It’s been catch up with business, building and family matters, interspersed with Rotary activity, not to mention the influx of friends cruising into town from afar. There’s no rest for the ‘wicked’! I even managed to get on my bike and enjoy the warmer weather NOT.
Guest Speaker – 5th June Mat Woods , Head of Sales at Cardrona Alpine Resort, talking about the Winter Season 2018.
Rotary Leader Online Publication – This issue has some interesting ideas about attracting more members. Take a look and see……
Magazine Recycle – At reception, help yourself – The Economist, Listener, misc…..
Friends of Rotary (FOR) –Maybe suitable for those people unable to commit to full membership but may want to help with our fundraising events whenever the opportunity arises. If you have anyone interested in helping us, let me know. FOR is a good way for interested parties to get to know how the Rotary Club works.
Events coming up
Saturday 30th June Changeover at Edgewater ,The Pavilion
Friday 6th July Whisky Tasting
Saturday 13th October Koru Trio
The Wanaka Rotary Club - Out there and Doing it!
Nga mihinui!
CLUB DUTIES
2018
May
June
Attendance
Gavin Vize
Nicola Brown
Attendance
TBA
Celia Waser
Introduction
Janice Hughes
Peter Barrow
Raffle
Don Irvine
Paul Gardner
Thanks
Dave Evans
Chris Wright
Sergeant
Ian Haynes
Peter Harridge
Meet&Greet
Kathy Smallbone
Ian Haynes
Meet&Greet
Graeme Smart
Tom Greenwood
Members who are absent for a meeting (s) but not on Leave of Absence should in the first instance arrange a swap with the member doing the same duty next month. If this is not successful enlist someone else and return the favour later :-)
GUEST SPEAKER: Derek Valentine, 40 Years of Control !
Derek gave us some insight into what it takes to live with Diabetes! Interesting to note that some of us, share the same affliction or know of someone similarly challenged. In the dim dark ages one had to self inject/medicate and also be very organised with diet. These days there are monitoring devices to help determine insulin levels though diet remains a major factor in controlling diabetes. Thank you Derek for sharing with us!
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE - IT'S NOT TOO LATE !!!!!!!!!!!!
MOVIE Night 29th May 2018 at Paradiso
THE BOOK SHOP
Set in a small town in 1959 England, it is the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
BRING YOUR CARD OR CASH to pay on TUESDAY NIGHT
Contact: Graeme Smart 0274-365 550
NEXT GUEST SPEAKER COMING UP : Tuesday 5th June 2018
Mat Woods - Cardrona Alpine Resort Head of Sales
Mat joined Cardrona Jan 2016 as the Head of Sales. This role oversees all the commercial departments on the mountain including Sales & Guest Services, Marketing, Food & Beverage, Snow Sports School, Retail, Rental, Apartments and Events. He is part of the Cardrona senior management team.
Before joining Cardrona Mat was involved in R&R Sport as managing Director and shareholder. Over this time Mat was instrumental in overseeing the growth of the company from one store in Dunedin to ten market leading outdoor stores nationwide. Mat then successfully negotiated the sale of R&R Sport to The Warehouse Group in Dec 2013. Post selling R&R Sport Mat was involved with The Warehouse Group in the rebranding of the existing R&R Sport to Torpedo 7 and bringing to life a true Multi Channel experience for the customer online instore anytime and anyway.
Mat is a keen skier and describes himself as a snow junkie. He has been addicted to skiing from a young age and has built a professional career around this passion. In the summer months you will usually find Mat on his Mountain bike or running around the hills. He has competed in numerous multi-sport and adventure racers locally and international including the Southern Traverse and God Zone.
Mat is also a Director on Snow Sports New Zealand and is a Director and co-owner in Racers Edge Wanaka.
Mat resides in Wanaka with his wife Deb Inder and 8 year old daughter Daisy.
A FINE FILM, A FINE TASTING & FINE MUSIC
COMING UP!
FOUNDATION MOVIE NIGHT - Tuesday 29th May - The Book Shop
WHISKY TASTING EVENING - Friday 6th July 2018
KORU TRIO - October 2018 (Date to TBC)
Matt Franks our UK Rotary correspondent, - great to hear about his exploits!
Matt has been out and about enjoying the cultural & sight seeing scene in London and Europe. He went with 'English Rose', Sarah to see the Rolling Stones and consequentially over the months since his last email has visited
Prague, Amsterdam, Turkey and Edinburgh. He loved Turkey and spent 5 days there with Aussie mate Felix, visited some mosques, ate a few kebabs, did the Bosphoros Cruise and went to the Grand Bazaar. Edinburgh and Prague, he also enjoyed but interestingly enough he could happily have missed Amsterdam. He has invested in a few accessories, namely a carpet, possibly a sword and paintings. Matt also managed to flit to Gallipolli and has some stones from Anzac Cove as keepsakes. After all the travelling, he has settled down to some work in Newcastle and as Finance Manager, is intervening in shutting down a practice which may involve client account shortfall.
Is he coming back? Who knows, as he is about to skip off to Yorkshire for a week! He writes that he needs to re-assess his list of things to do. Good Luck Matt and do it while you can!