Members Bulletins 2019-02-17 (Feb 17, 2019)

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.

Roster

Tuesday 19^th February – Tawa Lookout Project Work-bee

Tuesday 26^th February – Speaker, MP for Ohariu Greg O’Connor

Do You have a Job on Tuesday Evening?

If you are unable to attend it is your responsibility to find a replacement for your duty

SetUp:	Tom Humphries & Karen Searle
Greetings Table:	Steve Pettigrew & Fiona Naughton
Starting & Parting Thought:	Don Shanks
3 Min Speaker:	Olivia Goodridge
Speaker Host, Intro & Thanks:	Paul Drummond
Photos:	Richard Hutchinson
Sergeant:	Pat Waite

This Week's Events and Notices

NEXT ROTARY MEETING

Tuesday 17^th February 6 p.m. - Tawa Lookout workbee

NOTE there will not be a regular meeting or speaker this evening.

Meet at the Tawa Lookout by 6pm - by the water reservoir of Kilkelly Close off Woodman Drive.

The plan is to have fish and chips at 6 p.m. Please make sure you bring your $10.00 for fish and chips and give to John Melville.

If you are planning to attend on Tuesday night, and your name does not appear on the list circulated by Elizabeth, please email her asap, and we will make sure you get a feed of fish and chips too.

There will be a briefing on the areas to be cleared and pruned etc.

Health & Safety is very important so please also bring you own personal protection equipment (gloves, googles, suitable footwear and clothing), and a full water bottle for hydration, and be responsible for the equipment you bring.

OTHER NOTICES:

The Innovative Young Minds (IYM) programme is designed to encourage young women to explore science, technology, engineering, mathematics and high-tech manufacturing – fields we call the STEMM sector. The week-long residential programme is open to female Year 11 and Year 12 students, and runs during the July school holidays each year. Rotary Tawa have been assisting two applicants from Tawa College. Applications for the 2019 sessions close 1 April 2019. If you know of a Year-11 or 12 student who may benefit from this programme please refer them to the web site for further information and application form at www.iym.org.nz.

Rotary International Assembly was recently held in San Diego in January 2019. Our own members Pat and Malva Waite also assisted with the training. Members will have received an email on Saturday containing District 9940 DGElect John Mohi and Lane's report of this event.

DISTRICT 9940 CONFERENCE – WANGANUI 17, 18, 19 May 2019. Our 2019 District Conference registrations are open and Earlybird registrations end on 28 February. District Assembly training follows immediately at the conclusion of the conference on the Sunday. The theme for our conference is ‘Light My Fire’. That’s what we’re going to do over the weekend of 17-19 May – light a fire in our Rotarians! Ignite passion! Passion not only for doing good in our communities, but passion for continuing the work that Rotary has done and will continue to do to change the world for good - by promoting peace, eliminating disease and supporting the vulnerable and disenfranchised members of our communities. So if you have not been to a Rotary Conference before and want to learn more in depth about the world of Rotary give it a go and attend District Conference in May. Further information and access to registration form can be found at https://rotary9940.org/page/conference2019.

Last Week's Meeting - 10 February 2019

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Last week our Speaker was Kevin Alkema who explained to us the development taking place at Kenepuru Landing. Kenepuru Landing is being built on some 60 hectares of Ngati Toa land which was previously part of Porirua Hospital. Kevin is project manager for the Carrus Group, the company developing the Kenepuru Landing subdivision, and also the earlier Aotea Block development in Porirua.

Kevin described the development as a brown-field rather than green-field development as there were a large number of existing services and facilities to be worked around or removed (including many unknown). And a number of old Porirua Hospital structures have had to be demolished. Te Rito Gardens are being relocated to a new reserve site to the north of the development site off Rahia Street.

A range of density dwellings is proposed, with density generally increasing closer to the Porirua City Centre. Stage 1 of some 150 dwellings will soon be ready to start building on. A Summerset retirement village complex on 6 hectares will also contain nearly 300 dwellings.

We also heard from Richard Hutchison as the three-minute speaker about his experience with E-Scooters, and Des O'Sullivan did the honours for the sergeant session.

Thanks to Denise for manning a Rotary Tawa stall at the Linden Social Centre community opening event held on Saturday afternoon to promote local community organisations to Linden residents to help them become connected to their community.

Presidential Message February 2019

Barry Rassin President 2018-19

In my travels over the past year, I've visited many strong, vibrant clubs and districts that are transforming their communities. When I attend their meetings, I can feel the energy. When I meet their members, I can see they are people of action. And when I look at their communities, I can recognize the impact of their work.

I've also visited communities with Rotary clubs that were hardly more than social clubs. It shouldn't ever be that way. Fortunately, there's a simple approach that I believe can help revitalize any club.

I'd like to challenge every Rotary club to come up with at least one high-impact service project. Each club already has the potential, the resources, to make it happen. It has the power to change people's lives — completely.

It doesn't take millions of dollars. One of the most transformational projects I've been a part of involved providing a Jeep to a group of midwives in Haiti. We had asked the midwives what we could do for them, and they told us they needed a way to reach expectant mothers in a remote part of the country. We supplied a Jeep, painted it pink, and put the Rotary logo on it. Three years later, we went back to see how they were doing. They were excited by the outcomes: They told us that the mortality rate for mothers and infants in that region had dropped by 50 percent.

That's what I call transformational service. >>>>

New World Tawa

Our thanks to New World Tawa for their sponsor of our weekly raffle and support of Rotary fundraising projects.

Richard Herbert
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