Birkenhead Rotary March 11th, 2015

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The club was delighted to welcome John Brook and his parentsMelissa and Phillip to our meeting on 11th March. John Brook hasbeen given the all clear after his heart surgery and the family are

preparing to return home on Saturday 14th. Philip gave anemotional thank you to the club and ROMAC for saving their son’ slife and presented the club with a painting completed bythemselves. JB has gone from a quiet little boy into a very activeand happy little man during his stay in NZ and loves the openingdoors at Ronald McDonald House. Above he is taking over themicrophone from President Alan. Gaston has headed this projectand all members who have contributed have found this experiencevery rewarding.

Councillor George Wood A Rotarian from Takapuna, George wasintroduced by his cousin President ElectTom. George spoke about issues facingAuckland that are never reported in mainstream media which directly affect residents.Liquor Licensing regulations, changes in therubbish collection system, how the council ismanaged on a day today basis amongstother things. Georgefinished his speech by

saying “he was optimistic with the way thecouncil was working” . Members found thespeech interesting and George took questionsfrom the floor.

VOL 58 No 34 11th March 2015

World PresidentGary C.K. Huang

Rotary Club of Taipei,Taiwan

District GovernorBruce RasmussenRotary Club of Milford

Assistant GovernorDavid HansenRotary Club Northcote Glenfield

PresidentAlan Deal

[email protected]

mmediate Past PresidentNirmal Chabba

[email protected]

President ElectTom [email protected]

Weekly Meeting Northcote Birkenhead Yacht ClubBirkenhead WharfBirkenhead

Members/Apologies pleasedvise non attendance or guestsy midday Tuesday to:[email protected]

uests you are welcome to joinus at our weekly meeting pleaseet the attendance officer knowvia [email protected]

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Literacy

Month

Little FreeLibrary

It’s a “take a

book, return abook” gathering

place whereneighbours share

their favouriteliterature and

stories.

In its most basicform, a Little FreeLibrary is a box

full of books whereanyone may stopby and pick up abook and share

another book.

Is this for our

community?

Thank to everyone whoparticipated in the ChelseaSugar Rotary Art Trail onSaturday 14th March.

We are now into the evaluationphrase and planning for 2016will commence over the winter

months.Your feedback would beappreciated so talk or emailSteve, Don or Janice.

Car Parking at the Home Show20-21-22 March

The club has been doing this for a number ofyears and we have been contributing thefunds raised to our Rotary Foundation

commitment of US$100 (NZ$125) perannum each.

Garth has distributed the first list and there are a number of gaps,can you help out! Please email Garth [email protected] OR catch up with him at Rotary this week.

St Johns Collection 6-12 April – Lets all getbehind this year’s collection to make it the bestever and maintain our standard of collecting atotal, better than all the other collection points on

the Shore put together.

Please note your diaries and Garth Ward willbe in contact to get your available dates!

District Conference 1-3 MayHave you booked for the conference? If you are interested inYouth, one of the speakers, Brook Turner CEO of Zeal will be very

interesting to you. Brook has completed aDiploma in Youth Work and is currentlyworking on a Not-for-profit diploma fromUnitec. Brook has 13 years youth workexperience and has written a leadershipcurriculum that is now taught in ten highschools throughout the Wellington region,

specialising in cognitive theory programshelping young people work through socialissues in a community context.

http://rotaryconference9910.org.nz/conference/

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3/3Page 3 CLUB OF BIRKENHEAD

2015

Date Activity

20-21-22 March Home Show Parking

6-12 April St Johns Collection – Highpoint Mall Birkenhead

1-3 May District Conference

Club Anniversaries

Wedding Anniversaries

Members Birthday

Partners Birthday

Statistics 4th March 2015

Rotarians: Apologies: 0

Visiting Rotarians: 0 Student: 0 Partners: 0

Guests: 0 Silent: 0

Raffle: Loose Change Jar N/a Sergeant Session:

Duties/Speakers/ProgrammeDate 18th March 25th March 1st April 8th April

Speaker Wanita Zoghby-Fourie

TBA TBA TBA

Topic the changing face of theonline customer

Reception/Raffle

Ticket Seller

Tom/John n/a Tom/John John/Tom

Grace David G n/a Marty Garth

Welcome/Bar All Members n/a All Members All members

5 minute Speaker n/a n/a n/a Julien

Introduction Tom n/a Gaston Ted

Thanks Julien n/a John JaniceParting Thought Bronwyn n/a Marvin David H

Invocation Everyone Everyone Everyone Everyone

Duties if you can't make it, it’s your responsibility to arrange another member to do your duty Welcome: Arrive early and assist set up if needed. Welcome membersand guests and let them know the meeting format, raffle, point out bar,toilets and anything else you feel appropriate.

Set Up: Arrive early and set up the banners, bell, gavel, rostrum,screen and table for projector. Make sure sound system is working. Afterthe meeting return equipment to the same position in which you found it.

Grace: Research appropriate grace or reflection. Present before meal. Ifyou wish it to be published in the bulletin email to editor.

Introduce Speaker: Arrival early to meet speaker. Purchaserefreshment for him and assist with set up required for presentation. Sit

with speaker during meal and refine you introduction speaker of 2 to 3minutes.

Thank Speaker: After speech thank the Speaker for thepresentation and giving up his time to address the club. Present “Pen” as a

thank you gift.

Part Thought: Prepare a part thought appropriate to the occasion.Present at the end of the meeting before the Innovation. Email to bulletin

editor

Raffle: Please bring a prize that can be used for the weekly raffle prize

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" Vincent van Gogh

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Birkenhead Rotary March 11th, 2015