Presidents Log 14/10/24

Well Monday nights meeting went well not only did we get to welcome back our intrepid travellers Donald and Margie we also had the pleasure of Rod and Ann Ward as our guests. Margie gave a very good three-minute talk about their time on the Gold Coast and their time with the Rotary Club at Burleigh heads. We are hoping we can keep them happy, so they don’t emigrate across the ditch. Our new caterer once again fed us with an amazing meal which included a lovely dessert. Sergeant Stu was able to take a few dollars but started off with his own tale of woe and how he had tried to get a better pair of boots off a fellow Rotarian.  Our main speaker for the evening was Professor Bruce Robertson from the Otago University who works in the Zoology/ Marine Biology department. His area of expertise was how to reduce the number of Hooker sea lion deaths in the Southern Ocean around the squid fishing grounds in  the area of the Auckland Islands. It was an interesting talk and does make one realise that with a total population of only about 12000 they are all important for the survival of the species. Mike was able to thank the club members for their help down at Berwick camp. A fantastic turnout from our club and an awesome help for the Trust. Just a reminder that this coming Monday we have our Rotary speech competition with several guests attending from Taieri College. Thanks to all the members in there different roles at the club Adrian and Peter behind the bar were doing some good work. See you all on Monday night.