Rotary Meeting 21 May 2025

This week our speaker is 

Alex Hockley speaking on The Wellington Heritage Festival

Alex Hockley became involved with the Wellington Heritage Festival in 2019 as an event host sharing heritage stories through augmented reality mobile apps built by his company, Hiamo Ltd. In 2021, Alex joined the Festival team as a Coordinator, before taking over as Festival Director at the end of the year.

Alex founded the Wellington Heritage Festival Trust to continue the kaupapa, serving as its sole trustee until others joined in 2024. Now, Alex serves as Chief Executive & Festival Director, and remains a trustee and active board member.

Please register for yourself and any guests no later than 6pm Sunday 18 May with details of any dietary requirements, so that we can advise attendance information to the Wellington Club. Please note - if you dont register and turn up - there may not be any breakfast available.

Reminder: Flashback Friday is today 16 May 12 pm Heyday Bar and eatery - Cuba Street - would love to see you there with friends and family. 

Duties for the meeting:

Desk - 6.45am       Dawn Sanders

Greeter                  Edward Leung

Kaikohau               Ryan Donovan

Opening Thought  Peter Whittington

Introduction           Linda Wellington

Thanking                Tamaris Livera

Sharing                   David Barnes

Parting Thought     Ross Buxton

Club Reporter         Lou Bray-Burns

If you are unable to perform your duty, please get someone else to stand in for you and advise Nicole Barker (nicolebarker883@gmail.com) and President Jo (joanna.douglas1954@gmail.com) who the replacement is.

Notes for the coming weeks meeting:

• RSVP no later than Sunday 18 May, 6pm (Best do it now). 
• Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington Club staff. No registration could mean no food and no seat.
• If you have any dietary requirements, please note them in the comments section of the registration
• Include your email address and mobile phone number in the response
• If you wish to bring guests/spouse/partner, please add them when you register
• Remember to click "Save" at the bottom of the page
• If you do not receive a confirmation immediately after you have registered, you have not completed the process.