Tuesday 9 April 

Regards, President George

 

Alan gave us a fascinating and detailed insight into his, life , family and career .

 Alan was brought up on a Southland farm before progressing to Waitaki Boys and ultimately John Mcglashan College in Dunedin.  He achieved a degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Otago University.

Alan held numerous roles in the meat processing and retailing industries over a 25 year period and eventually joined the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), which was the government’s export focussed development agency.  His primary role was identifying companies with exportable products and services.

 Alan and Margaret have owned their property in Wanaka since 1989 but Alan only shifted permanently to Wanaka last year and they recently completed a rebuild on their section in Wylie Road.

Alan suggests we shop with specials only on the outside of the supermarket (fresh produce and meat products) as the normal high outside costs subsidise the centre of the store. Easier said than done!

 NZ’s exports as a percentage of GDP have been 30% for quite some time.

Denmark, which is used in the industry as a comparison to NZ, has increased to 50%. Alan emphasised that Branding is the key to ensuring our products are recognised.

Our future is the Asian market and understanding this culture should be the focus.

 

 

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2 April Area Speech Competition Final 

 

from Left: Jackson Dunstan High; Gracie Wakatipu High; Myah Cromwell College; Isobel Mt Aspiring College - and the winner was Gracie on the topic of body image and ownership of editing images in the world of media today. 

 

 

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Relay for Life - 23-24 March 

 

Relay for Life, a Cancer Society Initiative, held for the first time in Wanaka at Pembroke Park.

This weekend saw, John, Nicole & Olivia Huddleston, with Rotarians Fran Tate, Nicola Brown and their respective partners and other friends of the Huddleston Family, walk, in the Relay for Life, to commemorate the lives of family and friends who may have lost the battle to cancer and also those who have survived.

As Mike Regal of Radio Wanaka put it, it was a great opportunity to walk and JUST TALK! There were many new friends made, there was a better understanding of the Relay for Life  and it was clear that the Wanaka community’s generosity was evident once again! The Cancer Society announced approximately $73,000 was raised. The Huddleston ‘Wiggly Wop Wops’young members of the group helped boost this figure with a stall ‘Decorate a Cupcake’ for $2 a pop.

If you missed out attending this time, then Wanaka will host another Relay for Life in 2021.

 

*Copy & pics supplied by Fran Tate       

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Dansey's Pass 4WD trip 3--31 March 2019

 

It was beautiful weather for the 4WD safari on the weekend. Here’s some pics from President George.

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March Directors Meeting

Treasurers Report: M West (Apology)

Trust account balance is $40,785. Club account balance $9886.68.  Charitable Trust P&L to 28 February attached.

President advised a number of no show, no apology, club members have been billed for their meals at WDC. 

 

Administration: P Harridge

A discussion held re the need for a Bulletin every week. Committee agreed to recommend to Directors the Bulletin be published on a biweekly basis which appears to reflect what other clubs are doing.

 

Directors agreed to trial this concept for the following two months and review feedback from members at the Club Forum on 18 June.

 

President George discussed the increase in meal cost with management of WDC. They were receptive to an increase and settled on $2.00. From 2 April meal cost will be $22 pp.

 

 

After discussion it was resolved and moved the current modus operandi in respect of gifts to speakers be retained

 

6th April is the 30th anniversary of women being admitted to Rotary.

 

D Budden has obtained a video on the topic and will playi t whilst the speech competition judges are deliberating at 2 April meeting  

 

Foundation: D Hudson (Apology)

Re Vanuatu Epi Island Kindergarten project. Whilst not seeking Directors approval at this time, but for a commitment of $2500, Directors expressed the need for more information regarding financing. (International and District Grants etc).

Club meeting 7 May cancelled in favour of Quiz night on Thurs 9^th

 

Service Projects:  J Huddleston

Re Directors approval for the submitted draft Funding Application declaration be added to current Funding Application Form:

 

Discussed and agreed the steps are seen as work in progress at this time. Charitable Trust Trustees need to have input and sign off their approval prior to Directors final endorsement.   

 

Youth and Vocation: K Buchanan

 

Rotary Study Exchange – One host family short at this time.

Draft Programme as presented.

 

Tues 23^rd April – Handover from Cromwell Club. Perhaps meet at Archangel/similar for drink/pallets.

Evening – Rotary Club Meeting.

Wed 24^th April (TBC)

Tourism Wanaka Overview – Geoff Marks

Upper Clutha Farming – Phil Hunt

Alpine Group – Blend of Tourism/Farming

DOC/Conservation Programme Overview – Paul Hellebrekers

If time allows, call into Puzzling World

Thur 25^th April

ANZAC Service (morning)

West Wanaka Station (Ridgeline/George)

BBQ for group/hosts

Fri 26^th April

Free time/relax morning

Travel to Oamaru/Conference – details to be confirmed.

 

RYE Incoming – President Elect is keen for the club to host an incoming student.

 Aspiring RC has indicated their involvement. Moved C Buchanan / C Wright  PE be given approval to pursue the opportunity provided suitable hosts are in place. Carried. Noted cost to club around $2500 for the year. 

 

 

Club Membership   D Budden

Stats:  Note No Figures available in Club Runner for Feb – adjusted Manually

Feb 2019 (1 resignation + 7 transfers) 0 active members added 8 members terminated   55  total active members 6 total honorary members

 

February resignation was Viv Milson plus 7 members transferred to Mt Aspring Club (Janice Hughes, Jo Briggs, Peter Barrow, Clayton Hope, Pip Kidd, Tabatha Wilson & Celia Waser). We have also received a resignation from Gavin Vize & Robbie Julius (being Processed).

President to follow up with R Julius.

 

 

Club Activities  C Wright

 

April Friday night social Jarrod Frazer’s home.

May 28^th Kahu Youth Amigos takeover.

September 28^th Pt Chalmers Sea food festival

Progressive dinner July-August.

 

 

 

General Business:

 

Support for Members fundraising outside the club –

Current cases John Huddlestone Relay for Life & Jarrod Fraser – Kids Can.

 

Directors agreed club members directly involved by their participation in a worthy recognised Charity endeavour should be accredited with RCW support.

 

In the light of the horrific tragedy of March 17^th in Christchurch Directors agreed to support the Mosque Appeal managed by the Rotary Clubs of Riccarton, Linwood-Woolston, and Ferrymead. The invitation to support the appeal was sent to all clubs in D9980 by the District Governor.

A resolution that a donation of $1000 from RCW was unanimously supported.

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Wyn Bachler (15 years) Rheinbach, Germany

 

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6 April 1989- 2019 

History of Women in Rotary

The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary.

 “My fellow delegates, I would like to remind you that the world of 1989 is very different to the world of 1905. I sincerely believe that Rotary has to adapt itself to a changing world,” said Frank J. Devlyn, who would go on to become RI president in 2000-01. 

The vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings. The response to the decision was overwhelming: By June 1990, the number of female Rotarians had skyrocketed to over 20,000. By July 2016, the number of women worldwide had surpassed 250,000. 

Women immediately embraced the leadership opportunities provided by their clubs and have been making an impact in communities around the world. Michelle Candland, a member of the Rotary Club of San Diego, California, USA, for instance, has been instrumental in moving a school for homeless students to a new facility. “If we as Rotarians lay the groundwork for other community members to build on, we can then accomplish any goal we set out to,” she says. 

Timeline of women in Rotary

1. 1950

   An enactment to delete the word “male” from the Standard Rotary Club Constitution is proposed by a Rotary club in India for the Council on Legislation meeting at the 1950 Rotary Convention.

2. 1964

   The Council on Legislation agenda contains an enactment proposed by a Rotary club in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to permit the admission of women into Rotary clubs. Delegates vote that it be withdrawn. Two other proposals to allow women to be eligible for honorary membership are also withdrawn.

3. 1972

   As more women begin reaching higher positions in their professions, more clubs begin lobbying for female members. A U.S. Rotary club proposes admitting women into Rotary at the 1972 Council on Legislation.

4. 1977

   Three separate proposals to admit women into membership are submitted to the Council on Legislation for consideration at the 1977 Rotary Convention. A Brazilian club makes a different proposal to admit women as honorary members. 

   The Rotary Club of Duarte, California, USA, admits women as members in violation of the RI Constitution and Standard Rotary Club Constitution. Because of this violation, the club’s membership in Rotary International is terminated in March 1978. (The club was reinstated in September 1986.)

5. 1980

   The RI Board of Directors and Rotary clubs in India, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States propose an enactment to remove from the RI and club constitutions and bylaws all references to members as “male persons.” 

6. 1983-86

   In a lawsuit filed by the Duarte club, the California Superior Court in 1983 rules in favor of Rotary International, upholding gender-based qualification for membership in California Rotary clubs. In 1986, the California Court of Appeals reverses the lower court's decision, preventing the enforcement of the provision in California. The California Supreme Court refuses to hear the case, and it is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

7. 1987

   On 4 May, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Rotary clubs may not exclude women from membership on the basis of gender. Rotary issues a policy statement that any Rotary club in the United States can admit qualified women into membership. 

   The Rotary Club of Marin Sunrise, California (formerly Larkspur Landing), is chartered on 28 May. It becomes the first club after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to have women as charter members.

   Sylvia Whitlock, of the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, becomes the first female Rotary club president.

8. 1988

   In November, the RI Board of Directors issues a policy statement recognizing the right of Rotary clubs in Canada to admit female members based on a Canadian law similar to that upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

9. 1989

   At its first meeting after the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Council on Legislation votes to eliminate the requirement in the RI Constitution that membership in Rotary clubs be limited to men. Women are welcomed into Rotary clubs around the world.