This Weeks Bulletin

Our Theme 2011-2012

Topics for Club Evenings

Date	Topic & Speaker
28.02.2012	Expressions Arts & Entertainment Centre - Stephanie Cotterill Director
05.03.2012 Monday	Club Visit to Pencarrow Away
13.03.2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Movie Night at Petone Lighthouse Theatre Away

How we can help Christchurch ...

Please make donations to the Rotary New Zealand Canterbury Earthquake Appeal via

Rotary New Zealand World Community Service www.rnzwcs.org, where there is a PayPal credit card facility
or internet banking to Westpac 03 1702 0192208 02 ( international donors will require Swift Code WPACNZ2W)
or by cheque made payable to RNZWCS Limited posted to PO Box 20309, Christchurch, New Zealand 8543

2012 Sounds Cruise - Rotary Club of Wellington North

Late last year I mailed you a notice and brochure advising details of the 2012 Marlborough Sounds Discovery Cruise that will take place on Sunday 11 March. Details of the cruise are being advertised in the Dominion Post, and are available on line at our website, or on the Interislander website.

Bookings are now open for the cruise, and for the information of your members I have copied contacts below:

For information: www.wellingtonnorth.org.nz/cruise.htm

For bookings: www.interislander.co.nz or phone 0800 878 898

For your consideration.

Regards,

Maurice Manttan

President

Rotary Club of Wellington North

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Fund Raiser Movie Night at Petone Lighthouse Theatre

ADVANCED SCREENING

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Directed by: John Madden
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy

Runtime: 118 minutes
Genre: Drama Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India.

Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self.

Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.

Limited to 80 seats at $20 All enquiries to Leigh

Golf Tournament 2012

Stokes Valley Rotary 2012 Charity Golf Tournament

Date of this year’s charity golf tournament is set for the Friday 30^th March 2012. It is the last Friday of March, note the change from Wednesday to Friday.

Keep the day open in diary, as it should be a great day.

The venue this year will be the new Boulcott’s Farm Heritage Golf Course

All enquires and entries to John Anderson

Guest Speaker

Pru Lamason spoke about the Boulcott Stopbank Project designed to protect the Hutt CBD, Hospital and central residential area .

The work has evolved from the Hutt River Flood plan and is planned to remedy the existing situation where stop banks are of poor quality and at places are non existent. The work is designed to cope with a flood water flow of 2800 cumecs (an apparent " once in a thousand year occurence" ! ) with the cost of this high standard not being a great deal more expensive than lower specification work. The Hutt River has a long history of flooding , the last two major ones being 1988 and 2005.

The work is now expected to completed by June 2013 thanks to the the Boulcott Farm Heritage Golf Club agreeing and complying with the project plans a year earlier than expected.

A lively question time followed. For those further interested there is an on site public viewing on Wednesday 7 March , 6:30pm- 7:30pm.

To read some moe the following link is to GWRC project pageGraham Smeation

Announcements

Rotary International Conference Bangkok.

Who is joining us in Bangkok 6-9 May 2012? Traditionally 9940 has supported Convention very well and I am sure there will be a great number planning to attend Bangkok in May. It is a wonderful experience for new Rotarians and those attending will return to invigorate your Club! The fun of this convention is in the friendship both at the sessions but also in the evenings as we enjoy each other’s company and savor the city’s cuisine.

Do consider joining us. The convention costs are very reasonable this year (only US$160/person before 1 Dec 2011) and if you book your flights early, it will be even more affordable. To register your interest please advise me by end of September so we can look at booking accommodation together at howard.tong@xtra.co.nz, the sooner the better. Join Jenny and me and be part of the “Kiwi’s in Bangkok

Former District Governor Howard Tong

Rotary Global Swimarathon - we need 14 volunteers

I know all clubs always have a lot of events to consider participating in. This event is a little different as it has two goals. The first is to raise funds towards polio eradication. The second is to be part of breaking a Guinness World Record! Its also different because it is being held at 1am on Sunday 26^th February.

Rotary Global Swimarathon

This event is HUGE click http://g.co/maps/eur46 to see how huge. Once you’ve opened the map you can move around the world to see all the map pins. There are two events being held in Wellington, one in Hutt City at Huia Pool and the other in Wellington City at Freyberg Pool.

Purpose: Raise funds to eradicate polio, in addition the event is attempting to break a Guinness World Record by having as many people as possible swim 100m (4 lengths of Huia pool) in the one hour for us in NZ that hour is 1am Sunday 26^th February.

To contribute ‘numbers’ towards breaking the record we must have at least 25 swimmers…..so tell anyone and everyone what we’re doing and get them to come along. Our website has been updated and you can send anyone interested in swimming to: www.huttvalleyrotary.org.nz/swimarathon where they can pre-register (which will help us get an idea of how many people are coming

Swimmers will be asked to pay $5 to enter the event and ALL funds will go towards the Polio Plus fund.

Date: Saturday night 25^th February into Sunday morning 26^th February

Time: midnight until 2pm

Place: meet at the Stratton’s house (at about 9:30pm 25^th February) then over to Huia Pool

Role – first part: assist with registering participants as they arrive from 12:10am until 12:45

Role – second part: be a lane adjudicator to check off swimmers completing each of the four lengths

Other bits required:

Cameras the more the merrier!

My goal for the night is to have FUN! Hope you can join us; please contact me with any questions. Keep an eye out in the Hutt News for the promotional stuff. If you can help fantastic, if you’re keen on swimming 100m bring your togs too!

Joanna Newlove

Hutt Rotary Club

Week Commencing

20 February 2012

Meeting Guests and Apologises.

If you are bringing a guest or guests to the next meeting, or will be an apology, please let us know before Monday if possible. Follow the following link… Attendances

Duties

Date	Host, Grace, and Thought	Setup and Thanks
28-Feb	Ross McKinnon	Geoff Owers
6-Mar	Trevor Roberts	Graham Smeaton
13-Mar	Alan Thorburn	Gwen McDonald
20-Mar	Allan Sainbury	Joe Howard
27-Mar	Brian Proffit	Karen King
3-Apr	Bruce Jenks	Leigh Sutton
10-Apr	David Fitzgerald	Paul Kearns
17-Apr	Dennis O'Grady	Peter Anderson
24-Apr	Geoff Owers	Peter Wright

Our Club's Officers

President	Russell Poole
Vice President / Rotary and Foundation	Dennis O'Grady
President Elect	Bruce Jenks
Secretary	Bruce Jenks
Sergeant	John Anderson
International Director	Alan Thorburn
Community Director	Graham Smeaton
New Generations Director	Paul Kearns
Public Relations	Leigh Sutton
Bulletin Editor	Joe Howard
Assistant District Governor	Leanne Campbell
Treasurer	Dennis O’Grady assisted by Paula from Dennis O’Grady Limited

District Changeover 2012

It's local and promises to vibrant entertaining and great fun! Let's see how many of us can be there for incoming District Governor Graeme Blick.

Last word...

Richare Bridge; "I don't know why Cupid was chosen to represent Valntine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon'." - Author Unknown

Rotary Club of Stokes Valley