Presidents Report

What an amazing evening we had at our Christmas meeting last night. These events are always such fun with a visit from Santa, Kris Kringle presents and a tradition Christmas dinner menu. But this year’s event was made even more special, thanks to the idea put forward by the Social Committee, to add Christmas carol singing to the night’s program. Our choristers – Alan, Bob D, Tony C and David spontaneously broke into song with ‘O Come all Ye Faithful’, followed by ‘Deck the Halls’, after which the entire club joined in the merriment to sing ‘Hark the Herald Angel’ and ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’. The festive spirit was also enhanced, thanks to a Christmas raffle provided by Kaye, a delicious Christmas cake served with tea and coffee baked by Anne, and the most spectacular table decorations made by the crafty pair of Pamela and Gwen. To everyone who attended last night and to those in particular who contributed to the program, a big thank you for helping to make the night such a success.
 
Sharing in a night of friendship and festivities was in order for the Club given the busy week that has just passed and considering the week ahead.  We ended last week by collecting around 5 shopping trollies full of non-perishable food items and household products from community members and shoppers at Cherrybrook Village and Coonara shopping centres. These were then delivered, together with items donated by Club members the previous week, to the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills, who on behalf of District 9685, trucked off the items to central western NSW communities impacted by the floods. So, a huge shout out to the generosity of our local community, to Woolworths at Cherrybrook and West Pennant Hills for their support, to Club members who donated items, and to Rosemary, George, Keith and Edwina who were on the ground doing the collection – well done all!
  
On Sunday we started to prepare for this Saturday’s Christmas Market, by cleaning up the RFS/Girl Guide precinct.  The crew, consisting of Neville, Colin S, Tony C, David and his sister Margaret, George, Adrian, Keith and I, mowed the grass, wiper sniped weeds, collected leaves, branches and debris, swept paths and weeded the Rotary garden. We were joined by Cathy from Girl Guides and two guide families who concentrated their efforts on tidying the Guide Hall and veranda. All in all, the area now looks fantastic and in good shape for what we are hoping will be a busy and productive fundraising event. Sunday also saw the return of Club members Peter, John T, Tony M and Andrew from the NTA Donors trip to Flores, Indonesia. These members are to be congratulated on their efforts and for representing the Club so diligently in our work with NTA and also in promoting and facilitating the uptake of the ‘Teacher in the Box’ program. We look forward to hearing more about their recent adventures at an upcoming Club meeting in early 2023.
 
In between these two events, I also attended the AGM for District 9685 and quarterly Presidents’ meeting on Saturday at Baulkham Hills. The submission of required documents and reports shows the District tracking well in terms of finances, membership and achievement of goals.  One of issues discussed was the Zone 8 Regionalisation Pilot in which we were briefed on what has happened since the vote and potential next steps moving forward.   To help keep all members involved and abreast of what is happening on this topic, a number of webinars are scheduled for: Tuesday 6 December at 7pm AEDT or Thursday 8 December at 6pm AEDT; if you click on either date you can register for this update session. 
And just a reminder, that the Club’s AGM will be held next Monday 5 December 2022 at 7.30pm via Zoom.  
That’s the buzz from me. Stay well and I hope to see you at our inaugural Christmas Market on Saturday 3 December. Janelle  
 

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Flood Relief at Woolworths Coonara and Cherrybrook

Working Bee at RFS/Girl Guide

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Humour

Contribution... contributed by Cawas

Murphy's First Law for Wives 
If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you 
add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five. 
Kauffman's Paradox of the Corporation 
The less important you are to the corporation, the more your absence 
is noticed. 
The Salary Axiom 
The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just small 
enough to have no effect on your take-home pay. 
Miller's Law of Insurance 
Insurance covers everything except what happens. 
First Law of Living 
As soon as you start doing what you always wanted to be doing, you'll 
want to be doing something else. 
Weiner's Law of Libraries 
There are no answers, only cross-references. 
Isaac's Strange Rule of Staleness 
Any food that starts out hard will soften when stale.  
Any food that starts out soft will harden when stale. 
The Grocery Bag Law 
The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is 
always hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag. 
Lampner's Law of Employment 
When leaving work late, you will go unnoticed.  
When you leave work early, you will meet the boss in the parking lot. 
Maths Jokes & Puns 
Why was the fraction apprehensive about marrying the decimal? 
Because he would have to convert. 
Why do plants hate maths? 
It gives them square roots. 
Why did the student get upset when his teacher called him average? 
It was a mean thing to say! 
Why was the math book depressed? 
It had a lot of problems. 
Why is the obtuse triangle always so frustrated? 
Because it is never right. 
Why can you never trust a math teacher holding graphing paper? 
They must be plotting something. 
Why was the equal sign so humble? 
Because she knew she wasn’t greater than or less than anyone else. 
What do you call a number that can’t stay in one place? 
A Roamin’ numeral. 
What do you call dudes who love maths? 
Algebros. 
Why should you never talk to Pi? 
Because she’ll go on and on and on forever. 
Why are parallel lines so tragic if they have so much in common? 
It’s a shame they’ll never meet. 
Are monsters good at math? 
Not unless you Count Dracula. 
Did you hear about the mathematician who is afraid of negative numbers? 
They’d stop at nothing to avoid them. 
How do you stay warm in any room? 
Just huddle in the corner, where it’s always 90 degrees. 
Why is six afraid of seven? 
Because seven eight nine! 
Why did seven eat nine? 
Because you're supposed to eat 3 squared meals a day! 
Why does nobody talk to circles? 
Because there is no point. 
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Thankful for ... contributed by Cawas

Pithy Thoughts ... contributed by Neville

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