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From the Editor
The most important item in this Bulletin is a reminder that there is no meeting at the Commonwealth Club this week. Rather, we are meeting online, with the Zoom link being:
 
Michael will kindly open up the meeting space at 12 noon to enable social interaction ahead of the 12:30 pm formal start.
 
Save the date!
And the second most important item is the following “save the date” announcement of our changeover dinner:
 
You are cordially invited
to the Annual Changeover Dinner Celebration
of the
Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin
to be held on Thursday 22 June at 7.00pm
Venue: Saffron Restaurant, 31 Kennedy Street , Kingston, (SW side) ph 62958839.
Price $60 ph. BYOG with some wine provided on table.
 
Past President Andrea and the Board, together with the Incoming Committee, hope you can join them at this special event on Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 7.00pm.
 
Partners and friends of Rotary who may be interested in our Club are most welcome. Many Friends have participated in Club meetings and activities this year and we welcome them to our Changeover Dinner.
 
The Annual Changeover is an important social occasion to celebrate our accomplishments, thank the 2022-23 Board and hear about plans for the coming year.
 
We will also raise funds to support a forthcoming camp for Ukrainian children boarding with families in Poland, which has been organized by our friends in the Warsaw Rotary Club.
 
Let’s hear about plans to meet these challenges in 2023-24.
There will be an AUCTION of an electric bike worth about $700 and a RAFFLE.
 
See you there,
Past President and the Board, 2023
 
A formal invitation with prepayment details will be sent out on 5 June.
 
Last week’s meeting
Acting President Michael and Dame Annette
Last Thursday the New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, HE Dame Annette King, kindly hosted an informal gathering of Club members and spouses at her official residence. She spoke briefly to the gathering about the High Commission’s engagement with the Club, noting the Peace Bell provided the setting for commemorating significant events, including the Christchurch earthquake and mosque shootings.
 
In his response, Acting President Michael Rabey thanked Dame Annette for hosting the gathering and for her engagement with the Club, including having spoken to formal meetings in the past. He noted the idea of a Peace Bell for Canberra had come from his visiting the Peace Bell in Christchurch and realising that Canberra was an appropriate location for a Peace Bell. All present enjoyed the evening, as is evident from the photos of the evening.
Stephen McMillan
Next meeting
 
The next meeting is a Zoom meeting (link above). We’ll be having a discussion about the new meeting format.
 
Duty Roster
Date
25 May
1 June
8 June
15 June
Door
 
Ross Brown
Ross Brown
Ross Brown
Open meeting; introduce President; and Toast to Rotary
Bill Andrews
Keith Gray
Sally Goodspeed
Monica Garrett
Thank speaker and write up for Bulletin
Judy Raymond
Juris Jakovics
Astrida Upitis
John Little
If you are not able to perform your allocated duty, please arrange a replacement and advise Acting President Michael. Please advise Stephen of any planned absences to avoid being rostered on while away.
 
To think about …
Why does a round pizza come in a square box? 
What disease did cured ham actually have? 
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? 
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up every two hours? 
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV? 
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? 
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway... 
Why are 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural? 
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs! 
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? 
Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? 
Why did you just try singing the two songs above? 
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? 
Why, Why, Why Do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead? 
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money? 
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? 
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? 
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him? 
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? 
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what colour bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? 
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? 
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? 
Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? 
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
Eric Carmody
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