A Busy Week With 1 Week To Go!

With only one week to go before our year as DG is complete there seems to have been a lot happening in Clubs around District with Club Changeovers and end of year Rotary functions.

On Monday I had the opportunity to attend the Wellington Club Change Over and on behalf of District present a PHF Sapphire pin to Brian Lynch in recognition of his work for District including during his period as Scholarships Chair,  when he successfully integrated the coordination and selection of Peace Fellowships, Ambassadorial, and later Vocational Scholarships in the changing environment brought about by District 9940 participating in the pilot programme of the Future Vision Plan.  President Hewitt handed the chain of office across to new President Tony Hassed who says he has change in mind for the Rotary Club of Wellington.

On Tuesday I was able to attend Plimmerton's meeting to make a PHF presentation along with President Bob to Peter Sinke in recognition of his work for the Club including organising our annual 4WD rally.  It was then off with Christine to attend our local Inner Wheel Changeover to be present when our good friend Debbie Howard became President.


Wednesday was a fun filled night as we attended the Rotary Club of Porirua Sundown's 'Last Supper'.  This was a fun filled night where we were all able to share tales of the last year, have lots of laughs and reacquaint friendships.  Porirua Sundown, along with other clubs in the Wellington 3 cluster, has been a huge support to Christine and I through the year and it was a great opportunity to pass on to President Gordon and the club our thanks for their support.

As the week started drawing to a close I was to make a short trip to Whangarei to attend a Maori Hui in recognition of some work that I had been involved with  LINZ.  Unfortunately we got caught up in the bad weather and had to drive back to Wellington.  





Saturday we were at a BBQ watching the French/All Black game with our IYE French exchange student Cyril Lepinette.  There were some anxious moments earlier in the game but it was good to see NZ come out on top - and our see our french student wearing an All Blacks top!

 Sunday we attend a Lowering of the Flag Cluster meeting - report to follow.

We hope you have not suffered during the recent storms and hope you have a great week ahead.


DG Graeme