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President's Message
Simon Dalton
Apologies for the late puublication of Rapport

The following are details of speakers and duties for the next three weeks. If you cannot undertake your rostered duties please arrange for someone to take your place.

Programme 14-Mar-2017 21-Mar-2017
Topic New Technology in the Health Sector NZ's Population Growth & Diversity
Speaker Simon Hayden   Professor Paul Spoonley Massey University
Introduction   Brian McMath
Thanks   Ron Halls
Rapport Roger Gower  
AV Duty John Hawke  
Cash Desk Colin Lucas Colin Lucas
Registration of Visitors Mark Wells Scott Burridge
Presidents Table PR & Communications Rotary Foundation
Host to Visitors Peter Bassett James Carmichael
  Bill Bennett Alan Cole
Attendance Register Dave Birch Linda Coles
Sunshine Boxes Ian Bond Owen Cashmore
  Scott Burridge Boyne Drummond
Raffle Duty   Ross George
Stories
Habitat For Humanity Project
Habitat For Humanity. Updated Again
 
Bodies are needed for the Gatsby event.  Get your friends neighbours and colleagues to the event. Bribe them, blackmail them, whatever... get them there.
And items are needed for the Auction.
 
This is a major event for this year and it would be sad to see it fall over.
 

The Gatsby

Join us for a fundraising auction and supper for the Helping Hands Build.

Help us build a future for kiwi families in housing need.

MC: Jeremy Elwood

When: Friday 31 March

Time: 7pm to late

Where: Clouston Hall, St Cuthbert’s College

Tickets: $105 per person (tables seat 10 people).

Price includes supper and dancing to follow, a drink on arrival with a cash bar available.

Attire: Gatsby Glamour

Misquoting Lord Kitchener – your club needs you.
Ticket sales for this dinner are slow.
 
Please register your interest in the dinner so that it goes ahead to support the Helping Hands Build.
 
Please also advise if you have any items or ideas for auction items and if their companies or contacts would be willing to sponsor the build.
More details on the build can be found at www.helpinghandsbuild.org.nz
 
 
Guy Ryan
Guest Speaker at our meeting on Tuesday evening at Remuera Golf Club was Guy Ryan.
 
Guy was Young New Zealand of the year in 2015 and is the CEO of the Inspiring Stories Trust.
 
Guy gave us a little of his background. He comes from Granity on the West Coast. He commented that growing up on the West Coast was character building, something seconded by past president Brian McMath himself a coaster. He then attended Otago University fully partaking in the social activities that were available at that institution.
It seems he was a bit of a tear away! Guy was one of half a dozen students at his high school who went to university from an initial starting group of 120.
 
As Guy progressed through the University he started to wonder if there was more to life than simply getting pissed at the weekend. By the time Guy graduated he had reformed to become a doer and a bit of an idealist. In his last year University he made a film “carving the future” about young New Zealanders concerned with climate change. That film became a finalist in the BBC best newcomer award in the European wild screen film Festival and was named best short film at the Colorado film Festival.
Leaving university guy founded the Inspiring Stories Trust which provides opportunities and advice to budding young entrepreneurs in New Zealand. Guy is in effect at the forefront of social entrepreneurship.
The inspiring stories trust has dealt with about 5000 young New Zealanders through partnerships, programs and workshops with the intention of realising the full potential of those people so that they can help change the world.

The trusts programs include Festival for the future, the accelerator program, the live the dream program and a new program for young people in provincial New Zealand. The last program has been set up as Guy saw a gap that rural youth were falling into. Most of not all of the programs targeted at young people focus on those in urban environments leaving youth in the rural environment to fend for themselves.
 
Consequently programs being set up in the West Coast, the East Coast Bay of Plenty and in the far North.
 
The inspiring stories trust does not come cheap. When it started in 2011 it was 100% grant funded. In 2014 one third of its turnover came from grants the rest came from ticket sales and events and the remainder came through partnerships with various entities including Akina, KPMG various councils and tertiary institutions and the Ministry of youth development.
 
In 2015 the Ministry of Youth Development committed $500,000 to the trust as a one-off grant.
 
This ground has now come to an end so Guy is out there looking or funding again. As well as grants the trust has set up Inspiring Speakers a boutique speakers bureau giving access to event organisers to the top young achievers who can speak it conferences and events and graduation ceremonies. The booking fee for these people provides a source of income for Inspiring Stories Trust.
Another source of incom Minnelli for the Trust is millennial talent a speciali recruitment agency that helps business find and place top talent. The fee for successful placements again goes to the inspiring stories trust to help with funding it.
 
Finally the other program that helps fund the inspiring stories trust is Inner Creative Works which works with organisations to provide strategy and creative services. Again these generated go to support the trust.
 
Guys address showed how creative the youth of New Zealand are and how indeed they are helping themselves including get funding to assist them achieve their goals.
 
Guy has done a lot to foster that talent and hopefully will continue to do so.
 
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RYLA
Richard Solomon advises members that we are now receiving applications for RYLA
 
This is the time of year to think whether you know any 20 to 28 year old future leaders who would be a good prospect to attend RYLA this year.
 
All the Information, including a brochure is available on the website  www.ryla.co.nz .
 
Application forms are also on the website or they can be obtained from Richard Solomon.
 
If you have anybody in your life or contacts that you would like to recommend RYLA to I encourage you to put the information in front of them to consider it. It is a marvelous programme as attested to every year by the candidates we sponsor.
 
RYLA dates are Saturday 1st July to Saturday 8th July 2017
 
We will be looking to interview during March and early  April so would like to receive applications around end February early March.
Criteria and Age range remains the same; between 20 and 28 (inclusive) on 1st May 2017 and already exhibiting leadership qualities and/or potential in their lives.
 
The venue is again Willow Park Convention Centre, Eastern Beach and the format of the week programme is expected to be essentially the same as previously, so criteria such as fitness level and demonstrated  leadership potential are keys in your selection process.
 
Please contact  Richard Solomon with any questions you may have.
 
Marie's Update & Quiz Night
Our foreign exchange student Marie Lebreton gave us a short update on her activities.
 
She has been in New Zealand for 7 months and will be here for another 5. She’s been all around the country spending 17 days in the South island enjoying the many activities available to visitors in that part of the world.
 
She is also being to the Coromandel, the Bay of Plenty and she’s done the Tongariro Crossing.
 
She has also been involved in organising the quiz night to support the exchange students purchase of ERKs (or emergency response kits).  the proceeds of the quiz night will be used to buy Emergency boxes and send them to families in need the pacific islands.  
 
The theme of the Qiz night will be Heroes VS Villains. You can come dressed as your favorite character on the 1st April at Edwater college hall. Each ticket costx 20 dollars so come with your family and your friends ! We can make tablex of 6-8 persons or you can come by yourself and meet some new friends !
 
If you can't come but you want to give something, don't hesitate. 
 
Because it's a charity, Marie and her team are looking for sponsor and for things that can be used for a homeware raffle and a wine/food raffle or anything else. 
 
Don't forget to bring some cash to buy some delicious cake. 
 
If you would like to come, come to see me or send me an email at marie.lebreton@stfrancoislaroche.fr
 
Marie and her team are all looking forward to see you !
 
Thank you 
 
Marie Lebreton, your exchange student from France
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