President Chris opened the meeting.
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Happy Birthday Mary O’Sullivan.
Guests: Sam Allan and Alby McLelland (Speakers), Tania (Whakatane Club), Maria Flentin (guest of Shiv), and Dave McDonald.
Dean Thomson introduced our speakers Sam Dawson and Alby McLelland. Dean noted that RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is designed for young people who are “on their way”.
Alby started by thanking Rotary for his attendance at the course. The course was
held at Lake Karapiro, starting on a Sunday. Participants were put in teams for their activities for the week, which included raft building, high ropes, a trip to the Waitomo Caves, and various classes on matters such as public speaking and team leadership. On the final day there was a dinner for course participants (he referred to them as Rylarians) – Alby did comment that that with his family in Hawke’s Bay he had to make do with Dean as a Dad for the evening.
One particular benefit Alby said he got from the course was exposure to Māori culture, something which he had not seen much of previously. That, together with the advice he was given on public speaking techniques, were the highlights of the week for Alby.
Sam started by describing his arrival at the course as “weirdly secretive”. Apparently Sam had been told little or nothing about the course before he got
there. On arrival he found 30-40 people many of whom were wearing blue jerseys. He thought this seemed somewhat like a cult. Despite this beginning, Sam said the course turned out to be great. A few weeks ago he met up with about one third of the course participants and thought they had all taken something positive out of the course.
For Sam, the biggest effect has been a decision to go full-time into his art career, which he had previously been trying to run part-time. He also found the public speaking course to be a real benefit and has been trying out his skills making submissions to the Tauranga City Council about the Long Term Plan, amongst other things. Sam and his partner of also decided to enter in the Blue Lake Ultramarathon later this year, raising funds for the Graeme Dingle Foundation.
Sam noted that like a ship, a change of a few degrees in the course of your life can make a big difference over a long period of time.
Speaker thanks was from Andrew Knowles
- Bryan Winter reported on his attendance at a dune restoration event, as part of the Environment Committee activities.
- Neil Matson gave a save the date for the Club 25th Anniversary dinner to be held on 26 February 2022.
- Dan Allen-Gordon reminded us that he still has Christmas hams available for $65, and there is the upcoming annual “Drop Your Boss” tandem skydive fundraiser.
- Glenys reported that ROMAC has one Tongan child in Starship at present.
EXTRA NOTE:
Our 5th Tutored Whisky Tasting is coming up on 11 August. We are in need of some volunteers to help set up from 5pm at the Tauranga Club and to sell raffle tickets throughout the evening.
If you can help, please contact Dave Woodhouse at woodiesnz@xtra.co.nz or call 027 513 2345. Thank you
The Raffle was won by Warren Banks.
Glenn Dougal had an Olympic theme based around his time spent living in Japan. The Brazilian team have all tested positive for Covid, and Tokyo has just had its highest number of new cases overnight. All in all the Japanese are not particularly happy about having the Olympics in their country. This is their second summer games, and they have had the winter Olympics there twice. There are 69 events, including 4 new events - karate, skateboarding, climbing and surfing. The Japanese have also been melting down phones and other devices to extract their metals and the resulting products have been used to make the medals which will be handed out during the Games.
Amongst other gems of information Glenn told us that outside Tokyo is the Suicide Forest, which is the second most popular spot in the world for committing suicide (the Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular). 28% of Japan’s population is aged over 65 and the country has the highest proportion of its population aged over 100 in the world. By 2030 more than half the population will be aged over 65. Japan has a low rate of gun related homicides – there were 2 such homicides last year.
Parting Thought came from Rosalie Liddle Crawford: The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. (John Maxwell)
NOTE VENUE
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Duties
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23 July
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30 July
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6 August
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Welcome
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Warren Banks
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James Ross
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Barry Fredheim
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Technology Set-up
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John Carlson
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Les Geraghty
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Wayne Shadbolt
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Door and Parting Thought
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Mary O’Sullivan
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Glenys Parton
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Steve Read
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Wayne Shadbolt
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Nathan Capper
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Amanda McFadden
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Speaker Intro and Host
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Bill Holland
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Chris Dever
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Ross Brown
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Speaker Thanks
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Rhonda Wisbey
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Lynda Burch
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Colin Beere
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Sergeant
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Nathan Capper
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Kath Webb
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Andy Cameron
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Bulletin Editor
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Ross Brown
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Steve Dorrington
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Greg Brownless
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Backup
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James Ross
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Barry Fredheim
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Bob Sutton
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Speaker
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Matt Cowley
CEO CoC
Business today in Tauranga
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Legacy Trust
Breakfast visit to Legacy Park
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Lynda Burch
Jacqui Ferrel
Tauranga Community Housing Trust
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