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Golden News
Volume 18, Number 8 - Monday 23 August
2004
The official bulletin of the Rotary
Club of Kowloon Golden Mile is published
most Mondays and is distributed to all club members, District officials and to "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002 Visit our award winning website Also see our Cellular WAP Sites: http://tagtag.com/rckgm & http://tagtag.com/d3450 This Week's Meeting:
Our guest speaker this week is Ms. Susan Fan who will be speaking to us
about "Family Planning".
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From
Under The Kitchen Sink: Our spy in the Holiday Inn
kitchen, Vincent "You Want Fries With That?"
Lam, informs us that this week's fare is Japanese food namely double boiled black
mushroom consommé with pearls of vegetables, teppanyaki rolls of chicken
with garlic and spring onion accompanied by soba noodles and vegetable
tempura OR peppered tofu burger with Japanese fried rice, ending with iced
sticky rice ball with green tea ice-cream and fruit coulis, coffee or
tea.
Milestones: Birthday
greetings for: 26 August to Sonya "Good On Ya" Wu, who shares her birthday with actor Macaulay Culkin from the "Home Alone" movies. Aaaarrrggghhh. ++++++
KGM Induction Anniversary greetings to:
Nobody, because there are no KGM members
this week celebrating an induction anniversary
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Member update:
We regret to advise that Phil Stockton has resigned from KGM. We're
not quite sure why, but it had something to do with the position of the
Moon and global warming. In any case, we wish Phil and his lovely wife
Mich every happiness, and we hope they will return to the fold one day in
the future.
From President Silva: On the afternoon of Thursday 19 August, a gang of four, namely PP Vince, IPP Patricia, VP David and I, paid a visit to DG Alex's office, where AG Wendy was also in attendance. First of all, DG kindly explained that he
would like to make our meeting more effective and focus on
the needs of Clubs as well as District. Yet, he will of course visit
our club in due course. He put up a challenge that in his visit to our
club he expects more questions to be raised to him from members. We
extended to DG Alex a warm welcome to visit KGM on any Wednesday of his
choosing.
We had a nice discussion on all areas from
Club business to District matters. We express our concerns on issues such
as District support to individual club; avoid fund raising competition;
challenges of retaining members and so on. For members
who travel often to the PRC, DG Alex reminded us that there is going to be
a District "Cyber Rotary Club", which not only to keep them in Rotary
activities and hopefully in the future to develop more clubs on the
mainland.
On program he suggests to us if there is a
prominent speaker, President then may invite other Presidents District is
going to recognition to outstanding Rotarians and put it in
newspaper.
DG accepted PP Vince’s comments on
the traditional format of having District Conference. With our club’s
experience of “Letterman” style, he likes this kind of ideas and would
consider similar way to enlighten the future district
conference.
Also, the more we share our Cleft lip
project with RC Paranaque, DG even further suggest to bring this into
district level together with Philippines and give help to children with
cleft lip in China. VP David will be investigating the
possibilities.
For our Interactors, he suggests we take
them with us to our schools in China and invite them to assist the
students as teachers of English. We also share with DG our Board had a
discussion on the possibilities of having potential Rotaractors to be
members of KGM by giving a certain amount of subsidies.
On the whole, the meeting went on well and
participants speak openly with respect and we all treasured such a good
opportunity.
Fellowship News:
See messages from Vincent Lam, which are sent separately. Fund-Raising News - Repeat:  Our old mate and KGM Vice-President David "DJ" Harilela has secured a supply of
promotional music CDs, which include an eclectic mix of songs from
well-known artists such as David Bowie, Sarah Brightman, Atomic Kitten,
Enigma, and Hong Kong's very own Danny Diaz.The CDs were originally sold by the FCC for
$50 each with all proceeds
going to the Po Leung Kuk, however the supply which David secured sell to
KGM members for the same price but 50% of the
proceeds can be retained by KGM for our Community Service
projects.
The CDs are excellent
value, and include a postcard depicting Hong Kong's
nightlife, so they would make excellent gifts for visitors to Hong Kong,
as well as gifts for friends, relatives and business associates
overseas.
David usually brings a small supply with him to each
regular meeting, however KGM members interested in reserving copies are
urged to contact David's efficient assistant "Amazing" Grace by email
ASAP, before they're gone.
District 3450 News & Events:
Upcoming District
events:
Rotary
International News:
Repeat: The
RI Centennial Convention will
be held from Saturday 18 June
2005 in Chicago - information.
Repeat: An appeal for funds to help purchase
RI Founder Paul Harris' home
in Chicago - information.
Repeat: Read about the new RI President's "Four Emphases" during
his presidency - here.
Repeat: Download your personal copy of
"Rotary World" - here. Repeat: Order the Rotary Centennial book online - here Rotary Information: Campaigning Prohibited: One of the interesting (but often ignored in District 3450) bylaws of Rotary International provides that “no Rotarian shall campaign, canvass, or electioneer for elective position in Rotary International.” This provision includes the office of district
governor, Rotary International director, RI president, and
various elected committees. The Rotary policy prohibits the circulation of
brochures, literature, or letters by a candidate or by anyone on behalf of
such a candidate.
After a Rotarian has
indicated an intention to be a candidate for one of the elective Rotary
offices, he or she must refrain from speaking engagements, appearances, or
publicity that could reasonably be construed as furthering his or her
candidacy. The only information that may be sent to clubs relating to
candidates for an elective position is that which is officially
distributed by the general secretary of RI (or
the District Secretariat)..
A Rotarian who becomes a
candidate for an elective position, such as district governor or RI director, must avoid
any action that would be interpreted as giving him or her an unfair
advantage over other candidates. Failure to comply with these provisions
prohibiting campaigning could result in the disqualification of the
candidate. In Rotary, it is
believed that a Rotarian's record of service and qualifications for office
stand on their own and do not require publicity or special
promotion.
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Golden Smile: Contributed by Leigh "Kee"
Kennedy who apparently owns an intelligent donkey:
Smart Ass Answer
#5:
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate
to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the
ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a
beat .... she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket not your
stub."
Smart Ass Answer
#4:
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the
grocery store, but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She
asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy
replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."
Smart Ass Answer
#3:
The cop got out of his car and the kid who was
stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for
you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as
fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the
kid on his way without a ticket.
Smart Ass Answer
#2:
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign
comes up that reads, "Low Bridge Ahead." Before he knows it, the
bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars
are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out
of his car and walks up to the truck driver, puts his hands on his
hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was
delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."
And the overall winner is -
Smart Ass Answer #1
A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final
exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here
tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury
or illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other
excuses whatsoever!"
A student at the back of the room raised his hand
and asked, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from
complete and utter sexual exhaustion?"
The entire class is reduced to laughter and
snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles knowingly at the
student, shakes her head and sweetly says "Well, I guess you'd have to
write the exam with your other hand."
Quotable Quotes:
"A man never tells you anything until you contradict
him".
George Bernard Shaw Bumper Sticker Of The Week: If you want to save the bumper sticker for use in email or on a website, put your mouse pointer over the top, right-click, and select "Save Picture As". The
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