Evening everybody, As President David tries to compete with cream puffs as our dinner dessert. So lets get underway, but as in farm animal husbandry right now, winter is to eat so to put on weight! Welcome to Rotary tonight, we have no other guests or visitors except our guest speaker, that Peter Vossen will introduce later. I think our Rotary Team did reasonably well at the Westpac Rescue Helicopter fund raiser quiz night. Started to get a bit expensive to buy the answers though!!! We deserved in my reckoning, a bronze medal. Farm Watch: Management is on stock health and getting them on the way to be at a reasonable body condition at calving. NAIT. National Animal Identification & Trace.
Mycoplasma bovis a Bacteria, is in the news as most of you know. Mycoplasma bovis is one of 126 species of genus Mycoplasma. It is the smallest living cell and anaerobic in nature. It does not contain any cell wall, and is therefore resistant to penicillin and other beta lactam antibiotics. Mycoplasma bovis mainly affects cattle and has little effect on other production animals.It has a devastating affect on being a productive animal, but also has quashed years of hard work of farming families to produce a high genetic productive herd, that had to be disposed of the try and halt the bacteria spread. NAIT, is an important tool to restrict infected cattle movements. Which is enacted out by Ministry of Primary Industries. There is a few apparent failing in the process, which is being worked on. Mycoplasma bovis is not Zoonotic, meaning it cannot be spread to human, and is not a food safety risk. It is found in every country of the world except Norway. Tatuanui Co Operative has put out an indicative milk price to their suppliers 2019-2020 season of $8 kg/ms.
Guest speaker Gabriel Dalrymple, proud to wear the Scout Association of NZ Uniform.
Gabriel Dalrymple. Whakapapa, Ngati Maniapoto ;Te Kuiti . Year 12 student at Matamata College introduced by Peter Vossen. A Stan Rowe Memorial Scholarship awardee, for the annual Walsh Memorial Flying School held at Waharoa aerodrome. A first year student to the real time exposure of being a fixed wing pilot. 9th January all assembled under canvas for the camp accommodation. 1st, 2nd 3rd students, that must be no older than 19 years. First couple of days was orientation on how things will work, then lectures and homework, for such things as principles of flight, rules of the air.( Waharoa two grass runway rural airfield, once a year has a mobile air traffic control unit, own designated aerodrome airspace , and boosts of the fact as the busiest aerodrome for air traffic movements in New Zealand, when operating. Qualified Air Traffic controllers are all volunteers, so to are the A,B, C category flying instructors. Aircraft are supplied from private ownership and aero clubs. A aviation fuel company provides the appropriate trailered fuel tank of AV Gas, and trains the students on fuel safety and for themselves., filling up aircraft that earthed before hand, so no static accumulates during that process. So the two weeks of the school, participants involves about 80 personal, 65 are teenagers of which 20 were first year. The trainees are divided into four flights. That each flight has its own area of operation when airborne for ab initio flight training. Gabriel's flight area, was to the west of the aerodrome, in the Richmond Downs area. His flight instructor was Gary, an Air New Zealand Captain.
A few days were lost due to weather situations, but on the last day after some circuits of take offs and landings, his instructor got out and 'Way you go', one circuit , I went solo. Wow. I finished up with 10.5 hours logbook time, of which 15 minutes was my solo Pilot in command. Another plus, got to have a fly dual, in a Tiger Moth. Thank you Rotary Matamata for the scholarship that helped me achieve my solo flight of a Cessna 152.
Owen Farmilo thanked Gabriel for his presentation, and we are pleased that you took on the challenge to advance yourself. Gabriel not finished yet, presented President David, a framed appreciation certificate to Rotary Matamata .
Secretary David Johnson Matamata Scouts thank you letter, for donation of $1000. That helped them set challenges for our younger generation.
Miranda Thomson Thanked our Rotary quiz team for participating in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter fund raising evening. A creditable $15,500.00 raised that evening.
Club Auction David Hulme June 18th. David asks, contributions to that auction by members, be identified to David before the event, so he can itemise those before the night, Rotarians from Morrinsville and Te Aroha are attending then then the only items that have to be added to the inventory of auction items.
Ross Bay Youth of Matamata wish to put on a Winter Solstice winter games of fun, Arawa Street. 4pm to 5pm. Friday 21st June. Would Rotarians be able to help with security, the road closure and general stewardship. If you are able to do this event, contact Ross m 0274 989 463 ross.bay@xtra.co.nz or next club nights.
David Hulme. Those members who have indicated to attend Hawai'i Rotary Convention 2020. A meeting after Rotary next week, to discuss early bird discount registration. Nineteen (19) Club members and spouses and two (2) Morrinsville make it a contingent of 21 (twentyone) so far. David m 021 328 746
Clarification Stan Rowe Memorial Fund grants the Walsh Memorial Flying Scholarship that involves the members of the Scout Association of New Zealand. Rotary Matamata supports Matamata Scout Group on application, one cash grant a year will be considered . Club Historian Barry McKey has more information detail if required. 07 576 1623
CLUB DUTY
4th JUNE
11th JUNE
CLUB HOST
LYN DOBBE
OWEN FARMILO
RECEPTION
LACHIE DUNCAN
JIM BREMNER
RECEPTION
LEO KINGSTON
KRISHNANSAMI NARAYANASAMI
BAR STEWARD
MIKE STEINER
OWEN WESTLAKE
BAR STEWARD
DAVID HULME
ROSS BAY
SPEAKER INTRO
KEVIN SING
MICHELLE TANNER
SPEAKER THANKS
DAVID WHEADON
JOHN FERNYHOUGH
TOP TABLE
KEVIN SING
MICHELLE TANNER
TOP TABLE
TBA
TBA
PARTING THOUGHT
PETER THISSEN
GARY MOORE
KITCHEN
GLENDA MILLIGAN
FRED BARRETT
KITCHEN
GRENVILLE STOCKER
DAVID PARKER
Jane Belton - 2019 - Programme
June 4 – Club nite – Gypsy Weekend for farmers – so come dressed in your old farm gear. Let’s hear some stories about the old days of farming and the fun of shifting farms. Quick farming quiz just for Leo
June 11 – Soul Church - Stephen and Felicity Stone
June 18 – Club Auction night
June 25 - Rotary AGM
July 2 – Rotary change over
Who Inspired Me... Gabriel Dalrymple.
Rotary Matamata may have inspired me to go from:--
THIS
To This
Or there again, I do have two other career choices that are of great interest to me. Being a farmer of the land, or Police Officer.
Dates to calendar for Club business.
Tuesday June 25th, Rotary Matamata Annual General Meeting.
Tuesday July 2nd . Change over.
A very nice gesture indeed, of Gabriel Dalrymple presenting a certificate of Appreciation; to our Club. Nice one !!
Well , well. Photographer Peter Vossen reckons he did all the work. yeah right ! also named the gentlemen, 'Old Back Benches'!
(L) David Wheadon, Robbbie Pearson, Bryce Scott and Robert Stuart. Good team effort to install two benches on Stanley farm Lane.
Inner Wheel
Club Auction Tuesday June 18th. More information on this event will be gazetted in the bulletin. I am sure we can produce a great night of fun and fellowship. Which in turn helps us accomplish good things in our community.
Thank you to Grenville Stocker last week.
'Shouted' the bar for fellowship, being the Club's newest octogenarian This week, Vice President Lynette shouted the fellowship time. 60th Birthday.
Parting Thought.
"Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic".
Jim Bremner....... Rotarian
OUT TAKES
Three retirees happy with their lot !
(L) Jim Bremner, Glenda Milligan and Bryce Scott, on reception duty this meeting.
Plaque on the bottom of the lectern.
Kevin Sing (R) really does gets into his job, as bouquet deliverer for anniversary and other significant milestones of our members.
President David was one of a many recipients this week for wedding anniversary and members significant loyalty of years as Rotarians. Kevin is showing inspirational leadership of how David needs to present this bouquet to Cathy.
Immediate past President Peter Vossen, photo bombs with President Elect Lynette Stanley.
David Hulme. Those members who have indicated to attend Hawai'i Rotary Convention 2020. A meeting after Rotary next week, to discuss early bird discount registration. Nineteen (19) Club members and spouses and two (2) Morrinsville make it a contingent of 21 (twentyone) so far. David m 021 328 746
Well , well. Photographer Peter Vossen reckons he did all the work. yeah right ! also named the gentlemen, 'Old Back Benches'!
