20 October 2017 Tauranga Sunrise Bulletin (Oct 20, 2017)

President

Ursula Hurn

President Elect

Eric Happé

Past President

Wayne Shadbolt

Treasurer

Julie Hignett

Secretary

Roberta Budvietas

Director Membership and Club Service

Eric Happé

Director Community Service

Barbara Whitton

Director International

Pat Taylor

Director Events Coordination

Warren Scobie

Director New Generation

David Robinson

Director Foundation and Investment

Ray Scott

Bulletin Editor

Max Mason

Bulletin Editor

Stephen Dorrington

Bulletin Editor

Andrew Knowles

Bulletin Editor

Neville Whitworth

Bulletin Editor

Dave Woodhouse

Crystal Palace Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser

Crystal Palace

Oct 27, 2017
6:45 AM – 8:00 AM

Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner

Mystery

Nov 04, 2017
6:00 PM – 11:55 PM

Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner 2

Mystery

Nov 11, 2017
6:00 PM – 11:58 PM

Today’s attendance:

Attended	40
Apologies	11
LOA	2
Silent	17
Total	70

Visitors:

Name of Visitor & Organisation	Guest of
Dael Summerhays-Sunnex - Rotary Science and Technology Forum	Speaker
Graham Cornes - Matua Lodge B&B	Pat Taylor
Louise Miller - Tauranga City Council	Lynda Burch
Patrick Grogan	Mike Batchelor

Welcome from President Elect – Eric Happe with a very prompt kick-off

Congratulations to Ron Fyfe on his appointment as Assistant Governor

Also congratulations to Dan with the Graeme Dingle Foundation Awards featuring some familiar locals making the New York Post, or was it the Washington Times?

Broadreach Rotary Club of Queensland have extended an invitation to their 45^th anniversary. 4^th Nov – anyone keen on a holiday in the sun contact Eric

Rotary Golf Golf Tournment will take place at the Omokoroa Golf Course on Sunday 12th November 2017, golfers of all abilities welcome and lots of prizes to be won. $35 per player for 18 holes. Contact is Eric.

David Woodhouse advises Safe a Life is back in business, Life Saver provided separately now.

The Skipper’s Diary book launch hosted by the BoP cricket and Sir Richard Hadlee on 1st Nov (6– 9:30pm). Peter Williams is the secret guest speaker. $55 pp Mt Maunganui Club RSVP info@bopcricket.co.nz

Melbourne Cup - the Rotary Club of Tauranga – Te Papa is promoting their Melbourne Cup luncheon as a fundraiser again this year. (For Cure Kids and The Alzheimer’s Society.)

Tuesday 7th November at the ASB 12:30 – 6:00pm. Contact Ron Devlin

Foodbank are looking for 4 people to help sort boxes Dec 4^th to 22^nd Contact Barbara if you are keen.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – Any changes to your availability please contact Michelle ASAP.

Invitations will be distributed at Rotary on the Friday before your assignation. If you need your invitation e-mailed please advise Michelle. The Invitations are not to be opened until 5pm on the day! Donations this time round – secured in an anonymous envelop if you please.

Crystal Palace Breakfast. Helpers please be there at 6:15 am. Bring any pre-purchased raffle tickets and cash for more raffle sales. Named teapots and coffee makers by 6:30 am please.

Speaker Summary

Guest Speaker – Dael Summerhays -Sunnex was introduced by our own applied politician, who eventually regressed back to first principles before allowing Dael the floor.

Dael was sponsored by the club to attend the 2017 Rotary Science and Technology Forum held in January. Fearful of two weeks of nerdiness, she was surprised to find she revelled in breaking the edge of science with her new found intellectual friends. The academic programme included lectures from Nanogirl (Michelle Dickinson) and Ethics Guru (John Buckeridge) together with industry visits to a synthetic food farm, and to a virtual reality devoid of any good science jokes. An artificial heart that actually works (provided you don’t lose the battery) was one of the highlights. The social aspect of the forum was where nerdiness was tested to the fullest, in the white-hot arena of competitive volleyball for the cerebrally enhanced.

Sergeant Session

A premature ending to the meeting saw the possibility of a 21¹/₂ minute Sgt Session looming as a real and threatening menace. Members were spared this scenario as the comic genius eventually ran out of material. Based around absurd quiz question answers from the 80s BBC, the best by some distance was:-

Q: Who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in 1963?

A: JR

This ones not bad either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJO7hcinS-U

Duties for the next 3 weeks:

Duties	27-Oct-17	3-Nov-17	10-Nov-17
Welcome	-	James Clague	Shaun Piper
Door & Parting Thought	Dean Thompson	Rhonda Wisbey	David McConnochie
Cashier	Ray Scott	Stan Gregec	Kevin Atkinson
Speaker Intro & Host	*Crystal Palace*	Stuart Pedersen	-
Speaker Thanks	*breakfast*	Simon Beaton	-
Sergeant	-	Pauline Cowens	Dan Allen-Gordon
Bulletin Editor	Andrew Knowles	Dave Woodhouse	Max Mason
Backup	-	Shaun Piper	Monique Edlinger
Speaker	Vincent O'Malley - Author and specialist in Treaty of Waitangi research	Wayne Gould - Sudoku and My Life as a Judge in Hong Kong	AGM & Club Assembly (incl update on ROMAC by Glenys)

Rotary Tauranga Sunrise Bulletin 20 October 2017