20 members attending, meeting chaired by Wayne Dobson, Ben said grace.
Apologies received from Simon Northrop, Paul Handley, Tony Mulvaney.
Notices:
Katherine requests that any issues re East Pier be handled by her not directly with staff.
Cycles..... Next event May starting at National Aquarium at 10.15am May 7th.
Lynne reminded us of the MS Bangers visit to the Soundshell.
Andy reported a successful handover of our York Visitors to their next hosts
Nigel moved a note of thanks to Victoria and Glenn Roberts for the use of their lovely home for BBQ.
3min speech:
Claire described her experience finding distant relatives whose forebears had come to NZ in 1877. She suggest it would make a great movie to compare the different modes of transport etc.
Fining session. Once again Richard made a great job of relieving members of cash.
Guest Speaker: Christie Isaacson introduced by Nigel.
As founder of and proprietor of MYLK Christie described her journey to becoming a very successful Pre prepared food outlet. EIT chef training, OE, Queenstown and Christchurch restaurants etc which each added to her skills, motherhood, returning to HB and in 2014 establishing a kitchen and cafe in Parkvale, going to today operating a commercial kitchen in Napier, and two retail outlets as well as shipping to NI customers. 
The projectile of growth was most impressive. 600 units sold in 2014 to 8246 in 2019.
A fascinating talk and many lively questions from members.
Ben thanked Christie.
Quote of the day from Andy ”Be Happy, it will really annoy your enemies”
