The Countdown is over! ‘Changeover’ is upon us.
President Elect Jason Climo and I have planned a special event for the Tuesday evening event. There will be 68 Rotarians, their partners and invited guests and friends attending. We will celebrate the stand out moments and Rotarians and of course, welcome incoming President Jason Climo.
Thank you all for your support and participation during my year. It has been phenomenal, and I am very grateful to you all. It has been a memorable journey of huge personal development. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as me.
The last 2 meetings have been educational and emotionally moving, especially for one person more than the rest of us! It could be considered unbecoming to tell so many lies, especially to our esteemed Mayor, but that is exactly what I did as I lured him to our Club meeting on the 8th of June under the guise of a COVID19 update. It obviously seemed legit, because he turned up duly prepared. But, if you didn’t witness it, the look on his face was priceless when it dawned on him that Steve McLean was talking about him. It took a wee while, so well done Steve! Once he realised, he was visibly moved and I did see him wipe a tear away. Mayor Jim Boult is a former Rotarian and therefore understands the significance of a PHF, and he is our Club's newest PHF recipient, given in recognition for two specific reasons: to recognise the contribution of the mayor to the community, while also acknowledging the overall efforts of the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) for its “outstanding commitment and support to the community during the worst of the initial COVID-19 lockdown,” and subsequent impact for those severely affected. (I have attached his letter to the Club, click the link at the bottom of this bulletin).
My last meeting as your President was a ‘Know How’ night. I was very happy to see most of you walk in with your devices and phones, all ready to get connected. Woohoo! So now, most of you are now linked to our Facebook page and Clubrunner on either or both of your phone and laptop or iPad. You also know how to access and login to the Club and District websites. Well done. We may hold another one of these nights for those who weren’t at the meeting or didn’t bring their devices.
The survey was due last week, but a number of you still haven’t returned it, so please bring it to ‘Changeover’. If you need another copy, please email me. If you are happy to return a completed form to me by email you can, although it won’t be anonymous then! Email to llines@xtra.co.nz
The District Changeover is this Saturday night in Cromwell. If you wish to join David, Gabrielle, Jason, Jodie, Hamish and I, please give me a call and I will help you register.
DG Dylan Murray has been a busy guy during his year. The highlight for me was his commitment to RYLA 2021 when he stopped being DG and became Camp Dad along with his wife Becs, as Camp Mum and his 3 wee kiddies who joined in with the big kids and had a great time. Fantastic. Dylan and the Waimate Rotary Club also put on a very good conference earlier this year of which we had 10 of our Club members present at.
The 2021/2022 District Governor is Nick Wood from the Cromwell Rotary Club and it will be our last year as a Club in District 9980 as the following year we become a larger, complete South Island District D9999. So lots to look out for.
The Rotary International President for 2021/22 is Shekhar Mehta from West Bengal in India. His theme for the 20/21 year is
“SERVE TO CHANGE LIVES”