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So we are now in our 101st year. The first meeting of our club took place on 7 June 1921, at the YMCA, 150 Willis St. You will all appreciate that this year 7 June was the Monday of Queen's Birthday weekend so I think we can be forgiven for bringing our celebration forward by two weeks.
Rotary has been in New Zealand for 100 years, a hundred years of service and endeavour, touching lives in many places. Our values remain as they were in 1921 - "Service Above Self" - but much else has changed. We look ahead as well as back, which is one reason why we were very happy to have representatives of Rotoract, the Skilled Migrant Programme, and Conservation Volunteers with us on 24 May.
On that occasion I announced a number of grants to mark our centennial. These will be paid out over the next 2-3 years and stand in the fine tradition of our club assisting the less fortunate in our society. The grantees are:
The Akina Foundation
CSS - Disability Action
The Wellington City Mission
These are in addition to our support for global, zone, national and district programmes - End Polio Now, Rotary Give Every Child A Future, Forests of Peace and Remembrance, Mana Tangata, The Wellington Children's Hospital, and more.
In aggregate this club is granting upwards of half a million dollars to social and environmental needs to mark our centenary.
We have some other initiatives in the fire. We are always on the lookout for new opportunities and that means we always need to be thinking about fund raising opportunities too. The two go together. We can only give away what we have.
Elsewhere in this newsletter are details of our club Changeover on Monday 28 June in Wellington and of District 9940 Changeover in Palmerston North on Saturday 3 July. Please join me in welcoming new Club President Joy Tracey on the first date and new district governor (and club member) Mark Wheeler on the second.
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The speaker - Peter Hill - Where are all the logs going?
Why is there a shortage of structural timber in NZ?
Peter is the Vice President of the NZ Institute of Forestry and Past President of the NZ Forest Owners Association. He has spent all his life working in the forest industry and, although semi-retired, he still serves on a number of industry bodies as well as providing consultancy services. Peter started work in the NZ Forest Service and then moved on to work for a number of different NZ forestry companies. Of his 45 years in the industry Peter has spent 20 years traveling offshore, developing log and lumber markets for New Zealand forest owners.
14 June, 17th Floor, James Cook Hotel
12.30 - 1.30 pm
It is NO longer necessary to register for lunch at our meetings.
This will be a blended meeting
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If you can't do your meeting duty, we need you to find a replacement
. If you need a substitute, please arrange one yourself. As a last resort, ask the President, the President-Elect (as Chair of the Club Services Committee) or the administrator to find one. Please be sparing in using this option!
Monday 14 June
Greeters | Suzanne Sniveley & Euan Wright
Visitors & Guests | Gray Hughson
Sergeant | Geoff Eades
Five Minute Talk | Peter Cullen
Introducer & Thanker | Denis Kirkcaldie
Opening Thought | Mark Wheeler
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Speaker - Professor Catherine Iorns
Professor Iorns talked about the problems of the Resource Management Act in relation to the impact of climate change. She mentioned three main challenges - the problem of providing compensation for increasing numbers of natural disasters, those of compliance with the Treaty of Waitangi through these disasters and the broad issues of local government liability and capability.
Professor Iorns believes that there is a need for more national guidance and standards, and the finding necessary to support their application.
Five Minute Talk - Skilled Migrant Programme
NIcky Riddiford spoke about the club's extensive involvement in the programme and introduced the current participants. The visit to our lunch marked the beginning of this mentoring round for those skilled migrants by club members.
Tree Planting
15,000 trees to be planted this year, so we can reach our target of 100,000 trees. Upcoming planting dates are 17 July, 14 August and 18 September. The 18th September date will include a celebration of planting that 100,000th tree.
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21/06/2021
Speaker: Andrea Smith, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Topic: APEC
28/06/2021
President's Cocktail Party & Change-Over - Speaker: Allan Bollard
(Change-Over is when the current President bows out and the new steps in).
5/07/2021
Speaker: Jon Johanssen - Academic specialist in American politics, Victoria University of Wellington; Former Chief of Staff of the NZ First Party.
Topic: What is the meaning of the 4th of July
12/07/2021
Speaker: Sigurd Magnesson
Topic: The Future of Transport in a Decarbonised World
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Save the Date - President John's Final Fling
Drinks and eats at the Wellington Club on Monday 28 June 2021, 5.30 for 6.00pm.
Farewell the departing President and welcome President Joy.
Be lulled by the music of Lucas Baker's string quartet.
Applaud fellow club members who have been awarded Paul Harris Fellowships by the Club or by the District.
Listen to guest speaker, Alan Bollard, talk about Rotary, COVID-19, and the New Zealand economy. $40 per person. Registration will be essential.
Use this link
Presidents' Changeover
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District Changeover - 3rd July 2021
Massey University, Palmerston North
Combined District Changeover and multi-year Strategy Session 2021-2024. Costs will be kept to a minimum and advised along with registration details in June.
- 9.30: Networking & Welcome
- 10.15: Change-Over
- 11.30-3.30: District Multi-Year Strategy Session, including use of a decision-making software
Come to support Gillian Jones and Mark Wheeler, plus learn more about opportunities available at the District level of Rotary
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Pub Quiz Night to raise funds for the Wellington Children's Hospital - 20th June
Karori Rotary, at My Fat Bird Pub.
If you are keen to put together a team, contact Phil Oliver: Phil@PraxisSoftware.co.nz
Quiz starts at 7.00 pm, dinner available from 6.00pm.
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Quarterly Newsletter about Give Every Child a Future
The newsletter reports on fundraising and the Peace Leadership Forum. Given the issue of vaccine hesitancy here. Members will be interested in the report on the training of health workers for the project. As well as giving the vaccines safely, the health workers are crucial in the community for providing accurate information about the vaccine. As well, this process has to be effective across a wide range of different islands and cultures.
Read the RGECAF quarterly here
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Centennial Event - Auckland Rotary Clubs 25 June
More on this later, when we've had time to recover from our own celebrations.
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Centenary Snippet - Rotary Centenary
Share a Memory Tree Planting
- Pumpkin soup at the CVNZ Rotary Tree planting
- Richard Norman's dog Ben coming to every single Forest int he Heart of Wellington planting day...and the morning teas!
- Debbie's chocolate cake at the tree planting
Clearly Rotary tree planters march on their stomachs. Take a bow, Debbie Chin.
NB: There's a good write-up of the launch of Mana Tangata in June Issue of Heritage This Month
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Please ensure that if you can't do your duty, that you find someone to replace you.
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Monday 21 June
Greeters | Karen Thomas & Roger Blakeley
Visitors & Guests | John Rowe
Sergeant | Siah Hwee Ang
Five Minute Talk | John Cook - Charities under the radar
Introducer & Thanker | Julie Haggie
Opening Thought | Marion Eades
Monday 28 June - Change Over
Evening Meeting
Greeters | Lee Wilkinson & Andrew Austin
Visitors & Guests | Geoff Shaw
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Monday 5 July
Greeters | Joy Tracey & Stuart Brooker
Visitors & Guests | John Rowe
Sergeant | David Forsythe
Introducer & Thanker |Suzanne Snively
Opening Thought | Michaela Draper
Monday 12 July
Greeters | Denise Church & Geoff Dangerfield
Visitors & Guests | John Rowe
Sergeant |Roger Drummond
Introducer & Thanker |TBC
Opening Thought | Peter Cullen
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