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                         16 February 2024
Today in History    16 February 1986

At 5.37 p.m. on 16 February 1986, the Soviet cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov hit rocks off Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds.

With its hull sliced open in three places, the 155-m vessel limped towards Port Gore, where it sank at 10.45 p.m. The inter-island ferry Arahura, the LPG tanker Tarihiko and a flotilla of small craft rescued all but one of the 738 passengers and crew. Refrigeration engineer Pavel Zaglyadimov drowned.

In the aftermath of the sinking, allegations circulated that the crew had left passengers bewildered and without proper instructions during the initial evacuation. Most of the mainly elderly passengers aboard the Mikhail Lermontov were Australians.

 
Today’s attendance:
 
 
Attendances
31
Apologies
9
Late Apologies
0
 
 
LOA
7
Silent
5
       
Total
52
           
 
 
Guests & Speakers 
3
Visiting Rotarians
1
  
                  Welcome  to  Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise  Bulletin
 
 
Visitors:   Arshdeep Singh  ( Indeevar ) Nick Beaton ( Simon ) Vince ( Guest Speaker)
 
Welcome from Michele -  she gave us a heads up regarding future discussion around a proposed change of procedure where by maybe having 3 meetings per month and having more chat time in our meetings.
 
Adrian’s topic was on Bees - which have been around for 50 million years and over 20,000 different species worldwide. Bees are involved in providing 1/3 of all the food that we eat. Finishing well within the allocated time of 2 minutes Adrian encouraged us all to do what we can to look after Bees
 
 
 
 
Notices and Announcements
Dave spoke to encourage all members to support RYDER Rotary Youth Driver Education program for Young Passengers and Drivers.
 
K Valley Bike Day is fast coming up. 
 
Rod Large has resigned from our club.
 
Rotary District 9930 Conference 21-23April at Te Kuiti registrations are now open.
 
Our guest speaker- Vince Ford was introduced by Kevin Atkinson. Vince spoke about  Connection being 70% of happiness. Because the slide presentation wasn’t working (faulty Hotel electronics) Vince still continued with his very lively and entertaining delivery on the importance of people connecting with each other and challenged us all to go out and make an effort to connect with people daily.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raffle – the Vino was won by Wayne 91b
 
Sargent – Simon was put on the spot as appointed sergeant had vanished. By virtue of AI he produced a poem titled “When the sergeant vanished “
 
Parting thought from Adrian – A recent survey for healthy living is 90% chocolate and the other 10% chocolate as well .
 
 
 
 
 
Birthdays of members and partners  
Glen Dougal             18 February 
Dale Matson             20 February 
 
Anniversaries
Pat & Bernie Taylor     50 Years    16 February
Viv & Roy Dykes         49 years    22 February
 
Rotary Years   ( Congratulations )
Graham Cornes          6 years       16 February
 
         
 
 
 
 
Duties
23/02/2024
01/03/2024
8/03/2024
Technology Set Up
      Wayne Shadbolt
Wayne Shadbolt
Wayne Shadbolt
Bulletin Editor
Henry Keyser
Buddy Mikaere
Ross Moseley
Attendance recorder and Parting thought
Andy Cameron
Bob Sutton
Andrew Knowles
Sustainability Talk
Club Services
 Committee Representative
International
 Committee Representative
Community
 Committee Representative
Speaker Intro and Host  
Barry Fredhiem
Chris Dever
James Clague
Speaker Thanks 
Glen Dougal
David McDonald
Kevin Atkinson
Sergeant
 David McConnochie
  Ian Burns
Doug Bell
Backup
  Dave McDonald
  Kathy Webb
Lynda Burch
Speaker
Paul Cuming:
Western Bay Trust
 Erina Islam:
Club Rep at Rotary Science  and Technology Forum with Ross Moseley
Ray Freeman
     
    
 
 
 
Club  Directors
President
 
Past President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Community Service
 
International Service
 
Director Membership and Club Services
 
New Generation
 
Environment
 
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Meeting Information
Fridays at 7:00 AM
The Armitage Hotel
9 Willow St
Central
Tauranga,  3110
New Zealand
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Feb 23, 2024 7:20 AM
Western Bay Wildlife Trust
Mar 01, 2024 7:20 AM
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