Derek Gee outgoing President and Monique incoming President
Derek handing over the four-way-test to our new member Peter Hatch
Peter happily putting the pin on his wife
Kerry McMillan showing off the big trophy from the Soap Box Derby winner Jarrod
Ryder
Graham Bellingham our new District Governor
Derek handing Bob Benzie an award for being the best Rotarian of our Club
Part of outgoing President Derek Gee's Speech:
This Rotary centennial year has been a truly champagne year for our club.
Our membership has grown to 23 and the change of venue from Lincoln Green to the Trusts
Stadium has been an excellent move.
Monies were raised through our Soapbox Derby, Golf competition, Smith & Partners
Charity Ball and various donations.
These totaled $130,000
$90,000 of this money is being used to provide furniture & equipment for the new West
Auckland Hospice at Te Atatu. $15,000 went to the Rotary Saints basketball team formed by
the NZ Breakers as part of their Kids at Risk programme. The balance went to a variety of
good causes, most involving youth.
We hosted a student from France, provided 20 Xmas baskets to
needy families, arranged two tree plantings of young trees raised by Matipo School to help
prevent soil erosion and presented an award to Graeme Douglas of Douglas Pharmaceuticals
for his work in the community & generous support of local projects. Awards were also
given to Bob Benzie, Kerry McMillan, John Ritchie, Terry Hodges & Graham Nicholson for
‘going the extra mile’.
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
Why they don’t have mouse-flavored cat food?
When they introduce a new improved flavor of dog food who does the tasting?
Why don’t they make the whole aircraft out of the same material as
the black box?
Why can’t woman put on mascara with their mouths shut?
Why don’t sheep struck when it rains?
Why you don’t see the headline “Clairvoyant wins powerball’
...President Derek Gee handed over his chain of office to the
new President Monique...
Part of new President Monique's Speech:
Thank you Derek very kindly.
I know you couldn’t wait to put that heavy chain around my neck. You have been an
excellent President, thank you.
Dear Friends and Fellows,
I am honored to be standing here as the new President of our club.
I know it is a huge Responsibility and a lots of weight to carry.
But I have the best Teachers, like Bob Benzie, Kerry McMillan,
John Ritchie, Peter Smith and all the other
BIG BOYS to help me through this Year.
Not to mention the new Members, like, Terry, Theo, Ivan,
Roger and Grant who have shown so much Effort and Ability
in the short time that they have been in our Club.
Thank you, you have don a Wonderful Job.
I guess the Boys will be wondering now,
what is she going to do with us this Year?
Well, I can always put my Cowboy Boots on and crack the Whip.
I think the Boys are good Boys,
and I intend to keep them very Busy this year. “Sorry about this Ladies.”
We will go ahead with pretty much the same Projects like last
year:
Trees for Survival
The Hospice Project
Cans for Kidneys
Overseas Vocational Experience
International Reading Program
Smith and Partners Charity Ball
and supporting the young R. Saints
The Soap Box Derby Cars will race again, and I must say a very
special Thank You to Kerry who put so much Work and Effort
into this Project. Kerry, you have done an amazing Job, not only this year also the year
before and I know you will be there in the coming year to.
THANK YOU.
And thank you to John Ritchie who has spent an enormous amount
of time to find Sponsors for this Project. It is not an easy Task.
THANK you John.
BUT, I think we have not been quite busy enough, So, I added
just one more Event to our Program.
We have talked about organizing a
BEER Festival, In Summer perhaps’
Lots of Fun for Everyone in the Community.
I like to see local Shops, Restaurants and Business involved in this Event. Well, I think
that should keep us Busy.
Fellowship has been a bit lazy lately. Everybody seems to be
to comfortable at home.
We need to GO OUT more, bring the Family along, do Things
together and have a good time. I also would like to see our Honorary Members much more
often. Lets do something about it.
Our International President Carl Wilhelm Stenhammer has given
us a new Theme for this incoming year.
“ To serve above Self”
Lets All be dedicated to serve our Community, Lets All be
dedicated
to serve Rotary and serve the World.
And now I like to Introduce the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Vise Presid. & Club Service Director
Jim Annison
Community Service Director
Kerry McMillan
International Service Director
Terry Hodges
Youth & Vocational Director
Theo Van Lier
Secretary
Domenic Wood
Treasurer
Bob Benzie
And now, I, as your new President Pledge:
I will, work you to the Bone,
Keep you on the Ball
Strip you of your Money,
And send you home, to say, Thank God she is not my Wife.
I think we will have a wonderful Year together.
And now I like to call Shirley Wakeling to come forward. Shirley, On behalf of our club, I
Thank you for the beautiful moments you have given us with your lovely Flowers Year by
Year, I like to present you with this Box of Chocolate.
I also like to ask my Daughter
Buzzy to com forward who has spent hours of her time to create the best Website for our
Club. Thank you Buzzy
For all your Effort.
I also would like Magaret Linkhorn, Marielyn Ballingham,
Magareth Jones and Jill Davis to come forward. I also like to ask John Tamahere and his
wife to come forward.
And now David Butler will lead us in our National Song,
Thank you Everybody, that was great.
Well, The Parting Thought is in the Hands of our
outgoing President Derek Gee.
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Monique thanking Shirley for the great job she did with the flowers
District Governors wife Marielyn Ballingham
Raffle winners ADG Steward Davis and his wife Lyn
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