Our July 30th Meeting attracted 26 Members and 3 Guests including our guest speaker, RYE Student Isi Ravanal from Chile.  More about Isi's talk shortly.

 

Following President Hugh's welcome, he ran through our activity schedule for the next month or so, all of which is covered off in this Bulletin should you need reminding, or missed the meeting.  There were also other notices that needed sharing and/or announcing and these were; 

 

At our recent Change-over Dinner IPP Robyn presented member Graham Fabian with a Sapphire Paul Harris Award.  Unfortunately on the night, the actual pin had not been received, however, the mailman has since recommenced deliveries and a new pin has been received and this was duly presented last Thursday.  Congratulations again Graham.  Your fellow members and the community at large are extremely thankful for your generosity and the significant support of our club.

 

Peter B also provided members with a heads up on a possible visit to Rotoroa Island.  Tentative dates are the weekend of November 27 and standby to receive more specific details of this club activity in the not too distant future.

 

Cheri then shared with members details of a new project that she is "championing" - knitting "Peggy Squares" for the Glen Innes CAB.  Since our last meeting Cheri has emailed all members  details of this project and she would be delighted to hear from any members and/or family / friends of members who would like to participate in this very worthy project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Present at this meeting was club member Steel Gibson, who has been absent for  a few months as he worked his way through the various obstacles at work posed by Covid19. It was good to see Steele back, still smiling and happy to share a few recent experiences via Snap Chat.  Hopefully we will get to see you a little more frequently as work commitments allow Steele.

 

 

 

 

RYE District Coordinator IPP Robyn, then introduced our guest speaker Isi Ravanal.  Isi, is jointly hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Tuakau and Otahuhu and she is now the only inbound RYE Student remaining in our District.  She is halfway through her stay and is hopeful that she will be able to complete the full 12 months, although C19 is impacting significantly on the Exchange programme worldwide, and this may not be the case.  

 

However, while she is here she is making sure that she makes the most of the opportunity.

 

Izi shared with us some very interesting facts about her home country, her school and her family.  Her home is in Santiago at the foot of the Andes which tower above Santiago and in fact much of Chile which is the worlds "longest" country and is 4.5 times bigger than New Zealand with a population of 18 million people.

 

Some of the interesting facts that Isi shared with us were;

...and there were many more very interesting parts to her talk, so please be sure to attend club meetings regularly to ensure you get to hear from our wide range of very interesting speakers.

 

Thank you for taking the time to share your story with us Isi and we wish you well for the rest of your exchange and your return home early next year or whenever it maybe. 

 

 

Sergeant Aubrey contemplating who he's going to hit hard when his Sergeants sessions starts, or is he just reflecting on the good old days when he was President!!

 

This is your last chance to purchase a ticket and or a table, that will ensure a "sell out".  Please contact IPP Robyn asap if you can help.

 

Sincere thanks also goes to all members for their support, and in particular to Donald and team for all the effort setting up the evening and the selling of tickets, which will ensure that the evening will be a great success.