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                     BULLETIN  26 August 2022                                        Today in History 1866                              

After two bungled attempts and near disaster at sea, the installation of the first communications cable between the North and South Islands of New Zealand was completed. A simple copper telegraph cable was laid on the sea floor from Whites Bay, north of Blenheim, to Lyall Bay on Wellington’s south coast.

The operation began off Wellington on 26 July. The initial attempt failed after the cable snapped because the cable ship pulled it too quickly. A second attempt came up 32 km short because the cable had drifted sideways in strong currents. Recycling cable from the first attempt helped make up the shortfall.

                                                   Editor  Graham Cornes

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Fridays at 7:00 AM
Tauranga Club
Level 5
Hotel on Devonport
Tauranga,
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Sep 09, 2022
 
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TODAY'S NUMBERS

Attended

36

Apologies

11

LOA

7

Silent

6

TOTAL

60

 
 
President Lynda
Lynda started the meeting with the call to order, advising our scheduled Speaker was unwell and our new member Rod Large would be filling in.
But first up we had notices and reminders.
 
Shiv spoke at length, about the Arts and Fine Homes tours, which for many reasons has now changed to Arts and Amazing spaces tour and he invited the Club and Community service committee to find and put forward some amazing places for the joint committee’s to consider.
 
Ross reminded all that the auction is on the 9th September and that the last day to bring any further items is Friday 2nd. Please ring Les Geraghty 021315366 for items which may need picking up.
 
Steve Dorrington was lonely at the last couple of Friday Fives and urged members to support Rotary and the Tauranga Club by attending the last Friday drinks each month ( next is on Friday 30 Sept )
 
President Lynda   noted that Shiv Thammalla is celebrating a birthday on 31 Aug.
 
Dean Thompson gave our last minute speaker
Rod Large a warm welcome.
Rod began speaking by advising us that he is used to giving motivational talks but on this occasion he thought he would talk about himself. He began by describing his Whaka which was the HMS Rodney. His Father and his Grandfather had both served on this vessel built in 1920s a Nelson class battleship as a result he was christened Rodney. With a name that was considered upper class he was tormented by his peers.
 
He had three brothers and grew up in a state house in Totteridge. Which was a great village life to grow up in. Rod was partly-dyslectic; spelling was not a strong point at school often having to stand in the dunce corner this never stopped him learning life skills.  Playing football for school, then for the local county and was then picked up by Tottingham Hotspur - life was a dream  until at 15 the coach called him in and said “Rod you’re not good enough”. He then Joined the Police as a cadet which was good as he went to college and furthered his education.
Football again changed his direction in life, after a game between the police v RAF an RAF recruitment officer approached Rod and asked him if he wanted to be a Plod for the rest of his life or would he like to apply to the RAF as a flying officer cadet.  Unfortunately for Rod he nearly flew his training aircraft into the ground so after another eyesight test he was placed in the intelligence service as an officer, not quite like James Bond.
In 1965 Oman was an interesting place until being fired upon and shot at In a full scale Arab skirmish. Latter in Aden he was being air lifted out in a C130 with ramp down with a heavy caliber machine gun firing hot at the Guys chasing us down the runway.
 
After the RAF it was back to Rods happy place Football at Middleburgh F.C.  Rod had learnt from life and has dads saying “ Winners never quit and quitters never win “. After a couple of years of pro football his knee gave out through too many  tackles or dives and he changed profession to a salesman of fine English Cars including Austin Allegro’s, Morris Marinas and then British Laylands masterpiece  the Austin Princess. Rod discovered and developed and put into practice - to sell a car put on your biggest smile and make customers laugh.  The bill of sales kept on being signed -  life was good.
Rod married a Kiwi moving to NZ in 1984. Through family he was Invited to a dinner in Auckland and was offered a job with Bob McMillian who had the BMW franchise and also obtained the Toyota Franchise. Bob McMillian was big on training in product and sales which Rod took full advantage of.
A company in Australia called ‘Fortune‘ which Rod trained with, impressed Rod so much that he brought the Company Fortune Group NZ and subsequently formed another company Smart Train NZ. He has enjoyed helping people using lots of laughter. Rod had to understand what causes laughter and why do we laugh. To do this Rod went to the States and completed a degree in Behavioral Psychology. Rod learnt that if you can smile or laugh it triggers the brain to produces and release of endorphins, (the body’s natural feel good chemicals) and can stop a feeling of pain, hurt or dark thoughts.
 
Editor’s note - So I am going to keep a smile on My Dial!
Ian Burns    gave thanked Rod for being a last-minute speaker. Ian said “He will be taking all the info onboard”
 
Raffle was drawn B53 won by Warren
 
Sergeant was James Ross    The topic was this Day 26 August, with a mathematical calculation that if you were born on this day you were likely to be conceived on Dec 3 . Just a thought for those people would like to know that.   Calculation #2- only 127 days till the end of the year!  1920 Women got the right to vote in the USA. 2008 was the first Afro American to be nominated for presidency.
Today is cheery Popsicle day go figure!  Dog appreciation day, Web Mistress Day – a women who’s occupation is designing and developing websites
 
Parting thought : Sanjana
Quote from Brene Brown – inspirational speaker.
“Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It is having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome” and “Courage is contagious”.
 
Zoom Meeting access for this Friday ( thank you Rosalie )
Duties
2 Sept
 9 Sept 
16 Sept
Welcome (Hotel Door)
Rod Large
John Carlson
 
Technology Set-up
Bryan Winters
Henry Kayser
 
Second Door and parting thought
James Clague
 Ian Burns
 
Attendance recorder
David McDonald
Les Geraghty
 
Speaker Intro and Host
Adrian Pohio
N/A
 
Sergeant
Phil Mangos
Phil Mangos
 
Speaker Thanks
Kevin Atkinson
N/A
 
Bulletin Editor
Warren Banks
Steve Dorrington
 
Backup
John Carlson
Barry Fredhiem
 
Speaker  is
Environment Committee
Drain Sock
Club Auction