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After returning from a three week absence, on a Habitat Build and tour of Thailand, Sargent Miles introduced President "Racey" Robyn to 27 members and 6 guests. .jpg) It was a very busy meeting, starting off with Genesis Kasper, an 18 year old student from Selwyn College, who was at the club to introduce herself and to thank the club for their financial support to assist her to join the crew on an upcoming sailing on the Spirit of Adventure. This is a huge adventure for Genesis and we look forward to her returning to the club early next year to share details of her experience. The support for Genesis' week on the Spirit of Adventure has been funded by the Brian Gibbs Memorial Scholarship. To learn more about the Scholarship, please click on "Read More" below.  The next formality at the meeting was the presentation of the Peter McKenzie Memorial Scholarship to the top accounting student at Glendowie College. The winner this year is Hollie Thomlinson and Glendowie College teacher Noelene Doherty had the following to say about Hollie; "Hollie is an all-round student. She has been involved in sports – cricket (for five years) and Lacrosse (for three years). This year she was Captain of the Girls 1st XI Cricket team and she won the Ellis Cup for Leadership in Girls Cricket. She also contributed to the school as a Peer Support Leader. For the last three years she has been a member of Interact. Hollie attained Excellence in Level 1 NCEA and has 41 out of the necessary 50 credits to attain Excellence at Level 3. This year Hollie came first in Accounting. In the picture above, Hollie is flanked by her mum on the left and Noeline Doherty on her right. To lean more about the Peter McKenzie Scholarship please click on "Read More" below.  The Clubs AGM, was also scheduled to be included last Thursday, but we were still in for one more surprise, with member Oscar Lyons being re-introduced to the club. Oscar, who was accompanied by his partner Amadea, took leave of absence from the club 3 years ago after being selected as a Rhode Scholar. He is currently still living in the UK and running his own business, Leadership Development in the medical arena.  After a very busy start to the meeting proper, which included the AGM as covered in a separate story below, we then heard from our Guest Speaker on the day, PDG Jennie Herring. Jennie is the Rotary Foundation District Chair and her talk was focused on the Rotary Foundation, some history, what it does and how to access the funds. The Foundation is our charity of choice and was launched in 1916 with a fund of US$26.15. Today, some 100 years later the Rotary Foundation has distributed in excess of US$3 billion on Humanitarian help worldwide. All Rotary Clubs have the ability to apply for either District Grants or Global Grants from the Foundation, to assist with club projects. To secure funds a formal application must be lodged and if approved, the project must demonstrate that it will be sustainable. Our own ONJA Madagasgar project is a very good example of a sustainable project that has been successful in securing a Global Grant. Gary Key is currently the Club Director Foundation and he is seen here thanking Jennie for her presentation. If you have any questions regarding Foundation and how it may assist a project that you are working on or thinking about, don't hesitate to ask Gary. |
IPP Allan then proceeded to present the President's Report for the Rotary year 2018 / 2019. Following the presentation of the report, Allan moved that the report be accepted, John Cornaga seconded the move and the report was subsequently accepted unanimously.
