Rotary Club of Port Nicholson
Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Bulletin 24 May 2018

President's Message

Denver report
 
I attended the Mile High Rotary Club of Denver which meets on a Wednesday morning in the University Club, a short walk from downtown Denver.
It’s got about 60 members, and a similar gender balance to our own with a mixture of middle aged professionals and retirees. They were the friendliest and most welcoming bunch of people I have ever met at a Rotary Club anywhere in the world.
They were so pleased that I had made the effort to come to their club. I was one of four guests that morning; the others were all local and two of them were checking it out as prospective members.
The meeting proceeded with the usual chit chat over coffee and juice, and the President welcomed us.  The introduction was by a guy reporting on a recent community service activity. They had taken about 20 amputee veterans white water rafting and canoeing, and they loved it. Club members are about to do the same excursion as a fundraiser.
We are all still standing at this point and the guests were all invited to introduce themselves. Then came the pledge of allegiance (which is standard in American clubs) and we helped ourselves to a buffet breakfast – shredded potato, scrambled eggs and bacon with fruit and yoghurt. Not a whole lot different from our breakfast except that we serve it hotter and we include toast.
There were club announcements and then the guest speaker, a guy who ran a commercial real estate company who spoke about the co-sharing spaces that his company had on offer in the new commercial areas of town.
Quite interesting as I had visited some of the areas he was talking about, but if I may offer a small criticism it was a lengthy (perhaps overly lengthy) commercial for his company.
No matter. I gleaned some info that I may be able to use for a story I have in mind about the city. I stayed behind and chatted to a few members. It is amazing how many of the group had visited NZ or had friends or relatives there.
One woman told me her sister had retired to Te Puke; another said her brother and his wife (both doctors) had gone to live in Palmerston North. I said I was sorry. She had visited them and knew exactly what I meant!
The show started at 7am (as we do) and finished at 8.30 (again as we do), but I noticed a few slipping away before that (as we do).
 
John Bishop
 
 
 
John Bishop - President
 

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Club Forum
 
The Forum was held at the club meeting on 21 May 2018 and was introduced by Beverly Wells, the future president of the club.
 
The initial part of the meeting covered Bev”s vision for her presidency in 2018-2019. She addressed many of her ideas for the club including the Wellington waterfront and how to make it predator free and have pest control. Other projects included the growth of leadership in the community, working with youth in areas such as Rotaract and Interact and raising the awareness of Rotary’. She also spoke of the continuation of existing projects and the need for further gender and ethnicity members.
 
Many members also spoke at the Forum. Steve Lawton spoke of his engagement with Ryla and the need for younger members, and also how the attendance at the Monday morning meetings was much lower than the previous Wednesday morning meetings and how we should be looking for possible Friday morning meetings.Yon Yi spoke of politics and having friends at Frank Kitts Park. Bill Day spoke about the importance of having guest speakers and their potential influence on people attending the meetings although Darryl Ross stated there was little support from club members for political speakers.. Geoff Smith spoke of the importance of having people visit the breakfast meetings and Howard Tong indicated the engagement from having committee meetings with the breakfast meetings. Mike Salvadori spoke of the relation with Rotaract etc and the attraction for meeting younger members.
 
Rick Hughes spoke about partnering with other projects, Paula Smith spoke about the selection of board members, joy Durrant spoke about Ryla and the youth focus and the input into charities. Bev mentioned the waterfront again and the possibility of having police input if required. Dawn Sanders discussed the role of getting new members and helping the older people and gaining new female members.
 
A very interesting and informative meeting.
 
Ed Hamilton.
 
Club Reporter
Funnies

 
 
Upcoming Events
Rotary tree planting in Tawa
Tawa Bush Reserve
Jun 10, 2018
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
 
Tree Planting Day
Tawa Bush Reserve
Jun 10, 2018
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
 
Interact Movie Fundraiser - Oceans 8
Jun 21, 2018
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Port Nicholson Rotary Board Meeting
Waterford Security
Jun 25, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Club Changeover
Foxglove
Jul 02, 2018
5:30 PM – 8:42 PM
 
Speakers
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 AM
Jun 11, 2018 7:00 AM
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SUNDAY 27TH MAY 10.00 A.M.
PINK RIBBON BREAKFAST
SUPPORT US IN BREAST CANCER MONTH
 
Breakfast provided by and at Joy’s
Donations go to Breast Cancer Research
If and/or another would like to donate/attend
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Interact Fund raiser “Oceans 8” Thursday June 21st
 
 
The Port Nicholson Interact Club are holding a fund raiser to raise monies for Dementia Wellington on Thursday June 21st. 
 
Join us at a special screening of “Oceans 8” at the Penthouse Cinema, 205 Ohiro Road, Brooklyn at 5.30pm for 6pm. The price is only $18 and includes a raffle ticket.
You can book either individually or a  group. The google form to book tickets
 
 
Let’s support our Interact Club as they host this very worthwhile fundraiser. 
 
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Tree Planting

As part of the District's goal of planting a tree for every club member, the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson have teamed up with The Friends of Tawas Bush Reserves to plant trees at the Tawa Bush Reserve on  Sunday June 10th 1:30 p.m.
 
The plan is to have an afternoon starting with a picnic lunch (BYO) and then to do some tree planting.  Afterwards we could do a short walk to admire ours and previous planting in the area, and Interact and Rotaract members are welcome to take part.
 
If you would like to take part, please contact Lisa King (lisakingaling@gmail.com), who is on the committee of The Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves, and coordinating the Club’s participation.
 
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