Bulletin No. 46 - 15 June 2010

Bulletin No. 46  - 15 June 2010

Attendance at Today’s meeting -  Ken Munro

Make-ups

Birgit Macke, Fred Roberts, Peter Long, Natalie Stear and Ian Pringle at the Ann’s Induction on 14 June

Attendance with Make-ups   72%

Visiting Rotarians

Lionel Heath                                       P.E. East

Darryl Burman                                   Sunrise

Non-Rotarian Guests

Noelle Pearson and Pixie Pringle attended the lunch with their Rotarian husbands

Silke Macke accompanied parents Birgit and Richard (all three wore garlands of black, yellow and red to lunch in honour of the German team that beat Australia 4-0 a few days ago!)

and Liam McGrath accompanied grandfather Fred Roberts

President Ian’s Announcements

1. Kevin Mill’s talk at next week’s lunch on his experiences during the “Way of St James” should be very interesting. Members are urged to attend.
2. To date 97 people have signed up to attend the Induction Dinner that will take place on 29^th at the P.E. Golf Club  when John Rauch will take over the presidency of the club.

Unfortunately to date very few have actually paid. Payments may be made to either Tony Oshry or Terry Baker or, preferably  by direct banking (details in previous Bulletins).

No payments will be accepted  at the function

1. The Ann’s induction, where Heather Rauch took over leadership of the Anns, was held last night at Dessie’s in Main Road Walmer. If this  well-attended function is an indication of the  Ann’s commitment to Rotary this year promises to be very exciting!
2. Brendon Smith has resigned from the Club citing increased business and family commitments
3. Denise Long continues to recover well after her  operation in Gauteng.
4. Cameron Scott will undergo an operation tomorrow.

Our Speakers - Mike Howell and Barry Upton

The Iron Man competition (3.8km sea swim, 180 km cycle ride and a marathon road race), which started in 1978,  is not for the faint-hearted.

At least that is what I thought until both Mike and Barry encouraged us all to enter next year.

Ladies who choose to compete do so under the same rules as the men!

Mike, who participated in the corporate event in 2009, trained for the following  Half Iron Man. He was then persuaded to complete the full Iron Man. This means he completed both events  in one year….. an outstanding achievement.

Barry has completed the Iron Man on 3 occasions, this year in the time of 11.04 hours.

One stat that stunned me was the value of the bikes these intrepid athletes ride. The total value of the cycles used in the last Iron Man in P.E. was a staggering R56 million!!!!!!

An interesting and informative talk.

I for one will be waiting to see if any of our younger Rotarians take up Mike’s challenge and participate in next year’s event!

Sergeant - Pres Ian (in place of the absent Randall Prins)

Pres Ian congratulated Denzil and Anne Stickels on their 51^st wedding anniversary on the 20^th .

Birthday celebrations are recorded for Gavin Brown (15^th), Richard Stephenson (16^th) and Sue Gilmer (22^nd).

Vocational Reading - Terry Baker

The people who get on in the world are people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them                                                                George Bernard Shaw

Forthcoming Events for your Diary

22 June               Kevin Mills: The Camino de Santiago de Compostela.The way of St James     Lunch venue

29 June                Induction Dinner                                                                                                                    Port Elizabeth Golf Club

6 July                     TBA

14 October          Annual Golf Day                                                                                                                   Humewood Golf

Other Matters

a)       Lionel Heath is looking for hosts for the GSE team arriving from the USA in September. Unfortunately it appears that the team have rather unusual vocations that may be difficult to match

b)      From Trevor Long:

There 461 Rotary Peace Fellows

31% work for NGO’s or other peace-related organizations

20% work for a government agency

12% are pursuing additional advanced degrees in peace-related fields

9% are teachers/professors

7% work in research or academic support positions

5% work for United Nations agencies

2% are journalists

2% are lawyers

and 2% work for the World Bank.

The rest defy easy categorization

Duty Roster

Malcom Andrew