Rotaract Quiz night, Wellington Club, Tuesday 17 August
See below for some comments and photos
President
Dr Marc Rands
COVID Lockdown update
Kia ora,
I hope club members have settled comfortably into their COVID lockdown routines. We will be planning an on-line club meeting at 5pm on Wednesday, on the assumption that we will still be in lockdown, and Louise will be circulating the web link to join in.
I hope to see you there!
Club profile: Lindsay Chitty
Graduated Veterinarian from Massey University 1970. Have worked in General Veterinary Practice, Reproductive Technology, Veterinary Supply Management, and Systems Audit & Compliance. Foundation shareholder of VetEnt Group (21 towns in New Zealand), and now retired from regular employment. I joined the Huntly Rotary Club 3rd May 1976 when I became the Club’s youngest member, transferring to the Rotary Club of Otorohanga in 1981. I have held every position at Club level in Otorohanga except Secretary, including Treasurer for a number of years and President. I have been a Trustee of several Rotary Trusts. My only District level activity has been Secretary of the District 9930 Hamilton Conference.
Rotary in New Zealand’s Centenary year:
News item from New Zealand 100 years ago:
Waikato times, 25 August 2021: Antarctic Exploration. Shackleton’s voyage of discovery. A 30,000 miles trip. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous Antarctic explorer, will leave London at the end of August on a new voyage of discovery, covering, in all, about 30,000 miles. Little known islands of the Atlantic and Pacific and the uncharted seas of the South Pole will be visited.
As your Board representative for liaison with Rotary District 9940, Marc has asked me to update you on District activities. I thought before I do this, and for the sake of our newer members, I would explain exactly what District 9940 is and how we fit into the Rotary organisation.
In New Zealand we are part of what is known as Rotary Zone 8. Zone 8 encompasses all the Clubs in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Islands etc). Within Zone 8 there are 27 districts of which 9940 is responsible for the Lower North Island of New Zealand from Inglewood and New Plymouth to Wellington including the Kapiti Coast, Ohakune, and the Wairarapa etc. In total we have about 50 Clubs and some 1500 Rotarians in our District.
District 9940 is headed by a District Governor, DG (Mark Wheeler) under which is the District Executive made up of the immediate past DG, DG elect and DG nominee, the district Treasurer, Secretary and Vice Governor.
From here it gets a little complicated as we get into the District Officers, Directors, and committees heads of which there are 40. Under which we have 34 committees from Innovative Young Minds to Youth Protection, ROMAC, Public Image, Learning and Development etc.
Our Club is well represented throughout the organisation with Brent, Bill, Joy, Peter, Linda, Anne, John, Paula, Howard, and me, serving or heading one committee or other. If I have inadvertently missed someone out, I apologise.
I hope this explains in rudimentary terms what District 9940 is and our place in Rotary. If it feels a little top heavy, I will agree. However, a reorganisation is being planned and I will expand on this in future articles.
Rotary District 9940 Liaison
David
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Rotaract Quiz Night
Wellington Club
Tuesday 17 August
Congratulations to Rotaract for organising a most enjoyable evening just before we all went into Lockdown. The Wellington Club's dining room was full with table of 6 or 8 and a good collection of Port Nicholson Rotary Club members were in attendance. Sadly none of our tables made it to the top two teams!! Our Hayley Burns did a wonderful job as Quiz master.
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VISA WELLINGTON ON A PLATE
Members’ lunch Saturday 4th September
12.30 pm
One80 Restaurant
Copthorne Hotel
Oriental Bay
The Wellywood Thali
A selection of tapa-style dishes including various
housemade Indian thali delicacies, showcasing different regions
of India with dishes that include lamb, chicken,
dal vada,
Laccha paratha, vegetables, pickle, padpad, raita and sweets,
Using Lot Eight Olive Oil, Gelissimo Gelato and
Schoc Chocolates.
$40 per person includes a glass of bubbles on arrival.
Pop in your diary.
Please register through the Clubrunner invitation that you have been sent.
"Wellington Free Ambulance are holding its annual Onesies fundraiser on
Thursday 2 September
and are crying out for a little bit of help with looking after some of the collection points. In particular help is needed with the Lambton Quay/CBD North and CBD South/Eastern Suburbs where they have a larger number of collection site.
Onesies this year is shooting to raise $250,000 to help with the purchase of a new ambulance.
If you or anyone you know can help out and spare a couple of hours please sign up on the attached link -click here.
It will be greatly appreciated and help make a difference "
We have been invited to the Robinson Research Institute , Gracefield, to
view the work they are currently undertaking on superconductive space
thrusters as presented by Jakub Glowaki at our meeting some weeks ago.
A ClubRunnerinvitation has been sent out for those interested.
Depending on the Lockdown situation this visit may not take place this week
The visit will be on Thursday 26th August.
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Funnies!!
This is clever read the titles from left to right
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Rotary Learning & Information 101
Wellington: September 5, 2021
Avalon Fire Station
955 High St, Lower Hutt
Topic
Detail
Timing
Warm up/Intro to the programme
Meet the other participants, what would you like to know
9.00 -9.30
My Rotary World
How Rotary is organised and how can that help you and your club
9.30 – 10.15
Engaging members
In what ways can you help grow the club
10.15 – 10.45
Morning tea
Mix and Mingle
10.45 – 11.00
Our Foundation
How does it work, why does it have such a good reputation and how can it help your club’s service projects
11.00 – 11.45
Lunch
Get to know the other people and other clubs
Ethics & vocational service
The values of Rotary and their impact on you
How you can gain from the vocational contacts offered in Rotary.
How your career skills might be valuable to Rotary
Leadership and governance development opportunities in Rotary
12.15 – 1.00
Creating service projects
What do projects achieve and how do you get one project off the ground
1.00 – 1 45
Wrap up & online resources
What did you learn and where to look for further info
The value in My Rotary
1.45 – 2.00
The programme involves a lot of participation and plenty of opportunity to work with people from other clubs in your area.
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Rotary Predator Free Waterfront Trapping Schedule
Kia ora Trappers
Please find the updated trappers schedule to take us from July to October 2021. As always please swap if your allocated date doesn’t suit. Many thanks to all for helping out.
Week Ending (Saturday)
Volunteer 1
Volunteer 2
July 10
Peter Whittington
Brent Gerrard
July 24
Steve Lawton
David Shackleton
August 7
Marc Rands
James Moran
August 21
Eden Skipper
Rick Hughes
September 4
Howard Tong
Jenny Flannagan
September 18
Ross Buxton
Jeff Lee
October 2
Paula McKnight
Dennis Small
Please note: Saturday is used as the service day for the week, but feel free to negotiate an alternative day to suit with your Service Volunteer Partner. Text Fraser Ebbett (WCC) 021 765 694 when you arrive and leave the site.
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Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Board
Marc Rands (President)
Lindsay Chitty (Treasurer)
Philippa Bascand (Secretary)
Heather Lucas (Director - Club Services)
Julian Bateson (Director - Community Service)
Jane Paterson (Director – Goal Setters)
Richard Brodie (Director – Membership)
Paula Smith McKnight (Director – Projects)
Hayley Burns (Director – Public image and communication)
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