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Last Meeting
Jane Gillingham - Guest Speaker  
 
Jane is a member of the School Attendance Team Lower Hutt Valley.
There has been a growing problem of poor attendance at school for several years, aggravated by the tribulations of Covid.  Jane is in charge of a team of three set up by the Ministry to address the problem in the Hutt Valley.  In many ways Jane is ideally suited to the role.  Born in the Hutt, educated at Otago University with a law degree and happily married for 28 years with four of her own children.  Jane and her surgeon husband have been fostering children for many years, with a special concern for pregnant teenagers.
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The Power of Positivity

 
 
 
 
 
 
Speakers
May 22, 2023
Predator Free Wellington
May 29, 2023
Hutt Valley High School Archivist
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Upcoming Meetings & Events
Monthly Brunch Meeting
Boulcott Golf Course
Jun 01, 2023
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
 
Queens Birthday - No Meeting
Jun 05, 2023
 
Board Meeting, including new Directors
Avalon Pavilion
Jun 12, 2023
 
Board Meeting
Jun 12, 2023
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
 
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Various Rotary Links
New Satellite Group?
7 Reasons Young (and Young-ish) People Should Join Rotary
ClubRunner
How to Log-in
Rotary in General
District 9940 Website
Activity & Training Programmes
Important Rotary Documents
General Info
Risk Management Document
Civil Defence site
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Community & Member Activity
Jan Palmer

General Notices

* Club Members and Partners Social Dinner
Wednesday 17th May 2023 at 5.30pm
First Choice Restaurant, 180 Jackson Street, Petone (on south side between Sydney and Nelson Streets).  Cost $35 per person plus BYO alcohol.  
 
* Collection for Te Omanga Hospice 
A board will be circulated again at next Monday's meeting looking for more volunteers to assist with the collection on Saturday 20 May at the ground floor entrance to Farmers in Queensgate.   
 
Community & Member Activity
What Members do in their "Spare Time" 
My first career as a teacher and school principal was fulfilling and rewarding, but there was a downside, albeit, necessary.  In my second career, ‘Retirement’, when apparently you have ‘heaps of spare time’, I have attempted to avoid some of my first career downside, such as timetables, routines, meetings, etc.  Consequently my ‘spare time’ varies on any one day, as does the activities which take place, often because that is what I feel like doing - and not because I have to!  Indeed, I wonder whether I do in fact have any ‘spare time’, as I choose to ‘fill up’ my time, because life is too short to waste!  Although, sometimes I do wonder whether I should retire from Retirement!
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Parting Thought 
Colin Fenton provided the parting thought at the end of our meeting - 
 
"A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good"
John Foster Dulles.
John served as United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.   
 
 
 

Birthdays Coming Up:

* Gary Stratton  - 12 May
* Maureen Crook-14 May

Anniversaries in May:

* Paul Giles - 22 May 1989
* Brian Clarke - 22 May 1989
* Tony Cornelius - Joined Gisborne West May 1990
* Brian Lummis - 17 May 1999
* Jaye Howey - 28 May 2007
* Glenda Barratt - 2 May 2016

Rostered Duties & Responsibilities:

Please study and plan ahead, especially if your Committee needs to provide an updated Report.  A reminder that it's also your responsibility to find a replacement if you are unable to fulfil your duty. Brian Klee is taking a few weeks leave of absence because of work commitments. Therefore until 12 June would you please advise Annette if you swap your duty.
 
Eastern Hutt Rotary e-Bulletin
     We meet at Avalon Pavilion, Taita Drive entrance, Mondays, at 5:55 pm 
 
Visitors and prospective members always welcome.  
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