Rotary Meeting Notes – Thursday 12th May 2022
Sergeant Ted opened the meeting at 6pm. Ted welcomed our guest Nigel and talked about this day in history and talked about the Germanys invasion of Belgium in May 1940.
President Ian gave his address to the Club.
We started Committee meetings.
International Committee Update - Greg Gascoigne. The shelter box display outside Bookarama has raised so far just shy of $500 which the Club were extremely appreciative about. He mentioned also that they are underway with a grant application to help out with Days for Girls.
Club Services Committee Update – David Partis
- Rotary apparel order has been placed, waiting on confirmation from Image Apparel and date of completion of filling the order
- Number Plate Theft Prevention day confirmed for Saturday 21st May. This is the weekend that District Conference was supposed to be on but was cancelled due to Covid.
- In conjunction with the Community Patrol
- Located on Cambridge Market Day around the Market, both sides of Victoria Street
- Police have enough screws and fixing tools and we are to charge $5
- Coordinating this with Bill who is still in Sydney at the moment
- Race to Raise funds on the table for the latter part of the year
- Adventure Club held a committee meeting during the week and have plans to present in June to the Club about plans for the year.
Vocational Committee Update – Bev Maul-Rogers.
- Apprenticeship Scheme – 28 building companies have been contacted and 1 application has been received to date. 4 apprentices will be chosen and the successful applicants will come to our Rotary meeting on the 23rd June and talk to us about what they will spend the grant for in terms of their apprenticeship.
- Bev talked about the Interclub visit to Hamilton East on Wednesday 18th May. Please note meal cost is $25 per person which will be charged to your account
- 25 members are going.
Details of the visit are as follows:
- 5.00pm Meet by the Cricket Pavilion, cnr Dick and Queen Streets. We will be car pooling.
- 5.45pm Hamilton East Rotary meeting commences with mix and mingle
- 8.35pm Meeting concludes and return to Cambridge.
Further Vocational Visits:
- APL visit is planned for late spring. 60-90 minute tour.
Community Committee Update – Nigel Salter
- Plaque has been completed for the new park bench out at Lake Karapiro. Laurie now has the plaque and will plan on a ceremony and involve all concerned parties.
- May 26th will be Club night at the Cricket Club run by the Community Committee.
- Chris & Hilary Smiley will be the guest speaker
- Catered for by the Cricket Club
- BYO licencing
- Blood Bank – 28th June coming up.
- Marshalling for Cambridge Races back on the table again, starting next week
Youth & New Generation – Alan Van Niekerk
- RYPEN went ahead, sponsoring 4 students from Cambridge High School.
- Secondary Schools debate, still on the table. Kim Prichard helping out with generating interest for this.
- Primary Schools debate to go ahead in September
- Urban Miners – recognition for community volunteers, offering some sort of recognition and thank you at a Rotary night.
- Tamahere Market – selling of recycled Urban Miners items going quite well.
- Hands up for Help – involvement of a Cambridge High School group putting together care packages for foster children. Cost is $70 each and an idea the committee had was to have an auction evening at Rotary one night and we all bring along something and auction this off.
Rollo updated the club about the Urban Miners trailer sponsorship.
- 4 out of 6 slots sold already, 2 available
- $400 each and the term is 5 years
- Kaz Design does the artwork for the trailer
Bev Heron provided us an update
- Bank issues – frustrations over ATM machines and errors.
- Someone called Campus RJ has put money in our account but we are not sure who and why
Carey Church gave us an update about U3A and what is coming up.
Gretchen gave us an update that her daughter has been successful with securing a boarding opportunity at a school in Paris. This was through Rotary contacts. Everyone was pleased and wished Gretchen well for the plans of sending her daughter to Paris.
Our Rotary World – Nigel Salter
Nigel updated us on the success of the Rotary programme to eradicate Polio. There are still some hotspots left in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nigel showed us a video on how the Oral Polio Vaccine was being administered in hotspots around the world and that there was 759 cases reported in 2020 and the eradication was underway but the fight was still on.
President Ian closed the meeting at 7:45pm.
