Wanaka Bulletin 14 August 2018 (Aug 08, 2018)

CHANGE IN APOLOGY PROCESS PLEASE READ

MEETING @ THE GOLF CLUB THIS WEEK

6.00 pm: Social 1/2 hour

6.30 pm: Start

Golf Club Wanaka

12 Ballantyne Rd, Wanaka
TO LODGE AN APOLOGY OR GUESTS ATTENDING:

Email wanaka.rotary@gmail.com by 5pm Monday

In an EMERGENCY Contact President George Scott 0272 010 470

President

George Scott

Secretary

David Brewer

Past President

Fran Tate

Treasurer

Margaret West

Fundraising

Richard Wallace

President Elect

Deborah Budden

Webmaster

Derek Valentine

Club Administration

Tabatha Wilson

Community Projects Chair

John Huddleston

Rotary Foundation Chair

Deans Hudson

Club Membership Chair

Deborah Budden

Club Public Relations

Tony O'Regan

Youth & Vocational

Karl Buchanan

President Nominee

Mike Elliot

Club Activities

Chris Wright

Member Birthdays

Douglas Lovell

January 1

Robbie Julius

January 2

Trevor Tattersfield

January 2

Margaret West

January 7

Maryanne McKenzie

January 9

Ray Newell

January 9

Don Irvine

January 11

Gibbston Valley Concert

Jan 19, 2019 – Jan 26, 2019

4Wheel Drive Rally Naseby Roxburgh

Feb 09, 2019

Wanaka Challenge

Feb 16, 2019

Michael Hill NZ PGA Golf

Feb 28, 2019 – Mar 03, 2019

Wanaka Show 2019

Mar 08, 2019 – Mar 09, 2019

Home Hosting Dinners - TBC

Mar 16, 2019

Bluff Oyster Festival

May 25, 2019

Visit Gore Country Music Weekend

May 31, 2019

Bulletin Editor:

Tabatha Wilson

Mob: 027 510 2840

Email: tabathaandjamie@hotmail.com

Please send through any stories,

photos, news

and information to Tabatha to

include in the Bulletin.

REMINDER

JACK RABBIT at West Meadows

Casual Catch up for ALL members

5pm - 6pm

EVERY TUESDAY just before the Weekly Rotary Meeting

SPEAKERS WANTED!

Do you know someone with a great story or do you have a great story yourself?

Or a new business in town or something that you think people will want to hear?

Contact Tabatha today to book in your awesome speaker!

DEADLINE FOR THE BULLETIN IS THURSDAY PM.

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Club Membership Fees Due Now!

You will have all received an invoice for the Rotary Club of Wanaka membership fees which are due now. You will see there is a discount if paid before the 20th of September 2018.

Many clubs around New Zealand have set their subs within the $200 to $240 range so this Club is in line with that.

We pay the Rotary International affiliation fees as soon as the new year begins – 1 July 2018. This is based on the number of members at the 1st July 2017 and is for six months. The second 6 months is invoiced in January 2018. Rotary International get their data for the invoice from Club Runner and will pick up that our Club will have increased its membership over the next six months (assuming all our new members are signed in!).

A couple of years ago I did some pie charts to show the breakdown of where membership fees are allocated. I intend to update this and will put it in the Bulletin in due course. In brief the fees you pay go towards District affiliation, Rotary International affiliation, Rotary Down Under magazine and towards the Club running costs such as Club Runner/website management, the PO Box for Charitable Trust applications, speaker meal and thank you costs.

To make sure you get the discount on offer why not pay now or set up an advance payment in your banking system so you don’t miss out! From the Treasurer – Margaret West

Tititea Lodge Working Bee - Weekend 22/23rd September 2018

The Rotary Club of Wanaka has been asked to assist with some general maintenance tasks for the weekend of 22/23rd September 2018 at Tititea Lodge. For those members attending, all food and accommodation will be provided. Assuming that we have a favourable weather forecast, the intention is to all meet up in the Roys Bay Car Park (start of Waterfall Creek Track) at 9.00am on Saturday, 22 September. A 4WD vehicle is recommended for the journey via Wanaka - Mt Aspiring Road and Cameron Flat Road, with the intention to carpool.

After a good breakfast and a general tidy up on the Sunday, we should be back in Wanaka around 1pm.

For newer members, Tititea Lodge is located in the East Matukituki Valley on the edge of Mount Aspiring National Park. It is approximately a 48 km drive from Wanaka. Access is across a river, which is provided by a tractor and trailer. Travelling time is around 1 hour.

The Lodge hosts comprehensive senior outdoor education programmes for college students, which is administered by Dunstan High School and Mount Aspiring College.

Tititea Lodge was established in 1969 (almost 50 years ago) and was previously the homestead for the Aspinall family, the owners of Mt Aspiring Station. The original building dates back to the 1920s. Over the years various modifications and extensions have been made, and the lodge now has accommodation for 42 people.

See John Huddleston for any further information.

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Tuesday 14 August 2018 - President George's Message:

Today I write from Melbourne where I am helping our son and his family move into a home they have just purchased in the Coburg suburb.They have lived in Melbourne for just over 3 year first as a student and now working for Charlton United Brewers. It is great for them to now have a big 920 sq. metre section for the boys to run around and enjoy.

A lot has happened in Rotary in Wanaka during the last week. It was a surprise to most of us see the words Aspiring Rotary. On behalf of the board I have been in contact with the group and the Secretary and I are hoping to meet them on my return from Australia and before the next Directors meeting. I have also been in contact with our DG Andrew Hamilton and our ADG Nick Woods for advice and they have also sent me some info about Satellite clubs and how they function under the Rotary banner. I have had great support and advice from our secretary and I thank him for that. Can I also thank you all for your emails of support as we work through this. Your support has been overwhelming.

Last week it was my pleasure to announce that the directors had given Catherine Little the honour of now being an honorary member of the Wanaka Rotary Club. Congratulations Catherine you have been a long standing member of our club and it is well disserved.

It was also great to welcome transferring Rotarian Alan Richardson into our club. While we had a long introduction from John we look forward to hearing about your life in an own job talk soon. Great to have you as a member and look forward to seeing at our meetings.

This coming week Past President Fran will be taking the meeting and we talked yesterday about contacting some of the more senior members to maybe say a little about their lives as many new members may not know about their past.

I have just been shopping with my son and gave a donation to a Rotary fundraiser for Drought affected farmers and will be attending there club meeting next week. One of the great things about the Rotary organisation is that you can attend a meeting anywhere in the world and you are with friends. I have been to meetings in Japan (2), Switzerland, Denmark, Australia (3), Prague, Budapest and Split.

Have a good week and see you on my return.

CLUB DUTIES

2018	August	September	October
Attendance	Lloyd Mansfield	Pam Brown	Graeme Smart
Attendance	Chris Tempest	Clayton Hope	Mathew Abraham
Introduction	Grant Parker	Malcolm Baker	Jo Briggs
Raffle	Rosie Burridge	Don Irvine	Sylvia Little
Thanks	Catherine Little	Trevor Tatterfield	Deans Hudson
Sergeant	Pip Kidd	Tony Brown	Dave Evans
Meet&Greet	Noelene Pullar	Maryanne Mckenzie	Gavin Vize
Meet&Greet	Tony Parker	Lois Haynes	Derek Valentine

NEW APOLOGY PROCESS

Here is what Directors would like to trial:

* Apologies and Partner & Guest reservations are to be emailed to wanaka.rotary@gmail.com , the deadline is 5pm Monday (this is a temporary fix until ClubRunner completes some software changes to the Attendance module)

* A Rotary member will prepare the meal register and forward to the Golf Club by the specified time. Fran Tate will look after this duty until the end of August and will help the next person in line for the job.

* In the event of an emergency (circumstances beyond your control)

Contact President George 0272 010 470

In closing, it would be very much appreciated if everyone would endeavour to help streamline this procedure. The Golf Club Caterer Courtney Morgan will replace Ariana Mahia.

BOOK SALE HELP NEEDED

Help needed to sort the books for sale, every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10 – 12. Access is down Gordon Road and look for the Wanaka Storage sign just before the Brewery, with plenty of parking available in the storage grounds rather than on the street.

Contact Mike Eliott or Richard Wallace for the keypad number for access.”

Guest Speaker Report 7 August 2018

Russell Garbutt

This week Wanaka Rotary members were given a Vision of how there could be sustainable and eco friendly heating in our community. Russell Garbett, a member of the Central Lakes Heating Trust,shared his hopes beginning by saying that he had no expertise in the matter as his working life was spent as a broadcaster and in media work at Otago University as well as goat farming in Norway!

However, he sees what could happen if we used, for example the waters of the Clutha River, to heat the communities it flows by. The principle is the same as the heat pumps we use now, but with the use of natural heat in the ground and water. Russell sited successful systems being used in Scotland and Norway, and by the Lakes District Hospital in Frankton. At the hospital water from Lake Wakatipu is used to heat the hospital.

He listed factors which limited the developing of the idea. These were: local authority rules; developers doing a fast job; builders doing the same; buyers doing what was best for themselves. Russell suggested that owners of new homes should stop and consider the running costs of their homes in the future.

During question time important points were raised and discussed.

The Vision has been given--let us not dismiss it; let us as communities see how we can do things in a 'cleaner, greener way"---to borrow a well used phrase.

14 August - Members Moments

3 of our members will talk about Life, past & present.

Guest Speaker 21 August

Calum McLeod

Here we have a good opportunity to question your deputy Mayor re future development involving our community.Calum is very willing to try to answer any queries within his presentation. Please email to Rosie who will forward them on.

Catherine Little

Honorary Member

Alan Richardson

Transfer Member

THANK YOU

From: Jaime Toepfer

Subject: Re: Festival of The Future

Date: 6 August 2018 at 5:50:50 PM NZST

To: David Brewer

Hi David,

Thank you for the funding to help me attend Festival for the Future. It was an extremely beneficial experience; I was able to make new contacts, speak to some of New Zealand's leading CEOs, politicians and activists, and learn about a variety of relevant topics.

Thanks again, Jaime

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