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Editors Comment
A feature of Rotary is members giving vocationals to their clubs. In this edition we report on vocationals being given by Bruce Watson and David Jack.
Also we report on club activities elsewhere in NZ and the rest of the world.
The President's Notes
From President John Hawke
An excellent meeting at the Epsom Community Centre.
Polio Walk in Newmarket
On Saturday 12 Octobe,
Assemble at 1130am finish at The Lumsden Green and have lunch at 2.30pm
We are meeting at the Rotary Grove and walking around the Domain to the Lumsden Green in Newmarket where we can have lunch and get to know other members.
The Rotary Gove, corner Carlton Gore Road and Park Road.
Please confirm how many are coming from your club no later than 5th October
Mount Smart Parking.
Owen is wanting support for the Warriors carpark . Penrose made in excess of $3000 from carpark. Please contact him.
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.
Club News and Notices
Vocationals
With the merging of our two clubs, we were fortunate to have two high flying personalities from Penrose to provide the Newmarketeers present with biographical insights into aspects of their very successful personal, sporting and business backgrounds.
Bruce Watson described his youthful yachting experiences in European and Eastern European championships – all done the hard way in earlier times. Despite minimal financial support, he achieved some impressive successes. After completing his NZCE he was accepted into the final two years of a B.E. [Chemical Engineering] and has had an outstanding career in plastics and business consulting.
David Jack spoke of his early rowing experiences, his own family’s very successful swimming and triathlons titles, and his coaching of both sports. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with an M.Sc. in Fluid Dynamics, and postgraduate work in Statistical Decision Theory. He has had extensive business experience here and overseas. His interests include cycling, Art & Architecture, and fauna and flora.
Great presentations from two very interesting long-standing Presidential and Past Presidential members of the Penrose Club.
Whats on in the World of Rotary
India
The Rotary Club of Bombay Seacoast staged a concert and high tea reception in May for about 150 veterans injured on duty and their families. Club members tapped their connections with local celebrities, among them the emcee, Neeta Mirchandani, the wife of club member and singer Vijay Mirchandani. “The jawans (soldiers) participated with full joy and excitement as several kept dancing and clapping to the music, with the families of many joining in toward the end,” says Sampath Iyengar, a past club president. “Some of the jawans seated on chairs or in wheelchairs participated as a mark of solidarity, their chairs lifted by their fellow jawans who still had strength in their arms, love in their hearts, and deep empathy for their fellow ex-soldiers without limbs.”
United States
The Rotary Club of Patchogue in New York has raised more than $138,000 over the past dozen years by feting civic and business leaders in rollicking style. The most recent soiree, held in March to roughly coincide with St. Patrick’s Day, attracted nearly 250 guests. Attendees paid $125 each for food and drinks and to listen to friends and relatives roast local celebrities. “There were some slightly embarrassing stories of their childhood and baby pictures,” says Paul Moran, a club member and organizer. A band featuring Moran and other Rotarians performed cover tunes to help lead the merriment. More than $17,000 was donated to the Patchogue Community Service Foundation, principally for youth services, including Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, a residential program for people with disabilities that is operated by Rotary District 7255.
Apologies for the absence of photos. Something went pear shaped with my system.
