Presidents Time
Welcome to Vicki Gray and Guest Speaker Paul Fisher.
Notices:
Bookarama. The 2025 Bookarama will run on 3, 4 and 5 October 2024. Set up will be in late September. As the container we use for storage is nearly full, if members have books for Bookarama, please store them at your premises till we are ready to collect them.
Bookarama. The 2025 Bookarama will run on 3, 4 and 5 October 2024. Set up will be in late September. As the container we use for storage is nearly full, if members have books for Bookarama, please store them at your premises till we are ready to collect them.
3 Minute Speaker:
David Hewson spoke of his family’s journey through the health system – how supportive many of those who work in the system are for the positive outcome that happened. Thanks, David.
David Hewson spoke of his family’s journey through the health system – how supportive many of those who work in the system are for the positive outcome that happened. Thanks, David.
Raffle:
Our usual investment contributed to Noel taking home the wine.
1,000,000 Cans from Rotary:
John thanked members who brought along cans as part of the 1 million can target to be given to Food Banks. Members are welcome to bring along a can or more, to our next meeting in a fortnight.
Our usual investment contributed to Noel taking home the wine.
1,000,000 Cans from Rotary:
John thanked members who brought along cans as part of the 1 million can target to be given to Food Banks. Members are welcome to bring along a can or more, to our next meeting in a fortnight.
Guest Speaker:
Adrian introduced Paul Fisher, who is responsible for the redevelopment of Mitre 10 in Timaru.
Adrian introduced Paul Fisher, who is responsible for the redevelopment of Mitre 10 in Timaru.
Paul, from Birmingham, England, spoke of his varied career/s till he arrived in Timaru. Growing up in Birmingham was in the era of the IRA and associated bombings, before he chose his first career as a horse trainer. As a rider, Paul was selected to ride for Great Britain, but just before the event, he had a fall and broke his arm, which ended his opportunity.
From there, Paul joined the Navy and spent 22 years on nuclear submarines. Many were fascinated to hear of life on a submarine: working every day, no communication with family for months at a time, living in controlled environments, including manufactured water and air. Paul spoke of the missions he has been on and what they got up to. Fascinating stuff, and we could have listened for much longer.
Paul met and married a Kiwi girl and found himself in New Zealand, and his way to senior roles in Mitre10.
Mitre10 has been around for 22 years, starting in Melbourne, Australia, and today has buyers in India and China as well as New Zealand and imports from other countries. Timaru Mitre10 has about $6.5 million in stock at any one time, approximately 52,000 items.
Wintery joke:
Why did Dad stop using his loyalty card to scrape ice from his windshield? He only got 10% off.
Duties for 19 June 2025:
3 Minute Speaker: Robbie Jackson
3 Minute Speaker: Robbie Jackson
Chairman: Trevor Johnson
Thanks: John Keenan
Sergeant: Bill Weir
Corporal: Don George
Regalia: Jay Loveley
Scrobe: Tony Brien
Thanks: John Keenan
Sergeant: Bill Weir
Corporal: Don George
Regalia: Jay Loveley
Scrobe: Tony Brien