St. Johns Bulletin - Apr 3rd 2023 (Mar 26, 2023)

Co-Presidents St. Johns Rotary, Gary Key (Ph: 021 611169), and Graham Fabian (Ph: 021 826292).

Good morning fellow Rotarians.

Thank you to those members who attended our Thursday breakfast meeting. Huge shout out to Ainie who has dedicated many years to running RYPEN, Ainie introduced Tia and Josh who are part of the management Team to lead RYPEN in the future, what an “accolade” to Ainie to have managed this program to the level it has now reached - as Tia pointed out 1 Ainie = 5 normal people !!!! Well done Ainie!!

As our meeting was primarily a Committee Project Planning our Editor will summarise the individual key points from the Directors.

Kind regards
G&G

Gary E Key
Mob +6421611169

Meeting In Review - March 30th 2023

Co-President Gary welcomed all members along with guests, Peter Ross, and fresh from RYPEN, Ainie, Tia and Josh.

Directors were invited to share any Club Notices;

Directors Club Service Penny & Lesley, reconfirmed that guest speaker slots for the remainder of the year are now full.

Director Environment & Science Peter B. advised that Joeseph Bahoo from Glendowie College, who attended last January's Science and Technology Forum), (sponsored by St. Johns and was one of the three guest speakers last week), has been selected to attend the London Science and Technology Forum. Congratulations Joseph.

Director Community & Youth, Kevin, advised that we will be sponsoring four students to participate in MUNA this year - two from Glendowie College and two from Sacred Heart College. Kevin is also looking for support for the Dictionaries in Schools project - interested please contact Kevin.

RYLA, Tom confirmed that we have budgeted to sponsor six individuals this year. To date we have only identified two potential candidates - know someone who would be interested and suitable? Please advise Tom asap and he will arrange to interview the potential candidate.

Co-President Gary also took this opportunity to advise members the make up of the new Board for Rotary Year 2023 / 2024.

President Elect - Gary Key.

Treasurer and Secretary - Graham Fabian.

Community - Miles Cain & Aubrey Richardson - Jones.

Environment & Science - Peter Buchanan & Margaret Voyce.

Club Services - Patrick Bell & Peter Walsh.

Members then broke in to allocated Committees for individual group meetings;

See separate story below sumarising the various committee discussions.

RYPEN:

Last weekend RYPEN 2023 was held and St. Johns member at large, Ainie Kwok, once again worked her magic and organised another very successful Event. Ainie was a guest at our meeting last Thursday, along with two of her trained RYPEN Leaders, Tia and Josh who, together with two other trained leaders, will take over the organisation and running of RYPEN from Ainie who has been at the forefront of RYPEN for the last 7 years.

Well done Ainie and thanks sincerely from St. Johns Rotary and District 9200. See thank you note from Ainie below.

Club Meeting Dates

THURSDAY APRIL 6th - BREAKFAST MEETING - GUEST SPEAKERS: HELEN SARGENT AND ANA KENNEDY, from "Heart 4 KIDS". Helen will explain what they do, including their recent mission to Fiji. Each year in the Pacific, 350 children are born with congenital heart disease. Unfortunately, they have limited access to life saving surgery. How can we help? Ana Kennedy is a Nurse Practitioner and is leader of the ward nursing team. Ana has twenty years experience as a nurse practitioner both in the US and NZ.

THURSDAY APRIL 13th - DINNER MEETING - GUEST SPEAKER MICHELLE BRINSDEN - EASTERN BAYS BIRDSONG PROJECT. Michelle is a Senior Conservation Advisor at Auckland Council, and co-ordinates the Eastern Bays Songbird Project Inc., which aims to restore and regenerate the natural ecosystems of the Eastern Bays to create a sanctuary alive with birds, enhancing the lives of our residents and visitors.

To achieve this, they mobilise the community to take action both on their properties and in local open spaces to provide environments where populations of birds and invertebrates can flourish, They work with local people and organisations already trapping pests and encourage and coordinate the local community to trap throughout the residential areas. This project will contribute significantly and be integral to Pest Free Auckland 2050 and Predator Free New Zealand by 2050.

THURSDAY APRIL 20th. ANZAC THEMED BREAKFAST MEETING. Full details to follow.

Committee Meetings

Following is a brief summary of the three committee discussions;

Club Services:

Hand-over of duties & responsibilities to Patrick & Peter has begun.
Need to finalise Raffle for prize which Simon Jones donated for fundraiser.
Speakers and Activities programme is all set for remainder of this Rotary year

Community and Youth:

Re-establish contacts and processes with Rotary Pakuranga, following Michele’s death…..Kevin for Margaret.
Get all Club members focused on nominating young people in their early to late 20s for RYLA…contact details to Tom.
With the change in the provision of "Have a Go", assist a seamless transfer to the new providers and an opportunity to rebrand Rotary’s sponsorship. Assist with reassuring principals of the move to new local provider….Gary/ Liz/Kevin.
MUNA has picked up with Sacred Heart now paying for a second team, along with Glendowie College, also with two teams…..Liz.
RYPEN 2023 successfully completed. Ainie ‘retiring’. Two alumni to lead a team of ‘veterans’ in future.
Youth Exchange. Due to commence in July. Penny Leyland, an Exchange veteran could be available, however we would also need three other Rotary families to participate to make this viable for St J Rotary. Kevin to carry this possibility forward to the Board.
Youth Empowerment thru’ Basketball at Glen Taylor School has some initial funding from District. Programme needs additional funding…..Kevin to discuss with current and incoming President. Basketball on Glendowie public courts to be parked, given current Auckland Council austerity project.
Miles and Aubrey, incoming directors to be progressively briefed on immediate programmes like MUNA, RYLA in particular and the balance of the Rotary year

Environment & Science:

Director Peter B will share dot points from his committee meeting in next weeks Bulletin.

Introducing St. Johns Rotary 2022 / 2023 - Committees. (Names in no particular order);

CLUB SERVICE: DIRECTORS Patrick & Peter W:

Committee members Murray, Graham, Colin & Beryl Robinson, David H, Lynette and Gary.

YOUTH/COMMUNITY: DIRECTORS Miles & Aubrey

Committee members Miles, Aubrey, Mark, Hugh, John L, Simon, Claire, John C, Andy F, Muriel, Tom, Chris H, David J, Penny L, Robyn, Kevin, Liz and Steele.

ENVIRONMENT and SCIENCE: DIRECTOR Peter B & Margaret

Committee members Cheri, Ruth, Brian F, Alex, Isabella, Angus, Michelle F, Tricia, Grace, Penny Mc and Lesley.

Save The Date

One of the most important dates in the Rotary Year is "Change-over".

The 2023 Change-over for St. Johns Rotary is scheduled for Thursday June 22nd - an evening dinner. Recogniseing our current Co-Presidents and the Board for all they have achieved this past year, and to welcome in the new President and Board, deserves a good turn-out.

More information and detail to come, but in the meantime please note this in your diary now!! THANK YOU

Bangers to Bluff

Team Andiamo has arrived successfully and safely in Bluff following the Bangers to Bluff Rally, having travelled 3,052.8 kms!

Despite the weather, numerous Cook Strait Ferry sailing cancellations, the intrepid Robinsons / Team Andiamo, or to some known as Colin & Beryl, have completed the challenge. Along with many others, they have raised thousands of dollars for selected Charities. Colin & Beryl send a huge thanks to St. Johns Rotary for the amazing support. The team will do a presentation on the rally at some stage in the near future.

Snap Chat

Our Sargent has requested that once again we would like to hear what our members are up to. This week new member Grace has drawn the short straw and we look forward to hearing what Grace is currently up in her life outside of Rotary, in this two minute slot at Thursday's meeting.

RYPEN - Thanks From Ainie

From: Ainie Kwok <ainiekwok@gmail.com>
Date: 31 March 2023 at 17:32:37 NZDT
To: gkey <gkey@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: RYPEN Thanks

Hello all

The students have had a great experience at RYPEN Camp and I would like to thank Clubs that have supported the students to attend the Camp.

I would encourage clubs to follow up with the school and arrange for the students to visit your club and report back their experiences at RYPEN.

At the same time too, you may like to extend the invitation to the team leaders themselves.

These leaders, apart from two of them, are not members of any Rotary Clubs. All of them are past RYLArians from 2018 through to current RYLA cohorts 2022.

They are potentially future members of any Rotary Clubs. Whilst they are at this stage, not engaged with any Clubs, it is in our best interest to keep these groups of young leaders that come together every year for the last 6 years to help run the RYPEN program together with me.

It is always a pleasure for me to have them deliver the RYPEN program and each year, the Leadership Team develop amazing strategies to make it even better.

Special mention of thanks for the weekend:

· Team leaders were past RYLA awardees from 2018 to 2022

· George Wilson, RC Papakura with transport and an integral part of the District Youth Committee

· Peter Ross, District 9920 Youth Chair

With best wishes,

Ainie Kwok

0212203090

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Club Contacts

Co-Presidents':

Gary Key 021 611 169 & Graham Fabian 021 826 292

President Elect:

Steele Gibson 021 783 353

Secretary, Treasurer:

Graham Fabian 021 826 292

C0-Club Services:

Penny McGarry 021 702 310 &
Lesley Harris 027 4935 498

Foundation:

Gary Key 021 611 169

Community:

Kevin Kevany 021 577 211 & Liz Gunn 027 635 7434.

Youth:

Tom Street 021 685 651

Science Technology & Education:

Peter Buchanan 027 434 1832

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Patrick Bell. 021 702 559

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