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Editors Comment
Edition 1 of the Rapport for the new Rotary Year.
Welcome and best wishes to President John for his year. And welcome to those from Penrose Rotary who are joining us.
Meeting Notes and Notices
President John Hawke
Our new President, John Hawke, took up the reins for his first meeting in the Rotary year as Chair.
With assistance from brother Dave, and strong support from all those present, President John has the Club off to a great start for 2024/2025.
PDG Roger Harvey
Past President Bill Strand spoke to the outstanding contribution made by Roger and Georgie to the Club and the District and presented Roger with his certificate of Honorary membership of the Club.
Paul Harris Fellow
President John acknowledged 2022/3 President Dave Birch, and Rob, and presented Dave with a well-deserved Paul Harris Fellowship.
Rotary Exchange Student Counsellor
President John is seeking a Rotary Counsellor for our incoming Rotary Youth exchange student Kalle Muscheid from Essen Germany who will be hosted by Colin and Elisabeth Lucas. As Kalle arrives at the end of this month this matter is urgent. Please let our President know if you can help.
Garden Design Fest 23 & 24 November
Early bird sales have closed with a pleasing take up. There is a good deal of enthusiasm for this event so we are hoping to build on the success of the last Design Fest.
New Support Members
To encourage younger members to become involved, provision is being made for an RCON Support Team category of membership. An admin fee would be payable, and the listing and details of the Team members would be included in the Handbook.
Discussion at the previous meeting included
Provision of an appropriate brief information package in digital form, and detailing costs
Support Membership Age range to be decided
Production of the new Club brochure
Meeting Guests
Included Naleen Chand, Jaspinder Dhatt, Praveen Chand and PJ Datt (President Papatoetoe Rotary)
And lastly an Editorial Selfie with PP Ron Seeto
Meeting Notes
ERKs
In the absence of our scheduled speaker due to illness, PDG Willard Martin spoke to us about the planning and organisation for Emergency Response Kits, under the auspices of Rotary World Community Service.
The District has packed 1000 kits annually, but with fewer Cyclones in the Islands recently, an encouraging supply of 3000 kits has been built up, strategically placed for future Pacific emergencies.
Willard discussed
Auckland warehouse requirements
List and sourcing of contents
Financing the kits [at a cost of around $600 each]
MFAT support
Shipping & Distribution
The image below is an ERK. A small unassuming (but heavy) container of neccessaries designed to get a family of four back on their feet after a cyclone or other natural disaster.
Fellowship Committee
Chair David Bradshaw led a discussion of Fellowship options for the coming year, seeking preferences from those present for the various activities.
REP Graduation at Aorere College
The Rotary Reading Enrichment Programme (REP) at Aorere College celebrated the graduation of 24 Year 9 students from the programme last week. The students had completed a semester (2 terms) of REP and displayed good progress in their reading skills and in their general confidence. Each student was presented with a certificate, a REP badge and a book. In turn they had to speak to the assembled tutors/mentors, members of the school staff and fellow students about their REP experience and, most importantly, thank their tutor/mentor.
The programme has been run at Aorere since 2021. We will have a new group of students for the next semester (July - December) We are always looking for more people to tutor and mentor the students for a couple of hours on a Wednesday each week during the school term. If you would like to know more about possibly becoming a tutor, please contact Scott Burridge. You don’t need to be a member of the Club or Rotary to be a REP tutor.
