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Club Meeting
May 25th 2023
 
 
 
President
Beissel Alistair
Secretary
Murray Bell
Treasurer
Derek Hughes
 
 
 
2022/ 2023 theme
 
 
NOTICES
 
Chris Dentice, 
advised the latest winners of Lucky Lotto were Alistair and Kevin Boyce 
 
Martin Hening 
advised that we will be holding another working bee at
Otaihanga Domain this time a choice of
Saturday June 10th or Sunday the 11th.  
Both days will start at 9am to 12 midday.
This is our Centennial project and requires its
annual tidy up so please help if you can. 
 
 
Chris T
Talked about the upcoming Rotary Dental trip to Taveuni in
Fiji August 5 to 20th.
This event now has a “give-a little” page
  
Dave Edwards
 talked about the Annual Club Supermarket
Foodbank collection this Saturday and explained
the use of the leaflets that we hand out.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
 
We have a fund raising opportunity.
Peeling Lemons for the Bond Store.
They are offering work for teams of 4-5 people,
for a couple of hours a day and will pay $22.70 per hour per person!
Must be during their open hours of 8.30 to 5pm weekdays.
If you are interest please contact
Martin urgently as this offer has been sent to other groups also.
 
 
Next Week: - Sebastian Grodd - Life Flight Trust
 
June 8 – Foundation Night – Featuring our own Gary Lawrence
 
June 15 – Brian Lynch: A very entertaining Speaker - Chair of NZ
Pacific Cooperation Council
 
June 22  – David Ledson - The Merchant Navy and the war at sea  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 Minute Speaker: - Stuart Ayres
 
Stuart took us through the Slide Show that runs before our meetings,
explaining how he wants everyone to be aware of the
wonderful organisation we belong to and
what we do both internationally & locally 
Then he took us to our website and showed us how he needs
information and photos to keep it up to date.
He then demonstrated how by entering the
Members Area you can see the programme,
apologise, and see what duties you have.
Lastly Stuart took us to our Facebook page and again we
could how up to date photos and articles there were.
Stuart said every time we see a new posting we
should “Share” it with our friends to get our message out there.
 
 
FOODBANK COLLECTION
Pics  RICHARD MOULTON
 
 
Members collection outside Pak n Sav
 
Richard will fill you in on results on Thursday
Members Collection outside Countdown
After match function
 
 
GUEST SPEAKER 
Brian Yanko –
NZ Police Fleet Manager
Brian has a passion for technology and new systems.
This became evident as he described the transition to
Skoda after Holden quit NZ.
Brian manages the marked and plain Police cars.
The Utes, Motorcycles, Dog cars, Boats
and Prisoner transport vehicles.
He also oversees the contract of the two
Police Helicopters and also has two tractors in the Fleet!
Brian said managing the Budget was always a challenge,
such as writing off one vehicle a week.
The working relationship with Skoda was obviously really good
and they now have 99% of orders for parts filled the next day.
But planning ahead is essential and they have to advise their
vehicle requirements to Skoda 18 months out.
Apart from Skoda, the police have built relationships the
Giltrap Group and another large vehicle Fleet company,
Downers.
These relationships really worked during
Cyclone Gabriel, when Brian’s resources were stretched.
The move to EV vehicles will be a challenge but testing
and trialling is underway.
 
Brians presentation covered so much more than can be
recorded in this publication. 
Museum donations, Special Dog Cars, Special Prisoner transport.
The list goes on.
It was probably one of the best presentations we have had and
certainly one of the most informative.
 
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