This week saw us meet at the Bendigo Sports and Entertainment Centre for the first of our cluster meetings. There will be 2 allocated meetings per year to be organised jointly by 2 clubs. This year it was Bendigo South and Bendigo Sandhurst organising the meeting.
Big thanks Ray and John for being on the committee and to Evelyn for supporting them with the booking and payment process.
The meeting was a Foundation meeting and the 2 guest speakers were Rotary Peace Scholar Alumni – Superintendent Charles Allen and Inspector Russell Patten.
Both men were very passionate about promoting peace and spoke about the project they instigated (along with other community groups, Rotary Clubs and the Victoria Police) in Dandenong with the Sudanese community to engage the youth and change destructive behaviours.
From this project there are now other programs developing. They spoke about the importance of understanding the conflict before strategies can be put in place to resolve it.
They also gave some insight into what is required of a Rotary Peace Scholar and their experiences and learnings.
Next Tuesday is our next fellowship night at Pat’s pub, so come along for a catch-up, chat and/or meal. Remember, family and friends are welcome.
The AGM will take place at our meeting next week prior to Club Forum. The audited Financial Report is on Club Runner for everyone to read before next week.
Have a great week. Cheers, Cathie
DIRECT FROM THE OCTOBER BOARD MINUTES. THE FOLLOWING DATES THERE WILL BE NO MEETINGS AT BRIT.
24/12/2014 (Christmas Eve)
31/12/2014 (Christmas break)
28/01/2015 (Replaced by Australia Day Event)
We will resume on Wednesday 7th January with a BBQ at Lake Weeroona.
Early Bird entry fees for next year,s conference close on Monday 15th December 2014 please visit the website, for speakers, booking forms, Accommodation and tours.
From Thomas Cook Holidays - listing some of the guest's complaints during the season.
1. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."
2. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned
3. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all."
4. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."
6. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the "do not disturb" sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.
7. "The beach was too sandy."
8. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."
9. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.
10. "Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."
11. "We bought' Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros ($7.00) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."
12. "No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
13. "There was no egg slicer in the apartment..."
14. "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish..."
15. "The roads were uneven.."
16. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."
17. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
18. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?"
19. "There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners '-- now -- live abroad'."
20. "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
21. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."
22. "I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite."
