How we going team? as President David opened our first formal meeting of 2019. Welcome to Rotary people. Hope you all had a good weekend, we went to the Summer Concert in Taupo. Great day, bit noisy though!! Another plus is that my thoroughbred syndicate interest actually won its first race at Te Teko. Nice to get an update from Dani Navarette, graduated from college, and accepted for a Santiago University University to study Midwifery. By request of members, Farm Watch! Warm, trans evaporation (The combination of two separate processes whereby water is lost on the one hand from the soil surface by evaporation and on the other hand from the crop by transpiration is referred to as evapotranspiration (ET)). so pastures losing moisture due to the wind and hot temperatures. So pasture quality effects productivity. Cows production down from 1.5 to now 1.3kgs/ms/cow. Soil temp last week was 21c, but almost certain to be around 24c today. On a positive note, breeding looks good. 5/5 on management, 9.65% empty rate for mature cows,, 5.1% MT rate heifers. Scanned 6 week in calf rate for the herd, 89%. On a sad note, recent retired Fonterra Chair John Wilson passed away. Many dairy farmers will know John gave 25 years of valued service to the Co-Operative. He was 54.
Lachie Duncan introduced our guest speakers(above), Sally Drake and Richard Clothier. Have just started their Kiwi Global Tours Tourism venture. Several members are part of their February tour of Cambodia, Vietnam and briefly Thailand. This itinerary was meeting by chance, a youngman in Cambodia, Hang is trying to develop some local economy for his town of San Riep. There is no work of significance in rural Cambodia. They discussed possibilities of bringing small groups to experience Hang's unique location. Good quality accommodation, excellent food including satay snake and/or insects, friendly people who wish to give a good insight of their culture. Win Win for everyone, at a reasonable cost. Tour starts in Ho Chi Min (Saigon)Vietnam through Cambodia to Thailand . Leave for home from Bangkok. The tour party will see a tour of contrasts. Great flora and fauna, historical old and new architecture, from modern shopping plaza's to the 17.5 million population of the Mekong Delta. Where the largest floating veggie market is situated. The devastation of the Vietnam War that included Laos and Cambodia, is evident. But the peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia wish to go forward, and do not recriminate on the past. Cambodia had a civil war 1967 to 1998. Genocide saw a large number of adults decrease, leaving basically no role models for the younger generation, such as Hang, to learn skills. There does seem a bright future, if they can produce some economic outcomes. So consequently, your NZ$ goes a long way for good service, experiences and comfort. Some of the major cities do have some obvious outside foreign past and present influences. Before heading off to Thailand, to bathe and feed rescued Elephants as the tour finale, you would have seen the largest World Heritage Park and the biggest Buddhist Temple in the World. Lyn Dobbe thanked Sally and Richard for an enlightening presentation 'Cambodia/South East Asia: An Adventure' and look forward to members return and possibly a review presentation of this February tour.
Secretary Dave Johnson:-1,Rotorua walking Festival , 16th & 17th March. 2.Thank You Letter of appreciation for Christmas Hamper;from Jackie Stanley. 3.Chris McNeil, Thank you letter for Christmas Gift. 4. Letter from Food Bank, for generosity shown for the 65 families supported by Food Bank over the the Christmas period, signed Ann Duncan. 5. Post Card written by a pupil of St Jude. big thank you for continued support for their school bus transport.
Leonie Tisch. "Rotary Moa's" twilight golf team. Team all tee'd up and ready to go.
David Hulme. Promoted District 9930 conference. Registrations still open. Members can do so online. District Newsletters have the contact details, or contact David H. m. 021 328 746.
Robert Stuart Christmas Tree sale 2018 went well, only two trees did not sell. Huge thank you to sponsors, Club members and general public. >$4600 profit.
President David. Kaimai Walking Group. Thank you for our $400 support for a seat now located on the walk.
Subject: Re: Volume 72 , Bulletin 26, Rotary Club of Matamata
You guys are the best! Hahah miss u all so much
By the way... I was so chubby😂😂 you wouldn't recognise me now
Dani,
The best exchange student of course
Xoxoxo
Dani by request, sent a recent photo. Which is at the end of this bulletin.
My mate the Gremlin.
Has put a name greeting widget below the bulletin header, I cannot yet work out how to remove it !! So instead of a white space, I have put in some dialogue. Stew
Richard Metcalfe with our Rowe Scholarship Scout Gabriel Dalrymple, for the 2019 Walsh Memorial flying camp.Arriving off his first solo flight in the aircraft seen in the background, and his wings being presented on the final day
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Team Trees 2018.. >$4600 profit.
President D G. equine interest paid $15.80
The air-con situated quite nicely above the lectern, was good for the presenters due to the very warm evening. Not so good for members in the "cheap seats" !!! ha ha
Sergeant at Arms, Maz McIvor, always on the look out for misdemeanours ! !
Eagle eye Maz, picked up on this unintentional aspect of last weeks Bulletin.
Jane B. gave a plausible answer though !!!!
Inner Wheel
Kevin Sing, Birkenhead Rotary we are hosting Friday 5th April and Saturday 6th April. 10 possibly 12 couples. Billets required please. A weekend programme will be arranged. More follow up on this nearer the time. Kevin Sing m. 0212315399
MANY THANKS to members who have already advised of known absence from Club night meetings. So please keep in mind please to advise Stew and/or Kevin Kent of any known absence from Rotary meeting nights next few months. Helps me prepare a Club night roster matrix, fair to all.
Dani sent us a recent picture of being on Easter Island. Local residents take an interest !!!
Parting Thought.
"Great learners are great listeners. That's why they always have a fresh flow of idea's.".
