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14 July 2024
 
Bulletin Editor
Fiona Nyhof
Club Information
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Petridish
8 Stafford Street
Dunedin,  9016
New Zealand
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Meeting Attendance
Members are encouraged to attend Thursday lunch meetings whenever they can. They are an opportunity for fellowship, to hear interesting speakers, and to catch up with our Club activities.
Remember that if you are unable to join our lunch meetings in person, we can still provide a Zoom option. Please contact President Katie for details of the link to use.
 
Meal Orders @ the dish cafe-
Please remember to pre-order your food and drink from the menu ahead of time. This assists the cafe provide us with good service and timely delivery.  
For members and friends/guests who choose to come along but not purchase a Rotary lunch, a $5 contribution to room hire is applied by the cafe (see menu).  As a club, we appreciate the continued use of the venue facilities.
 
Email your order to orders@thedishcafe.co.nz by 11am
 
Lunch Menu  
The Dish menu was updated 13 June. The $20 lunch menu (includes a drink) can be downloaded here.
Stories
President Anna's areas of focus for our 2024/25 Rotary Year
At her first club meeting as President, Anna Thomas (proudly wearing the President's chain) discussed the Rotary Club of Dunedin objectives for the 2024/25 year.
Anna outlined six Areas of Focus:
 
* Fellowship / Engagement / Have Fun
 
* Build collaborations between Rotary clubs, other service clubs, corporate organisations, and relevant identities to undertake projects that provide the best impact for our communities. 
 
* Strengthen our youth focus and initiatives to improve the uptake in Rotaract and Rotary membership by young people involved in Rotary Youth Programmes and those sponsored for other activities. 
 
* Build Rotary’s ‘environment’ focus with projects that strive to protect and enhance our natural environments. 

* Encourage the establishment of new club models and membership types that will allow more people to connect and take action in ways that work best for them.

*Help members understand the role and place of The Rotary Foundation and encourage support both in donations to, and in the use of district & global grants for projects.
 
 
 
Volunteering opportunities coming up
 
Rotary Park Project
 
Our Rotary Park beautification project lead by Rotary Dunedin in partnership with Rotary Dunedin Central, Harbour, South Dunedin, St Kilda Sunrise and Taieri Rotary Clubs is about to get underway! 
 
Winter planting of native trees in designated areas will start at the end of July
 
25 July- Digging holes, 9.30am-12pm
26 July- Digging holes, spreading mulch 9.30am-12pm
28 July- 9.30am-12pm- planting
Save the dates!
 
 
Special Events Coming Up 
 
Thursday 8th August Rotaract Quiz Night fundraising for Days for Girls. 7-9pm at The Bog. $10pp
Make up at team of 4 -6 persons and support the enthusiastic Rotaractors
 
Thursday 12th September Fellowship at Five, meet at 5pm at the Ironic Bar and Cafe 
 
Mystery Dinner in November
 
 
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We are planning to bring back the "Mystery Dinner" fund raiser this year - on 24 November.
Funds raised will support Interplast.
But, before we can make more plans for a great night out, the Management team are looking for people who'd be willing to host. 
Each host would provide a 3-course meal at own cost for 6-8 guests who pay $50.00 pp. BYO. 7pm start 24 Nov.
You could be innovative with this, for example, co-host with another person.
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Lynne Guy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sponsors
Interested in being a sponsor?
Download the website sponsorship guide
David Black
David will join us to share his stories, dedication and experience working on international community service projects. Dave is a member of the Dunedin Central club, you can find a fascinating article published on the Rotary 9999 website about his 'Project Starship' work tackling the problem of child trafficking here 
 
  
Future speakers
If you would like to hear from a particular speaker or have any speaker suggestions please advise John Drummond 
 
Link to our Speaker List July to September - Please share it with people and invite them to visit us for a lunch meeting soon!
 
Speakers
Jul 18, 2024
Rotary International Projects
Jul 25, 2024
Kelsy speaks to us of her environmental adventures
Aug 01, 2024
Dave will speak about the Rotary year ahead
Aug 08, 2024
Modernising a NZ icon: The RSA in 2024
Aug 15, 2024
Dunedin Craft Distillers
Aug 22, 2024
Rutherford Waddell and the abolition of sweatshops in Dunedin
Aug 29, 2024
Sep 05, 2024
CEO of Age Concern, Dunedin
View entire list
 
If you would like to hear a particular speaker, or have any speaker suggestions please email John Drummond 

Duty Roster

Follow this link to the Duty Roster. 

The five week roster is the most accurate and members are urged to check the Duty Roster webpage regularly.

Essentials

SPEAKER HOSTS please remember to send a summary of the Speakers presentation complete with photo to Fiona fiona.robin@outlook.com
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
David Ojala
July 10
 
Ron Mackintosh
July 16
 
Join Date
Brian Daniels
July 2, 1987
37 years
 
David McEwen
July 2, 2020
4 years
 
Peter Gouverneur
July 5, 2007
17 years
 
David Ojala
July 15, 1994
30 years
 
Carmen Houlahan
July 17, 2017
7 years
 
Lynne Guy
July 23, 2009
15 years
 
Katie Slaughter
July 29, 2010
14 years
 
 
Keep Up With Us
 
 
Interested in Interplast?
Interplast is an international organization that sends a team of qualified medical professionals to carry out plastic and reconstructive surgery. The Australia NZ arm of the organisation help people in the Pacific and Asian region who otherwise wouldn't be able to access this service. If you'd like to learn more about Interplast and it's connection to Rotary read about it here and have a talk with our district rep and fellow member Bruce Cowan about it.
 
DG DAVE's ADVENTURES
Click here to follow District Governer Dave on his adventures around the South Island District 9999 on his Facebook page,
 
 
Bulletin Editor Fiona's new email address fiona.robin@outlook.com