Meeting In Review - September 1st 2022

 

The evening meeting on 1 September was well attended and interesting as usual.  We had a large group of young adults previously sponsored by the club to attend Rotary Young-Persons Leadership Awards (RYLA) in attendance, to also catch up with each other and to hear an amazing presentation of the experiences of the St. Johns sponsored 2022 RYLA Awardees.

 

There were 24 members and 29 guests present.  Co-President Gary introduced all the guests.  Sergeant Bell arrived late because of traffic congestion, but it was not an issue as there was no Sergeant session conducted!

 

1 September 1989 was the first (charter) meeting of our club and Gary recognised this as well as Colin Robinson, the only original member present at the meeting. 

 

 

Beryl is on a new membership drive which has included contacting every RYLARIAN previously sponsored by St. Johns Rotary - a huge effort, well done Beryl!

 

Aubrey - Quiz Night 14 October - Don’t forget to book a table.  Gary hopes we will have the future Auckland Mayor in attendance so watch this space and get along to the function. There are tables and single seats available so if you don’t want a table, just book your seats and you never know you may end up on the Mayor’s table…..and win a dinner for two! We have a couple of donations to-date for the silent auctions, HOWEVER does anyone else have something to donate?  Please let Lynette, or David Hartstone know.

 

Maddie - told us about her passion for RYPEN and helping youth become adults and she is doing some really exciting projects.

 

Kevin K - has put together a team for back up for the disability exhibition

 

Liz - is helping with the Science Forum in January 2023

 

Peter Buchanan is doing a lot of work at the Apirana Reserve to clean up the stream and plant trees.  He is a volunteer on the Expo stand.

 

Sam Lucas surprised us with his presence and updated the members on progress in Madagascar.  For latest on ONJA visit Unlocking Africa's Next Top Coders - Onja

He again acknowledged the amazing support from the RC of St. Johns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was very evident that this year’s RYLA programme was very inspiring (and sometimes emotional), for all participants and they enjoyed the week and their challenges.  One major challenge that all participants thought was going to be the hardest to accept, was to be the whole week without a phone!  As it turned out - it wasn't an issue.

 

 

Eye opening, life changing.  Set her up for life.  Jam packed, inspirational and challenging.

Briar liked the speakers, especially David Downs and the outdoor challenge was interesting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical and mental, outdoor challenge connection to others.

Team leaders and involvement showed different leadership styles.  He said he enjoyed taking risks also!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task orientated

Work as a team

Listen to your team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He said he almost did not go.  He works as a golf coach and rates our David Hardstone as a golf champ!

So, he did attend the week and found it a welcoming environment and liked the diversity of speakers.

Outdoor experience was great challenging and fun.

He has a better understanding of himself and the leadership styles available.

Small steps can lead to bigger leaps!

 

Here are her words to describe the week:

Bravery, adventure, understanding.

She definitely wants to go forward and apply her new skills.

 

All in all, the emotion and passion of these young people is inspirational and I think as a group and club we felt proud listening to their experiences and hope that this will be the start of an adventure filled future for each and every one of them.

 

To view video highlights of the RYLA Presentations click this link;  https://youtu.be/JtV7KVHUuFM