Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Bulletin 19 July, 2017 (Jul 18, 2017)

John Bishop

member photo

This week I had two reminders about the uncertainty of arrangements in life. The first was on Wednesday, my first meeting, when I was all geared up to welcome my old friend Peter Franks, who works as an industrial mediator. Peter succumbed to a major virus and according to his wife spent several days in bed with the cat and a heater. He was sufficiently ill that she slept in a separate room. Peter will come at another time.

We have had speakers fall over at the last moment, and occasionally some have just failed to turn up at all, so as a resilient club we were able to cope. Thanks to Darryl and Jane for quickly improvising an activity for us, and what a fascinating little session it turned out to be.

Guessing the identity of a member from an obscure fact each person has written about themselves is challenging. My personal favourite is “My nick name at school was Yin”. If you were old enough to remember the Gongs with the Yin-tong song from Spike Milligan it was easy. Not so if you didn’t.

My second reminder came from attending two funerals: one on Thursday of my brother in law’s mother in law. Actually, we knew her quite well. Kitty was a wonderful person in her church and with her grandchildren – which included our own when they were littlies. She was 87.

The second funeral was for a cousin. He was only 79, and I was called to speak. He had spent much of his life as a stock agent in Otago, and I recalled how, as a boy, I had gone out on farms with him docking, dagging and dipping sheep. He was special to me, and he was cut down by leukaemia too early.

John Bishop

Club President

Plucked from Disaster

Posted by Julian Bateson on Jul 22, 2017

This week, or is it last week now, the speaker we expected to turn up was ill and could not be at our meeting for his presentation. Before you move down to the next item, just hold on a moment. Darryl plucked victory from the impending disaster and suggested an idea which was accepted and handled almost expertly by Jane. The result was entertaining and informative. You should have been there.

We were all given a piece of paper and told to write on it something about us that no-one else at the club would know. We were then asked to hand them back and they were read out by Jane. The aim was to guess who the author was, which we did with varying degrees of success.

I had thought about crafting a story using these sentences or phrases, but the pay as substitute reporter does not cover my expenses for such a project. Instead, for those of you who were not there, I will give you all the chance to join in and make some guesses. I collected most of the bits of paper and have selected a dozen at random for those of you who like a challenge. The answers are at the bottom linked to the number.

This session was a reminder of what we can find out about the secret lives of club members. The question is − what do we not know about each other? We all still have our secrets.

1 My cat’s name is Tom Tom

2 I am a licensed scuba diver

3 I narrowly escaped arrest in a casino

4 Sang with the Fifth Dimension in Las Vegas

5 I had a conversation with the Duke of Edinburgh

6 I was introduced to (the same) Duke of Edinburgh as the youngest club member

7 I like to drive fast

8 My friend pierced my ears at age 13

9 I planted over 5,000 pine trees

10 I taught ballroom dancing

11 I had a racehorse which won eight races

12 I am a founder member of the Turoa ski club

Julian

Part-time, unpaid, substitute reporter

Friday Frolics

Join us for Friday Frolics at Restaurant 88

for a banquet feast

at 6pm on Friday 28 July 2017.

BYO

RSVP to Alan on marsden.consulting@xtra.co.nz

Wellington on a Plate 2017

Posted by Joy Durrant on Jul 08, 2017

WELLINGTON ON A PLATE LUNCH – SUNDAY 20^TH AUGUST – 12 NOON – BOULCOTT STREET BISTRO

A special lunch for Rotary Club of Port Nicholson members, family and friends. Lunch - two courses and one beverage (using the more extensive dinner menu). $55 per person (includes $10 donation to Rotary Foundation).

Main Course

Cook Strait crayfish in a tomato, cream and Cognac sauce with Prana Greens and sautéed broccolini with almonds

OR

Angus beef fillet with chicken liver parfait, sautéed spinach, Parkvale mushrooms portobello crumb and Arobake crouton with a red wine sauce.

VEGETARIAN OPTION AVAILABLE

Desert

Whittaker’s white chocolate and kiwifruit parfait, berry jelly vanilla custard in a meringue bun.

Beverages

Six Barrel Soda Celery tonic or Escarpment Chardonnay 2014 or Ata Rangi Crimson Pinot Noir 2015.

Bookings

joy@prosperity.co.nz or 021 620 557. Numbers limited. Thanks.

Monte Carlo

Old Coins Wanted

Posted by Rick Hughes on Jul 08, 2017

WANTED - YOUR OLD COINS !!!!

Do you have some old coins lying around ??

Most of us do as with recent changes to our coins we seem to accumulate old coins which can no longer be used but we can't quite bring ourselves to throw out. These coins still have value and can be cashed in at the Reserve Bank in exchange for the current issue.

Through our Pigs, waterfront piano and auction collections Port Nich has accumulated an amount of old coins and we are going to cash these in.

Do you have some old coins lying around and happy to add to our collection ? If so bring them in and either deposit in the Pigs or give to Chris or Rick.

Go have a look. Who knows what you may find at the bottom of your cupboard, sock draw or where ever you toss your coins !.

Rotary Symposium 2017

Every year, each Rotary International Director convenes a meeting of senior leaders in their Zone. This event, known as an Institute, provides an opportunity for past, present and incoming Rotary officers to share information, ideas and resources, build new connections and reacquaint with old friends, and exchange ideas about Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation.

A more recently added event, the Future Leaders Seminar, open to any Rotarian wanting to learn more about Rotary from a leadership perspective, also takes place in conjunction with Institute.

The combined New Zealand event in 2017 will be known as the Rotary Symposium and this year it’s doors will open to all Rotarians.”

There is a Leader’s Symposium as well.

Open to all to attend.

RI General Secretary John Hewko will be attending.

RI Director Noel Trevaskis as well.

Along with RI President Nominee (soon to be Elect) Sam Owori (who attended Deb Gimblett’s Conference in Foxton)

http://mailchi.mp/57acd860d2f2/rotary-symposium-newsletter-april-2289401?e=1eda79ece6

Rotary of the Move

Ideas to Strengthen Our Club

At our recent session John Bishop, our incoming President, encouraged us as member of Port Nicholson to be proud of our association with Rotary. We have a strong Club but can always improve by attracting new members and with that they comes new ideas and new commitment. ‘Rotary on the Move’ is circulated widely amongst Australian and New Zealand Rotarians. It is a monthly circular that has excellent articles.

One article states:

Clubs who are well organised attract members
Clubs who communicate well attract members
Clubs who develop strategic partnerships attract members
Clubs who understand that their 'clients' are their community attract members
Clubs who know their demographics attract members
Clubs who listen to their members and respond to their interests attract members
Clubs who have a great Public Relations /Marketing team attract members
Clubs who have effective programs attract members.

New ideas increase our desire to do more for our community through the time we give to serving others.

Please click HERE to view - download the ‘Rotary On The Move’ Newsletter for June 2017.

Funny of the Week

Note from Editor

Please can you email any stories for the bulletin to lindaw@waterford.co.nz by 5pm Friday

Rosters from 26
July 2017

Posted by Julie Hood on Jul 15, 2017

Dear Rotary Colleagues

I have received a number of requests to change the rosters due to other commitments which is par for the course for us all. Please check week to week as it can be a bit of a moving feast to keep up with, especially while I have my trainer wheels on. Change over, with new people coming into new roles has added an additional dimension.

Thanks for your patience.

Julie

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