Newsletter No. 28 - February 2019
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President's Report
Tony Coote President
Hi Fellow Members. We are off to a flying start with lots of activities happening. We had record attendance at golf on 1st February at Muirfield (20 people including 3 ladies). Then 14 people for 10 pin bowling on 15th February. 44 people went to Lunch after the General Meeting in January, and that’s a record! 33 people came to Brunch at the Glenorie Bakery on Australia Day.
The TAFE Dinner in March was booked out in less than 24 hours! As the weather cools down a little bit, other activities including Day Trips, Walking and Cycling are getting under way. We have two theatre nights in February. Other groups including Books, Investment, Gardening and Movies are all well attended. Its all happening folks!
On Sunday 17th, 7 of us went along to Barefoot Bowls at Baulkham Hills. Morrie and Fran were great hosts and great teachers. Lunch at the bistro was good value, and after bowls a drink in the bar area where there was even a musician playing and singing. I’ll be going again!
Ian and Jeanette Roberts travelled to Tamworth for the Country Music Festival in late January and have come back with all the info to plan a January 2020 trip. You will need to get in early as places will be limited. More information at the February Meeting.
Your committee welcomes your feedback and ideas. Speak to any of the committee members or me personally and we will work with you to improve our club and implement new ideas.
Hi Fellow Members. We are off to a flying start with lots of activities happening. We had record attendance at golf on 1st February at Muirfield (20 people including 3 ladies). Then 14 people for 10 pin bowling on 15th February. 44 people went to Lunch after the General Meeting in January, and that’s a record! 33 people came to Brunch at the Glenorie Bakery on Australia Day.
The TAFE Dinner in March was booked out in less than 24 hours! As the weather cools down a little bit, other activities including Day Trips, Walking and Cycling are getting under way. We have two theatre nights in February. Other groups including Books, Investment, Gardening and Movies are all well attended. Its all happening folks!
On Sunday 17th, 7 of us went along to Barefoot Bowls at Baulkham Hills. Morrie and Fran were great hosts and great teachers. Lunch at the bistro was good value, and after bowls a drink in the bar area where there was even a musician playing and singing. I’ll be going again!
Ian and Jeanette Roberts travelled to Tamworth for the Country Music Festival in late January and have come back with all the info to plan a January 2020 trip. You will need to get in early as places will be limited. More information at the February Meeting.
Your committee welcomes your feedback and ideas. Speak to any of the committee members or me personally and we will work with you to improve our club and implement new ideas.
Your Probus Club needs you!
Sorry to keep banging on about it, but we only have a few days left to get nominations in for Committee Positions for the 2019/2020 Probus Year. Only a couple of nomination forms have been received so far.
Please contact one of your committee members to register your interest and discuss leadership opportunities in our club.
Come along and join in as many activities as you can. Enjoy your Probus Club!
Tony
Sorry to keep banging on about it, but we only have a few days left to get nominations in for Committee Positions for the 2019/2020 Probus Year. Only a couple of nomination forms have been received so far.
Please contact one of your committee members to register your interest and discuss leadership opportunities in our club.
Come along and join in as many activities as you can. Enjoy your Probus Club!
Tony
Secretarial
Correspondence In
Received an email from PSPL informing us there were new selections to the board.
“I am pleased to advise that the Nominating Selection Committees have selected Mrs Judith Maestracci AM of the Probus Club of Indooroopilly as the Representative Member/Director for Queensland and Mr Bruce Morley of the Probus Club of Mount Waverley as the Representative Member/Director for Victoria and Tasmania.”
Correspondence Out
None
Cathy Turner - Secretary
Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)
Received an email from PSPL informing us there were new selections to the board.
“I am pleased to advise that the Nominating Selection Committees have selected Mrs Judith Maestracci AM of the Probus Club of Indooroopilly as the Representative Member/Director for Queensland and Mr Bruce Morley of the Probus Club of Mount Waverley as the Representative Member/Director for Victoria and Tasmania.”
Correspondence Out
None
Cathy Turner - Secretary
Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)
Treasurer
Treasurer’s Report - February 2019
General Account for January 2019
Opening Cash Balance 1-Jan-19 $5,968.96
Total Deposits Activity paid to general in error
Payments -$41.97
Closing Cash Balance as at 31-Jan-19 $5,996.99
Activities Account for January 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Jan-19 $4,630.47
Total Deposits $3,234.00 various activities
Payments -$1,130.60 Jesus Christ Superstar
Closing Cash Balance as at 31-Dec-18 $6,733.87
Activities as at 14-Feb-19: Receipts Expense Balance
Fiddler Irish $765.00 $0.00 $765.
Bobbin Head $330.00 $0.00 $330.00
TAFE Ryde $1,085.00 $0.00 $1,085.00
Jesus Christ Superstar $1,128.00 $1,130.60 -$2.60 Closed
Hollies $2,358.00 $2,198.00 $160.00
Blue Mountains $4,000.00 $0.00 $4,000.00
Human Nature $5,040.00 $4,487.60 $552.40
Madame Tussauds $28.00 $0.00 $28.00 Refund
Surplus $418.5
Bank Balance: $7,336.37
We haven’t written any cheques since last report, so bank balances equal cash balances.
Bob Davison - Treasurer
15th February 2019
General Account for January 2019
Opening Cash Balance 1-Jan-19 $5,968.96
Total Deposits Activity paid to general in error
Payments -$41.97
Closing Cash Balance as at 31-Jan-19 $5,996.99
Activities Account for January 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Jan-19 $4,630.47
Total Deposits $3,234.00 various activities
Payments -$1,130.60 Jesus Christ Superstar
Closing Cash Balance as at 31-Dec-18 $6,733.87
Activities as at 14-Feb-19: Receipts Expense Balance
Fiddler Irish $765.00 $0.00 $765.
Bobbin Head $330.00 $0.00 $330.00
TAFE Ryde $1,085.00 $0.00 $1,085.00
Jesus Christ Superstar $1,128.00 $1,130.60 -$2.60 Closed
Hollies $2,358.00 $2,198.00 $160.00
Blue Mountains $4,000.00 $0.00 $4,000.00
Human Nature $5,040.00 $4,487.60 $552.40
Madame Tussauds $28.00 $0.00 $28.00 Refund
Surplus $418.5
Bank Balance: $7,336.37
We haven’t written any cheques since last report, so bank balances equal cash balances.
Bob Davison - Treasurer
15th February 2019
Membership
Please remember to notify the membership officers Lynne Henderson or Kim Nichols if you will be absent for an extended period of time, or if your personal details change.
For any membership issues please contact Lynne or Kim or please email the Membership Officer at wphdprobus.membership@gmail.com
Lynne Henderson & Kim Nichols – Membership Officers
For any membership issues please contact Lynne or Kim or please email the Membership Officer at wphdprobus.membership@gmail.com
Lynne Henderson & Kim Nichols – Membership Officers
Guest Speaker - Dr Howard Brady - The Climate Debate Is A Mess!!
Dr Howard Thomas Brady was a Catholic Priest and also a qualified scientist. His science career developed while he was the Catholic US Navy chaplain to the McMurdo and South Pole Stations for two Antarctic summers in the 1970s. The scientific work expanded, and Howard ended up doing 5 trips south (4 to Antarctica and one to Macquarie Island);
As a scientist and geologist Howard specialised in microscopic fossils, Howard was a site geologist for the first rock drill holes in Antarctica (the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land), the first hole ever drilled into the ocean floor off pack ice in Antarctica, and the first hole drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf (not far from where Scott died).Howard also did field work in the Transantarctic Mountains and published on Ross Ice Shelf salt deposits.
In 2011 Howard was awarded the Alumnus Scientist of the Year by Northern Illinois University for his contributions to Antarctic science. The first time this award was given to an Australian.
Howard entered civilian life in the late 1970s and in 1988 founded a small oil company that explored for oil and gas in Papua New Guinea and Queensland. Howard returned to Academic life in 2005 -2011. When examining sea level problems along the coast of NSW he expanded that interest to a complete examination of the climate debate which he found full of exaggerations on all sides; both alarmist and sceptic.
The result of this research was a book: Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate. The book explained as clearly as possible in a popular way the problems in the climate debate. The debate is actually quite complex and not simple matter of examining rising Carbon dioxide levels.
Howard is currently in the CO2 Coalition in the USA founded by Pro Will Happer of Princeton. Howard is also a Member of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Howard currently lives in Canberra with his wife Geraldine. They have 4 children.
More information about Howard, the book Mirrors and Mazes, and Howard’s YouTube talks can be found on the website:
(Website: http//www.mirrorsandmazes.com.au)
As a scientist and geologist Howard specialised in microscopic fossils, Howard was a site geologist for the first rock drill holes in Antarctica (the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land), the first hole ever drilled into the ocean floor off pack ice in Antarctica, and the first hole drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf (not far from where Scott died).Howard also did field work in the Transantarctic Mountains and published on Ross Ice Shelf salt deposits.
In 2011 Howard was awarded the Alumnus Scientist of the Year by Northern Illinois University for his contributions to Antarctic science. The first time this award was given to an Australian.
Howard entered civilian life in the late 1970s and in 1988 founded a small oil company that explored for oil and gas in Papua New Guinea and Queensland. Howard returned to Academic life in 2005 -2011. When examining sea level problems along the coast of NSW he expanded that interest to a complete examination of the climate debate which he found full of exaggerations on all sides; both alarmist and sceptic.
The result of this research was a book: Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate. The book explained as clearly as possible in a popular way the problems in the climate debate. The debate is actually quite complex and not simple matter of examining rising Carbon dioxide levels.
Howard is currently in the CO2 Coalition in the USA founded by Pro Will Happer of Princeton. Howard is also a Member of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Howard currently lives in Canberra with his wife Geraldine. They have 4 children.
More information about Howard, the book Mirrors and Mazes, and Howard’s YouTube talks can be found on the website:
(Website: http//www.mirrorsandmazes.com.au)
Sue Hackett & Donna Fraser
Welfare
Being a member of our Probus Club fills a gap for us retirees. It gives us a sense of purpose and community. Please take advantage of your club and its activities. It’s a great opportunity to socialise, and getting out and about will make you feel good.
It is important, as members of Probus that we care for the welfare of one another. Anyone with information about an illness, bereavement, physical disability or hardship affecting a member please advise me, in order for me to make contact and offer companionship and support. I’m available any time for a chat or a coffee.
Please be assured that all information provided will remain completely confidential.
Terry Ridge is assisting with welfare. He is another point of contact and will be available if I am absent from the club.
Marilyn Savic – Welfare Officer
It is important, as members of Probus that we care for the welfare of one another. Anyone with information about an illness, bereavement, physical disability or hardship affecting a member please advise me, in order for me to make contact and offer companionship and support. I’m available any time for a chat or a coffee.
Please be assured that all information provided will remain completely confidential.
Terry Ridge is assisting with welfare. He is another point of contact and will be available if I am absent from the club.
Marilyn Savic – Welfare Officer
