Visitors: Casey Hayes, Kat Macmillan
President Lynda
Thanked everyone for Changeover and reminded us that the 1st female rotary president Jennifer Jones new Moto – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Birthdays & Anniversaries – Happy Birthday to Wayne Shadbolt – 22 Jun (70th)
Indeevar Duhan – 27 Jun
Ron Fyfe – 27 Jun
-Rotary Year Wayne Shadbolt – 24 years!
Dan Allen0Gordon – 12 years
John Carlson – 19 years
Paul Belcaster – 7 years
James Ross - 24 years!
Committee Updates:
Director Club Services & Membership - Dean Thompson
Good line up of speakers, although new speakers may have to wait as booked two months in advance. Committee members have been assigned responsibilities – Rhonda – Fellowship, Mary – Club Welfare, Dean – Speakers, Jim – Roster Duties, Henry – Movie night and Gin night.
Open day expo was also successful, so would be good to review and do again.
Discussion to be organized around Treasured Art for next year, and the club project list is being drawn up.
Director International Service - Glenis
Glenis started by showing us her very fine ‘quilt’ that is to be raffled off for ‘Threads Across the Pacific”. The committee are also involved in The Vanuatu School Library program & clothing.
We learnt that ROMAC stands for Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children, which organise specialist medical treatment in NZ and Australia. A young girl from Tonga may go to Canberra for her treatment.
Finally the committee also organise the fund raiser ‘Guess who is coming for dinner” which goes towards Shelterbox.
Director New Generations – Indeevar Duhan
The Committee are trying to restart the year for their many youth programs.
These include Interact, - who are trying to bring in Papamoa High to the fold.
The RYPEN Camp is now booked for the 17th-19th March. RYLA is looking for nominations and the committee has applied for a $4K grant for Outward Bound.
Sanjana is also working to develop a social media strategy.
Director Environment Committee - Michele Beaton/John Carlson
The committee has engaged a superb sign writer (aka John) to fix the Sea Socks sign. There have been lots of successful events with Students for the environment, Buddy’s planting day and on the 9th July there will be the K-Valley planting day.
Talk to Wayne for the list.
Also the K Valley bait lines have been well feed by the rodents and bait has been replenished.
Director Community Service - Shiv Thammalla
Short on time, so Shiv updated us on the Shorts 4 Hospice Appeal and recommended to wear shorts on the 8th July.
Kathy – Changeover reminder – If you could please pay for your drinks for Changeover lunch if you haven’t already.
Mary O’Sullivan
Guest Speaker 22nd July - Max Whitehead
The revolutionary change to work as we knew it.
Two years of Covid has and is, accelerating the change to work dynamic exponentially.
Technology has and is, changing the concept of work. (IT Robotic drones)
Fair Pay: How our Government laws are taking us back into the dark ages.
What the future of work will look like. (Eion Musk)
Sergeant Session: Dean Thompson
Dean told a story about the problems of travel these days. The Koru Lounge in Wellington had burnt the toast, so all the traveller had to wait out on the tarmac!
Parting thought: Stephen Dorrington
‘It’s not easy being green!’ – Kermit the Frog
Beatrice Tinsley (née Hill) was a New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist who made remarkable discoveries about the evolution of galaxies. She was English-born but raised in New Plymouth, and later studied at Canterbury University College. In 1963 Beatrice and her husband, also a physicist, left for the United States, where academic opportunities were greater.
