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BULLETIN 17 SEPTEMBER 2021

He was a good bloke. He was a royal. He had good eyesight, especially around snowy winter times AND Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305), was born this day in 1271 in Prague.
Happy birthday, Your Kingship!

Editor: Bill Chapman

Club  Directors
President
 
Past President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Director Community Service
 
Director International Service
 
Director Membership and Club Services
 
Director Public Image and Events
 
Director New Generation
 
Director Environment Committee
 
If you wish to apologise or register a Leave of Absence Request, please use the links below. Any problems please use contact form and emails will be forwarded. Remember absences need to be submitted before 6 pm on Thursday to be credited. LOAs require board approval
 

Apologies

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Meeting Information
Fridays at 7:00 AM
Tauranga Club
Level 5
Hotel on Devonport
Tauranga,
New Zealand
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Sep 24, 2021 7:20 AM
Oct 01, 2021 7:20 AM
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TODAY'S NUMBERS

Attended

29

Apologies

16

LOA

6

Silent

10

TOTAL

61

 
President Chris Dever opened the meeting.
 
Birthdays and Anniversaries: None
 
Anniversaries: Note to Dave McDonald – a birthday this week.
 
Guests: Amy Stanway - Speaker
 
Speaker
 
Kevin Atkinson introduced Amy Stanway as speaker.
 
Amy gave an informative if not entirely comfortable talk about the various types of skin cancer, being melanoma, squamous, and basal.
 
NZ’s rate of melanoma is higher than anywhere else in the world. Melanoma is the least common but most dangerous form of skin cancer. It is also the hardest to diagnose, and spreads to other parts of the body more quickly. 
 
Squamous cancers are quite common and are easier to diagnose because we notice them. If left for too long they can spread and can be fatal.
 
Basal cancers are very common and are relatively easy to treat but they can recur years later.
 
About 2/3 if us will develop either SCC or BCC in our lifetimes. About 2.5% of us will get melanoma, but melanoma causes 80% of skin cancer deaths – about 4000 a year if your editor got that right. It is the third most common form of cancer. Cause include genetics, some medications, exposure to toxins and scarring from injury, but the overwhelming cause is exposure to the sun.  Clothing and a hat are better than sunblock. Most of us do not need to go out in the sun to get enough vitamin D.  Previously having metastised melanoma was pretty hard to survive but now drugs such as Keytruda are quite effective. We should all be getting skin checks annually, and more often if we have actually had a skin cancer.
 
Colin Beere provided the speaker thanks. 
 
Notices
  • Chris noted that the deadline for Rotary Foundation funding is 30 September. No applications have been submitted yet.
  • Michele  gave a heads up that support will be requested for laying and maintaining bait lines in K Valley.
 
The Raffle went to Ron Fyfe
Sergeant Session
 
Sergeant Pat Taylor
 
Took us through a word puzzle which needed to be seen. It was won by Dan who nevertheless left empty handed because Pat had left the prize at home…
 
Parting Thought came from Graham Cornes – You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start now and change the ending.
 
 
 
 
DUTIES FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS
Duties
 
24 September
01 October
Welcome
  Michele Beaton TBA
Technology Set-up
 
Wayne Shadbolt
 
Second Door and Parting Thought
  Shiv Thamalla  
Attendance recorder
  Barbara Whiton  
Speaker Intro and Host
  Kathy Webb  
Speaker Thanks
  Jane Nees  
Sergeant
  Graham Cornes  
Bulletin Editor
  Ross Brown  
Backup
  Bill Chapman  
Speaker
 
Kathy Webb + Treasured Art fund recipients.
Tauranga Art Gallery
Graham Dingle Foundation
Tauranga Arts Festival