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Editors RANT!

Spot the difference with these two logos!

Yes, this all yellow thing is supposed to be the new recognisable logo for our great organisa-

tion! WHY!!

This will mean huge cost to Rotarians & Rotary Clubs due to clothing, paperwork, banners etc, etc, having to be changed —— I understand that it probably cost some £10,000 (or dollars) for some overpaid ‘designer’ to come up with this radical design! - if that amount is correct;-

WHY??

This money could have supplied a huge amount of Polio vaccinations—it could have

The Rotary Club of

Swindon Phoenix District 1100 England

Bulletin (aptly named)

‘’The Birdy’ Issue number 80 Volume number 3 Number 15 of this Rotary Year

By email to all members of Swindon Phoenix Rotary Club, members of Foothill Highlands Rotary Club USA, Tappahannock

Rotary Club USA, and other selected Rotary Club Members in Australia, Indore and Bhopal India.

The comments expressed in this newsletter, if not credited to someone else, are the thoughts & opinions of the Editor and therefore may not

be the opinions of all the members of the Rotary Club of Swindon Phoenix.

Editor; Past President Peter Goldsworthy. P.H.F. Sapphire Editor; Past President Peter Goldsworthy. P.H.F. Sapphire Editor; Past President Peter Goldsworthy. P.H.F. Sapphire

Twice Winner of RIBI District 1100 Bulletin of the Year Twice Winner of RIBI District 1100 Bulletin of the Year Twice Winner of RIBI District 1100 Bulletin of the Year

WHAT A WASTE

OF OUR MONEY!

President Elect

P.P. David Coe

Secretary;

P.P. John Flanagan

Treasurer;

P.P. Tony Horn

PHF President

Peter Collis

PHF Sapphire

President Nominee

Rtn, Geoff Beale Immediate

Past President

Paul Parfrey

Next weeks host is Rotarian Tony Horn

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supplied a huge number of folk with Jaipur Limbs—it could have paid for loads of mosquito

nets or a stack of Shelter boxes—it would have been far better used by Rotary Foundation—

PLEASE don't tell me it wasn't charity money & that the money came from ‘a different pot’ —All

Rotary money comes in through the efforts of Rotarians around the world.

As the person who designed the brilliant Phoenix logo for this club, I probably would have done a better job or told them not to bother and either way would have DONATED THE (alleged) £10,000 TO Rotary Charities but to just change the logo to a gold colour (which won’t even show

up properly on a white background) is absolutely disgraceful)

Come on all you Assistant DG’s - DGs - past DGs & Rotarians in the UK - USA - India - Australia and Europe who read this Birdy —if you agree with me let the powers that be know of our feel-ings.

Whilst I am on this subject, just who was on the committee that gave permission to spend money on such a lame project, have they never heard of—

IF IT AIN’T BROKE DON’T FIX IT! Maybe they should put whatever it cost into Rotary Founda-tion out of their own pockets

I stress this is a personal view and as it says on the front of this epistle ‘the comments of the Editor may

not be the feelings of the whole of the Rotary Club of Swindon Phoenix.’

Yours sincerely; 32 years a member, now known as Angry of Swindon!

Golds! (Whew! got that off me chest!)

I will be delighted to print the comments that any of the Birdy readers have on this sub-

ject.

I am also sending this issue to the editor of the Rotary Magazine

in RIBI - so you could also send emails to; editor@ribi.org

YES

INDEED!

To those who are going this coming Sunday.

Our guests from CALM will be arriving from 11am

The weather is going to be OK (so the weather man says) & I am envisaging about 60 people of all ages (CALM & Rotary). If you have a kite in the garage or in the loft why not bring it along, there will be experts available to help you, in fact why not buy a new one, Argos have them from £10.00 to £20.00, Toys R Us have a good one at £12.99, there are probably more places around that sell them, it’s good fun & healthy, don’t forget we are aiming to give a

few hours enjoyment for some deserving families.

Foodwise, The Co-op at Wroughton have donated the Rolls (thank you Liam) we are buying the Sausages, Burgers,

Onions, Sauces & some cold drinks.

If you wish to bring a flask (thermos or hip) you are most welcome plus any more food that you may want to consume (or share). Think of this as an outdoor party, no money will pass hands

we are just aiming to have a good day out & put some smiles on people’s faces.

Assistance will be needed to drive the 2 BBQs & clear away at the end of the Kite Flying

at approx 2.30.

Finally,

Accesses to Barbury Country Park, The British Heart Foundation have their Half Marathon on

the same day.

If you live in Marlborough Road (as we do) you can only go east bound to Coate Water & then to-wards Marlborough turning right at the ESSO Filling Station at Chiseldon, then straight on in a

Wroughton direction where it’s signposted.

The Grumpy One

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A while ago now Rotarian Gail brought forward the opportunity for the Club to sponsor Lydiard Park Academy to the tune of £200.00 to give the four schoolhous- es a competition opportunity to raise money for charity to which the club happily agreed, here Gail explains the workings; Lydiard Park Academy is split up into four houses and each will be tasked to make as much money as they can from the initial stake of £50 donated by Phoenix Rotary. Outset, a local charity that run free courses for people that are looking to start up their own business is going to go into the school and give the students advice and help them draw up a business plan. Each house will choose a charity to which their profits will go to. The initial £50 stake money per house will transfer to the following years classes and therefore be an on-going project for the Academy It will be called the ‘Phoenix enterprise scheme.’ Gail adds;- I thought it may be an idea if we got them a trophy that could be presented to the winning house each year? What do u think? Gail xx Golds adds; I think a trophy will be a great idea too! If I get approval from the Club I will contact Vince Ayris for something suitable (I know Vince reads this Birdy too, y’know!)

Miscellaneous Club Items

Hi—Its that time of year again (Its Skittle time)

the 1st game is away at the Elliot at South Cerney for 7.30 on the 22nd Oct. We need 8 players its a very good fun night.

Thanks Andy (sports officer)

Andy,

I would like to be considered for selection for this first match. My recent training for the Swindon Half Marathon means I am lean, mean and a skittling machine.

Bizarrely enough, the Elliot in South Cerney is where I took Gina on our very first date (many years ago) - so it ob-viously is a lucky location for me.

When the going gets tough, the tough go skittling. Will there be chunky chips and sandwiches available on the night !!??

Geoff

Hi Andy

I'm available if selected. Nigel.

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Miscellaneous Club Items (cont.)

Hi All

As you know, President Peter is supporting Prostate Cancer Charities this year and to help raise funds to-wards this, he has asked for the club members to get engaged in MOVEMBER 2013. (Ladies please read on.....)

I briefly mentioned this at Club on Wednesday evening, and have now attached a sponsor form and a poster to help you get those much needed sponsorships in supporting you growing your facial hair for the month of November. (the male model has given his approval......please read on)

President Peter will kick this off as of the last club meeting of October (Wed 30th) and will be asking you all the come along on the 20th November when we have a partners night and a guest speaker from U-Care who will be speaking about Prostate Cancer, as the there will be a prize for the best dressed beard and/or moustache and for the person who has raised the most sponsorship.....:-)

But LADIES, you haven't got away with it yet, we don't expect you to participate, and wouldn't want you too, but please pass this onto any male friends you have and get them to participate. You can bring them along on the 20th (for £16) or just bring a vali- dated photo of their manly growth and they can be in-cluded in the competition.

Lets make this fun fun fun !!!!! YEAH!

Thanks in advance for your support to President Pete and Jan.

Paul Parfrey Immediate Past President

Looking at the difference in

these pictures -maybe the lady

Rotarians won’t want to come

to Rotary meetings

in November, Paul!

Golds!

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Emails in since last issue ref; THAT ten pin bowling result!

Hang on a minute, I was the fastest bowler with 11.64mph!Typical Flan!

Regards, Elliott Causton

This needs to be sorted I have spoken to the world governing tin pin bowling company my time stands Elliott through his bowl and did not even hit a pin my time was 11.14 and I got a STRIKE ALL 10 pins down!!!!!! I rest my case. John

And to rub salt into the wounds…he’s my Rotary

mentor! Elliott Causton

Due to matters beyond the Editors control the

Club meeting notes this week will be reported as

soon as possible.

Editor

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WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE

Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Af-

ghan conflict.

She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the op-pressive Taliban regime the women now seem happy to maintain the old custom.

Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?."

The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said, "Land mines."

Moral of the story: no matter what language you speak or where you go, behind every man there's a smart woman

Thanks Lillian in Oz

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to? A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.. Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people? A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army. Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do? A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth. Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant? A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant? Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they? A. Charley Weaver: His feet. Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed? A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh

Thanks the Slippers

Jokes

‘on the w

ing’

At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, 'Do you un-derstand what coop-eration is? What a

team is?' The little boy nodded in the affirmative.

'Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?'

The little boy nodded 'yes'.

'So,' the coach continued, 'I'm sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the um-pire, or call him a pecker-head, di*khead or a**hole. Do you under-stand all that? '

The little boy nodded 'yes' again.

He continued, 'And when I take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play too, it's not good sportsmanship to call your coach "a dumb ass or sh*thead" is it?'

The little boy shook his head 'NO'.

'GOOD', said the coach . . . 'Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother!

WONDERFULLY BRITISH !

English Stiff Upper Lip On a train from London to Man-chester an Australian was berating the Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment. "You English are too stuffy. You set yourselves apart too much. You think your stiff upper lip makes you above the rest of us. Look at me... I'm ME! I have Italian blood, Greek blood, a little Irish blood, and some Aborigi-ne blood. What do you say to that ?" The Englishman replied, "Awfully

sporting of your mother, old chap!"

Thanks Lillian in OZ for both of

these

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The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of

service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to

encourage and foster:

1)The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for

service;

2) High ethical standards in business and professions, the

recognition of the worthiness of all useful

occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation

as an opportunity to serve society;

3) The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s

personal, business, and community life;

4) The advancement of international understanding, goodwill,

and peace through a world fellowship of business and profes-

sional persons united in the ideal of service.

(It is not usual to read the numbers aloud when reciting the object)

That’s all Folks !- but remember, we are t he Rotary Club of

the 21st Century

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12th October Pamper Day at Drove 13th October Kite flying with calm organiser Peter Newson 2nd November Polo ground Lions fire-works supper with Peter & Jenny 1st December Our 2nd Santa Run

11th December Phoenix Christmas Party Guests VERY welcome

22nd Jan Burns Night

22 March Feb ? Vintage Evening dance Link Centre Swindon 23rd Feb linked with the 2 Wootton Bassett R.C’s 5k run for Polio Eradica-tion April 5th Know Your Blood Pressure Day

29th JUNE OUR 2nd DRAGON BOAT RACE

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