Hi to you all,
This past week has been one of great sadness for the Club losing a long serving member, David Bain, who passed away suddenly on 6 April. On Tuesday, we honoured David with a moments silence at the start of our meeting. More in this bulletin on David’s achievements together with his wife Winifred, for the Club over more than 20 years.
Our last meeting enabled us to formally welcome Alister Irwin into our membership, having transferred from the Rotary Club of Ellerslie-Sunrise. We are delighted to have Alister join us together with his wife Anne, who also attended last week, we have two very experienced people community servants across New Zealand and in the Pacific through Rotary.
We also had the pleasure at our meeting on 9 April to make charter member, Past President and PHF Clive Hesketh, a Life Member of our Club. Clive and Dawn move shortly back to their Australian home in Noosa for several months. We look forward to seeing them back here around October and join us at future social events.
Many Rotarians regretted the cancellation of the District Conference in Whanganui planned for 12-13 April, due to low regstration numbers. It is unfortunate that our District could not proceed with an annual conference when four other districts in New Zealand were each able to hold this important Rotary calendar event.
President-elect Phil and Liz Oliver who were planning to go to Conference decided to continue with their plans to spend the weekend in Whanganui and attend the centennial celebrations of the Rotary Club of Whanganui, which was chartered on 3 March 1924. The Rotary Club of Palmerston North is also coming up for its centennial, with its charter on 29 May 1924.
Next Tuesday, we welcome former Wellington Mayor, and now a NZ First List MP, Andy Foster, to speak at our Club meeting on becoming a new MP and on other issues close to Karori. Andy has recently agreed to become an associate member of our Club and we are pleased that he will join us in our continued commitment to the community.
I look forward to seeing you see all on Tuesday.
Regards
President Jay
Wellington, 6012
New Zealand