Week 14 occurred in early October and we established again at our base apartment on Queen's wharf to visit Wellington, Pencarrow, Wellington Central and Mount Victoria clubs. Unfortunately, I do not have any photos to share with you from Wellington Central or Mount Victoria. Wellington is our biggest club , current membership 156, and are targeting a membership of 200 over 5 years. They have inducted 13 members in 4 months, 8 of them women. Wellington Club is a Pilot Club for the Associate Membership pilot scheme. Mount Victoria is a Pilot Club for the Innovate and Flexible Club Pilot. These pilots are in their implementation phases and it is a bit early to report progress for these particular schemes. Wellington Central are very keen to direct their efforts this year to the Christchurch Earthquake recovery effort.
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| Our visit to Wellington coincided with the last meeting of Intern Vanessa Higham, a student at Massey University. Rotary had been recommended to Vanessa for her internship by Dean Frank Sligo. " Why would i want to do my Internship at a car firm" she asked him . Thankfully, she said, her first impressions of Rotary were not accurate |
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| Over the period of the Rugby World Cup rugby fanatic Rhys Barlow delivered a 5 minute entertaining talk each meeting on the previous week's results and the likely outcomes for the coming week's fixtures. Those punters who took his predictions seriously did seem to be faring too well in the club sweepstake |
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| This gentleman came up to me after the meeting and said that "Anyone who had worked for the Ministry of Works can't be too bad" It was Colin McLeod, an ex-Commissioner of Works |
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| We made some new friends at Pencarrow - The Kure family |
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| Pencarrow have a special relationship with the local Fire Service 0990 and I got to 'drive' one of the fire tenders |
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| I met an old 'friend' at Pencarrow, Vocational Scholar Amie Ritchie |
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