Today the following tasks were performed my Matt/Emile/Sam/Bill:
• Karcher'd one pile of soiled carpet, they are now drying in the den.
• Installed two smaller speakers as placeholders for new ones
• Sorted books from flood
I probably have tuberculosis from the fine mist of vaporised river mud now, so I will make arrangements with matt for my last will. Bill can witness.
We still need to clean the other piles, so if you are free tomorrow please organise it among yourselves. I'm pretty sure Chris has a Karcher himself.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
XXXX Tour - 27/05/2009
Present:
Squires - Sam Ludinski (organiser), Kerry Marnane, Iain Laing, Emile Victor, Matthew Ray.
Rover Advisor - Chris Goninon
At the 5:45pm all arrived at the Den, bar Chris Goninon, who met us at the Milton XXXX factory. We all then travelled up the hill to the 385 stop to catch the bus to Roma St. Station, and to then catch the train from Roma St. to Milton station. Following the travel, we arrived right on the dot at the XXXX factory (a punctual lot, we are!).
The factory commenced at around 6:15pm, opening with some history of the factory, which lasted around 15 minutes. Following this, we were taken for a tour through the factory, where we saw both the employees and the machinery hard at work, filling and creating countless cans (and bottles) of beer. There was quite a bit of spillage on the ground floor too! It's a wonder the workers don't get pulled up for drink driving (even if they don't intentionally consume any)! We also found out that Tooheys Extra Dry and Hahn Superdry beer was made at the XXXX factory.
After the tour, we were given a drink card that allowed us 4 free drinks from the bar (for those of age), including one glass of XXX Sparkling Beer (that's right, triple X, not four X). Sam and Emile quite enjoyed the Carbine Stout (which, as well as the XXX, was exclusive to this particular bar), while Kerry and Iain favoured the XXX (yeah, Kerry drank beer!). With our drinks, we had ordered three lots of XXXX-Beer-Battered Chips, which tasted even better than expected (not just a side-effect of the beer, that's for sure!).
Following the drinks, and the food, we all trudged off back to the train station and commenced our journey home.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Den Claen Up
ANYWAY, thanks Jon, Chris (goninoninininin x5) and Stephen for turning up on the Saturday to help out, it's a shame you couldn't have put in a bit of time this afternoon as well, as we could have got a lot more done.
Jobs that have been done:
Stripping up the carpet and cleaning the floor (even though some mud was trudged back in by workers)
Getting rid of now-useless furniture
Washed the lower shelves of the kitchen, as well as the stuff that was on said shelves
Jobs to be done:
Recarpet (if we want to - do you really wanna risk it flooding again?)
Organise the stuff behind the couches etc. so that it's similar to how it was before the flood
Put things that are currently drying away (such as books, smaller plastics that were washed up, etc.)
Sorting out pots and pans in the Rover Q-Store that may be waterlogged - there are also nuts and bolts in there that will be rusting.
And look, there's probably more to add to both lists, but that's what i can think of at the moment. I've also put some tiny speakers people can plug their ipods into in the den. They really are pretty shit, but at least it's something.
Sam.
PS: If you see Russ around, make sure you thank him for all the work he has done to help me and the other guys with sorting out the Rover den yesterday.
PPS: In a way this has been good - as strange as that may sound - we now know where certain things around the kitchen are :)
Jobs that have been done:
Stripping up the carpet and cleaning the floor (even though some mud was trudged back in by workers)
Getting rid of now-useless furniture
Washed the lower shelves of the kitchen, as well as the stuff that was on said shelves
Jobs to be done:
Recarpet (if we want to - do you really wanna risk it flooding again?)
Organise the stuff behind the couches etc. so that it's similar to how it was before the flood
Put things that are currently drying away (such as books, smaller plastics that were washed up, etc.)
Sorting out pots and pans in the Rover Q-Store that may be waterlogged - there are also nuts and bolts in there that will be rusting.
And look, there's probably more to add to both lists, but that's what i can think of at the moment. I've also put some tiny speakers people can plug their ipods into in the den. They really are pretty shit, but at least it's something.
Sam.
PS: If you see Russ around, make sure you thank him for all the work he has done to help me and the other guys with sorting out the Rover den yesterday.
PPS: In a way this has been good - as strange as that may sound - we now know where certain things around the kitchen are :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Operation: Cadbury Fundraiser
The freddo frogs have arrived, hoorah!
What:
There are twelve boxes worth of cadbury goods to be sold but there's
8 carrier boxes the non-freddo goods (i.e. timeouts, cherry ripes
nougat logs and summer rolls) have been added to each carrier box.
That means there's around 1 box for each family. I think it's best that we only sell one box
each to begin with to see how long it takes for them to sell as - other than the fact that
we are all very busy - I've spoken to some people already in the business who say that
they're selling at a steady but not-as-fast-as-they-could-or-should-be rate.
Prices:
The unit selling price is $1.20 (including time outs, crunchies, cherry ripes etc.). Inside each
carrier box is an envelope for the money made and details for you to fill out. Once you've sold
as many as you can within the next 28 days then that envelope is to be sealed and returned to
me along with the freddoes that didn't make it. :(
Implications of this operation for the Crew:
We're expected to make around $360.00 from this drive which really shouldn't be that hard to do.
Once Cadbury have been paid their $360 we can bank ours and use $240 to return Owen's money
which leaves us with $100.
If this is a successful operation and people are still keen to fund raise this way then we shall do it again
and sell more boxes. But i'll see the full details for the maximum you can sell with Cadbury and how
often you can do it.
Tips For Selling:
The site has some good tips for selling them http://www.fundraising.com.au
One idea is to give the box to you're parents who can sell it at work (which is what i plan to do) and
they seem to sell quite well there. But i'm sure most of you have a good idea of what do, if not have
already done it before.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Cadbury need to be paid 28 days after today so i'll need the money back before than as
well as a tally of the freddoes and other goods you sold but i'll know what you originally had in your boxes anyway.
(Obviously this is important as the boxes have to be mixed for variety.)
I've got a tally sheet to keep a record of sales and money made. Could everyone please send
me their telephone numbers so i can ring you if necessary before the due date of Monday the 8th of June.
To make things easier, it'd be great if you could bring the money and unsold goods the thursday we meet
that is Thursday the 4th of June. Otherwise get i'll need the day before that Monday.
If there are any problems please give me a ring or email me.
They shall be ready to be collected at the den this thursday.
-Jon
What:
There are twelve boxes worth of cadbury goods to be sold but there's
8 carrier boxes the non-freddo goods (i.e. timeouts, cherry ripes
nougat logs and summer rolls) have been added to each carrier box.
That means there's around 1 box for each family. I think it's best that we only sell one box
each to begin with to see how long it takes for them to sell as - other than the fact that
we are all very busy - I've spoken to some people already in the business who say that
they're selling at a steady but not-as-fast-as-they-could-or-should-be rate.
Prices:
The unit selling price is $1.20 (including time outs, crunchies, cherry ripes etc.). Inside each
carrier box is an envelope for the money made and details for you to fill out. Once you've sold
as many as you can within the next 28 days then that envelope is to be sealed and returned to
me along with the freddoes that didn't make it. :(
Implications of this operation for the Crew:
We're expected to make around $360.00 from this drive which really shouldn't be that hard to do.
Once Cadbury have been paid their $360 we can bank ours and use $240 to return Owen's money
which leaves us with $100.
If this is a successful operation and people are still keen to fund raise this way then we shall do it again
and sell more boxes. But i'll see the full details for the maximum you can sell with Cadbury and how
often you can do it.
Tips For Selling:
The site has some good tips for selling them http://www.fundraising.com.au
One idea is to give the box to you're parents who can sell it at work (which is what i plan to do) and
they seem to sell quite well there. But i'm sure most of you have a good idea of what do, if not have
already done it before.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Cadbury need to be paid 28 days after today so i'll need the money back before than as
well as a tally of the freddoes and other goods you sold but i'll know what you originally had in your boxes anyway.
(Obviously this is important as the boxes have to be mixed for variety.)
I've got a tally sheet to keep a record of sales and money made. Could everyone please send
me their telephone numbers so i can ring you if necessary before the due date of Monday the 8th of June.
To make things easier, it'd be great if you could bring the money and unsold goods the thursday we meet
that is Thursday the 4th of June. Otherwise get i'll need the day before that Monday.
If there are any problems please give me a ring or email me.
They shall be ready to be collected at the den this thursday.
-Jon
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
VenMX 2009
Just a follow up on VenMX for those who were unable to be there; the weekend was a great experience which we will be repeating in 2010. Stephen E was first on scene when a venturer dislocated his knee an hour from a checkpoint. He radioed into Bivouac (VenMX/Army lingo for base camp) to let them know of the situation. Matthew and Kerry were soon there as well with ambulance paramedics. We ended up evacuating the venturer by helicopter after first aid. I'd particularly like to congratulate Stephen in particular for some cool blooded professionalism when first radioing in the emergency.
Kerry MC'd the bonfire on sunday night, which was a great success. All rovers were involved in skits, firelighting and other small tasks on the night.
Apart from that little experience, the leaders on the hike were very pleased to have our presence, and it was also a PR coup for us with the venturers. Our venturers in particular, who cleaned out the hike, winning almost every trophy.
Cheers, and thanks to everyone involved, including Bron & Mark for making our venturer team so successful.
Emile Victor
Kerry MC'd the bonfire on sunday night, which was a great success. All rovers were involved in skits, firelighting and other small tasks on the night.
Apart from that little experience, the leaders on the hike were very pleased to have our presence, and it was also a PR coup for us with the venturers. Our venturers in particular, who cleaned out the hike, winning almost every trophy.
Cheers, and thanks to everyone involved, including Bron & Mark for making our venturer team so successful.
Emile Victor
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