A warm welcome from one of the in stepping, high kicking President’s men..
A busy weekend with Rotary Youth Programme of ENrichment's, Rat-traps and Rotary Learning and Information - all been and gone but there is another opportunity for Rotary Learning and Information In Matamata, come June.
Tree Planting – Don’t forget to get your picture taken with spade or root ball in hand. Only 999,999,999 or so to go, give or take a few. (Shane Jones’ tally).
Mike Batchelor – Antoon advises Mike is in hospital – hopefully, nothing too serious…
WHERE
The Strand, Tauranga
WHEN
15 April 2018
10:30am - 1:30pm
Duck Race – Grab your duck from David McConnochie!
Special AGM 6th April – Looking for a President-Elect and Directors! Any nominations will be well received!
The Board are also seeking member approval for a hike in subscriptions. Predictably, this sort of action is usually accompanied by a corresponding increase in the number of apologies per year. (which are not so well received perhaps)
District Conference Save the Date 18-20
th May 2018 Wairakei Resort, Taupo.
Journeys that are Making a Difference www.9930conference.org
Drinx at the Phoenix Wednesday night (21st) 5:30 onward. All members and partners welcome Warren and Pat will be there from the kickoff at 5:30 to greet anyone too shy to drink alone.
Guest Speaker Paora Stanley eventually grabbed the floor after Les supplied a comprehensive and detailed introduction. Paora is CEO Ngāti Te Rangi Settlement Trust, epicentre - northern approach to the Harbour Bridge. Paora delighted in being in a room with people who care about their community – he definitely wants a Rattrap, but didn’t seem so keen on a plastic duck. In July 2016 he returned home after a sojourn in charge of an Indian Reservation in Canada, and was on the job within 4 hours of arrival. His first priority is to look after the people and ran through a range of strategies to do so: swimming lessons, kaimoana gathering techniques, tidal windows, medicinal marijuana, tyre changing and H2O without the H+ 
rounds by a plethora of factoids about good olde NZ. The highest number of golfing sheep (40M), 100kg butter, 65 kg of cheese per person and more people in the room being alive than dead.