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David Bradshaw
Presidents Notes - Rapport 11 September 2018
 
The Newmarket Rotary Social Enterprise Challenge opened to entrants on 6 August. Entries close next weekon 15 September 2018 with the award night to be held at Remuera Golf Club on 9 October 2018.

 

WCU updates future activities and events for members

Program

Programme 18-Sep-2018 25-Sep-2018 2-Oct-2018
Venue Evening Meeting @ the Auckland Medical School Lunch @ Auckland University Newmarket Evening @ Remuera GC
Speaker Sir Richard Faull
Robert Lee
Understanding the "China Dream" and its significance in the Belt and Road Initiative
Social Enterprise
Introduction Brian McMath Ric Buchanan Brian McMath
Thanks Brian McMath David Bradshaw Brian McMath
Rapport Ron Halls Neil Shah Colin Lucas
AV Duty John Hawke David Weikart Paul Monk
Cash Desk Colin Lucas Greg Carr John Hawke
Registration of Visitors Scott Burridge John Graham Patrick Learmonth
Presidents Table PR & Comms Foundation Youth
Host to Visitors James Carmichael Ron Halls John Long
  Alan Cole Alan Hayward Bill Mabey
Attendance Register   Marcus Graham Ben Mugisho
Sunshine Boxes Vinod Dewan Terry Hibbitt Malcolm Macdonald
  Nigel Fowler Richard Holden Glen Marvin
Duties - Fellows If you cannot undertake your duties as noted please arrange for some-one else to stand in in your place.
Stories
Roger Gower - Clever Nutrition
Our speaker on Tuesday 14th was our own Roger Gower.
 
Roger addressed us on his business Clever Nutrition.
 
The Clever Nutrition business derives from Roger’s involvement with the Food Bowl, a trial kitchen located in Mangere adjacent to the airport.
 
The Food Bowl is available to producers of food products to trial new products and the production of those new products in an environment which replicates an industrial production line to see if the product can be made and supplied in the quantities that the fast-moving consumer goods market requires.
 
As a consequence, the Food Bowl is an important piece of the innovation ecosystem. 
 
The lessons that Roger has identified with the Food Bowl is there is a break in the chain between product development, by entities small and large, and getting the product to market and this is where Clever Nutrition fits into the scheme of things. 
 
The point of Clever Nutrition as explained by Rogers is to short-circuit the problems that large companies have with innovation and product development. Most large companies undertake innovation and new product development but that process is wrapped up with input from external sources, different players in the process having different agendas, the need to report and document every step taken and obtain for every step taken management approval.
 
In addition to the work described by Roger Clever Nutrition also sells its own product. It acquired the former food supplement business operated by Douglas Pharmaceuticals. 
 
The business manufactures and markets 2 brands of supplements.  One product focused upon mothers and babies, Puria, and the other Altrex whose focus is older people with dietary issues including dysphagia (the inability to swallow) and also to provide nutritional support for older people with Cachexia, renal failure and colitis and mucostis.
 
Clever Nutrition is also undertaking ongoing research partnering with universities and the food industry.  Roger told us of two current areas of work, the first with Berkely University looking at fermenting a sugar contained in breast milk which assists with infant development, and on a more prosaic basis working with the meat industry to use off-cuts that would otherwise be discarded to develop protein powders for general use.
 
As always when a member is the speaker there was a lot of interest, so Rogers address was well received.
ROMAC
 
 
 
 
OPERATIONS MANAGER NEW ZEALAND
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children
 
ROMAC is a key District Governor Rotary programme providing life-saving and dignity-restoring treatment to the children from developing countries in Oceania.
 
This Rotary programme spans the Australian and New Zealand regions, and between 20 and 30 children are referred to New Zealand (mostly to Starship hospital) for treatment each year.
 
We are looking for an Operations Manager, who is a current member of Rotary, to join our volunteer team, mostly based in Auckland. The primary role of the Operations Manager is to organise and manage the logistics of getting ROMAC patients from the Pacific islands to New Zealand for treatment. This includes the processes associated with obtaining and managing the appropriate passport, VISA and immigration requirements and ensuring ROMAC documentation is completed.  Travel documentation, itineraries and ticketing for child and carer travel to New Zealand and return home are also part of the role.
 
This role is part of the NZ Regional Committee with members who are supportive and have roles integral to the Operations Manager role. Generally, a commitment of between 7 and 14 hours per week may be required to fulfil this role, occasionally longer when uploading data and information into the ROMAC database and reporting.
 
If you are a Rotarian looking for a way to contribute directly to the objects of Rotary and are interested to find about more about this role please email NZ Region Chair Glenys Parton at newzealand@romac.org.au for a Role Description.
 
 
MOEC - Workparty

Motutapu Outdoor Education Workparty.

 

These are always well supported weekend projects for the club and for good reason.

 

Come along and find out why by contacting John Meadowcroft – john@handleyind.co.nz to register your interest in attending.

 

It has been a while since we did one of these and Duncan has a full list of jobs to keep us busy.

 

DATES: 15th & 16th September.

Whats Coming up