President Robert and members warmly welcomed Robin Aitken at the end of June, as our newest Member. He said his memory of Graeme Blick's mantra, “Rotarians are good people, doing good things”, was still fresh in his mind.
President Robert Sinclair and the Board had much pleasure in awarding Des Darby Honorary Membership at tonight's meeting.
Tonight we welcomed Barry Littlefair as a new member. Barry and Diane emigrated to New Zealand in November 2019 and they now live in Eastbourne. They have 2 sons, one married to a Kiwi, with two children, also living in Eastbourne. The other one is married and lives in Hong Kong.
“Service Above Self” - the Rotary International motto is epitomized by Past President Dave Comparini.
Dave joined the Rotary Club of Eastern Hutt in September 1998. His background was in Construction Management having started his working life as a carpenter in Nelson.
The politics of the Covid19 response have cost a lot of lives internationally. Sadly, in the early days it became a US/China issue and this delayed the preparations for what was inevitably going to happen. I read yesterday that US agencies took two months to issue their purchase orders for items such as ventilators and protective clothing and have since struggled to catch up.
AS THE COUNTRY HAS MOVED TO LEVEL 3, THEN STAGE 4, ALL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
