President Bridgette welcomed members, guest speaker Ben Sandford and special guests, Tups and Kris Wright, Bonnie and Fiona Sandford, Pauline Murray, Bruce Rykers, Tess Ferguson, Joan Cobb and daughters Helen and Liz.
Yes it is a wet windy Wednesday (just in case you hadn't noticed!).
HAPPY 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FRANK AND BETTY CAMPION
The Community Committee Auction will be next Wednesday. Up for grabs is:
A ride in the Red Fox (I am reliably informed this is a boat of some sort)
Austin 7 Ruby Vintage Car Rally
Silver Fern Farm Pack
Come with your pockets full and please remember to invite your partners.
Rotorua Charity Luncheon - see Brian if you would like tickets for this event. Early bird tickets are $100 until 31 July. This year the event is being promoted as a great networking opportunity so get your team together and see Bryan for a ticket.
The beneficiaries have been named for this event as follows:
Diabetes NZ (Rotorua Branch)
Childrens Art House
Parkinsons Central Plateau
Kiwi Can
Empowered Learning Trust
Kimiora Community Trust
Thank you to those Directors that have got their reports done, if this isn't you please ensure that your contribution is to Janine before Wednesday 21 June.
Rotary Rotorua West Fundraiser
Bruce McLaren was one of the icons of motor racing in the sport's 60s ‘golden age’ – he won four Grand Prix, and teamed up with fellow Kiwi Chris Amon to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The McLaren team he founded became one of the most successful in Formula One.
If you are keen on seeing the movie why not join Rotorua West at the preview 6.30pm on Tuesday 30 May.
This is a fundraising event.
Tickets are $35 a head and are available from Mike Steiner.
Be in quick because there are limited numbers.
Rotorua Clubs "Stud Book"
Please check your contact details in last years stud book and let Noel know if there are to be any changes to your name or any of your contact details.
Allie Mooney is presenting at the One Chance Youth Awards on Friday, 26th May she has kindly donated her services to the Rotorua community for this special event.
Allie is “Inspirational, entertaining, value for money, amazing speaker”. She will be speaking at Toi Ohomai on Saturay 27 May. Entry is by gold-coin donation for the Special Olympics NZ team. More information can be found here.
Graham Cobb - Best 3 Minute Talk
It was a pleasure tonight to present the inaugural Graham Cobb award for best 3 minute talk over the past month. Grahams daughters Helen and Liz were on hand to present the award.
So who did the award go to? This speaker had us all excited as she began her presentation - thoughts of the next Rotababe were im sure going through more than one persons mind. Not a babe though but a Rotarabbit - Rachel Greenfield introduced us to the newest addition to her family - Celeste a mini lop eared bunny.
Congratulations Rachel, it was an excellent talk and thank you Helen and Liz for coming along to present the award.
Guest speaker Ben Sandford
Born and raised in Rotorua, Ben has competed in skeleton since 2002 and has represented NZ three times in the Winter Olympics. While competing for New Zealand, Ben became involved in sport governance and is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athlete Committee, and is the Vice President of Legal Affairs of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.
Ben moved back to Rotorua in 2016 and joined his fathers law firm "Sandford Partners" and in December was confirmed as the Labor candidate for Rotorua.
Thank you for joining us tonight Ben, it is always an enjoyable evening listening to the achievements of our 'young' people - welcome home.
Club Changeover - 5 July
Don't forget to mark this date in your diary - partners, family are welcome.
Cost will be $25 per head.
5.30 for a 6.30 start.
District Changeover - 1 July
District Changeover and welcoming Leonie Tisch to the role of DG will be held this year in Matamata.
$35 per person
11.30 am start
12.30 lunch to be followed by guest speaker Lisette Hulme.
Lisette will be speaking about Days for Girls - an organisation dedicated to creating a more free, dignified, and educated world, through providing lasting access to feminine hygiene solutions and health education.
Please remember if you are going to be an apology you need to arrange a replacement, if you are not able to do this please do the club the courtesy of advising the Sergeant and President.
The duty roster to the 5 July can be downloaded as a PDF here, please note this is not be populated with all the speakers so please keep an eye on the bulletin for the current schedule, the meeting duties for the night are always on the home page.
Guest Speaker - 31 May - Community Committee Auction
Market duty roster
Please remember if you are unable to do your duty it is your responsibility to find a replacement.
Visitors are welcome and we look forward to welcoming you on a Wednesday night at the Rotorua Club. We meet at 5:30pm for a 6pm start. Meals are optional and can be ordered from the bar on arrival.
