Parnell Rotary Club
 

Volume 28 | Issue 29

23rd February Year of our Lord 2022 
Speakers
Mar 02, 2022
Jim's story
Mar 09, 2022
Sentience, cognition, sociability in fishes
Mar 16, 2022
Mar 23, 2022
Ethical disposal of textiles
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Duties
2nd March (Ash Wednesday)
 
Door
Wilson, Colin
 
3 Minute speaker
Don, Peter
 
Introduce speaker
Fitzgerald, Barry
 
9th March
 
Door
Fleming, Stephen
 
3 Minute speaker
Ford, Henry
 
Introduce speaker
Hogan, David
 
16th March
 
Door
Jones, David
 
3 Minute speaker
MacDonald, Rory
 
Introduce speaker
Morris, Max
 
President Phil opened the formal part of the meeting at 7.30. The informal part of the meeting, chatting about the weather, the government, the protestors etc. is always the enjoyable part! 
There were 14 members present plus YHC's  visitor, Peter Bridges. 
Apologies were received from Max. 
 
President's notices:
The president, the two Dons S and  C  plus  David H, Miranda  and YHC took all the suffocating grass around about 500 young we had planted at trees at Kepa Rd. We were sustained by melons, muffins and cakes (thanks to Miranda, Avis and Judy C)
YHC's comment: We spent a lot of time last year talking about how the club could/needs to change by including others in projects. There were no others. Actions speak louder than words.
The Village Square Trust (the people who run the Foundation building complex) are considering a garden safari in the spring and have asked if we can help. A project champion is required. 
Remuera Rotary are having a 'Black tie dinner' this Saturday. Brush off your dinner jackets and long dresses and sign up! Details have been circulated via another email. 
Christopher Luxon will speak to the club on Wednesday 27th April at a dinner at the Parnell. Put this in your diary, think of friends and neighbours you can invite  and be prepared  to sign them up - max capacity 100 (government regs. don't you know). 
YHC Notice: Duties
On the left hand side of this bulletin is a list of duties that members perform for their fellow members. From time to time your name will appear here. If you are unable to carry out your role it's your responsibility to arrange an alternate. 
 
Sargent's session:
From the Wellington protestors, 'If I'd wanted a mandate I would have gone on to Grindr'. 
 
Three minutes speaker:
Modesty prevents YHC saying how brilliant it was! 
 
The Speaker: Dr Chris Benton  
The James Webb Telescope.
First t things first, next time you're packing to go away on holiday and can't get everything into your suitcase get the engineers from the James Watt Space Telescope to help! They packed a sunshade the size of a tennis court and a 6.5 metre mirror plus lots of scientific instruments, radios, and batteries into a small enough package to enable it to be flown 1.5 million kilometres from earth. 
The telescope, six times more powerful than Hubble,  costing $US 20 billion, will be able to look back in time to see what was happening about 500 million years after the Big Bang. It will use infra-red light to search for life in other planets and reveal some of the secrets of the universe.
Chris was a knowledgeable, very enthusiastic explainer of this new astronomical research tool. Absentees - you dipped out.   
 
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