evening had about 200 participants made up from Rotary Clubs and community groups around the Sunshine Coast to challenge the brain with 7 rounds of 8 questions across a list of topics that included : World Affairs, Australian History, Arts & Literature, World Knowledge, Sport, Music and Travel. The Alex “B” team managed to get 8/8 for four of the rounds to achieve a winning score of 51 out of a possible 56! We have to admit that the “B” team included three of Geoff’s friends!!! (Yes, he has friends outside Rotary). They “B” team knew such wonderful trivia, they correctly answered Barbra Streisand’s first movie; that a group of flamingoes was a ‘Flamboyance’; the bands which accompanied Bruce Springsteen was the E-Street Band; and Tully claimed to be the wettest place on the Australian mainland!!! The winning team was rewarded with wine and the return of the Trophy – complete with the correct header! Alex Rotary is the first team to win the trophy three times since the trivia night’s inception in 2011. Alex Rotary contributed $600 to the funds to the members entrance fees, raffle purchases and wine sales. The evening raised about $12,000 to enable ROMAC to brings children under 15 to Australian hospitals for life changing and dignity restoring surgeries that are not available in their own countries. This year Geoff also won a meat tray and a bottle of Champagne …. And we are still waiting for the invitation to help consume either or both!!! 
Alex Rotary continues the tradition of Clean Up Australia DayA certain scribe has a view that unless citizens contribute to their community then they should have no voice and be unable to comment on any community or political matters. Also unless you are positively contributing to the community you should not be able to vote in the countries elections. Surprisingly this is not a view shared by others. It would bring the temperature of some "discussions" on TV and social media don quite a few degrees I expect. Just saying. Anyway, now I have got that off my chest, got to say well done Alex Rotary for continuing to fly the flag for Clean Up Australia Day, rounding ups volunteers, and offering ham and eggs to the helpers. We also received this kind thank you note from the Clean Up Australia Day Committee. Clean Up community, you are amazing! What a truly awesome week of action, culminating with Clean Up Australia Day last Sunday. We had over 10,000 Clean Up sites registered and more than 750,000 passionate volunteers from all walks of life, don their gloves and do their bit to make our environment a cleaner and better place! United we have made a real difference! We have created a fun blog post on some highlights from the day, although there are so many more amazing stories out there! We're blown away by all your Clean Up efforts and are looking forward to another year of improving and conserving our environment, eliminating litter and ending waste. Some of the team with team leader Monique out front and centre. Well done everyone. Not entirely sure what's going on here. Craig and Tim have retired a safe distance while Les tackles the exploding eggs with a very long handled device. Excellent safe work practices chef.  Anyone for Coffee? Morning all Michelle has created the next coffee-buddy catch up list for March-April. The purpose is simply to get together for a coffee/tea/water or simply a good excuse to catch up and get to know another member of our Rotary club. Have a chat. Learn more. I am aware that instead of a coffee some people have simply gone for a walk on the beach and a chat. That is entirely up to you. And, how about a photo that we can share amongst the group. There are a few travellers in the group …. Dave will be back from WA around the 20th; Philip Gordon is travelling to India; Naomi P is preparing for Italian/Croatian escape; Val should be back from NZ next week; Geoff will be terrorising Victoria in April …. Yell with any questions. Cheers Tony More club business- Club Roster for MarchChair - Ray Strong Set Up - Les Rotary Minute - Geoff Sergeant - David Maitre'd - Skye Standby - Tim Have you got your club survey in?The Member Survey has now closed and we'll be receiving feedback once the Queensland Police Service have completed their forensic examinations. There's a lot of surveys about at the moment, and it seems like anytime you buy a bag of lollies there's an email asking you to complete a customer satisfaction survey. (I won't even go near political surveys which seem to be there to justify the latest thought bubble).
So a certain scribe wondered how effective these surveys are, and does anyone actually read the results or do anything about them....and then I found out that there is one particular set of survey questions that tells almost with 100% accuracy how you will behave in certain circumstances.
Want to take the survey?...then read on. Disclaimer: Although this is a scientifically based it should not be inferred that you have any particular personality disorders. (Right: there is no such thing as a "right" personality or "wrong" personality. Take your time, its not a long list of questions and read every one carefully before you answer. Not just how you would "like" to behave, but how you would "actually" behave. ) Q1. You find $20 in the street. There is no one around but there is a charity donation box 10 metres away. Do you keep the money? A) Yes B) No Q2. You are in a hurry and walking along the street and see an elderly couple obviously lost. Do you stop and ask if you can help.? A) Yes B) No Q3. You win $1,000 in gold lotto. Do you keep it all or share some with others? A) Keep B) Share Q4. You always assume the best in people until proved otherwise? A) Yes B) No Q5. You're experience in life has been that folks are generally generous with their time and money? A) Yes B) No Q6. I have answered some questions before reading this? A) Yes B) No Your gender and personality is defined entirely by your answer to Q6. If you answered A) then in all probability you are a male. Why? Because you did not read or follow the instructions at the start, which clearly said to "read every one carefully before you answer.". Then as a "jump to. action / conclusions" male you probably (99%certain) made the assumption that the survey was to determine your character, or how charitable you are? Wrong. The survey was simply to determine (by IKEA) whether you are capable of following instructions. How did you go? Solstice Swim Progress- The Temporary Event application is in with Sunshine Coast Council so fingers crossed for a positive outcome.
- Mooloolaba Yacht Club helps out AGAIN with oversize buoys for a safe swim
- Swimmers registrations coming in, the Council CEO and past State MP have registered
- All past swimmers have been contacted
- Naomi is finishing off the poster , and we'll soon finish hand outs for members
- We have a few raffle prizes, but no major sponsor yet
Our very own Les never misses a chance has been pounding the pavements and keyboards in search of sponsors. Offuceworks were approached recently, and although sponsorship was not available, he did come up with a nice prize for the raffle. So remember folks, always ask the question. The Sunshine Coast is blessed with many businesses who really want to give back to the community. Our amazing Naomi has been putting the final touches to the swim poster, and we’ll soon have a “blurb” for the members to more formally approach potential sponsors with a story about why they should sponsor the swim and our beneficiary. NEXT STEPS... Sponsorship and gathering raffle prizes is something we can all get involved in. Lets not leave it all to Les. - Would each member nominate 4 contacts (Name, email, phone number) of potential supporters (ie for raffle of sponsorship)
- The team will give them a poster (A0 or A3 size) and a introductory letter for their contact
- The swim team will follow up
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