19th July 2024
Welcome–from President First meeting as president for Indeever and he enjoyed it going 15 minutes longer than planned
Sustainability Talk: None today. The future and form of this segment was discussed.
Guest Speaker –
An active Club assembly occurred.
We discussed the 4 objectives (Pillars) for the year.
- Boost the membership
- All members bring 1 guest/yr
- Bring an interesting speaker.
- Expanding our reach
- Social media
- Charities from out of town that we can assist
- Repeat the Living Library
- Know what our club has done in our community in the past.
- Corporates to sponsor an employee member.
- Increase our Impact.
- Consider the cost of being a member-coffee club instead
- Bring fantastic speakers
- Personal responsibility
- Increase our reach
- Op shop hop- a bus tour around the op shops.
- Bring a friend
- Award for the most new members introduced
- Increase or adaptability
- Use like buttons
- More signage at events
- Get beck freshness through youths. Perhaps they come once a month
- Contact kids we have helped in the past, Rypen, Interact etc
Comments on Sustainability talks.
- Short with impact
- Personal accounts are best
Notices & Announcements
Notice One – Drop for youth: Dan encouraged us to participate as the Graeme Dingle Foundation need 100 participants. If sponsors are difficult to find, try give a little
Notice Two – Bay Conservation Alliance have a Social media seminar. See Michelle if interested.
Notice three- Clara has been well looked after by the members over the holidays. As a result of her personal growth, her mother has offered to host a visiting Waikato exchange student.
Notice four- Le Quesnoy Rotary Club Banner presented by Warren
Notice five- Kerri played duelling grandchildren with Barry F. 3 mins for Nanny to set fire to the hospital and daughter to give birth- great family effort.
Notice six- Chris Dever is the Chair of the Omokoroa Community Board
Raffle: The vino was won by Rosalie
Sergeant at Arms – Graeme Cornes who focussed on airline travel tips.
- Put a coloured ribbon on your bag
- Take note of the plane exits and toilets before you sit.
- Put books and things in the seat pocket before you sit.
- Go to the toilet while on the ground
- Complain about heavy bags being loaded in the overhead racks. They need to go into the hold or on the floor.
- Order snacks on your screen
- “Waiting for paperwork” is code for a screwup…. Don’t be fooled.
Parting Thought from : Les
Who dares wins, who sweats wins, who plans wins,
