BULLETIN NO. 40 - FOR MONDAY 8TH JULY, 2013 ROTARY CLUB OF RUTHERFORD, NELSON BULLETIN NO. 40 - FOR MONDAY 8TH JULY, 2013 ROTARY AT THE PRINCE ALBERT: MEET AT 5:30PM FOR 6PM START ( four pages ) DUTIES: Room Setup Keith R. Reception Graham S Grace Garry W. Sergeant Barrie W Members Talk Mike B. Thanks Jim B . Speakers Host Denis D. Parting Thought Barry B to Speaker President: Mike Norton Secretary: Barry Blommaart Treasurer-Editor: Denis Daly APOLOGIES: to Barrie W.! [email protected] before midday please …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. SPEAKER: BRIAN SAMUELS on Cycling in France (Tour de France time) -----Tonight our Rotary fellowship will be boosted if we are joined by visitors that you Rotary members can bring along ( possible new members ? ) A fun night with Brian! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. LAST WEEK : was a” drinks around the table” meet in the Albert Bar room, attended by 8 membersat which we were able to have some worthwhile informal discussion on the way forward. President Mike is going to be in Europe-UK from 2nd Sept -- back for 30 Sept Pres. Elect Bill Deaker, this will be your debut, the chance to wield power as CHAIR Of the formal meetings of 2 – 9 – 16—23 September, the winter prog will be over ! Remember Bill this puts you in the hot seat for all of September .. the chair is yours …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Russell and Pam are currently on a cruise ship for their excursion around the Norwegian Coast. They survived a week steering a 59ft Canal boat in the Birmingham area of UK negotiating some really narrow locks -must be reminiscent of a motorhome that gets bogged in the grass nearer home ! see the canal pic attached. You never know where they will be next ! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. BOARD FOR 2013 -2014 President: Michael Norton Pres. Elect Bill Deaker ( assists Jeff on Membership ) Secretary: Barry Blommaart Treasurer: Denis Daly ( also Bulletin Ed. ) Board: Jeff Duncan ( Membership, On To Sydney with Keith) Mike Ballard (Community Service Projects) Jim Bishop ( Foundation, assist Projects & Speakers) Members with other responsibilities – Keith R Sydney Convention Barrie W Welfare Ian C (convenor) Jim B & Garry W Speakers PROGRAMME LOOKING AHEAD -- PLEASE NOTE CHANGES 15 JULY Short Club Business Meeting – no meal, beverages available 22 JULY Speaker – Michael Watson “ Gondola Project “ Full Meeting and Dinner 29 JULY Club Business - short meeting – no meal, beverages available 5 AUGUST Club Business - short meeting - no meal : : : : : 12 AUGUST Full Meeting and Dinner - visit of DG John Rickard 19 AUGUST Short Club Business Meeting – no meal, beverages available 26 AUGUST Full Meeting and Dinner - speaker to be arranged – any ideas tell us now 2 SEPTEMBER Pres. Away - back to normal Dinner Meet – in hands of Bill Deaker Note: No duties will be scheduled for the short Business meetings, just the Dinner mtgs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other dates to record: Friday 27 Sept. Arthritis NZ Street Day Appeal -- Collector volunteers needed. Sat. 5th October Blood Pressure Campaign ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM JOHN RICKARD - DISTRICT GOVERNOR TO CLUB PRESIDENTS I want to wish each and everyone of you a successful and happy year as President of your club. By now you should all have been through your club changeover and are ready to move forward into your year in office. Margaret and I were fortunate to be able to attend 8 changeovers in the last 10days and it was a privilege to be able to share with those clubs as they celebrated the conclusion of one Rotary year and prepared to start another. Unfortunately I had to turn down some invitations from clubs as it is not possible to cover many in the short time frame of the changeover period. Please remember that I will be visiting your club in the coming months and as well as attending the club meeting, I would like to meet with your club officers for a short while. The timetable for all these visits has been sent out but I have attached the schedule to this email as well. Please be sure to advise your programme organiser of the date of my visit. I will be in touch with each of you prior to my visit to confirm the details. All the best for a great year, and remember to take time to enjoy leading your club for a year. I look forward to seeing you all over the next few months. Kind Regards John R. ( noted that the timetable is for a pre-meeting with Board at 4pm followed by 5:30pm Dinner Meet at Prince Albert on Mon. 12th August -- as per the Programme in this Bulletin ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE Rotary Friendship Exchange is a program of Rotary International whereby Rotarians and their partners carry out reciprocal visits and are hosted by Rotarians in another district. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience another culture and to make friendships that may endure. There is no cost to Rotary International We have arranged for an exchange with District 2400, which occupies a large portion of South-West Sweden. There are 59 clubs, over 3000 members whose average age is 61 years and about 20% of members are women. There are over one million people in the District which covers 3 counties. Main cities are Halmstad and Kristianstad. The exchange will be in 2014. We intend hosting the Swedish team of 4-6 couples for about 2 weeks in February-March, with our outgoing team travelling to Sweden in August. The committee is seeking offers to host our guests. Dates have not been finalized, but we will require host families in Christchurch, Blenheim, Nelson, the West Coast and Ashburton for 2 or 3 nights in each venue. We are also seeking expressions of interest from those wishing to be hosted in Sweden for about 2 weeks as part of their overseas program later in the year. Please contact Russell Sampson (Nelson), ph. 03 540 3333, email [email protected] or Jim Hudson (Christchurch), ph. 03 3518873, email [email protected] Chairman, District 9970 Rotary Friendship Exchange ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIX PATHS TO HAPPINESS …………this week’s quote: ( The First Path ) Be positive and generous: one secret comes out of the study of longevity, that mortality figures show a 60% decrease amongst those who help others – life is about slowing down enough to realise you have a lot of gifts , you should be passing on to others.
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