Raffle – won by Mike Copeland
Paul Adams
Opening thought:
Paul raised a toast to the members of the club for the collegiality that drives everything. It is the motivation for what we do. This includes the competitive spirit which drove the Yellow Pages directory delivery. Cheers!
Parting thought:
Confidence is winning.
Dinner –
Delicious spiced pumpkin soup followed by Thai Green chicken curry with rice and veggies
Notices
President Ross
Induction of new member Tony Hunt
Born and bred in the Hutt Valley, Tony attended Taita College before undertaking an
apprenticeship with AWA NZ Ltd as a radio and electronics technician. He continued his
studies at both Wellington Polytech gaining a NZ Certificate in Engineering (telecoms) and
studied extramurally at Massey University for a Diploma in Business Administration
(Marketing) which is... almost completed.
Tony's main focus while working in the sales world and more latterly with NZ Police (for the past
11 years), has been to fully understand organisations business strategies and initiatives and
to align these with sound “technical” solutions.
Tony has been married to Bronny for over 20 years and they have 4 adult children
and 4 grandchildren. They moved from Wellington to the Kapiti Coast 17 years ago, first buying a lifestyle property and then moving to Raumati where they have been for the past 10 years.
Tony will join the Projects Committee. Welcome Tony - we are pleased helping us at the Food Fair inspired you to join!
Yellow Pages
The final Yellow Pages book was delivered by Cherie and family. A great job by Ken Shilling and he is apparently keen to do it again. This may come as a surprise to Ken.
Mini Golf for Good
Anthony and Mal have made great progress with the mini golf project with the local Lions club. Anthony is the designer for the course, which has recently obtained resource consent. This is a critical step because now there is actually a project . The Council is on board and there is a lot of community involvement. Mal has secured some significant sponsorship. The hard work is really paying off and the support is ramping up. Congratulations to Anthony and Mal for all the hard work.
Josie
proudly unveiled the display boards. The brainchild of Doug and known as “Doug's Hoardings“. These can be used at events and presentations to inform people about what we as a club do and what Rotary is all about. They will be handy when we are doing fundraising and other activities. Huge thanks to Tim Beere on the design assistance and three cheers for everyone involved. The panels featured below are attractive and informative. Well done.
Paul
Canvassed the meeting for feedback about the Club shirt design. Overall the consensus was to remain with the status quo.
Roger
told us about the next Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner event. We will meet at the Jolly Miller for drinks and the big reveal of everyone's location for dinner that night. It is a great night and lots of fun. If you’re really lucky, Richard will even come and stay the night at your house for free. Roger will send out an email soon. Please let him know by return whether you are prepared to host and if you have any food allergies.
Doug
Wood for Good
Doug graced us with long trousers for the evening which was a first in living memory. Wood for Good working bees this Saturday at Ratanui Road and the golf club. He needed some more people in the afternoon.
Doug said the project had been largely injury free but this ended on Tuesday when he ended up at Team Medical for a few hours. Hence the trousers. Doug declined to reveal his injury, despite the offer of $100 bribe to be paid to Age Concern. Modesty prevailed, thankfully.
Update: A great day today, where the hard work put in over recent times has allowed us to sell today 41 m3 of firewood, and add $4550 to the Club funds. Plus we still have about the same volume to give away to the needy at our next working bee on 8th March.
Thank you to all who have supported this project.
Ronald McDonald House cooking
The next Ronald McDonald House dinner preparation session by the Club will be on 25 March from 3 pm till 8 pm. It is a great event and very rewarding. Let Doug know if you can help out.
Waitangi Day – BBQ at Ross’s
This was a great, relaxing day. Thanks to Ross and Donna for hosting. Everyone contributed a dish and the food was wonderful, as was the weather.
Malcolm
Bottles for Good
The bottle auction is next Thursday at Ocean Road hall. Please bring a bottle or two of wine, wrapped up unless it is a special bottle for which auctioneer Eddie will try to get a higher price. It is a lot of fun and a fundraiser. Please register partners and guests by Tuesday night.
Golf Match – 15/03/25
Vic is organizing a golf afternoon at Waikanae Golf Club, from 2pm. More details will follow but it’s intended to be a social get together open to all, including observers and supporters.
