rotary port nicholson the goal setter awards ceremony
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Pem Dorjee sherpa 2 times Mt. Everest summiter as a kay speaker at awards ceremony.TRANSCRIPT
President - Rick Hughes
Secretary - Duncan Holland
Treasurer - Linda Wellington
13 March 2013 Rotary District 9940 District Governor Graeme Blick
Weekly Meeting—Hotel InterContinental, Grey Street, Wellington
Wednesday, 7am for 7:15am
PO Box 555, Wellington http://www.rotaryportnicholson.net.nz/
The Goal Setter Awards Ceremony
Rotary Port Nicholson
APOLOGIES to Jo Douglas
Text/call: 027 230 1571 (If texting, please say who it is from!)
Email: [email protected]
20 March
Prof Graham Le Gros
Malaghan Institute
Grace Steve Lawton
Introduction Ian Paterson
Thanking Paula Smith
Parting thought Mark Pickering
Club Reporter Megha Raghu
Desk Mark Pickering
Howard Tong
Sergeant Libby Kemp
Meet & Greet Stuart Young
27 March
Prof: Peter Barrett
Wellington Antarctica Research
Centre
Grace Joy Durrant
Introduction Linda Wellington
Thanking Jeff Lee
Parting thought Bev Wells
Club Reporter Ed Hamilton
Desk Mark Pickering
Megha Raghu
Sergeant John Bishop
Meet & Greet Ian Paterson
3 April
Josh Ford
Enspiral group
10 April
Rotary Peace Scholars
Pem Sherpa
What a fantastic night our Goal Setter Award ceremony was on Wednesday night. The 3 awardees,
Stephen Halliday, Anna Johnston and Stacey Christie all symbolised so well what these awards are all
about and yet again confirm that our involvement is truely merited.
And the Guest speaker, Pem Sherpa from Nepal wowed us with his tales of adventure in Nepal,
conquests of Mt Everest, raising of the Rotary flag and his wedding at the top of Everest.
Pem comes from the remote village of Chyangba in the Mt Everest region and until Wednesday night
our club has funded a significant portion of the rebuild cost of a classroom block at the only school in
the village which had fallen into disrepair. On Wednesday night we collectively managed to fund the
shortfall to complete the building and to fit it out ready for use. Firstly everyone on the night most
generously bought raffles, silent auctions and contributed to the Sergeants session with much
enthusiasm. And to top it off our Goal Setter sponsors again demonstrated their generosity by
undertaking to meet any remaining costs to fit out the building. Again a big thank you to our Ian,
along with Ian Cassels and his wife Caitlin Taylor from the Wellington Company.
The rebuilding programme is well under way with completion due shortly and it is great to know that
the building will shortly be ready for use and that Port Nicholson has made a huge difference in
making this happen.
We were also treated to some special Rotary awards with District Governor Graeme Blick awarding a
Paul Harris Fellow to Neville Jordan. For those of you who don’t know, Neville was a Rotarian at the
Petone and Wellington Central clubs many years ago, being a past president of the latter club. Of
more recent times Neville has undertaken great work in start-up businesses and has undertaken
many good deeds encouraging others to excellence. Neville was the Wellingtonian of the year last
year and is a truly deserving PHF.
To add to this the DG also awarded a PHF to Pem Sherpa in recognition of all the great work he is
doing in his home village in Nepal not only with the school, but also with clean water, better health
and so much more to better the lives of all in his village.
And finally the DG made a special award to CJRR recognising all his on-going work with district
matters. Importantly Chris also does a huge amount of work behind the scenes in our club and the
recognition was well and truly deserved. It was great to see a number of past district governors with
us to share the moment.
A great night all round and again special thanks to Dallas and her Service Committee team and all
others who pitched in and helped out on the night or with the work leading up. The list of all those
who helped in one way or another is a long one and includes Jeff, Marc, Dawn, Linda, Linda,
Christopher, Brent, Stuart, Jane, Julian, Bev, Peter, Gaylene, Gillian and on the night outstanding
performances by MC John Bishop and Sergeants Jo and Bev. A big list I know with a large number
from the club helping out in some way to make Goal Setters run smoothly from start to finish. Big
thanks to you all again.
Unfortunately I cannot join you again this Wednesday as I am walking the Heaphy Track along with
some others from the club as well as our overseas Goal Setters guest speaker Pem Sherpa and Curt
Harris, a long standing Rotarian from Colorado. Again Jane will keep the meeting running smoothly
and I will be back with you the following Wednesday.
Rick
President’s Press
The Awardees
Stephen Halliday and
President Rick
Anna Johnston and
President Rick
Stacey Christie
MC John Bishop kept the
ceremony rolling smoothly
Opera Singer Tom Atkins entertained us
DG Graeme Blick
awarded a Paul Harris
Fellow to Neville Jordan
for services to Rotary
and the community
DG Graeme also awarded Pem Sherpa a Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of all the great
work he is doing in his home village in Nepal, not only with the school, but also with clean
water, better health, and so much more to better the lives of all in his village
DG Graeme made a
special award to Chris
Robertson, recognising
all his on-going work
with district matters.
Chris also does a huge
amount of work behind
the scenes in our club
The traditional gathering of Paul Harris Fellows at a PHF presentation, and our special guests
From L t o R: DG Graeme Blick, PDG Howard Tong, and PDG Tony Fryer
Our special guests
21 March Waterfront Markets
26-28 April District conference - Rotorua
http://www.rotaryconf2013.co.nz/
31 May Club auction
Upcoming Events
Rotary Conference 2013 If you’re thinking of going to the Rotary Conference – read this!
It’s time to book now for conference to take advantage of the early bird rates. Lisa King has booked a block of accommodation for us at the Sudima Hotel. When you fill in the booking online please in-
clude the following text in the “special requirements” section so that they allocate you to our pre-
booked space.
Part of Port Nicholson accommodation allocation.
You will also need to select the type of room you want and the online form provides those options. If
you’ve already booked and chose alternative accommodation, feel free to contact Lisa if you’d like to change to use the Port Nich accommodation. Phone 2325685 or email [email protected]. Also,
have a think about the Saturday night dress up and closer to the time Lisa will organise a catch up
for everyone who is attending conference to work out what we want to do.
Here’s an update from the Conference Organisers for your information
The Highlight of the Year for Rotary is District Conference, Rotorua, April 26-28, 2013
The 2013 Combined District 9920 & 9940 Conference is only a few months away, and the
registrations and excitement are building. Continued overleaf
Sam Johnson is the keynote speaker on Friday night. Kathryn Ryan is also a speaker and here’s a bit of infor-mation about her.
Host of top-rating Radio New Zealand National’s mid-morning current affairs and feature programme, Nine to
Noon.
Nine to Noon is the most interesting and entertaining programme on radio, primarily due to Kathryn's topic selec-tion, interviews, humour and incredible grasp of everything topical.
Kathryn will be speaking about her interviews and experiences on radio, especially as they pertain to the Youth of NZ. This promises to be one of the best keynote addresses of the conference.
Find out who else is speaking at: www.rotaryconf2013.co.nz/speakers.
Saturday night is party night, with a theme of "Starry Starry Night".
Pre-dinner drinks, a gala dinner, the best entertainment, and dancing to a great band.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT is the theme, so if you are inclined dress up as your favourite STAR, as if you are attend-ing the Oscars, as your favourite impressionist painter, or even as Don McLean! You may also wish to organ-
ise your club to select a Special Club Theme for dressing up. Prizes for the best Club. The sky is the limit for your
imagination, so go wild and join in the fun.
Early bird prices are available for the 800 places, but don't delay, seats are filling up fast. You can book here www.rotaryconf2013.co.nz/registration.
The Conference Programme is now incorporated in the conference web site and for view on the full website refer :
www.rotaryconf2013.co.nz
Apologies 13 March
Paula Smith
Steve Lawton
Margaret McKee
Roger Halliwell
Stuart Young
Brenda Lazelle
Leave of Absence
Geoff Smith
Sharon Wagg
Sheryl Davidson
Warwick Bell
Tony McDonald
Linda Robson
Diana Meads
Breakfast Donations
For the information of Members, after deducting breakfast and raffle costs from the $25 Breakfast Meeting charge, all residual monies from the charge,
together with monies raised in the Sergeant’s session, are donated to the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Charitable Trust.
Port Nicholson on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Club-of-Port-
Nicholson/476859248999212
Rotary Public Image Blogspot
http://public-image-action.blogspot.co.nz/
Rotary NZ
www.rotary.org.nz
Our district site
www.rotary9940.org.nz
Rotary Down Under
www.rotarydownunder.com.au
Official Great Harbour Way site
www.greatharbourway.org.nz
The official ROMAC website
www.romac.org.au
Rotary International
www.rotary.org
Shelterbox International
www.shelterbox.org
Rotary International on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/RotaryInternational
Rotary New Zealand World Community Service
www.rnzwcs.rotary.org.nz
District Newsletter
http://www.rotary9940.org.nz/cms/district-newsletter
District Governor Graeme Blick’s blogspot
http://district9940in2012-13.blogspot.co.nz/
2012-2013 District Directory (link on front page)
http://www.rotary9940.org.nz/
Amanda Burgess on the VTT exchange in Canada
http://nzrotaryexchange.tumblr.com/
Websites to Keep an Eye On
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ATTENTION! Please Don’t forget! If you have been allocated a morning duty and cannot carry it out, please arrange a replacement and text/call Jo Douglas on 027 230 1571, email [email protected]
Please advise apologies to Jo by Tuesday at 5.00pm.
Port Nicholson's Perambulators
Every fourth Sunday of the month - come and enjoy great social walks through
beautiful Wellington countryside. Walks are rounded off by a visit to a local
café.
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