Members Bulletins 2018-05-27 (May 27, 2018)

Please register guest attendance and apologies for non-attendance by Monday before midday
to: tawa.rotaryapologies@gmail.com.

Please check if you're on duty (list below) and arrange a substitute if you're unable to attend.

Any queries about meetings and duty rosters, please contact Judith Gray 0274406098 or email: judith@nadabakery.co.nz.

NEXT WEEKS SPEAKER

Nick Hurley and wife Christine with John Key in Cook Islands 2015

Nick Hurley - NZ Trade and High Commission experiences

On this coming Tuesday we hear from Nick Hurley, currently employed at MFAT, but who has had over 40 years experience in the NZ diplomatic service with postings in a number of Pacific nations and also Paris, most recently the High Commissioner for Samoa and then Cook Islands.

Upcoming Fundraising Events

Judith Gray will be collecting names and payments for the upcoming movie fundraising outing on 5th June. So please consider supporting this outing with a group of friends and family.

Liz Sutton is also seeking further commitments to attend the theatre fundraising outing on 10th August.

Further details of both these events are given below.'

Upcoming Working Bees - Saturday 9th June

Also please note the following proposed working-bee outings for Saturday 9th June and schedule your diary for these.

In the morning from 10 a.m. - midday the Book Fair trays and trestles are to be transferred from the Plimmerton Rotary lockup. A good turnout please to help unload and position the trays and trestles in the New World Tawa shop. Meet initially at the roll-up door on the norther side of New Work Tawa at 10 a.m.

And in the afternoon from 2 p.m., about 6 people are required to help with next changeover of the Tawa Business Centre hanging flower baskets. We will initially load up from the Fire station and then to the Main Road.

Foster Hope – Winter pyjamas and slippers are the current focus. See Liz for more information.

AGM 22 May Conclusion

AGM Conclusion

At our meeting of the 22 June we concluded the AGM for 2017-18; subs were set for the coming year, secretary position was confirmed, and an amendment agreed to the constitution that the IRD recommended in order for the Club to retain its RWC tax exemption.

We had as guests some International students visiting Wellington who Gaylene introduced.

Peter Lockery had on display some of the community Road cones that Tawa Rotary sponsored and Tawa Community Patrol is are going to manage for the community, and he thanked Rotary for their support.

Rotafest18 - A festival of Rotary

RotaFest18 conference was attended by Richard (and Margaret), Gaylene, Judith, Laura, Martin, Pat, and Tony (and apologies from Denise and Liz). Good to see a number of our own members actively involved in aspects of the conference. The programme details can be found here.

We were also introduced to the District Governor for the coming year, Marion Johnston, from Wanganui.

Mother's Day Flower Delivery Fundraising Project

Last weekend the Club took up the offer to deliver flowers for Twisted Willow Florist on Mothers’ Day as a fundraiser for Predator Free Tawa. The Club received the delivery fee equivalent to the cost of courier delivery.

Our thanks to Kerri Murphy of Twisted Willow Florist and Ray White Tawa and to Andrew, Ian, Paul, John M, Judith H and Allister who made the deliveries from Johnsonville to Paremata and Whitby raising $247. Kerri seemed pleased with this partnership and so hopefully is could become an annual event and expand into other major flower delivery days, like Valentine's Day.

The social media promotion of this fundraiser raised the Club’s profile by reaching readers of Neighbourly and 1,406 Facebook users.

Photos:

Kerri Murphy hands the last bouquet for delivery to Allister.
Judith and John load up.

The Bookshop movie Fundraiser

We have a movie fundraiser evening planned for Tuesday 5th June. An opportunity to invite family and friends for a fun evening out. 6pm screening at The Lighthouse Pauatahanui. So please try and arrive by 5.45 to allow for seating on time. Tickets are $20pp. Please register here or let Richard Herbert know of number of tickets required.

The movie is The Bookshop, which played in Berlin and was the winner of three Goya awards in Spain. Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive) and based on a Man Booker Prize short-listed novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, the film stars Emily Mortimer (Mary Poppins Returns), Bill Nighy (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Patricia Clarkson (House of Cards).

The Bookshop which is set in a seaside village in England in the 1950’s where a widow (Mortimer) pursues her lifelong dream of opening a bookshop. As she introduces the townsfolk to the world’s best literature and stirs a cultural awakening, her efforts are ruthlessly opposed by a powerful local grand dame (Clarkson) causing a reclusive resident (Nighy) to join the fight to keep the bookshop open.

FUTURE FUNDRAISING EVENTS

For the information of Club members we have some interesting Fundraising Event opportunities coming up over the next few months. Bring along your friends and family and make up a group. Visitors and public welcome. Please signup to register yourself and guests by clicking on the event link.

YOUR DUTIES!

DUTY	MONDAY 29th MAY
Greetings, attendance and raffle	Don Rushworth / Russell Smith
Setting up	Karen Searle / Tom Humphries
Photographer	Richard Hutchinson
Predinner toast & Parting Thought	Don Shanks
Speaker Introduction*/Host:	Phil Harland
Speaker thanks	Euan Patchett
3 minute talk	Malcolm Andrews
Sergeant	Malcolm Sparrow