BULLETIN 28 MAY 2021

Attended	38
Apologies	11
LOA	5
Silent	7
TOTAL	61

President Rhonda opened the meeting.

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries:  Pat Taylor 34 years and Andy Knowles 17 years Rotary anniversaries.

 

Guests: Glenn Bradley (Speaker), Shianne Banks and Dave McDonald from the Ellerslie Rotary Club.

 

Rhonda started by reporting on the Rotary Conference she recently attended in Hastings, describing it as an excellent event.  The conference speakers included Professor Paul Spoonley who provided some alarming demographics mostly about how the population is getting older, the birth rate is 1.6 ie below replacement and we should be nice to anyone under 40.

 

 

 

Glenn Bradley was introduced by Kathy Webb. Glenn is General Manager and Fundraising Coordinator for Alzheimers Tauranga. Middle top row

 

Glenn’s talk wasn’t so much about what Alzheimers does, it was more about how they are organized to do it.  He said the organization sees itself as trying to fix one of a number of big problems out there, given that the number of 85+ will treble in the next 30 years. The idea is to operate like playing Pacman and gobble up the problem 1 gulp at a time.

 

Glenn also said that 65 is now the new middle age.  There was a murmur of approval at the statement of this fact which is of course well know to all of us, but it was good to hear it from someone who might actually know what he is talking about.

 

2020 was expected to be a demanding year for funding, with demand for services staying the same. In the event there was additional opportunity for fundraising. Current funding is about 45% DHB, 33% grants (especially TECT and BayTrust) and 20% donations.  For street appeals they are looking at introducing electronic payments.  The upcoming change in the structure of DHB’s is a major uncertainty.

 

 

Speaker thanks was from Warren Banks.

 

The Raffle was claimed by Simon Beaton, who then stopped complaining about Rhonda having taken his Sergeant time to talk about the Conference. It soon transpired that Simon’s claim to the prize was made in error (at best) and Jim Rickard was acknowledged as the correct winner.

 

 

Simon started by fining Michele – she drove him home from a function, then asked if she might have had too much to drink to safely go for a bike ride.   Having embarked on her bike ride she got down the road and rang to say she had forgotten her helmet. Simon then gave us some facts on the history of anti-vaccination movements, right through to 5G.