Sargent David opened the meeting at 7.11 am by declaring that the eggs were ready!
There were 15 members present.
Apologies: Firstly to Max for forgetting that he had missed the two previous meetings, had told the bulletin editor but his name was excluded from the list of names of people apologising! This week Colin, Avis, Gregg (away for the rest of the year) and Peter B apologised for their absence. If you want to put in apology for absence tell YHC at nickhamnz@gmail. com.
Club announcements;
December 14 is gift wrapping at Kinder House for Epsom Lodge. 4.30 pm.
Don C reported that the initial Parnell Probus Club meeting took place at the Parnell last Wednesday.There were 21 attendees. There is a now prospective members list of 40. The next meeting is on the 7th December.
The District Conference is on 31/3 /23 at Karaka.
The next CETA meeting is on 16 November and is a Bowling and Pizza meeting at $25 per person.
Online banking to 03 0104 0810155 003. The event is from 6,.30 to 8.30
Christmas Puddings:
Members are invited to purchase Rotary puddings at $23 per pudding which is a fundraiser for the Club and the cost to the Club is $17 per pudding. Please place orders with Rory at rory.macdonald47@gmail.com. and please do so before 30 November. Payment for the puddings is to the account of 12 3109 0110290 02 and the preferred reference is "Xmas Pud".
Polio eradication
As a fund and awareness raising event Ingrid and a number of Rotarians will be 'Riding the rails' tomorrow, Friday. Ingrid is looking for sponsorship - a payment for each station that she passes through during the event. Remember that these donations are tax deductible and they show our ongoing commitment to eliminate polio!
Finally: Grace foundation collection:
YHC, like the majority of members, totally forgot that it was the first meeting of the month when the club decided that we would donate bathroom products for the Foundation. So if you're as absent minded as me. A $10 donation is suggested to 12 3109 0110290 02 labeled at "Grace"
Sargent's session
David suspects that Lord Lucan (remember him, the English murderer?) is a buddhist monk having been recognised by face recognition technology (There's no privacy anywhere!)
We were also told that it seems that Maori arrived in the Auckland area sometime between 1250 and 1275 AD.
Three minute speaker:
Phil answered the perennial start of term question, "What did you do on your hols?" He and his family went on a tiki tour of the South Island between Queenstown and Christchurch via Wanaka, Haast Pass, Okarito and Ross Township. Highly recommended - the family had a great time.
Speaker:
Grant Hartley has done lots of things on boats, designed them, built them, raced them, cruised them and generally messed around with boats.
He made the interesting point that in the past many fathers built, often with the aid of their children, boats for the children to race. Nowadays boats are more likely to be bought. However Kiwi ingenuity lives on with recent success in the America's cup exemplifying this trait. While to Cup is going to be defended offshore many of the competitors will have spars and sails made in New Zealand.
He predicted a great future for electric ferries, although local authorities will take a long time deciding that they are 'a good thing'.
Grant's holiday tip - canal boating in France.
The last day for a Club meeting this year is 14 December.
