St Johns Rotary May 7 2018 (May 02, 2018)

It was great to be back at Rotary for last Thursday's evening meeting - and I'm very grateful to those who have stood in for me while I was away. We had a travel theme for the evening. John Cornaga provided an illustrated travelogue of his trip to Cardiff to view the Parker vs Joshua heavy-weight fight along with 78,000 others! And Graham Fabian took us on a journey from South Africa, via Italy to explore his Italian roots, and on to New Zealand - on the way changing his name and gaining two additional passports!

In the coming week, there's a strong contingent of St Johns members registered for Monday (7 May) evening's debate with Auckland East - at 5 Knots, 5.30 for 6.00 pm. We'll be supporting our team of 3 skilled debaters addressing the moot: Is the America's Cup only beneficial to Auckland?

Note that on Thursday morning (10 May) we will meet over breakfast for our combined committee meetings, planning ahead for a number of club projects; it's also the chance to suggest and discuss new ideas for future activities.

In House Guest Speakers
Members John Cornaga and Graham Fabian

As reported by President Peter, this months evening meeting featured two of our club members as the "guest speakers".

John (pictured left) shared stories and photographs from his trip to Cardiff where he attended his 'second' world heavy weight championship fight (Joseph Parker V Anthony Joshua). John got to the fight by acting as a 'gear assistant' for his very talented photographer son Andrew (owner of New Zealand's premier sports photo agency PhotoSport).

Graham (aka Signor Fiabane pictured right) talked about his experience as "a last minute Immigrant" from South Africa and what he learned about his ancestors as he and

his family pursued Italian citizenship in order to have options when leaving South Africa.

Thank you gentlemen for sharing your entertaining anecdotes - it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Sailing...Have A Go!

St John's Club Member Gary Key is delighted to announce that discussions with Orakei Marina have "successfully" concluded. They have agreed to make a "significant" donation to support the "Have A Go" Sailing Program.

The Rotary Club of St John's extends sincere thanks to Orakei Marina and also to the Chenery Trust for their ongoing support of the superb "Have A Go" sailing program.

Designed to give primary and intermediate school students the opportunity to try sailing in a safe and well managed environment, this program is taking place at Okahu Bay. This year's program started on May 1st with Panmure District School (pictured).

Below is an extensive list of schools now participating. St John's members are warmly invited to drop-by on any of these days to see what they get up to. Click Read More to see additional photographs from Day 1.

May	School
1	Panmure District School
2	Panmure Bridge School
3	Churchill Park
4	Glen Taylor
7	Stonefields School
8	St Pius X
9	Pt England School
10	Stonefields School
11	St Patricks School
14	Glen Innes School
15	Glenbrae School
17	Tamaki School

St Patrick School Garden

An enthusiastic team assembled at 9am to assist Miles with building a flower garden at St Patrick School, Panmure. The team included Gary, Arvi and son Kyle, Gavin, Nigel, President Peter, Murray and Megan. Over the space of 5 hours we formed a 54-metre-long garden along the length of the fence line. The timber had been bought and delivered many months ago, so it was satisfying to get the garden completed. Once the grass has died back from weed killer we will have another working bee to put in 2 cubic metres of garden mix. St Johns Rotary can be proud of another Community Project underway.

Leaders Elect Training Seminar (LETS)

On Sunday a team from St John’s attended this year’s LETS, which is a daylong seminar open for all Rotarians, but targeted at incoming Presidents and their ‘teams’.

The day was divided into informative plenaries and breakout sessions covering important topics such as: How to Fund Projects; Attracting and Engaging Members; Club Runner; Rotary Branding and Image; and the importance of getting the Rotary Message out and Telling Our Stories.

The day was well paced; the sessions were informative and motivating and speakers were interesting. All-in-all, a stimulating day, well-spent in great company.

(Pictured) Robyn, Gary, Donald and Michelle clearly enjoying their time at LETS. Beryl (organisation) and Colin (Club Runner speaker) were also in attendance making for a strong St John's presence.

RYDA Thank You Letter

Challenge Camp - Final Concert Invitation

Posted by Email

Dear Rotarians

Thank you for your club's support of this year's Challenge Camp.

We would like to invite you to attend this year's Challenge Camp final night dinner and concert.

During the dinner you'll be able to chat with the campers and International Youth Exchange students and find out what they've been up to over the week.

After dinner the concert will begin - this is when all the campers and IYE students will perform and is an absolute highlight of the week.

The times and dates are as follows:

Thursday 17th May 2018

Dinner: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Concert: starts 7:00pm.

Venue: Muriwai Surf Lifesaving Club, 100 Jack Butt Lane, Muriwai, Auckland.

If you wish to attend dinner, the cost is $20.00 per person which you can pay by cash on the night.

If you are unable to attend, we would love you to extend the invitation to any other member/s of your Rotary Club, in particular those interested in Youth projects.

Please RSVP by emailing me by Saturday 12th May, advising whether you'll come for dinner or the concert only, the name of those attending, your Rotary Club name and whether there are any special dietary requirements.

Should you have any questions, please let me know.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 17th May if you can make it.

Best regards

Matthew McLeod

Challenge Camp Coordinator

The Rotary Club of Henderson

www.challengecamp.org.nz

ph 0274 324 069

Upcoming Projects and Lead Coordinators

7 May	The Great Rotary Debate (Nic, Hugh, Chris) St Johns v Auckland East
6-13 May	Have a Go Sailing (Gary K) 12 schools involved
30 June - 7 July	RYLA (Tom S) Interviewing now

Club Contacts

President: Peter Buchanan 027 434 1832

Secretary, Treasurer: Alex Gatt

Apologies: Alex Gatt 021 571 722 or gatt@xtra.co.nz

President Elect: Allan Smith

Sergeant Major: John Cornaga

Club Services Director: Brian Fergus bfergus@xtra.co.nz

Bulletin Editors: Annie Tyson & Robyn Ingram

Membership Director: Allan Smith ASmith@accessable.co.nz

Club Email: stjohnsrotary@gmail.com

Website: www.rotarystjohns.club

Our Meetings

We meet Thursday for breakfast at 7 am for 7.15 am start,

except for the first Thursday of the month,

when we meet in the evening at 6 pm for dinner.

Remuera Golf Club

120 Abbotts Way, Remuera, Auckland, 1072

New Zealand

All Rotarian's are welcome including family members.

Others wanting to visit are most welcome to contact:

Allan Smith ASmith@accessable.co.nz

10th May 2018

Set Up/Down

Jones, Simon

Attendance

Kwok, Ainie

Greeter

Robertson, Andrew

Standby

Goodman, Roger

Thanks & Close

Fergus, Brian

May 07, 2018

Debate with Auckland East

Mote: Is the America's Cup only beneficial to Auckland?

May 17, 2018

Paul Minett

Solving Traffic Congestion without Building Infrastructure

May 24, 2018

Two Rotary members

May 31, 2018

Prof Ed Gane

Advances in Hepatitis C Cure

Jun 07, 2018

TBA

Changeover Dinner

Jun 15, 2018

Rotary Planning Breakfast

Jun 22, 2018

Andrew Poole

Rotoroa Island

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Debate Rotary St Johns v Auckland East

May 07, 2018 5:30 PM

Combined Committees Breakfast

May 10, 2018 7:00 AM

Changeover Dinner

Jun 07, 2018

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