If you are not attending, please register your apology in the normal manner
From President David
Good turnout on Thursday for our new member talk from Nigel Donne. Bit of a shame that the memory stick didn’t work and Nigel’s slide deck was corrupted but Nigel did a good job working from his notes. Our board meeting last week was a long one and there are a lot of things on the table at the moment that the Club are working on.
The Garden Festival is gaining momentum and we will all be involved on this in due course as we run our first one in Carey’s absence. What an amazing legacy Carey built for us and indeed a challenge to run our first one next year on our own.
Gary has our Christmas Party under way and also a wine promotion fundraiser which we all need to get behind. Bev Maul-Rogers has the Presidents Breakfast well underway and is calling for Club support to come along to this fundraiser. Funds raised will go to an International Programme called ROMAC.
Enjoy the rest of your week. By the time you receive this we will all be celebrating our All Blacks win or drowning our sorrows.
President David
New Member Talk - Nigel Donne
Nigel Donne talked to the club about his ancestry and life journey. He is a direct descendant of John Donne, a poet who lived from 1572 - 1631. His ancestors settled in New Zealand in the 1800's and subsequent generations served in WWI and WWII. His father, James Donne, was a barrister and solicitor who moved to Western Samoa in 1970 where he was appointed a Judge. He then went on to become Chief Justice of Western Samoa, Chief Justice and Queens Representative in the Cook Islands, Chief Justice to Niue, Tuvalu and Nauru and was knighted in 1979 for services to the judiciary and the South Pacific.
Nigel's working life includes a stint with Fruit Distributors in Apia, a company he continued with when he moved to Auckland. He went to Australia in 1973/74 where he worked for most of the time in Weipa Queensland in Comalco’s bauxite mine. He joined the NZ Police in 1976 and was posted to Takapuna. He moved to Hamilton to commence a job as a Factory Inspector for the Department of Labour and he and his wife Adrienne had three children during that time. In 1993 Nigel became HR Manager for Marley NZ and retired in 2013 after 20 years of service and subsequently set up a business consultancy which he wound down in 2021.
Nigel became a member of the club in July 2022 and joined the Bruised Brothers Band in March 2023 and is grandfather to seven grandchildren.
Upcoming Events
President's Breakfast, Sunday 12 November commencing 9.45am at The Woolshed, Te Awa Lifestyle Village, Cambridge. Tickets are limited, contact Bev Maul-Rogers.
Kids in Need Open Day, also Sunday 12 November. Kids in Need are located at the end of Fencourt Road at the Aspin Road intersection. Bill Robinson has selected this organisation as his chosen charity to support while District Govenor. Contact Greg Gascoigne for further details.
Thanks to all who participated in the Pink Ribbon Appeal on Friday.
Roster
Please take note of the Duty Roster and be in good time for your duties.
If you are unable to attend on the date you are rostered, please swap or arrange a substitute. Please also advise the President and Sergeant of the change.
Please text apologies and extras, including names and the related date to 021 0267 8742 (or phone) or email [email protected] (click the link below) By end of day ON Tuesday. Do not press "reply" from this bulletin email.
Place name badges so members can recover them as they arrive.
Arrange placemats on each table. Put out plates, utensils, etc on end of bench to left of servery.
Set up lectern and join 2 tables to create a top table. Data projector turned on by remote in draw and HDMI cable ready for speaker’s computer.
Place Sergeant’s paraphernalia on top table (shrapnel box, fines box, raffle numbers, bell and hammer). Microphone to be placed by lectern.
Turn on sound system in right cupboard, turn on 3 power switches.
Place Presidents paraphernalia on top table (chain of office).
Place blind banner by top table behind lectern.
After the meeting return all equipment, including name badge box where you found it in cupboard. Venue should be left as it was found.
Materials:
Name badges
Rotary Banner
Lectern
Placemats
Dinner plates, utensils
Gong, Raffle
Turn as many lights off as possible, turn off heating.
Locking up:
Last one out lock bollards and shut outside door
Bar Duty
Time:
5-5.15pm in time to assist with set up before regular meeting.
Duty:
Set up bar - sell drinks - clear up afterwards & restock for next week.
How:
Key to Bar fridge is in top left pigeon hole.
Glassware in cupboards out back by pigeon holes, only in right cupboard.
Display name of Duty Manager and licence
Serve at bar before meeting from 5.30pm.
Serve members after business sessions and before meal.
Place empty bottles in recycling bins.
Return unused and part used bottles to fridge. Reds to cupboard out back
Stock up fridge for following meeting – su[pplies kept in cupboard by entrance- same keyring.
Leave float of $120 in frig- Mainly $5 notes if possible. Rest of money to treasurer
Materials:
Glassware (wineglasses)
Locking up:
Return any unused drinks to fridge or cupboard and lock fridge.
Speaker Introduction
Duty:
Welcome speaker - introduce to President and Club.
How:
Be in time to welcome the evening's speaker.
Introduce to President.
Ensure they are set up for any PowerPoint presentation they have with them - ask if they have a USB to use (IT duty person will take over setting up IT equipment).
Confirm that talk should be about 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Provide with drink from bar (Club pays for this).
Help guest socialise with members once set up.
Sit with guest for the meeting at the top table.
Introduce the speaker to the club with brevity.
If you have looked them up on Dr Google before the meeting make sure you have the right person.
Thanking Speaker
Time:
After Speaker
Duty:
Thank speaker and present with small token of appreciation (if there is one).
How:
Obtain thank you gift from Sergeant.
Thanks should be extremely brief and ask the club to show its appreciation.
Our Rotary World
Time:
During Meeting
Duty:
A short speech or presentation with a focus on a Rotary Subject - particularly District or International
5-6 Minutes on how Rotary contributes outside of out immediate club which our club members may not know about. – RI website is good place to go for research. (Happy for you to include a Power Point of short Video if needed). Club president happy to assist and advise as needed.
How:
The topic may be requested from the president. If technology is needed it is important this is arranged and setup prior to meeting.
Kitchen Duty
Time:
Follows regular meeting.
Duty:
Wash and dry bar glassware.
How:
Tables should clear glassware into kitchen.
Clear tables of crockery so caterer can wash.
Hand wash glasses and packed into boxes and return to back cupboard.
Materials:
Provided in kitchen
Locking up:
Leave with those on equipment
Club Meetings
Attendance Duty
Time:
5.20pm in time to welcome people as they arrive at venue – currently at Cambridge High staff room
Duty:
Welcome members and visitors alike.
How:
Record attendance and apologies on attendance sheet.
Complete name cards for all visitors to wear and record names.
Record make ups and receive attendance cards.
Provide attendance cards to visiting Rotarians. Charge $23.50 for meal unless guest of a member.
Encourage members to buy raffle tickets.
Give President list of all visitors including member’s partners and visiting Rotarians.
Prepare summary of attendance numbers.
Hand attendance sheet to treasurer for charging of meals.
Materials:
Members Badges stored in cupboard meeting venue.
Raffle tickets and cash box stored in cupboard. Key to cupboard in top left pigeonhole at rear of staff room.
Attendance sheet received from attendance officer any time after midday on Wednesday.
Welcome Duty & Toast
Time:
5.20pm in time to welcome people as they arrive.
Duty:
Welcome members and visitors alike.
How:
Stand by the entrance and greet everyone as they arrive (a great way to learn members’ names).
Introduce any visitor to the President if possible (he/she may be otherwise engaged).
Introduce the speaker to the person rostered to introduce them later in the evening.
You will need to know who the speaker is and who is introducing them.
Introduce other visitors to one or more members and ask them to host the visitor for the evening.
AND THE TOAST
At our regular meetings we will toast the members of a Rotary club in another part of the world. The toast reminds us of the international nature of Rotary and that clubs like ours are active and doing good on every continent and it is one of our 3 focus areas this year, Rotary Awareness. The duty involves researching a Rotary Club somewhere in the world, making contact with them, sourcing an image or brief on the club and we have a toast to the Club. Ideally finding out things like: the size of the Club, ratio of males to females, age of the Club, main Community Projects and Fundraising activities gives us an appreciation of the wider Rotary World. (Pres David happy for you to include a Power Point of slide of club if needed. He is happy to assist with this and advise as needed.
Nigel Donne talked to the club about his ancestry and life journey. He is a direct descendant of John Donne, a poet who lived from 1572 - 1631. His ancestors settled in New Zealand in the 1800's and subsequent generations served in WWI and WWII. His father, James Donne, was a barrister and solicitor who moved to Western Samoa in 1970 where he was appointed a Judge. He then went on to become Chief Justice of Western Samoa, Chief Justice and Queens Representative in the Cook Islands, Chief Justice to Niue, Tuvalu and Nauru and was knighted in 1979 for services to the judiciary and the South Pacific.
