The sargeant opened the meeting, as usual, by telling us to take a seat. Unfortunately there weren't enough so a few members had to wait to be seated - a good problem to have!
There were 17 members present plus a guest, who wasn't introduced.
There were apologies from Greg who will be in Uncle Sam's fair land until 18th May and Wendy who still has leave of absence but we look forward to seeing her back soon.
President's notices:
Christopher Luxon will speak to the club on Wednesday 27th April at a dinner at 6.30 pm at the Parnell, Gladstone Rd.. 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).
The cost is $50pp, payable into
12 3109 00110290 02
(that size so you don't miss it!)
If you' want to listen to the next prime minister book and pay now then the club will know how many seats (if any ) can be released to other clubs. Currently 57 attendees have signed up, the vast majority being non members so he's attracting people . Be in quickly or dip out!
Kepa Rd planting and tree protection
As this is one of the few projects in which the club is involved it deserves all our support.
Saturday 9th April 9.30 am. Parking off Kepa Rd, opposite the filling station. A couple of hours well spent.
District Conference
This will be at te Papa on 24th -26th June. Ingrid will be going and is trying to put a group from the club. Interested? Contact Ingrid.
The bulletin:
YHC was accused of using flowery language! There are about 575,000 words in the English language and YHC only knows about 30,000 of them, and very few about gardening so grossly unfair! But, you do have to be read to be wrong!
Sergeant:
He confirmed that a member needed a lot of balls to play golf as badly as he did. Not being a golfer YHC didn't understand the joke!
The Speaker:
Guy Slocum was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot.
He spoke about being a pilot during the cold war. He flew various planes including Hunters, Phantoms and Harriers, all of which had their own characteristics. Not only did he fly with the RAF he also had an attachment with the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Navy's flying wing and described the difficulties of taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier.
During the Cold War Guy was involved in interception flights, meeting Russian bombers over the Norwegian sea. He also spent time at the RAF base in Cyprus and claimed that his activities there were still confidential although it is widely known that the RAF supported Turkey, a NATO ally, and supported Arab allies in the Middle East.
Right: YHC is off to Whangarei to see the Hundertwasser exhibition!
