The current lunch menu can be downloaded from here
» Orders should be in by 12pm Wednesdays, including beverage choice
» Payments must be made after the meeting is finished
» If you order and do not attend, you will be invoiced via Rotary
» All guests are required to purchase lunch (can choose from a lighter option e.g. scone) and may not bring in their own food
Preferred method of ordering is by the "regulr" app on your phone. If this is not possible please email your order to kiaora@petridish.co.nz
John Gallaher gave a fascinating address on the Grow Dunedin Partnership and its vision for Dunedin in the next decade & beyond. Grow Dunedin is a partnership between the DCC, Ngai Tahu, Chamber of Commerce, Otago Polytechnic & University and the Employers Association. It was formed in 2011-12 with a goal of an annual 2% growth in employment (10,000 extra jobs in 10yrs) & a 2.5% rise in income per capita ($10,000 per person). John says they were on track pre Covid he also mentioned the success they had with getting Dunedin behind & winning the Gigatown competition which gave Dunedin free the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere (worth $1 Million). John says the advantage of Dunedin's size is that you are able to get key groups in Dunedin to work together for the benefit of all the community and cited a meeting last Saturday of a" techathon" of young aged 20-30yrs to visualise apps that might help in the future, they group came up with 7-8 exciting options that they will take back to Grow Dunedin for backing. John says that they want to continue to grow the confidence Dunedin obtained with winning the Gigatown competition Our club & the Dunedin community owe John and the Grow Dunedin Partnership a great deal of thanks for their vision
The people who lived in an assisted living center have small apartments but they all eat at a central cafeteria.
One morning one of the residents didn't show up for breakfast so my wife went upstairs and knocked on his door to see if everything was OK. She could hear him through the door and he said that he was running late and would be down shortly so she went back to the dining area.
An hour later he still hadn't arrived so she went back up towards his room and she found him on the stairs. He was coming down the stairs but was having a hard of time. He had a death grip on the hand rail and seemed to have trouble getting his legs to work right.
She told him she was going to call an ambulance but he told her no, he wasn't in any pain and just wanted to have his breakfast. So she helped him the rest of the way down the stairs and he had his breakfast.
When he tried to return to his room he was completely unable to get up even the first step so they called an ambulance for him.
A couple hours later she called the hospital to see how he was doing.
The receptionist there said he was fine, he just had both of his legs in one leg of his boxer shorts.
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Our speaker on 24 September is Philippa Harris, the General Manager of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. Philippa has been in that role for many years and will be speaking about the challenges facing the performing arts in this era of Covid-19. An interesting insight into the issues that must be addressed and the changes necessary in this everchanging world at present is assured.
John Gallaher gave a fascinating address on the Grow Dunedin Partnership and its vision for Dunedin in the next decade & beyond.
