President’s message ….
Another great attendance on Thursday. Thank you to Lyndsay Mason for joining us. We were delighted to see John Bishop back at a meeting and looking well. Good to see Tom Pickering again and we welcomed Greg Gascoigne’s guest – Neale Grubb.
It was a pleasure to meet and welcome our RYLA attendees – Simran Mundi and Ariana Ranui who are part of the Hill Laboratories team.
District Conference 21-23 May
Those of us who travelled to Hastings for the District Conference enjoyed a warm welcome, great speakers and fantastic entertainment – but to top it all off our club won the trophy for the Best Fancy Dress at the Saturday night dinner. I can honestly say we “stole the show” with our portrayal of “Mid Life Crisis” and the theme “Call the Midwife”.
Thanks to Deb Robinson, Bev Heron and Jacqui Leatham for coming up with the “Call the Midwife” idea and co-ordinating the costumes.
Not only did Cambridge win this trophy but we were presented with a Club Major Donor award for contributions exceeding US$100,000 to the Rotary Foundation – congratulations to all.
We came a very close second for the most attendance at conference cup, being pipped at the post by Whakatane.
BA5 this Thursday’s meeting
The meeting on Thursday has been put together by LesleyAnn and John Bullick and promises to be an interesting evening. Finger food will be available so please arrange to have a meal after the slightly shorter finish.
Did you Know that …
Jennifer Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s President for 2022-23, a ground-breaking selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organisation’s 115-year history.
I have met Jennifer and heard her speak at the beginning of last year. She is a delightfully inspirational person and an amazing, engaging speaker.
Notes – 27 May 2021
By popular request, Andrew Bateman acted as Sergeant and extended his suitability by introducing President Beverley Maul-Rogers as a prospective Nobel winner and able politician.
The speakers – Ariana Ranui and Simran Mundi were introduced by Andy Newman and gave us a day-by-day journey of the RYLA event. This included thought-provoking and inspirational speakers and tasks. Some were more challenging but all built individual capability as well as team spirit.
Both said the course enhanced their abilities, confidence and personalities. They thanked Rotary for the sponsorship and ended with the mantra “Is the type of thinking I’m doing serving me well?”
In answer to a question, both confirmed that listening was one of the important aspects of communication.
Another question was “How should we [Rotary] promote RYLA?” Our speakers said that they were now ambassadors for future candidates.
“What can you contribute to your company and team now?” The answer was: better communication, leadership, working as a team but being self-reliant. Both speakers agreed that, apart from making pikelets, the re-motivation was “really cool”.
Notices
- LesleyAnn Thomas reminded us that BA5 members of the Chamber will attend our next Meeting. The meeting will not our usual format but more like the recent membership event.
- Gaslight Theatre dinner and show: Jan Bilton said we need a few more participants.
- Urban Miners: Mark Hanlon said the “Battery Bottles” were going well. Next general collection is at Te Awamutu with the TA Club on Sunday 30 May.
- Banking: Bev Heron apologised for a hitch which meant the direct debits have been slightly delayed.
- District Grant: Doug Lang advised our application for a District Grant had been successful which meant Cambridge Lifeskills will be able to fund much needed resources to the tune of $5,000 - $2,500 being the grant and $2,500 from the club.
- Robyn Crickett said that 1 candidate had been proposed from Cambridge Rotary for the Outward Bound Course and reminded us that only two in total will be selected to attend.
- The Quiz Team were successful in coming third this week.
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Acting Sergeant Andrew then took his jacket off to avoid over-heating while he extracted fines from some of the 40 members present.
Did you Know: Don Wilson (with the aid of smiley faces) demonstrated visually how multi-tasking causes stress and changing context is wasteful.
