Our off-site meeting on 6th July was at the Queenstown Strike Bowl. I felt it was great to get out, catch up with fellow Rotarians and have some laughs. I think most of us had a few gutter balls, and our stacker even broke down for a bit, but it was all good fun. Congratulations to all. Lee-Ann brought along the Bulletin Shield and Balclutha Cup for increased membership - it was great to acknowledge our Club and Rotarians for this.
Well I finally got a venue meeting under my belt on 13th July. It was good meeting with a great Sergeants session from Tim and a 3 min talk from Brian McPherson. We also had Linda Turner, a visiting kiwi Rotarian from Melbourne, join us. She was lucky enough to be here, unlike Kerry and Kit Dunlop stuck in lock-down in NSW - a nice letter and update from them read out by Lee-Ann. It was great to acknowledge the community work done by Geoff Dalzell as he collected his award for his service.
The Guest Speaker of the night, Rotarian Richard Bowman, presented an excellent account of the Wilding Pines issues and the groups assisting in eradicating the problem. I’m not sure how many of us knew that the problem was so wide spread and throughout New Zealand. It’s certainly an area we will focus on and help where possible during Rotary 21/22.
Next week is Club Assembly - we will be able to present the survey results and compare with previous surveys.
For our next off site meeting on 3rd August, we are proposing to go to FOGO, a Brazilian BBQ restaurant in the Mall, Queenstown. We have managed to get the price down to $49 per person - all you can eat and we will have a Guest Speaker attending too.
I hope everyone is safe and warm and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.