Present: President Jan Dempsey; David Brownson; David Gibson; David Lusk;
Gary Brown; Geoff Harding; Michael Archer; Mike Makein; Owen McCluggage;
Richard Handley; Sally Morch and Tony Bird.
Guests : Michaela de Vantier – Speaker : RYDA Programme Co-ordinator,
Naida Gibson, guest of David Gibson.
Apologies : Dennis Eales; Des Friedrich; Judy Hanliine; Murray Gillespie; Simon Northrop;
Stephen Bovett and Wally Garrett.
Club Raffle ( a Mitre10 Voucher ) was won by Owen McCluggage.
Raffle of a ham ( purchased as a raffle prize for the Golf Tournament ) was won by
Geoff Harding
Three-minute Talk : Sally Morch developed the pros and cons of living in a Retirement
Village. The “villages” are all different and yet all similar. For her
personally It had been, she said, a very positive decision to move into Summerset.
Thanks for the meal were given by David Brownson.
Fines : David Gibson turned up querky historical facts about London.
Host : Gary Brown introduced Michaela de Vantier, Programme Co-ordinator of RYDA for
the Central North Island. Michaela is based in Hamilton.
The RYDA ( Rotary Youth Driver Awareness ) Programme
(or Road Safety Education - RSE)
is a Rotary initiative that aims to deliver co-ordinated, updated and practical
road safety information to school students who have recently obtained, or are
in the process of obtaining, their driving licence. It aims to save lives.
RYDA was started in Australia twenty years ago and in New Zealand in 2006.
In New Zealand it has involved 55 Rotary Clubs and 400 volunteers.
However, the programme in New Zealand reaches only 12% of
Year 12 students.
The programme which is run by Road Safety Education (RSE) engages local
community experts in order to complement the school road safety curriculum.
It provides an opportunity for 15 and 16-year-old secondary school students
to access additional road safety resources not available within schools.
The key aim is to influence the attitudes of young people and to inform them
of their respon sibilities when driving or riding in a vehicle as a passenger,
thereby assisting our community in achieving a reduction in deaths and
injuries on our roads.
The programme is conducted over a one-day period, during school time,
and away from the school environment. It comprises six separate facilitated
workshop sessions including presentations by the Police and the Brain Injury
Association. The programme covers rights and responsibilities for young
drivers, hazards and distractions, speed and stopping, the effects and
consequences of alcohol and drugs. Bad driving attitudes and poor
choices can have real life consequences.
Rotary Clubs support their nominated school by providing volunteers on
the day that that school attends as well as by making a financial contribution
to ensure that no students miss out for financial reasons and that costs
to schools and students are minimised.
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Michaela said that “Ngāmotu” was the best Rotary Club to which she
had been. She would like to hold a Taranaki RYDA Workshop in conjunction
with ( and with therefore volunteer support from ) the “Ngāmotu” Club.
Thanks to Michaela were given by Harry Duynhoven for a very good presentation.
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Meat Patties, sale of ( purchased for the Golf Tournament barbecues) :
Nine tubes of premium quality patties ( 20 patties/tube ) were offered to
members at $37.00 each. Purchase monies to go back into the Golf Account.
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Club Diary :
Monday, 5th December - Social Night at the home of Richard Handley,
8, Sequoia Grove, Merrilands. Check with Richard beforehand about what you
would like to bring.
Monday, 12th December – Final Meeting of 2022 .
- Cake Auction : Theme : “Time waits for no man”.
Funds raised to go to a charity – to be decided upon.
- Secret Santa – up to $10 / gift.
- A “thank you” to the catering staff at the Auto Lodge.
- The wearing of something appropriate.
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Club Centenary, 10th June 2025. President Jan asked Club members for their
thoughts on “How shall we celebrate our centenary ?”
Parting Thought : Gary Brown. “Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong
remedies”: Groucho Marx.
Thanks to Michael Archer for providing the notes
