Golden
News
Volume 13 - Number 27 - 10th
January, 2000.
The weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile, Hong Kong.
Web site: www.rckgm.org
Last Week's Meeting - 5th January
2000.
According to our beloved President Ram "Bo", an anonymous
member of KGM has REPEATEDLY asked him to ask me to include the actual
date of "Last Week's Meeting" in each issue of Golden News because they are
obviously confused about how KGM operates.
OK, whoever you are, I know this may be an extremely
difficult concept for you to grasp, but please try to follow. KGM meets every
Wednesday. The Golden News is published every Monday. With me so far ?
Hence it therefore follows that when I refer to "Last Week's
Meeting" in THIS issue of Golden News (dated 10th January, 2000), it
means the meeting held last Wednesday, 5th January 2000. Still having a problem
? OK, just dial 1-800-IMA DOPE and ask Bozo The Clown to explain it. Tell him
Grumpy sent you. Sheesh.
Anyway, in the absence of a scheduled speaker, we were
fortunate last week (Wednesday 5th January, 2000) to have the Royal Danish
Consul-General for Hong Kong, Rtn. Jens Peder Jensen, a member of the RC of Hong
Kong, give us an informative talk about Denmark (anonymous please note - Danish
means "from Denmark", a country in Scandinavia NOT a sticky bun).
Now where the hell are my happy pills ?
Message from The
President:
Due to the length of the regular
columns in this week's Golden News, there is insufficient space to include the
latest broadcast from our beloved President.
However KGM members will receive a
second (unedited) e-mail broadcast from me, on behalf of the President,
immediately after this issue of Golden News.
Prospective New
Member:
The Membership Committee
and the Board of Directors have approved an application for Active membership
proposed by Mazhar Sultana in favour of Mr. Mukesh Dayaram,
Director of H.Daya International Company Limited. The membership
classification which is being loaned is "Manufacturing -
Jackets".
Any club member who wishes
to lodge an objection to this proposal is required to do so in writing to the
Club Secretary within 7 days from the date of this notice (i.e. on or
before 17 January, 2000), setting out the reasons for their
objection.
If no objections are
received within the specified period (and subject to payment of the ruling
joining fees), Mr. Dayaram may be inducted as an Active member of KGM
on or after 19 January, 2000.
Recently Departed
Members:
1) Bert Van Vuurde, who is
now living in Europe.
2) Bhagwan Khemlani,
due to an inability to satisfy his attendance obligations in the
foreseeable future.
We wish both gentleman well, and we hope they
will consider re-joining KGM if and when circumstances permit.
Attendance - Shame On
Us:
Well folks, I am
disappointed to report that things are not getting any better, and your Board is
very concerned.
Our attendance recorded so
far this year was July 55 %, August 66% September 64%, October 63%, November
51%, which gives KGM a woeful year-to-date average attendance of
59%.
Frankly folks, this is just
not good enough, and we need to take immediate steps to rectify this situation.
If you cannot attend
regular meetings of KGM, please do a "make-up" at another club in District 3450
or overseas. Full details of where and when you can effect "make-ups" are
available under "Rotary Links" on the KGM web site.
When you first joined KGM,
you made a commitment to maintain your attendance at a level of not less than
60%, but our records show that we have some members who are barely achieving 25%
in recent months.
You need to be brutally
honest with yourself and with the club. If you think you really cannot improve
your attendance in the foreseeable future, perhaps you should consider resigning
from the club until your situation improves. We hate to lose members, but the
alternative of having members whom we never see is no less
palatable.
Your Board has exercised
considerable tolerance, patience and understanding in recent months, but they
cannot allow this situation to continue indefinitely. Rotary is a service club,
and your attendance is an essential part of your commitment to
Rotary.
Welcome
Committee:
I STILL have no idea who is
supposed to be on duty this week, nor do I know who is in town at the
moment, so it's exactly the same deal as last week folks.
Would the first 2
members who arrive at the hotel this Wednesday kindly assume the task ?
Thank You.
This Week's
Speaker: Ms. Penny Smith
Topic: Riding For The
Disabled
This Week's Birthday
Celebrants:
For the second time this year we
have no birthday celebrants at KGM.
Next Fellowship Event:
Indian Night !
Yes folks, it's on again !!! Our exceedingly generous
Indian members have once again graciously offered to host what has arguably
been the most fun fellowship on the KGM calendar for the past few years:
Time and date: 7:30 p.m. (Indian
time), 22 January 2000.
Venue: The Viceroy of India
Restaurant, Sun Hung Kai Centre, Wanchai North, Hong Kong.
Cost: ZIP (unless you are an
Indian, in which case your share is a truck load of rupees).
VOLUNTEER REQUIRED: As your
erstwhile Bulletin Editor will not be able to attend this Indian Night due to
his overseas travel commitments, a volunteer photographer(s) will be required
for the evening, preferably those with a digital camera.
If you would like to assist, please DO NOT e-mail photographs
to me. Simply transfer your images in JPG, GIF or BMP format to a floppy
diskette and pass the diskette to President Ram. Selected images will be
uploaded to the KGM web site, with credit given to the contributing
photographer(s).
Forthcoming Club and District
Events:
(1) 25-27 February 2000 - Rotary
International Presidential Conference, Regent Hotel, Hong Kong.
This is a prestigious event in the Rotary Calendar which will
be attended by Rotary International President Carlo Ravizza and many other RI
dignitaries. This event commences on the evening of Friday 25 February,
comprises a whole day session on Saturday 26 February and concludes with a
half-day session on Sunday 27 February.
The registration fee is US$175 (HK$1,365) per person
however, in an effort to support DG Dipo, your Board of Directors have agreed
that the KGM General Fund will fully subsidise up to twenty (20) members of
KGM to attend this important event. Members who are willing and able to
attend not less than 60% of this event are
invited to register their interest with President Ram.
Members who register but who subsequently fail to attend will
be expected to reimburse the registration fee to KGM.
(2) 27-29 February 2000 - RC of Paranaque
25th Anniversary, Manila.
Due to the conflict of this event with the RI Presidential
Conference above, a small delegation of four members lead by PP Vince "It's A
Rotten Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" Pinto will represent KGM in
Manila at this event, with all costs borne individually by those
attending.
KGM Web Site:
Other than adding New Year graphics and a "Last Updated"
indicator at the top of the page, there have been no dramatic changes
lately at the KGM web site.
Nonetheless, your Webmaster still believes the KGM web site
remains the most advanced, comprehensive and regularly updated club web site in
District 3450, and it has proven to be an excellent communications tool and
reference point.
However if any member has any positive suggestions on how we
can further improve the web site, please do not hesitate to contact the
Webmaster at
pinto@selpro.com.hk
Cool Internet Sites Of The
Week:
http://www.laughnet.net/ is an ADULT humour intensive web site.
Note that some items range from risqué to, well, very bold !
Quote Of The Week:
"To get something done, a committee should consist of three
people, two of whom are always absent."
Unknown author.
Joke Of The Week:
After parking his BMW, the yuppie driver started alight from
his car, when suddenly another car came along and hit the door, ripping it
completely off.
When the police arrived at the scene, the yuppie was
complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.
"Officer, look what they've done to my beautiful BMW,"
he complained.
"You yuppies are so materialistic, you make me sick" retorted
the officer. "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even
notice your arm was ripped off !!!"
"Oh my God" replied the yuppie "Where's my Rolex
??"
The
Phantom