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7 July 2024

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To celebrate the Club's 35th Anniversary this weeks speaker is

Bob Moffat

Bob was a Charter member of Port Nicholson and was made an Honorary member of the Club in 2016, after being a member for 27 years. Bob was President in the 1992 - 1993 year and was Chairman of the committee which ran the Conference in the year Howard Tong was District Governor.

As the speaker he will have much to share on the history of our very special Club.

Bob will be joined by Elaine Moffat at the meeting.

Our Duties
July 10th 2024

If you can't do your duty please let Brenda know who will be covering for you at rcpnbulletin@gmail.com

Desk Jane Paterson. Greeter Everard Aspell

Kaikohau Philippa Bascand Opening Thought Joy Durrant

Buy the Box Hadleigh Petherick Introduction Rob Whitney Thanking Anthony Zogg Parting Thought Anne Hare Club reporter Andre Lategan

From President Jo

What a fabulous meeting we had on Wednesday. About 80 people in attendance, many people from the Karori club, and many guests. It was such a shame that John Bishop and David Watt could not attend, and we wish them well for their recoveries.

Chris Bishop spoke so well, in a frank and relaxed manner, I am sure we could have had many more questions if there was time.

Last Saturday 29 June, seven of us attended District 9940 changeover in Levin. It was a great event, and we were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation “In recognition of achieving a Rotary Foundation Annual Giving Certificate Level 1. It is important that we remember that this is “our” charity, and we must support it along with our chosen ones. I want to recognise Nicole – she was going to be driving the guest speaker to Levin, but he rang her at 7am to say he couldn’t come. Nicole drove to Levin with a USB of his speech, which in the end couldn’t’ be played due to technical difficulties. Thank you so much Nicole for your service. At this event we saw Jocelyn Hogg become District Governor, and Carol Green become District Governor Elect. On Wednesday, Carol presented Brent Gerrard with his District Governor Nominee pin. We are proud of you Brent.

On a more sober note, there are some people who are well overdue with breakfast payments. Please, if you wish to discuss this, you can contact David Barnes or myself in absolute confidence and we can see if we can come to some sort of arrangement. We pay the Wellington Club fortnightly, and need people to be up-to-date with their payments so we can meet our obligations.

Next week we begin a round of speakers to celebrate our 35^th birthday, and of course the cocktail party on 8 July. A huge vote of thanks to Bill for his organisation.

Did you know: five of our members are charter members: Geoff Smith, Howard Tong, Rob Whitney, Darryl Ross, and Peter Whittington.

Service above self.

Volunteer New Zealand Best Practice Guide

When Heidi Quinn from Volunteering New Zealand spoke to us, she referred to Best Practice Guidelines. A number of members expressed interest in accessing this information. https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/best-practice-guidelines-new/ and https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/state-of-volunteering/

Brent Gerrard receiving his District Governor Nominee badge from Carol Green District Governor Elect.

Congratulations Brent.

Rotary Club of Port Nicholson's 35th anniversary

Monday 8 July 2024 6pm

Government House New Zealand, Wellington

Celebrating this wonderful event and putting the spotlight on

Lifting the Lid

Casino Night

Saturday 27th July

Please come and join us at the Wellington Bridge club,

Tickets $35 - including supper and players chips.

Info Darryl Ross

Ph 0218015515

Fund raiser for

Lifting to the Lid

Meetings, speakers and events we have to look forward to include

8 July: Rotary of Port Nicholson 35 Year Anniversary: Government House
10 July: Bob Moffat -35 Year Club celebration
17 July: Jean Phipps- 35 Year Club celebration
24 July: Rob Whitney- 35 Year Club celebration
27 July: Monte Carlo fun night raising funds for Lifting the Lid on Youth Mental Health.
31 July: Howard Tong- 35 Year Club celebration
7 Aug: Kaeden Watts- Climate change activism from a Maori perspective
14 Aug: Shane Harmon- Sport and the Wellington economy
23 October: A grand night out - Fund raiser for Lifting the Lid.

Hon Chris Bishop

The Breakfast Business meeting organised by Karori Rotary, in collaboration with Port Nicholson, was a success, with over 70 people attending to hear Chris Bishop MP and Minister, speak about his portfolios. Chris is also a Rotarian himself, being a member of Hutt City.