As good as "Zoom" has been by keeping us in-touch with each other and Rotary activity over the last 2 months, hopefully this was the last Zoom Meeting that we will hold!! A face to face real meeting on June the 11th is eagerly looked forward too. 
Our meeting last week attracted 41 Zoomer's, certainly a good size crowd keen for some political electioneering. Our first guest speaker was Chloe Swarbrick. Chloe was elected as a member of the New Zealand Parliament at the age of 23 in 2017 and is the Green Party Spokesperson for Mental Health, Drug Law Reform, Education, Arts and Heritage, Tertiary Education, Small Business, Broadcasting, Youth and Local Government. Unfortunately Chloe had a flight to catch so she was limited with the time she had, however, she spoke quickly and covered a lot of ground including the impact on New Zealand of COVID-19, Marijuana Reform, and what and how we provide for Future Generations. Chloe spoke to our club around 3 years ago and it appeared that most of those present enjoyed the talk which captured her wit, her passion and her knowledge.
The second speaker up was the Hon Paul Goldsmith. Paul first entered Parliament following the 2014 General Election. Today he is a List Member for the National Party and their spokesperson for Finance and the Earthquake Commission. Paul's talk covered his background, personal and family, the cost to the economy of COVID-19, and what needs to be done to ensure that the debt being incurred by the country is minimised, and how we can reduce the debt as soon as possible. Paul said that it is important that the recovery plan focuses on reducing unemployment and business failures need to be kept as low as possible. He says the Government must also encourage spending and investment, both local and from offshore. Following the guest speakers, President Robyn covered off Club Notices and reminded members of the first face to face weekly meeting on the 11th of June, the GI Reserve cleanup on Sunday the 7th and Change-over on June 26th.