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Spud in a Bucket
Railside Stage
Mar. 01, 2024 10:00 a.m. -
Aug. 22, 2024 5:00 p.m.
 
Spud in a Bucket weigh-in
Railside on the Green Stage area
Mar. 05, 2024
 
April is Maternal and Child Health Month
Apr. 01, 2024
 
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Apologies and      Bookings             
To book dinner guests in or make an apology please call 083299789 before 9am Tuesday
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A few things coming up to keep in mind:
     
  • Please, please remember to put your apologies in before 9am on a Rotary day, this includes non diners please. We are still having trouble with a lot of members not apologising and just not showing up. 
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  • We are looking for a possible candidate for the upcoming RYLA camp. Applications must be in before the end of February. If you know of a possible candidate, please contact Max McIvor asap. 
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  • A big shout out reminder that it is our District 9930 Conference 17th -19th May this year.... right on our doorstep in Cambridge, so let's see if we can all go along and reap the benefits of a fantastic conference. You will all have received an email from our District Governor Bill Robinson outlining the details of the conference, so get your early-bird registration in now. Please get in touch with David Hulme if you are interested in going - even if you haven't decided for sure as yet, as he is trying to gage numbers.
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  • Spud In A Bucket weigh-in on 5th March. Stew will be needing some helpers on the night so please add your name to the shunt sheet if you can help. I hope you have all been nurturing your spuds over the holiday season. Looking forward to seeing a few bumper crops. 
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  • Just a reminder that Stew is looking for helpers for the Hobbiton Hafling Marathon on 23rd March which we help with, so don't forget to put your name on the shunt sheet if you can help.
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  • Please see below a "heads up" for an event coming soon. More info to come. 
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  •  Michelle Tanner is looking for interest to do a possible trip to Brisbane to our sister club Balliner on Richmond. Just trying to gauge interest at this time, so if you think you might be interested, please let Michelle know.        
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  • Just a note for everyone,  if you are listed on reception duty, please try and arrive early to help with setting up the table and signs etc. 
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  • Please, please remember to put your apologies in before 9am on a Rotary day, this includes non diners please.
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  • Please remember that you must ring the club answer phone and apologize or advise of extra guests before 9am on any meeting date. Please stipulate the date you are apologizing for to avoid any confusion.  
 
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The lucky person to try and guess the Mystery Rotarian for next week is Kevin Kent. 
 
Clues for the mystery Rotarian, are as follows –
  1. I spent the first five years of my life living in a Railway Station at Whakapara.
  2. My first experience of farming was owning a 10-acre block at Dairy Flat, north of Auckland
  3. I have recently played on Eden Park.
Good Luck Kevin!
 
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Parting Thought       
 
A person's most beautiful asset is not a head full of knowledge,
But a heart full of love,
An ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others.
Heidi Dellaire 
 
This ones from me to all of you  😊
 
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Some more working bee photos.
 
 
And then there was the headless man who did a heck of a lot of work. 
 
 
Great team effort by all involved and sorry if I didn't get your photo 😊
 
 
 
 
Hi everyone.
 
No official Rotary meeting last week as it was our community Service night. A good team turned out to do some weeding and spreading of mulch at the Stanley Walkway. It was a very warm evening and certainly didn't take long to work up a sweat. Think we all could have done with a cold one at the end but were a bit too dusty and dirty to venture anywhere.
 
Great effort team   😊 
Photos to come later in the Bulletin.
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Below a message from Corolyn Stephenson from Rotary Te Aroha. Hopefully a few of the club members can get along for their Auction Night on Wednesday.  
 
Details of the Te Aroha Rotary Club  auction are below...please let Corolyn know if you wish to attend.
 
It is that time of year again. We would like to wish you a great new year.
Added to this we are holding our auction on Wednesday February 28 at 6pm. We have always enjoyed joining with other clubs to participate in this with our auctioneer Kevin Deane.
If you have done some clearing out of some items and would like to bring them along for the auction we would welcome them as well as you.
The poster is self-explaining and please let us know numbers. We will be delighted to see you all again.
Kind regards
Corolyn
PS: I promise I will make several carrot cakes.
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Rotary Foundation.
Over the next three Club Bulletins, our Foundation Committee will be highlighting Rotary Foundation.
 
This is the lead up to our Club Guest Speaker for Tuesday 26th March 2024, District 9930 Foundation Chair Ken Smith.
 
We should all know the seven Areas of Focus for Rotary Foundation. 1). Peacebuilding and conflict prevention: 2). Disease prevention and treatment: 3). Water, Sanitation and hygiene: 4).Maternal and child health: 5). Basic education and literacy: 6). Community Economic Development: 7). Protecting our Environment.
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And to finish off, some photos of the working bee. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Meeting responsibilities  
                                                                          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
  Date:
Tuesday 27th
February 2024                      
     
 
Tuesday 5th 
March 2024
 
 
  
  Speaker:
Kevin Forgeson
 
Mental Wellbeing 
Hauora Hinengaro
 
 Full Meal
 
 
  
Spud in a Bucket Weigh in at Railside by the green. 5pm start
 
Sausage Sizzle and BYO
  
  Reception Gary Lewis            NA  
  Reception Mike Farrell   NA  
  Club Host        
  Speaker        Intro Miranda Thomson   NA  
  Speaker        Thanks Owen Westlake         NA  
  Parting          Thought  David Parker   NA  
         
  Notes:        
                                                                                                            
     Top Table for 27th February- President Jane Belton, David Hulme,
                                             Kevin Forgeson, Miranda Thomson 
                                                                 
 
 
 
 
 

Rotary Matamata account numbers

Administration:   03-0363-0018584-000
Charitable Trust: 03-0363-0010566-000

Please ensure you include your NAME and WHAT the money is for as the reference.
Secretary: Beth Taylor 
Bulletin Editor: Sheryl Ertel 
sheryl@tainuipress.co.nz