Our Bulletin scribes are on fire!  I received two report of last weeks meeting.  I thought about publishing both but the took pity on our readers so simply published the first one I received

President Jeremy opened the meeting all sang grace.

Noel and John reported on arrangements for the H2H to be held Sunday 1 st March. Eighty people are required to run the event; each club member involved has an instruction sheet - it was important for people to commit in order to run the event safely.

Jeremy spoke of the need to amalgamate the two SI Rotary Districts into one, due to falling membership.

Following the 4WD trip to Dunedin, the Rotary meeting that would normally held on Thursday 26 th March, will now be held on Saturday the 28 th March at the Landing Service building. This meeting will be combined with the Rotary Flying Group, who are very keen to meet up with our club.

Jeremy talked about venue options for our club after Seven Oaks closes on the 5 th of March. The Stables at Harlau Farm looks to be the likely choice.

Rod Sparrow in his five minute talk, spoke of his three sons having their own families, which has been a great interest for Christine and himself. Rod mentioned that he had to step up to the position of Acting Rector at TBHS following the resignation of the previous Rector. The new Rector, David Thorp has proved to be a popular choice. Rod who began his teaching career in 1980 will likely retire next year.

Terry Stagg ran a successful sergeant session, and Tom Henderson won the raffle.

Terrys speaker was unable to attend the meeting, so Terry gave us a talk on his career as a marine engineer. Terry who was born in London, grew up in Surrey and Essex and began his marine engineering apprenticeship at a South Hampton training school. Two years later, at the age of eighteen, he went to sea to serve out his practical training. His first impression was of the size of the machinery, and the big ships engine turning at 26 rpm. Terry found the discipline hard, but it developed a good work ethic, which stood him in good stead for the rest of his career. After becoming a junior engineer, Terry went back to college for further training before gaining his full ticket in 1976.

After arriving in NZ Terry worked as an engineer in land based industries; this included the Finnigand and Pareora meat plants, Annett and Darling, and Private Consulting before accepting a permanent position as Tug Boat Pilot for Prime Port Timaru. A very interesting talk.