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New Year, New People, New IdeasAlong with the annual changes of President and to the Board, this year we have a new Treasurer, Secretary and Bulletin Editor! A huge amount of thanks goes to the members who have held these positions last year and it will be a hard job filling their shoes. Making use of the new technology now available, we will be expanding the bulletin this year with new features and layout. Please let new editor Richard Parker know what you would like to see kept or changed in your bulletin. Changeover DinnerWhat a fantastic night last Wednesday. Our club changeover was celebrated by a great turnout of over 100 club members, family and friends. As well as Allan passing the presidential chains of office to Linton the club was able to celebrate the fantastic job Les Pearce has done as Secretary over the past 13 years and a major donation of $30 000 from the proceeds of this years Shapeshifter sculpture exibition was given to Te Omanga Hospice Foundation. Keith Quinn the greatest boxing comentator of the1976 Olympics and patron of the Te Omanga Foundation kept everyone entertained with his memories of past Olympic and Paralympic games and his hopes for the games in China this year.
President`s CornerA new fearure this year will be a regular segment from President Linton
Well what a changeover night ! From the singing of 5 members of the N Z Secondary School choir to Ron`s presentation of a laptop to Les including a sprinkling of Wilsonism`s (ask him to say lovingly), to Les`s acceptance speech dropping the whole audience from a great height with his opening gag, to a wonderful address from Keith Quinn and culminating in President Allan presenting me with the chain of office.This was a humbling and emotional night for me as I accepted the challenge and responsibility of being your President for the coming year.Congratulations to P/President Allan and Trish for organising a truly memorable Changeover. My first official function was on Sunday to attend the District Changeover and accept a Presidential Citation awarded to the Club for achieving the goals set last year by P/President Allan. Of course next Sunday I will host the Hutt River Trail Walk and our Rotary World President,D K Lee will be in Wellington for an evening function on the 16th July at which our Club will be one of three in District 9940 to be specially honoured .Please make sure you get a ticket for this event from Rosemarie Thomas and hear Rotary World President D K Lee`s inspiring message based on his Rotary theme "MAKE DREAMS REAL" Linton Member profile: 5 Minutes with........Another new segment this year in our bulletin will profile one of our club members (yes you could be next!) This will be a great opportunity to find out more about our club members.
THIS WEEK IS: Terry Bach, New Club Secretary Club Classification: Maritime Education Member since: Hutt since 1992 but a total of 31 years in Rotary Occupation: Group manager of Cartridge World Lower Hutt and Wellington Family: Divorced, 4 Children and 7 Grandchildren Hobbies: Anything maritime, Helping Linda (partner), Reading, Watching sport and Rotary projects Favourite food: Carpetbag steak Favourite drink: Pinot Noir or a Dry Martini Best holiday destination: East coast Viti Levu, Fiji What's on your CD player right now: Diane Krall, Live in Paris Favourite Website:www.westpac.co.nz What books would you take to a desert island: Bernard Cornwall -The Grail Series and Coconut farming for beginners! Scariest moment: Rolled a boat in the Tasman Sea, while at the helm in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in 1994 Recent interesting experience: Being asked to be group manager of Cartridge World A fun Fact about me: Spent 12 years in the NZ Air force and never left New Zealand during that time, as a Government edict stopped overseas travel for personnel with 3 or more children Dates for the diaryPresidents` Hutt River Trail Walk, This Sunday 6th July 10.10a.m. Hikoikoi ReserveThis is a great opportunity to show family and friends a great Rotary project in action and mingle with fellow Rotarians in our region. The first of the regular Hutt River Trail walks will start from Hikoikoi Reserve at the mouth of the Hutt River THIS SUNDAY 6th July. The first Sunday of each month we will walk up the River using a different section until we reach the end of the Trail at Kaitoke. Please bring a thermos of hot water and your own cups for tea and coffee. World President DK Lee evening, Wednesday 16 th JulyOur new world president will be in Wellington at the beginning of his year in office. The Rotary Club of Port Nicholson is holding a dinner to recognise this event, and YOU are invited. Our club president has been selected to play a major part in the evening and Linton has cancelled our regular Wednesday lunch meeting on the same day to encourage as many of us as possible to join him at this event. Rose Thomas is collecting numbers and co-ordinating tickets. Please let her know you are coming by clicking here. ApologiesOur new club secretary Terry Bach will now be taking all luncheon apologies. If you are unable to make our regular Wednesday lunch meeting please phone Terry before 10am Wednesday on 586 0699, please leave a message if Terry is unavailable. We are still encountering far too many members not sending apologies in time to get correct meal numbers to our caterers so please do your best to contact Terry in time. DUTIES
Birthdays This Week:July 3 Grant Wareham July 5 Genevieve Sheat July 5 Linda Hay July 8 Joe Daly
Linton Adams President 2008-9
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