Hi to you all,
We had an enjoyable meeting with Simon Woolf, photographer, and Greater Wellington Regional Councillor, on 27 February. Simon has agreed to become an associate member of our Club. More on his messages to us in this bulletin.
We have published the fact that we still have some $3,500 in grant funding in this Rotary year for needy community projects being promoted by non profit making organisations. If you know of any worthy non profit making group in our Rotary catchment area – Makara, Karori, Kelburn and Northland, with a project needing support, please let Allan Frazer know. The Club will again have a full round of community grant funding available for projects in the new Rotary year from July.
March is a key month for Leadership Impact Training in our District. With proposed new groupings under the regionalisation pilot programme now released, and the course last Sunday on Zoom for Presidents Elect and other interested members, our District is getting into stride to address key issues facing clubs.
This month, we have two meetings at Marsden. On 12 March our two Presidents Elect for 2024-2025 will outline their thoughts to Club members for the year ahead at a Club Forum. This is an important meeting with significant implications for the future of our club. Please make every effort to attend. Please note this is a change to the previously advertised forward programme. On 26 March Dani Lim, who has been to an earlier meeting of our Club and is interested in Rotary membership. Dani has just completed her PhD thesis and will talk about Brasilia..
Easter will be upon us on Friday 29 March, early this year, and following that in April we will be in District Conference season which will combine with the centenary of the Whanganui Rotary Club.
I look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday.
Regards
President Jay
Wellington, 6012
New Zealand