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We certainly are grateful to the committee members for producing a fantastic lunch –
lamingtons, corned beef with white sauce, jacketed potatoes cooked in coals, vegies, damper
and Cockie’s Joy. Also, thanks to all who helped with serving and setting up.

I thought the trivia quiz was fantastic and, having won, was even more impressed with the prize
– especially the packet of Arnott’s Iced VoVos – ‘Baked for 150 years … a treasured biscuit
favourite…’

There’s a message here I’m telling myself as I grumpily make up protest banners to march on
Arnott’s. What I ate was not the same as I remembered (50yrs ago) – these bikkies are smaller,
the VoVo is the wrong colour, the icing is much thinner, the biscuit flavour is that of the
‘Custard Creams’, and even the cocky on the packet looks stupid! Everything about iced VoVos
had been compromised. These are cheap imitations of what once was my favourite!

Contrast this to that which was baked in friendship – Merilyn’s damper was as good as, if not
better than, any I’d tasted. Despite Ron’s anxiety, his corned meat was ‘spot on’ – the spuds,
perfect, and the lammies … ah, the memories; impossible now to be unhappy.

To heck with Arnott’s and the negative protest banners – let’s spread happy messages that
support our friendship force club and its basic ideals.

In friendship,
Mike McFarlane
President

Board Decisions

Board Meeting 16th January 2018
• Carol Harman and Judi Gordon are endorsed as joint Membership Secretaries
• Robyn McFarlane is endorsed as Publicity Officer
• The Board will recommend that members support the Conference motion from the Central
District to permit urgent motions to be dealt with electronically and will ask the members
present at the January general meeting to decide whether or not to support the motion from
Perth on the use of FFI domestic journey fees
• The Secretary and the Journey Mentor will consider the new Ambassador Application
form presented by the Northern District Field Representative and make recommendations
to the Board regarding its adoption
Board Meeting 6th February 2018
• Gillian Gosney will be the Host Co-ordinator for the Central Coast domestic journey

• The club will initially order 250 copies of the new membership brochure with a view to
printing more brochures if warranted
• Remaining general meetings for 2018 will be held at the Mooloolaba State School rather
than the Millwell Hall
• The club will adopt a new Ambassador Application Form designed by the Secretary and
the Journey Mentor
• All club badges (both pin and magnet types) will now cost $25 each. The membership fee
for the first year of membership will therefore be $60 including a badge

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