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8 December 2017 Bulletin

Editor: Neville Whitworth
Club Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Past President
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Director Membership and Club Service
 
Director Community Service
 
Director International
 
Director Events Coordination
 
Director New Generation
 
Director Foundation and Investment
 
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. LOA's require board approval
 

Apologies

Leave of Absence

 
 
Meeting Information
We meet Fridays at 6:45 AM
Tauranga Club
Level 5 Devonport Towers
72 Devonport Road
Tauranga,  3000
New Zealand
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Upcoming Events
Christmas Morning Meeting
Dec 15, 2017
6:45 AM – 8:00 AM
 
Today’s attendance:
Attended
44
Apologies
11
LOA
2
Silent
13
Total
70
Visitors:
 
Name of Visitor & Organisation
Guest of
Barry Fredheim - LJ Hooker Real Estate
Antoon Moonen
Erica Holtsbaum - WBOP District Council
Barbara Whitton
Evie Mears - Tauranga Blood Donor Centre
With speaker
Jodie Houltram - Tauranga Blood Donor Centre
Speaker
Anniversaries
Chris Rapson and Liz celebrating 41st Wedding anniversary
 
Notices:
Social Media
To assist with our presidential citation and also get our message out there we need more coverage on social media: i.e. Club runner, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram etc.  (perhaps Tinder a  step too far ?) anyway, we need to connect, like articles and spread the electronic work in a very 2017/18 fashion.
Get clicking and connecting.
 
Secret Santa next week
The meeting on Friday (15th December) will be the last of 2017. It will also be our Christmas meeting. Please bring a small gift with you - value no more than $10 - and please try to avoid chocolates and lollies, but that is not an absolute rule.
 When you arrive, place the gift in one of the Santa sacks at the cashier’s desk. Whilst we are having breakfast, Santa will distribute the gifts to us.
District conference in Taupo in May 18 – registrations open. Roberta said she has a  spare twin bed in her room to share – so sounds like  were off to a good start.
First breakfast in 2018 will be Friday 5 January at the raft café. Please email Eric with your orders. If you can’t attend, please put in your apology in  the normal way.
Foodbank
Next week there is a major 1 off Foodbank collection please contact Barbara Whitton if you can help sort goods.
 
Still looking for members to help with the cricket in marshalling and other duties. Dates are
16 Dec, 27 Dec, 1 Jan, 3 Jan, 28 Jan, 28 Feb. Contact Barbara Whitten
Next bay Waka due out shortly. Please send any articles to  Antoon. There is also a link to Bay on Line
Antoon advised cross linking improves your social media foot print. My advice is cross dressing doesn’t so be careful when you push the send button. (very modern times we live in).
Guest Speaker
Jodie Houltram from Tauranga Blood Donor Centre gave a very inciteful talk about donating blood.it can be donated three ways being Whole blood, Plasma or Platelets.
Whole blood lasts for 35 days, plazma 2 years when frozen and platelets 7 days.
The blood is sent to Melbourne and made into Plasma at a rate of 13 tones every three months. The Blood Donor centre is raising awareness of giving blood via a promotion “Team Red”this  is designed to give back to the community and raise awareness for blood donations.
 
Yes you guessed it, there will be Apps, Websites, face book links, cross linking everywhere.
Some blood donor fun facts
You can donate up to the age of 76
No blue blooded British can give blood because of mad cow disease.
The test for mad cow can only be done via autopsy so a bit dramatic and best wait and see.
Giving blood only takes 10-15 minutes and you still get a biscuit and cup of tea.
Giving Plazma takes 45 minutes
The need for whole blood is reducing as they use more plazma.
There is a cool blood donor app that tracks how often you have donated, a bar code and ID and all sorts of other stuff apps do.
Last key fun fact – that bus with those nice policemen you come across after Christmas festivities are not from the blood donor centre, however they may still want to take your blood if you have been naughty.
Sargent session
Fines for Eric who lost his keys in a woman’s hand bag ???
Rhonda for suggesting the bridge at K valley could go under the road.
Some strange nuances of the English language
Your nose can run and feet smell
A car on a ship is a shipment. But a ship has cargo.
I am is the shortest sentence, I do sometimes is the longest.
Then we get to Southland which has it’s very own language ie
Crib = batch
Shed = garage
Belgum = luncheon sausage
Peter = flagon or rigger
Every other word seems to have a rrrr in it
Parting thought
What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.
 
Duties for the next 3 meetings:
Duties
15-Dec-17
5-Jan-18
12-Jan-18
Welcome
John Carlson
Eric Happé
Warren Banks
Door & Parting Thought
Ron Fyfe
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Jane Nees
Cashier
Neville Whitworth
 -
Les Geraghty
Speaker Intro & Host
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Speaker Thanks
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Sergeant                           
Santa
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Ray Scott
Bulletin Editor
Dave Woodhouse
Steve Dorrington
Andrew Knowles
Backup
Warren Banks
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Kevin Atkinson
Speaker
Last meeting of 2017
1st meeting of 2017 at the Raft
1st meeting at the Tauranga Club