ROTARACT UoA.

Meeting Minutes

Date:  20/ 10/2010

Time: 6pm

Present: Special guests Chris and Ben who are Rotary Ambassadorial scholars and Bryan Dungan who is our new Rotary liaison.

1)      Video clip – unicorn after wisdom teeth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS3Olh9DnaE

2)      Guest Speaker: Chris and Ben

-          Rotary ambassadorial scholarship. All about cultural immersion. Go to a country where you speak the native tongue.

-          Contact local rotary club for info on application process.  Check out the links below for more information

http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/AmbassadorialScholarships/Pages/ridefault.aspx ;

-          Application process involves a series of essays and an interview. Important to know what you want to study and how that aligns with rotary goals e.g. health and polio

-          In your host country you will be assigned to a host club. Chris was assigned to Rotary club of Auckland east. You are required to attend weekly meetings, turn in reports and presentations (8-15 presentations) which illustrates what you have done and what you plan to do.

-          Animportant aspect of the scholarship is for you to show the ideals of your culture – who you are and what you’re about.

-          Highlights of Chris and Ben's time in NZ

·         Ben – south island.

·         Chris – iron man NZ. Quality time with Rotarian families. Used the proximity of NZ to do other travelling e.g. Fiji.

3)      Projects

-          Blood drive (Bobbie): Thursday 14th, 3 people gave blood. A single person can save up to 3 lives so potentially we saved 9 last week. Thanks guys! This will be an ongoing thing.

-          Drug and alcohol project: End of Daze was a possible first event but this is not going ahead. The next event will be soon. Either a Friday or Saturday. If you are interested in getting involved, give us an email and let us know.

-          Child sponsorship: Thank you to Kuljeet, Cathy and Bobby for attending the Winemakers lunch. As a result of them volunteering we received $40 per head from Rotary. Thanks for all those that donated their spare change at the meeting. We collected $31.50.

-          City Mission:  Nico is waiting for a reply from Auckland city Mission. In the meantime, we need to organise a time to contact Rotary clubs and volunteers to help tell them about the project and collect cans from them. Thank you to Bryce, Megan and Vivian who volunteered to assist Nico with the planning. He will be in touch soon.

-          Shelter box: This project is a very good idea and something we should definitely get involved with. If anyone is interested in helping organise a project around this please let us know

4)      Upcoming things

-          Seafood festival.

·         Anniversary weekend 29/30/31st January 2011. Don’t have to be there the whole weekend.

·         We have always had a big team so let’s get involved. A great weekend!

·         $1200,000 profit last year

·         Major beneficiary is Stellar trust http://www.stellartrust.co.nz/

·         Help in a range of different ways e.g. selling raffle tickets, handling food, wine...

·         Food, sun, drinks and music. Mix work with fun. Rotary will pay for car parking and lunches. T-shirt provided.

·         Run by Rotary of Auckland East

-          Top schools

·           Different games e.g. slippery slide (first Sunday in March, need 5-6 people).

-          Soapbox derby

·           Run by Rotary of Auckland east

·           Last Sunday in march

·           Always a fun day

5)      Projects over the summer

-          Tree planting:  7 people said they were interested at the meeting.  Perhaps this is something we can do before Christmas. Megan will let you know the details as she gets them.

-          if you have any ideas of other things we can do over the break, feel free to let us know

6)      General admin

-          Best way of staying in touch over the break? If you feel like you are receiving too many emails from us, please let us know.

-          T-shirts: all t-shirts ordered this year are available to be picked up. If you were unable to attend the meeting tonight and would like your t-shirt before the Christmas break, let us know as soon as possible and we can arrange a pick up location.

7)       Bowling and dinner in Newmarket as our social event tonight 

Meeting concluded: 7pm