President Elect Hazel opened the meeting, and
PP Chris Curtis extended a warm welcome to Jay Allen, Pip Paul, Amanda to hearty acclamation.
PE Hazel wants volunteers for BBQ on NationalTree Day on the 30th July.
Rtn Robyn
Fellowship opportunity at Annual Ball 9th Sept. Tickets $225 per head. Lee Sales MC
Next, Moulin Rouge. Then Wizard of Oz. got 20 tickets Fri 2nd Feb $89 per ticket, featuring Anthony Warlow.
Pay Robyn as need bulk bookings. Robyn thanked for doing an excellent job in organising us.
PP Chris Curtis
Indonesian festival reminder.
PP Jenny
Sally Southam going great after leg operation.
PP Tania
Thursday 10am visit to Jim Holmes for his presentation.
Dues going out this week. The Centurion package is optional. [Did I hear John Norris say "oh yeah"?!]
Sergeant PP John Palmer
Applications must be in within fiveweeks, the 7th of August, for community grants. Any groups you can think of please come forward. The group must contribute up to $20,000 for up to a $20,000 grant - total maximum of $40,000. The organisation must be (a) Not for profit, (b) have an ABN and (c) be in the N Syd electorate. Trent Zimmerman is aiming for larger amounts this year.
E mail PP John, to suggest charities who could use the funds. First up, best dressed.
Fines [Scribe approximating the whole truth]
Cross Fines
Tom Grozier fined ex Queenslander John Palmer for being a Maroon. No, editor Bob, that's MAroon, not mOroon. Unabashed, John cheerfully predicts another decade of Maroon dominance.
Thanks PE Hazel for the delicious dessert. Will Harry up the ante?
GUEST SPEAKER
Jay Allen - melanoma
Jay's inspiring talk took us through a personal Melanoma crisis, recovery, and a determination to "give back" to the organisation that saved his life. He told us that Australia/NZ have jointly 5 times the melanoma that has been reported in the whole of the USA. That means that we have over 100 times the incidence here per capita. He stated that the hole in the ozone layer in Antipodes is far more severe than Northern countries.
[Scribe: the complete ozone layer is about the thickness of a Formica table top. When depleted by fluorocarbons - as in supposedly banned refrigerant and aerosol propellants - it becomes paper thin! sometimes completely perforated. If the deterioration continues, we will all need to walk around in space suits to avoid cancer].
His journey has taken him everywhere, from long-distance fund raising walks, seeing a millionaire donate $50m, to seeing a "miracle" smart-drug brought to light that completely cures widespread cancers by targeting tumours and stifling their blood supply, causing tumour death. Even liver and brain cancers originating as melanoma are susceptible. Astounding science fiction brought to life - and an Aussie invention!
Melanomas can occur on skin that does not receive much sun exposure.
The general warning is that one bad sunburn in early life means that you need an annual examination for early warning.
Forget about tanning up - too dangerous these days.
Questions: I am approaching 80YO and got sunburnt regularly as a kid. I have had no problems. Ans: different times, intact ozone layer then. No refrigerators, let alone fluorocarbon refrigerant gas.
Sunscreen as prevention? No firm evidence so not yet recommended.
PP Phil Dudgeon
Thanks for an enlightening talk. Your dedication is plain to see and your cause is a worthy one that benefits all of us.
PE Hazel closed the meeting at 8.15, to cheerful applause.
23 Attendees 21 Rotarians 3 Apologies