THE ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHBROOK
AUCKLAND. N.Z. District 9920.
Weekly News Bulletin on
21st April 2015
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 5th May 2015
President
Phone
Email
Liz Groenewegen
021 655 157
Secretary
Phone
Email
Katrina Cole
021 862 931
[email protected]
Editor
Phone
Ravinder Manilal
09 924 8599
021 50 78 50
Email
[email protected]
[email protected].
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REMINDER ON UPCOMING SPEAKER 5th May 2015:
Olivia McCarthy, Regional Voluntary Co-Ordinator on “ARWCF (Auckland
Region Women’s Corrections Facility) Overview”
“Every day coming to work means walking
through a metal detector, having my bag xrayed, drawing secure keys which hang off a
chain on my belt and my personal radio.”
To hear more about Olivia McCarthy’s work as a
Regional Volunteer Coordinator with the
Corrections Facilities, please come and join us
at our Rotary meeting on Tuesday 5th May.
Breakfast meetings are
held 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of
the Month in the meeting room
at:
Club Meeting 21st April 2015
Waipuna Conference Centre
@ Highbrook
Fun-Run Debrief by President Liz Groenewegen
Arrive at 7:00am for breakfast and
7:30am start.
It was acknowledged that this was a most successful event with good community
& sponsor feedback-active participation from all those involved and $20K
turnover. Club members were all congratulated on their participation & hard
work in making this event so noteworthy.
District Governors news link
A big thank you again to all our major sponsors.
http://9920.rotarynews.org.nz
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Club members were asked to give suggestions on areas that needed “tweaking” and there were a few as
summarised below.
The suggestions are valuable to help prepare us for our 2016 Fun-Run and make it even bigger and better again.
 Web site & registration issues need to be reviewed. This postponed to a later date for further discussion.
 A new role of web site liaison was recommended. Also a Facebook Manager.
 More quality prizes are needed for the winners of the 5km team run.
 Special mention was made of Office Max (Kevin Obern) who provided the bulk of prizes.
 Winners’ names from all categories are to be published in the Bulletin.
 Recommendation that the walkers set off earlier so all teams finish at a similar time, rather than the 5 km
runners finishing early and waiting for the majority of runners and walkers to finish. There are however
difficulties with this. Comment was made that the event ran to time so less of an issue this year.
 The results be emailed to all entrants & sponsors, and not only to the supreme winning team.
 Concern was expressed regarding lack of attention given to the Volunteer Marshalls. A snack pack with
water bottles to be issued in future.
 SPONSORS feedback.
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What are their expectations of this event-how did it work for them?
Sponsors need to be kept aware of this upcoming event well before the day. Possible contact three
times a year to potential Sponsors via emails/flyers.
The sponsor’s tent not well used. Is this necessary in future as there was enough publicity.
 Suggestion made for a combined cycle & fun run walk event by Norm. This was refused for safety concerns
& management issues.
 All data base information to be handed over to one specific person. At this time that is Moira.
 It was noted that many corporate teams from last year did not enrol or had fewer entrants. We need to
understand reason/s for this.
 General agreement that a TRAINING SCHEDULE IS REQUIRED for prospective teams-entrants. This to be
sent out 6 months prior to the day.
 Recommendation that there be a ‘FOLLOW-UP TEAM’ to move in after the event and manage-reviewrecord the “happenings”. This to have the effect of “new eyes” as well as relieving the organisers.
 2015 there were fewer runners & more walkers.
 Comments that the route is a hard course particularly when windy & the uphill start.
 Possibility of an analysis of the hard core 10km runners with a view to targeting bigger numbers of these
in future.
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 Recommendation that all participants be sent an EVALUATION sheet. (Stephen Passmore to implement).
 MUSIC. This had a positive effect with many positive comments from both runners & the workers.
 Light Horse BBQ contribution to be re-evaluated. Confusion regarding charge for the sausages. Suggestion
may be Rotarians man their own BBQ.
 Suggestion for an after run-walk activity, of a “photo booth” or similar for team & individual photos.
 Greater publicity/display given to sponsors names/logos.
 General agreement that the “Timing Guy” was excellent-both expertise & attitude. Feedback also required
from him as to the running of this event.
CLUB OFFICERS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR 2015-2016 - Presented by President Elect. Brendan Kelly
President Elect. Nomination for 2016-2017 Year:
Membership:
Treasurer:
Programme, Interclub Liaison:
Youth Director:
PR Manager:
Bulletin Editor:
Facebook Manager:
Fundraising Team Manager:
Otara Lakes Project:
2016 Fun Run Manager:
Katrina Cole
Katrina Cole
Gayle Askew
Mary Ann France
Lesley McLagan
Vacant
Ravinder Manilal
Jason Gadson and Tashee Smith
Vacant
Richard Myhre
Stephen Passmore
OTARA LAKES PROJECT – Update by Brendan Kelly
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The immediate requirement is the proposed clean-up of dumped tyres which has an estimated cost of $9,000.
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This cost will be met in part by the Council ($4500) and GETBA. (Troy i/c environmental issues) $2000.
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NZ Post-Quest-Goodman sponsoring the balance.
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Rotary Club Highbrook in consideration for the remaining $500.
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The Otara Lakes clean-up is a 10 year project and is still in the planning stage. Small steps to start with.
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Total estimated cost $30m.
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It was noted that all the tributaries running into the Tamaki River are as yet un-named.
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Brendan reported on attending the Blue-Green conference. After discussion with Nick Smith (Minister of the
Environment) $1-2 million could be given by the Council to this project, followed by further funding.
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ROTARY HIGHBROOK PRESIDENT CHANGEOVER DINNER – please note in your diaries
 Tuesday May 19th at 6pm for 6:15pm start
 At Manukau Institute of Technology. “Dine” Restaurant. Map to be provided.
 Buffet
 Cost TBA
 There will be Entertainment
 Further details with be provided in the next Bulletin, so watch this space!
FLAT BUSH PRIMARY SCHOOL – Update by Moira McGowan
 DICTIONARIES. Our commitment is for 65 dictionaries per year.
 Last year’s donation was a huge success with students-parents & staff
 The gardens need refurbishing with more bark with an alternative to the Punga logs. Further garden extension
requested.
 A Rotary working bee to be arranged. Date TBA.
 Cooking lessons on stream for parents. Most successful as they learnt how to cook NZ vegetables.
 Students’ attitude to learning & school in general now sky high due to Rotary participation & prizes.
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CLUB NOTICES
LETS (Leaders Elect Training Seminar) TRAINING FLYER
If you are interested please discuss further with Liz or Brendan.
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KENZIE’S GIFT NEWLETTER
Abstract from Newsletter:
Highbrook Rotary donates $2,000 to Kenzie's Gift
Over 400 runners joined in the Highbrook Rotary's February
2015 Business House Fun Run, raising funds for four charities
including Kenzie's Gift.
A wonderful donation of $2,000 was made by the Club in
support of our community work with children and families.
Highbrook Vice President Brendan Kelly said, "Nic spoke to our
Members last year and we were moved by her story and
courage, particularly in the context of Kenzie's illness.
As a Rotary Club we support a number of charities in different
ways, all done from love, commitment and Members giving
freely of their time and energy. We were so pleased that we
could help Kenzie's Gift with this donation from our run."
We extend our thanks to Highbrook Rotary Club for their
generous support of our work.
Please refer to link below for Kenzie’s Gift full Newsletter:
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2dd56587e82c5e692d1722349&id=1a5975466a&e=fb959c877c
POLIO FUNDRAISER – Five Dollar Note Raffle
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INVITATIONS / DATES TO REMEMBER
Rotary District 9920 Conference
The conference is being held at the Wairakei Resort during the weekend of 1st – 3rd May 2015.
Please refer to the link for more details:
http://www.d9920conference2015.com/
Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside invite you to “Best Of British” being held on Saturday 23rd May 2015
starting at 6:30pm. Ticket price is $100 per person. Please contact Jacqui Matthews-Harris ([email protected]) for
tickets. Further details follow:
Please come along (in medieval costume or otherwise) to support this awesome event which is fundraising for
Springboard Community Works. http://www.springboard.org.nz/
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHBROOK PROGRAM AND DUTY ROSTER 2015
DATE
5th May
12th May
19th May
2nd June
MC
Moira
Gayle
Kevin
SPEAKER
Olivia McCarthy
Ian Wakefield
Club Day
Queen's
Birthday
Weekend
SPEAKER SUBJECT
ARWCF
(Women's
Prison)
DG Visit
N/A
VENUE
Waipuna
Waipuna
TBA
SPEAKER HOST
Mary Ann
Richard M
N/A
THANK GUEST SPEAKER Katrina
Liz
N/A
BULLETIN SCRIBE
Lesley
TBA
Moira
BULLETIN
Gayle
Ravinder
Ravinder
BACKUP PERSON
Sophie
Brendan
Gayle
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