Visitors: None – a smaller select bunch today.
Welcome From President Lynda Burch.
Welcome back James Clague
Birthdays– Rhonda Wisbey, and Rod Large who is currently overseas.
19 years service – Steve Dorrington – well done
Notices: – Last week we raised $157 for the Gumboot day appeal. Well done to all.
Erica: Remember the dinner to raise funds for the White Ribbon appeal – Thursday 24 November, contact Erica or Buddy Mikaere.
Larissa’s meals: there is a google spreadsheet set up for you to add your name to the day you are willing to make a meal and deliver to Larissa in Papamoa.
Click here to add your donation.
Michele – thanks all the attendees of the Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner event and reminded people who have not paid to cough up now! To: 02-0466-0146239-02 with your name and name of the event.
Update on Vina from Glenys: Vina (our ROMAC patient) is recovering well. Another 10 days of recovery in NZ and then she will be off home. Both anesthetist and surgeon have donated their services. ROMAC is a great programe.
Amanda McFadden donated her 4 day pass to the Garden & Art Festival for auction. Following enthusiastic bidding between two bidders; when sometimes the bidding went up and sometimes down and nobody knew what the bidding increments were – including Ross the auctioneer, someone won them. Suddenly Simon Beaton decided to donate another 4 day pass and the losing bidder Buddy was awarded the surprise pass at the same price – much to his disappointment – as I think he was only bidding to get the price higher.
Call out for a storage facility for the books which are collected and sent to the Islands. Needs to be very large. Contact Ross Brown.
Xmas Puddings – the usual yummy puddings are now available and will arrive on 9 December. Cost $23. $6 of this comes to our club so buy up. Guaranteed to last a minimum of 3 years in your cupboard. Contact
Indeevar 
ROMAC Raffle - Quilt: Glenys reminded us that she needs raffle books and money back as soon as.
Guest Speaker: Our own Dave Robinson – RYPEN Rotary
Youth Program for Enrichment and (something or other) Dave spoke about this great programme that we run every year.
Selection of 5 students from each school is made by the Year 10 Deans. The target market is the middle of the road student who may have undeveloped potential – not the high flyers, or those who may be having difficulties in life. In 2023 the programme will run at the end of March for 3 days and 2 nights at Ngamuwahine Camp. An experienced ‘adventure’ company is employed to run the activities to ensure that all H&S details are covered. In the past, Saturday features the task to build a bivouac to sleep outside that night.
Girls and boys are split into teams and difference between the teams is significant. Girls focus on comfort and ‘the look’ laying tarpaulins and even creating gardens outside their construction while boys are lucky to keep their shelter up for the whole night. A range of activities are held over the 3 days and students progress naturally from a bunch of individuals to groups of friends who will likely keep in touch going forward into the future.
Dave encouraged all to volunteer to help out on this weekend. It is a truly rewarding project for all who take part.
Sergeant Session: John Carlson,
This day in history: November 11th Armistice Day
11th day of the 11th month 1918 followed later that year by the Treaty of Versailles.
Three things of note happened on Armistice Day
- Armistice Day
- Andy Haden – with two minutes to play in a rugby test match against Wales Andy Haden flung himself sideways in an attempt to secure a match-winning penalty. His locking partner Frank Oliver also fell to the turf. English referee awarded a penalty to the All Blacks 15m infield, on the grounds that a Welsh player had been holding down another NZ. McKechnie kicked the goal and the All Blacks held on to win amidst vehement booing. After Oliver’s death in 2014 Haden admitted that their actions had been premeditated. So it was ironic that on 1 Feb 1981 it was McKechnie who faced the infamous underarm delivery from Trevor Chappell at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- highest price for a piece of art. In 1987 Irises by Van Gogh was sold by Sotheby’s for $59m to Australian businessman Alan Bond.
John then went on to correct our pronounciation of peoples’ names which was brought on by Chris Dever’s corrections at a previous meeting. He noted:
Dever – should be spoken to rhyme with clever
Beer – sometimes Berry
Cameron – Camer- on
Cornes – as cornies
Knowles – know – less
Geraghty – who knows?
Raffle: Indeeva (I think?)
Parting thought: John Carlson volunteered: Something that he couldn’t quite remember about birds singing – or not singing?? I think it might have been:
"The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang best." - Henry Van Dyke
Quiz night: Keep Tuesday November 29th free for our famous Quiz night back in operation. Book a table of 8 of work mates, friends or just come as an individual to help make up a table.
Raffle ,prizes, nibbles and cash bar. please advise numbers to Wayne or Michele
( wayneshad@gmail.com. )
