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Golden News
Volume 17, Number 13 - Monday 22 September
2003
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 other "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002 This Week's Meeting:
Our special guest this week is District Governor Jones Wong who, accompanied by other District officers, is making his official visit to KGM. All members are
asked to make a special effort to attend this meeting.
Milestones: There are no KGM members celebrating a
birthday this week. However the following members this
week celebrate the Anniversary of their induction into
KGM:
Leigh "Mr.
Kotter" Kennedy, who was inducted into KGM on 25 September
2002 (1 year)
"Tiny" Tim
Wong, who was inducted into KGM on 26 September 2001 (2
years)
PP M.V.
"Rambo" Ramadasan, who was inducted into KGM on 27
September 1989 (14 years)
Fellowship News:
Our old mate and KGM Fellowship Director PP "Butch" Cassidy Lam (a.k.a. Body Beautiful), apparently feels guilty about failing to keep The Phantom informed about upcoming fellowship events, so he's decided to mend his ways. Good Butch. The next KGM fellowship will be a BBQ Night to be held from 7:00 p.m.
on Saturday 1 November,
at the Panda Hotel, Tsuen Wan.
The cost is once again a very reasonable $200 per head,
and this includes a delicious selection of BBQ items, washed down
by an unlimited supply of beer and soft drinks.
Membership News - Reminder: KGM's lovely and talented Membership Director
Sonya "Good on ya" Wu has
launched a "Member-Get-Member"
campaign to encourage members to introduce new blood into KGM.
Check out the promotional
poster then download a referral
form then go find some new members, OK?
Vocational Service News:
KGM's effervescent Vocational Service Director Vincent "Bone Bender" Lam announces that he's organised for his pilot friend, John Russek, to give us a vocational service talk on the arts, sciences and mysteries of flying and being a commercial airline pilot. OK, so some of us are too old to become pilots (in fact most of us are even too old to join the Mile High Club), but that shouldn't stop you from attending what promises to be an interesting presentation of John's experiences. The presentation will take place at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, 27 October 2003
at Suite 1955 Regus Business Centre, One International Finance Centre, 1
Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong.
As most members know, the venue is the office of President Patricia "Iron Lady" Blair, who has graciously agreed to provide light refreshments (and possibly her personal rendition of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"), for all those who attend. Members interested in attending should contact Vincent by email. District 3450 News:
The District Governor's August newsletter is now
available for download from the District
website.
District Karaoke
Competition - Saturday, 18 October 2003 -
details
Rotary
International News:
1. Visit the RI
website to read how tens of
millions of Indian children were recently immunized
against Polio - details.
2. Visit the website of Rotary International President Jonathan Majiyagbe - details. 3. The 95th Rotary
International Convention will be held in Osaka from 23-26
May, 2004 - details..
Rotary Information: The Standard Rotary Club Constitution: Rotary International is the most territorial organization in the world. It exists in 150 countries and cuts across dozens of languages, political and social structures, customs, religions and traditions. How is it that all of the more than 27,000 Rotary clubs of the world operate in almost identical style? The primary answer is the Standard Rotary Club Constitution. One of the conditions to receive a charter to become a Rotary club is to accept the Standard Club Constitution, originally adopted in 1922. The Standard Club Constitution outlines administrative techniques for clubs to follow in holding weekly meetings, procedures for membership and classifications, conditions of attendance and payment of dues and other policies relating to public issues and political positions. This constitutional document provides the framework for all Rotary clubs in the world. When the Standard Club Constitution was accepted, it was agreed that all existing clubs could continue to follow their current constitution. Although most of those early clubs have subsequently endorsed the Standard Constitution, a few pre-1922 clubs still conduct their club affairs according to their former constitutional provisions. The Standard Club Constitution has to be considered one of the great strengths of Rotary to enable the organization to operate in so many thousands of communities. Ask The
Geek:
Dear Geek, Over the past few weeks, I've received a spate of email messages from Citibank, AOL, eBay and various other organisations asking me to update my personal information to avoid my account being cancelled. Are these requests legitimate? Yours truly, Concerned in Hooterville. Dear Concerned, It's very likely that
such requests are bogus, and I
urge that you do not respond to such
emails. There are numerous scams circulating around the
Internet each day, and many of these attempt to obtain your personal
details such as passwords or PIN numbers by pretending to be from a
legitimate source.
Who Am I?
What is the more common name of current day (Caucasian) Rap Artist Marshall Bruce Mathers III? Clue: 8 Mile. The answer appears at the bottom of this issue. Golden Smile: A drunken man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with
red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn
coat pocket.
He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few
minutes the man turned to the priest and asked," Excuse me, Father, but
what causes arthritis?"
The priest replied, "My Son, it's caused by loose
living, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, sleeping
around with prostitutes and a lack of personal hygiene."
The drunk muttered in response, "Well, I'll be damned,"
then he returned to his paper.
A few minutes late the priest, thinking about what he
had said, nudged the man and apologised. "I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to
come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?"
The drunk answered, "I don't, Father. I was just
reading here that the Pope does."
Stop Press: Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it
deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset
can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Quotable Quotes:
Isaac Asimov
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