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DESCRIPTION:31 May Meeting at the Wellington Club Speaker: Guy Ryan Guy wil
 l be bringing new CEO\, Devon Murphy-Davids as a guest Guy Ryan founded In
 spiring Stories in 2011. Guy is an Edmund Hillary Fellow\, and was awarded
  Young New Zealander of the Year in 2015. Guy has led Inspiring Stories si
 nce inception\, including the development of our big Festival for the Futu
 re\, the Future Leaders programme\, The Impact Awards\, and Inspiring Spea
 kers. Guy will be talking to us on "Providing a platform to promote young 
 people doing great things"   Guy grew up in Granity – a tiny town on th
 e West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. After finishing High School 
 his passion for adventure and surfing took him to Otago University\, where
  he completed a double degree in Commerce and Design\, and then a Masters 
 in Science Communication. It was at University he discovered his passion f
 or entrepreneurship – from trying to build tech company\, to creating an
  adventure festival\, to co-founding a film production company and winning
  international awards for filmmaking. In 2010 he co-directed and produced 
 a film called Carving the Future\, a 25-minute documentary about four youn
 g New Zealanders taking action on climate change and environmental issues.
  The film won Platinum Best Film at the Colorado International Film Festiv
 al\, was one of three finalists in the world for the BBC’s Best Newcomer
  Award\, and was a finalist for Best New Zealand Film at Reel Earth. Build
 ing on the lessons of previous ventures and the success of the film Carvin
 g the Future\, Guy founded Inspiring Stories in 2011\, initially winning a
  ‘World of Difference’ scholarship from the Vodafone New Zealand Found
 ation. The next few years would become a whirlwind adventure of developing
  and testing programmes\, partnerships\, and building the organisation int
 o the phenomenal force it is today. Looking forward to seeing you all at t
 he meeeting.   Notes for the coming weeks meeting: RSVP no later than Mo
 nday 29 May 5pm (best do it now). Please make sure you register to assis
 t the Wellington Club staff. If you have any dietary requirments please 
 note them in the comments section of the registration Include your email a
 ddress and mobile phone number in the response If you wish to bring guests
 /spouse/partner\, please add them when you register Remember to click "Sav
 e" at the bottom of the page If you do not recieve a confirmation immedia
 tely after you have registered\, you have not completed the process. Check
  the bulletin to see if you have been rostered for a duty at the meeting. 
  
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LOCATION:Wellington Club
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Rotary Meeting 31 May 2023
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 eeting at the Wellington Club</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="text
 -align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 205)\;"><strong><span st
 yle="font-size: 20px\;">Speaker: Guy Ryan</span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p
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 oto\, sans-serif\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Guy will be bringing new CEO\,
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 ze: 18px\;">Guy Ryan founded Inspiring Stories in 2011. Guy is an Edmund H
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 e inception\, including the development of our big Festival for the Future
 \, the Future Leaders programme\, The Impact Awards\, and Inspiring Speake
 rs.</span></span></em></h2>\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong><sp
 an style="font-size: 18px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\,
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  promote young people doing great things&quot\;</span></span></strong></p>
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 ;a tiny town on the West Coast of New Zealand&rsquo\;s South Island. After
  finishing High School his passion for adventure and surfing took him to <
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 \, where he completed a double degree in Commerce and Design\, and then a 
 Masters in Science Communication. It was at University he discovered his p
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 y and winning international awards for filmmaking.</span></span></span></d
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 ung New Zealanders taking action on climate change and environmental issue
 s. The film won Platinum Best Film at the Colorado International Film Fest
 ival\, was one of three finalists in the world for the BBC&rsquo\;s Best N
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  letter-spacing: 0.7px\; text-align: center\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Bui
 lding on the lessons of previous ventures and the success of the film Carv
 ing the Future\, Guy founded Inspiring Stories in 2011\, initially winning
  a &lsquo\;World of Difference&rsquo\; scholarship from the </span><a href
 ="https://foundation.vodafone.co.nz/" style="letter-spacing: 0.7px\; backg
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 center\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Vodafone New Zealand Foundation</a><span
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 tter-spacing: 0.7px\; text-align: center\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">. The 
 next few years would become a whirlwind adventure of developing and testin
 g programmes\, partnerships\, and building the organisation into the pheno
 menal force it is today.</span></div>\n\n<p><span style="font-size: 14px\;
 ">Looking forward to seeing you all at the meeeting.</span></p>\n\n<p>&nbs
 p\;</p>\n\n<p><strong style="color: rgb(255\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 14px\;">
 Notes for the coming weeks meeting:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style
 ="font-size: 14px\;">RSVP no later than&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(255\
 , 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Monday 29 May 5pm&nbsp\;</strong></span>(best do it no
 w).&nbsp\;<strong>Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington C
 lub staff.</strong></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size: 14px\;">If y
 ou have&nbsp\;<strong>any dietary requirments</strong>&nbsp\;please note t
 hem in the comments section of the registration</span></li>\n	<li><span st
 yle="font-size: 14px\;">Include your email address and mobile phone number
  in the response</span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size: 14px\;">If you 
 wish to bring guests/spouse/partner\, please add them when you register</s
 pan></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong>Remember to click 
 &quot\;Save&quot\;</strong>&nbsp\;at the bottom of the page</span></li>\n	
 <li><span style="font-size: 14px\;">If you do not recieve a confirmation i
 mmediately after you have registered\, you have not completed the process.
 </span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size: 14px\;">Check the bulletin to s
 ee if you have been rostered for a duty at the meeting.</span></li>\n</ul>
 \n
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