Stop Press:  News from the Board. 

The Board is happy to ratify the nomination of Chris Hanson as President-Elect. I am sure that Chris will be an enthusiastic and popular President, and that he and Dubravka will have many enjoyable Rotary experiences.

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Our speaker this week, Liliane Grace spoke on "Empowering Youth To Create Magnificent Lives"  She told us of her career path that eventually led to her becoming an author of short stories, articles, plays, poems, songs, and picture books.

A great effort from Ngarie Cannon is nearly putting Steptoe and Son out of business.  Ngaire has collected two boot-loads of clothing for the residents at Servants Community Housing, and will probably have a call for more pre-loved clothing after the summer. I’m sorry I missed the photo opportunity.

Welcome back to Simon O’Donoghue and Gerry Cantwell, and good news of Neil Roberts enjoying a holiday in South Australia. As next week we are having a Fun and Fellowship Day, I’ll invite all our travellers to tell us the best and worst of their experiences, with a nice prize for the best yarn. I suspect Brian Reid is preparing some photos to show us, so all you holiday-makers get ready to show and tell.

 Tony Thomas’ talk last week certainly caused some controversy, so I have selected a quote from Philosopher Bertrand Russell:  “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”  

{Ed : Couldn't resist mentioning another but relevant early 1900's quote supposedly attributable to Russell , something akin to  "Physics is dead it only remains to measure things to the next decimal point." }