- NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 2010 #3

earthquake

Sunset going to RC Manukau Visit

EDITORIALby Nicolas SPILLMANN

IA ORANA, KIA ORA, KIA ORANA, BULA, TALOFA, MALO E LELEI, HELLO, BONJOUR.WELCOME, BIENVENUE, MANAVA E MAEVA

September is the month of "New Generations"

It takes a new dimension this year since last April the Council of Legislation decided to establish the"New Generations" as the 5th Avenue of Service of Rotary International.

This decision is not entirely innocent.

All the Rotarians who have attended some of the Conventions of Rotary International have been able to realizethat the average age of our organization is high, too high. Our elders have had the wisdom to set up manyprograms for young generations aiming at making up a reservoir which should ensure generational succession.Unfortunately many of our clubs have not managed to get an harmonious renewal of their membership. Theoldest clubs are losing all attractiveness to "New Generations".

Mainly because of this and on account of other motives (subscriptions, meeting hours, interest in meetingsetc..) many Rotaractors decided not to join a Rotary club when reaching the age limit of Rotaract membership.It is also the reason why some Rotaractors in San Diego met the Governor of District 5340 , Philip Lamoise, in2006-2007 in order to ask him to create a new concept of Rotary :

"Rotary Club New Generations". Thus was the Rotary Club of La Jolla New Generation was founded and led to the creation of a lot of otherRotary Clubs New Generations.

However the traditional clubs are not condemned to disappear. Let me take my host club in New Zealand, theRotary Club of Auckland (Inc) as an example. Since I have attended their meetings, I have been amazed tosee that new members aged between 30-45 join the Club regularly. Yet in some places such as Papeete, it isa pity that Rotaractors do not join the local Rotary Club. In that case setting up a New Generations Rotary Clubcould be entirely justified . Indeed , it would live up to their expectations and give them the opportunity to remainwithin the Rotary family.

We have the duty to convey our passion for Rotary to young generations. We can get amazing successfulstories achieving our actions but would not the most rewarding success be to ensure the sustainability of ourorganization integrating the future generations harmoniously and preparing them to take over from us?

The young Australian sociologist Michael McQueen raised the issue clearly in his speech to the InternationalAssembly in San Diego last January using a striking aphorism:

"No success without succession"I will now quote his conclusion which fully summarizes the facts of the case we have to solve:

"However, as the saying goes, the true test of any leader’s success is succession. Long-term success is not

about what you have already done or what you will do, but it is seen in what you enable and equip the next

generation to do."

The New Generations are the future of Rotary ; each of us has to do everything possible to ensure them a rightposition. It is the reason why we have chosen "New Generations " as the theme of the District Conference whichwill take place on 15 and 16 April in Tahiti . Moreover, as the representative of President of Rotary InternationalRay Klinginsmith, we will have the opportunity to have Philippe Lamoise, the Past Governor 2006-2007 of District5340 who presented its charter to the Rotary Club of La Jolla New Generations which is the 1st Rotary club ofthis kind.

Even now within our District we do not remain with both feet in the same shoe: Auckland City Sunrise RotaryClub is supporting the creation of a new Rotaract club in East Auckland. I have just been informed of the certification of the Interact Club of Elim Christian College, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Somerville Howick-Lately I appointed Marilyn Curtis, from the Rotary Club of Suva North as the Governor's Special Representative,responsible for the creation of the Rotary Club New Generations of Suva. With all this we contribute to

Building Communities - Bridging Continents.

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Look the video, clic hereThe Story of Ray Klinginsmith

Supplying help andHOPE

Contributions to the Annual Pro-grams Fund (APF) keep RotaryFoundation programs humming inhigh gear to help people with des-perate needs.

Your APF support through the“Every Rotarian, Every Year” initia-tive is vital to Doing Good in theWorld.

At the end of the Rotary year, 50percent of each district’s donationsto the Annual Programs Fund is cre-dited to their District DesignatedFund (DDF), while the other 50 per-cent goes to the World Fund. TheFoundation uses the World Fund tosupport the worldwide programs itoffers. Likewise, districts use theirDDF to fund the Foundation pro-grams they elect to participate in.

Recently, the Foundation was ableto restore the World Fund budgetfor Matching Grants, largely be-cause Rotarians donated a recordamount of almost US$115 million tothe Annual Programs Fund in 2007-08. The amount of the World Fundavailable for Matching Grants in2010-11 increased 82 percent com-pared to 2009-10. This is becausefunds for the 100 Future Vision pilotdistricts were budgeted separatelyfor 2010-11, making it one of the lar-gest World Fund budgets in Mat-ching Grants history.When every Rotarian contributes tothe Foundation every year, we ex-pand our capacity to bring help andhope to a hurting world.

IA ORANA, KIA ORA, KIA ORANA, BULA, TALOFA, MALO E LELEI, HELLO, BONJOUR.WELCOME, BIENVENUE, MANAVA E MAEVA

Septembre est le mois des "Nouvelles Générations".

Cette année, cela prend une autre dimension puisque, au mois d'avril dernier, le Conseil de Législationa décidé d'instituer les "Nouvelles Générations" an tant que 5ème Domaine d'Action du Rotary Interna-tional.

Cette décision n'a rien d'innocent.

Tous les Rotariens qui ont participé à des conventions internationales ont pu se rendre compte que lamoyenne d'âge de notre organisation est élevée, trop élevée. Nos anciens avaient eu la sagesse demettre sur pied de nombreux programmes à l'intention des jeunes générations dont une des finalitésétait bien de constituer un réservoir générationnel susceptible d'assurer la relève. Malheureusementdans nombre de nos clubs nous n'avons pas assuré un renouvellement harmonieux de notre effectif.Les clubs vieillissant perdent toute attrait pour les "Nouvelles Générations".

C'est bien pour cette raison principale et quelques autres subsidiaires (montant des cotisations, horaires des réunions,manque d'intérêt des réunions etc.) que de nombreux Rotaractiens renoncent à rejoindre de tels Rotary clubs quandils atteignent la limite d'âge du Rotaract. C'est encore pour cette raison que quelques Rotaractiens de San Diego ontété voir en 2006-2007 le Gouverneur du District 5340, Philippe Lamoise, pour lui demander de créer un nouveauconcept de Rotary club : le "Rotary club New Generations". C'est ainsi qu'est né le Rotary club de la Jolla New Generation, suivi depuis par de nombreux autres Rotary clubs New Generations.

Pour autant les clubs traditionnels ne sont pas condamnés à disparaître. Je prends pour exemple mon club hôte enNouvelle-Zélande, le Rotary club d'Auckland (Inc). Depuis que je le fréquente régulièrement j'ai été frappé par sa capacité à accueillir de nouveaux membres dans le groupe d'âge de 30 à 45 ans. Néanmoins, à certains endroitscomme à Papeete, on peut regretter que les Rotaractiens ne rejoignent pas le Rotary club. Dans de tels cas, il esttout à fait justifié de créer un Rotary club New Generations qui répondrait davantage à leurs attentes et leur offriraitl'opportunité de demeurer au sein de la Famille du Rotary.

Nous avons le devoir de transmettre aux jeunes générations notre passion pour le Rotary. Nous pouvons connaîtredes réussites spectaculaires dans le cadre de nos actions mais la plus belle des réussites n'est-elle pas d'assurer lapérennité de notre organisation en intégrant harmonieusement les générations qui nous suivent et en les préparantà prendre notre relais ?Le jeune sociologue Australien Michael McQueen posait clairement le problème lors de son intervention à l'AssembléeInternationale de San Diego en janvier dernier par cet aphorisme percutant :

"Pas de succès sans succession"Je vous livre sa conclusion qui résume parfaitement les données du problème que nous avons à résoudre :

"Cependant, le vrai test du succès est la succession. Le succès a long terme n’est pas ce que vous

avez déjà fait ou ce que vous allez faire, mais plutôt de voir ce que vous avez été capable d’amener

la prochaine génération à faire."

Les Nouvelles Générations sont l'avenir du Rotary, nous devons tous tout faire pour leur assurerparmi nous la place qui leur revient. C'est pourquoi d'ailleurs nous avons choisi comme thème de laConférence de District des 15 et 16 avril à Tahiti celui des "Nouvelles Générations". Nous aurons desurcroît la chance d'avoir comme représentant du Président du Rotary International Ray Klinginsmithle Past Gouverneur 2006-2007 du District 5340, Philippe Lamoise, qui a remis sa charte au le Rotaryclub de La Jolla New Generations, le 1er Rotary club de ce type,

Au sein même de notre District, actuellement, nous ne restons pas les deux pieds dans le mêmesabot : le Rotary club d'Auckland City Sunrise soutient le projet de création d'un nouveau Rotaractclub sur l'Est d'Auckland. Je viens de recevoir notification de la certification de l'Interact Club of ElimChristian College, parrainé par le Rotary club de Somerville- Howick. J'ai désigné récemment MarilynCurtis, du Rotary club de Suva North comme Governor's Special Representative en charge de lacréation du Rotary club New Generations de Suva. Ce faisant nous contribuons à

Bâtir les communautés – Rapprocher les Continents.

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We need your help !

Andy Francis andPatrick Bell from theRotary of ST Johns

have had a brain explosion. We are

setting off fromQueenstown to

Auckland with just $10.00 to spend in our pockets.

It’s part of the Novotel $10 QueenstownChallenge to Cure Kics 2010 !

This involves raising as much money aswe can for funding medical research forchildren’s life threatening illnesses. (likediabetes and cystic fibrosis)

Somehow we have to beg/coerce/ charmour way north spending no more than$10.00 over 3 days without flying or dri-ving ourselves - no prearranged trips.Novotel hotels provide us with accomo-dation and a meal each day

The challenge runs from the 9-11th oc-tober and we need to raise a minimum of$7500.00 to qualify.

select the “Make a donation” button onthe link below. it’s simple, fast and totallysecure and the money goes to CureKids.

Go to the link : http://www.fundrai-seonline.co.nz/RotaryClubStJohns/

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Please remember we are doing this forthe kids

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Thanks for your support

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Cure Kids Red NoseDay 2010

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DG's activities

The month of September was mainly devoted to visiting the 5 French Polynesian Rotary clubsand updating things after nearly two months of absence.I had thought of sailing to Raiatea-Tahaa and Bora Bora with the Past President of the RotaryClub of Moorea. Unfortunately we had to give up the idea because of a lousy weather. It wasa pity as I would not have minded the fun.

French Polynesian Clubs are really small clubs compared to some clubs of Auckland or evenSuva : four of them have a membership of under 20. I must say that their demographic com-munities are small such as Bora Bora which has a little more than 6,000 inhabitants. Nevertheless these clubs carry out useful and often ambitious actions or programs such as theone which has been launched by Moorea for two years introducing the practice of chess in primary schools. This program was remarkably well received by teachers and children and isnow being exported to Bora Bora and Raiatea-Tahaa. The Club of Papeete-Tahiti focuses onits two year programs that are on the one hand "Christmas for Everyone" as we're going tohave the 34th edition in November, and on the other hand "Diabesity",a project that allowed toperform more than 70,000 blood screening tests for Diabetes in seven years, the highlight ofwhich is the Tahiti Moorea swim to promote physical exercise. The RC Taravao -Tahiti Iti contributes tothese two major actions and is the sponsor of the Media library of Taravao . The club is workingon a great project at the moment which is to send two post -A-level students of Taravao HighSchool on a training course in a New-Zealand firm early next year.This is a good opportunity for sister clubs of New Zealand and French Polynesia to develop apartnership. Unfortunately not many young New Zealanders learn French, whereas English islearned by all the pupils of French Polynesian secondary schools ( and even in some primaryschools) and many families would like to send their children to New Zealand.Some clubs of French Polynesia (Bora Bora, Raiatea-Tahaa) have already organized stays forunderpriviledged children or young professionals wanting to achieve their experience in a different language. A support from Auckland Clubs would be very useful especially to finalizetheir choice .Innovation this month: the District monthly management meeting was conducted using Skype.If it was not possible to organized a complete video conference due to capacity problems inconnection with some islands, this meeting brought together the AGs of Samoa, Fiji, FrenchPolynesia and New Zealand, the Past Governor, the Governor-Elect, the Governor Nominee ,the District Secretary and myself. Things are improving !!!Until now I have carried out the survey of 41 clubs. I will visit the last eight clubs between October and December : 3 in October, 3 in November and 2 in December.

Unfortunately I am unable to participate in most of your activities which I deeply regret becauseI would have enjoyed it.The month of October is the month of Vocational Service. Remenber that Vocational Service isone of the Five Avenue of Service of Rotary and is one of the mainstay of our organization.

I wish you all the best in your action in :

Building Communities, Bridging Continents

Report from Taveuni

Days 3 and 4 saw most of the clad-ding in place (bit of a hiccup whenit didn’t quite fit in one sectionwhere theframing was a teeny bit ‘out’ and thecladding didn’t quite reach—locallads had been given that section todo!)and window frames in. The roofwent on (see the artistic patterns inthe middle photo) and it is now star-ting tolook like a real building. Some heatstroke (Ray) and minor cuts (Ri-chard), otherwise all well. Incrediblyhumidso weight loss was expectedthough the village women weredoing their best to prevent this!Day 5—the team’s tasks finishedwith all major construction jobsdone. Front and back doors lookgreat andthe first couple of veranda anchorboxes were prepared. Local teamswill complete the job with the trim-mingof window frames, fitting of louvres,installing and plumbing the toiletand laying the floor tiles. Both ChiefElias of the Bouma Village and theHead Mistress Philomena expres-sed their delight and sincere appre-ciationfor the provision of this Pre-Schoolbuilding, fed the team well and letthem go fishing! Go ‘Cyclone Ro-tary’and welcome back team!

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Angiograph SuvaHospital

Cuisine Hopital St Gilles Visite Raiatea - Tahaa

Visite Alfriston

Activités du Gouverneur

Ce mois de septembre a été consacré essentiellement à la visite des 5 Rotary clubsde Polynésie française et à des mises à jour après près de deux mois d'absence.J'avais pensé me rendre à Raiatea-Tahaa et à Bora Bora en voilier avec le past président du Rotary club de Moorea. Malheureusement une météo défavorable nousen a empêché. C'est dommage cela aurait eu un côté un peu fun qui ne m'aurait pasdéplu.

Les clubs de Polynésie française sont en comparaison de certains clubs d'Auckland,voire de Suva, des petits clubs : quatre d'entre eux ont des effectifs inférieurs à 20. Ilfaut dire que leurs communautés démographiques sont modestes comme celle deBora Bora qui compte un peu plus de 6000 habitants. Pour autant ces clubs réalisentdes actions utiles et mènent des programmes souvent ambitieux tels que celui lancépar Moorea depuis deux ans pour introduire la pratique du jeu des échecs dans lesécoles primaires . Ce programme remarquablement bien accueilli par les enseignantset les enfants s'exporte maintenant sur Bora Bora et Raiatea-Tahaa. Le club de Papeete-Tahiti lui se consacre à ses deux programmes phares que sont“Noël Pour Tous” dont on va réaliser la 34ème édition en novembre et au programmeDiabésité qui a permis d'effectuer en 7 ans plus de 70000 tests de détection du diabèteet dont le moment phare est la traversée à la nage de Tahiti à Moorea pour promouvoirl'activité physique. Quant au RC de Taravao-Tahiti Iti, qui s'associe à ces deux actionsil est le créateur de la médiathèque de Taravao et son grand projet du moment estd'envoyer en Nouvelle-Zélande deux étudiants en stage professionnel au début del'année prochaine.

Voilà une bonne opportunité pour des sisters clubs Néo-Zélandais et Polynésiens fran-çais de développer un partenariat. S'il y a (malheureusement) peu de jeunes Néo-Zélandais qui apprennent le Français,en revanche l'anglais est appris par tous les enfants de l'enseignement secondaire enPolynésie française et de nombreuses familles aimeraient pouvoir envoyer leurs enfantsen Nouvelle-Zélande. Certains clubs de Polynésie française (Bora Bora, Raiatea-Tahaa) ont déjà financé des séjours d'enfants défavorisés ou de jeunes professionnelscherchant à compléter leur expérience dans un cadre linguistique différent. Une aidedes clubs d'Auckland leur serait très utile pour finaliser leur choix notammentInnovation ce mois-ci : la réunion mensuelle de Direction du district a été réalisé grâceà Skype. S'il n'a pas été possible d'obtenir une vidéo conférence complète en raisondes problèmes de capacité de connexions dans certaines îles, cette réunion a permisde rassembler les AGs de Samoa, Fiji, Polynésie française ainsi que ceux de NouvelleZélande, la Past Gouverneure, le Gouverneur élu, le gouverneur nominé, la secrétairede district et moi-même. On n'arrête pas le progrès !!! A ce jour, j'ai effectué la visite de 41 clubs. Les huit derniers seront visités à raison de 3en octobre, 3 en Novembre et deux en Décembre..Je ne suis malheureusement pas en mesure de participer à la plupart de vos activitésce que je regrette profondément car j'aimerais pouvoir m'y associer Le mois d'octobre est le mois de l'Action Professionnelle. Rappelons-nous que l'action professionnelle est un des cinq domaines d'action duRotary et qu'elle constitue un des fondements de notre organisation.

Je vous souhaite à tous et à toutes le meilleur dans votre action pour :

Renforcer les Collectivités-Rapprocher les Continents

Rotary Kumeu

Rotarian Hosting: Rugby World Cup 2011

From IPDG Leanne Jaggs, we are invited tohome host Rotarians from around the worldduring the Rugby World Cup 2011. As a Dis-trict we are extremely fortunate to look after

the hosting rights to nine matches being played at EdenPark Stadium, Sandringham, Auckland. Of these ninematches, Eden Park will showcase two Semi-finals, theBronze Final and the Final Match. Suffice to say, this is aprime opportunity for promoting Rotary International fel-lowship exchanges.Visiting Rotarians will be asked for $150 per Rotarian cou-ple per night. $50 will be given to the host Rotarian familyand the remaining $100 will be donated to Polio Plus by onethird pro-rata allocation to the host’s Rotary Club, the visi-ting Rotarian’s Club and to the organising Club.Online registration can be made at

www.rotaryrugbyhosting.org, then click on the Host button on the right hand side to enterdetails.

ROTARY CLUB OF OTAHUHU INC - N°12

"Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside are excited about their upcomingtraditional Indian New Year dinner - to be held on Saturday 13 November 2010 6.30pm at the AlexandraPark Raceway-Level 4 Greenlane Road West. The Indian New Yearcelebration is a cultural event and the Harbourside club enjoy the cul-mination of Diwali festival light celebrations by putting on a fantasticdinner and entertainment to raise funds for a good cause.

This year's main beneficiary is the FENC FIJI [Foundation for the Edu-cation of Needy Children in FIJI]. Everyone who has attended the Indian New Year dinner have tho-roughly enjoyed themselves and have got into the excitement of thebeautiful Indian dancing and bid with enthusiasm for generousauction/raffle prizes - rounded off with superb Indian cuisine.

Tickets are $60 per person ( and can be obtained through Dan Ma-haraj maharajandholmes@xtra.co.nz/ph. 2777-480)"

GSE 2011

L'impact de votre don

• 60 USD = 100 doses de vaccin oralcontre la polio.

• 100 USD = 200 posters faisant lapromotion des vaccinations.

• 250 USD = 500 gilets pour identifierle personnel de santé, les bénévoles etles équipes de vaccination.

• 500 USD = 4 000 tampons encreurspour identifier les enfants vaccinés.

•1 000 USD = 700 porte-vaccins.

La polio dans le monde

Pays Nombres de cas (2010) Afghanistan 12

Inde 25 Nigeria 6

Pakistan 34 Pas non-endémiques 77

Total 597 (Chiffres au 2 août 2010. Source : Organi-

sation mondilale de la Santé).

Pour avoir accès aux toutes dernières don-nées sur les cas de polio, les rapports surles pays endémiques et d'autres informa-tions : www.polioeradication.org (en an-

glais).

ROTARY INTERNATIONALOFFICE COMMUNICATION

Sunday, 24 October 2010 is World Polio Day as determined by the UN.

Rotarians around the world are planning events in celebration of this day.

In San Francisco, approximately 2,000 people are expected to walk the Golden Gate

Bridge along with President Ray. A lighting of the Ferry Terminal with END POLIO NOW

is planned for the evening.

For the week leading up to this event, The Rotary Foundation will be offering 2 for 1 re-

cognition credit for every contribution of US$100 or more made to polio on-line. The

strategy is to encourage Rotarians to experience our on-line giving application in the

hopes that they will find it simple and easy and come back to it again and again.

On-line contribution processing is much less expensive than processing checks through

the bank lockbox. The opportunity would be open to all Rotarians worldwide for one

week.

We have done an operational analysis to determine if our servers can accommodate

the high volume of traffic anticipated. For such analysis, we assumed a total of US$1

million in contributions over the course of the week.

At the end of the week President Ray will communicate the results during the event in

San Francisco. We will also announce the results on the Rotary web-page.

Sudhir Gupta, a member of the India PolioPlusCommittee and past governor of District 3100, im-munizes four-year-old Sivi Sen against polio at theMoradabad railway station in Uttar Pradesh. Photoby Allison Kwesell

Sudhir Gupta, membre de la commission PolioPlusnationale d’Inde et ancien gouverneur du district3100, inocule le vaccin de la polio à un enfant dequatre ans dans la gare ferroviaire de Morada-badde (Uttar Pradesh). Photo : Allison Kwesell

The impact of your donation

60 USD = 100 doses of oral vaccineagainst polio.

• 100 USD = 200 posters promotingimmunizations.

• 250 USD = 500 vests to identify thehealth staff, volunteers and vaccinationteams.

• 500 USD = 4000 stamp pads to iden-tify children vaccinated.

• 1 000 USD = 700 vaccine carriers.

September 8, 2010

Rotarians assisting with Canterbury earthquake reliefAs aftershocks continue to rock the province, Rotary District 9970 Governor Margaret Reeve is receiving calls from all over the country andoverseas from Rotarians and Clubs wanting to help out.Margaret says that teams of Rotarians are already on the ground helping where they can - for example, Rangiora club members are focussingtheir efforts in their neighbouring town of Kaiapoi, one of the hardest hit, and which has only a small Rotary club of its own.Last night, Rangiora President John Hawker told Margaret it had been a busy day for the team in Kaiapoi again."I have just returned fromtoday's exercise, where we had eight Rotarians present. We also managed to gather up about 16-18 other volunteers including high schoolpupils from Rangiora High School, four university students from Riccarton, who came to help, four Environment Canterbury staff, anothertwo volunteers and a few friends and grandchildren. So all in all a great day of support to those in real need."The photo shows two of the Rangiora Club members planning the day's activities.Margaret says it's obvious that funds will be needed for re-building to assist small communities in their recovery and to ease the trauma for the children most ffec-ted."The big aftershocks are most unsettling to say the least!" she says. "If clubs or individual Rotarians can make donations direct to the Rotary NZ World CommunityService Ltd bank account for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal, then we can access funds from that and apply them where needed." - Colin Robinson -

Dear Friends

The second week has passed and the extent of the long term results of the earthquake are more apparent asRotarians continue their work to rebuild the community by actively providing assistance, laughter, friendship andexpertise. There is no doubt that our club members and their friends are living our motto Service above Selfwhile still caring for those who are closest. The care and support provided to directly affected Rotarians by presi-dents and club members is appreciated and I will be continuing to make contact with presidents for updated in-formation.Some examples of the ways in which Rotarians are involved in rebuilding their community:co-ordinating members who were able and wished to respond physically to cleaning up properties in Kaiapoi. Asa result, 50 people including Rotarians, partners, friends, Inner Wheel members, volunteer builders and othersgave their time, labour, baking skills and equipment including a tractor and bucket to assist in the moving of vastquantities of sand from the liquefaction. It was heartening to receive help from high school students, grandchil-dren, university students, and general members of the public who saw something happening and joined in;joining others to staff a roster based on Kaiapoi Community Support Centre to ensure food parcels get to wherethey are needed;coordinating volunteers through the Waimakiriri District Council offices and assisting at Kaiapoi North School formany long hours; (RC of Rangiora)knocking down broken chimneys, collecting toiletries for distribution and opening the Riccarton Rotary Marketfrom the first Sunday to benefit stall holders and the public; (RC of Riccarton)organising and contributing to the volunteer rota to assist the Community Board in Kaiapoi with packing foodparcels; (RC of Belfast)making contact with people who are living on their own to ensure they are safe and immediate needs met aswell as families whose circumstances are such that they cannot make contact or reach the services they wish tocontact;members coming together to carry out a task that a family are not able to cope with and ensuring that the widerange of help available is accessed and appropriate phone numbers provided;advertising Rotary Club of Eastern Hutt Rotary Personal Emergency Packs; (RC of Christchurch South)linking with Christchurch clubs to provide extra resources where the need in the community is greatest; (RCs ofBenheim South, Westport, District 9980)providing family accommodation for holidays in both the South and North Islands (Districts 9980 and 9930) whileour friends in Australia have indicated they are keen to repay the generosity shown during recent times oftrauma.

Canterbury Earthquake Fund

Grateful thanks go to those Clubs and individuals who have already sent donations. ‘Many clubs and individualRotarians are organising to forward funds. (DG Maxine Neighbour D 9910) and messages of goodwill are flo-wing in from many parts of the world offering support.Donations can be forwarded directly to the Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (RNZWCS) accountat Westpac Bank for the Canterbury Earthquake Fund. Please note that the donations to this fund will be mana-ged for distribution by D9970. A process for distributing the funds donated to make best use of the resource isbeing developed in consultation with Clubs through presidents and assistant governors.

Cheques made out to: RNZWCS Ltd (Rotary NZ) Canterbury EarthquakeDirect Credit Account Number: 03 1702 0192208 02Swift Code: WPACNZ2W

This fund will assist Rotary to respond to the many repercussions in the months ahead as new needs are identi-fied for families and businesses in Canterbury affected by the earthquake. This is in keeping with Rotary’s longterm goals of sustainable development in the form of rebuilding and caring for our communities with the accom-panying improvement in standards. Your expertise and input to this process is important.An Earthquake Response Survey which is being sent to Club Presidents in all NZ Districts is now available to becompleted thanks to District 9400 DG Howard with assistance from PDG Ross.This will assist our Earthquakerelief organisers in coordinating efforts.

Our magazine Rotary Down Under will include a flyer in the next edition to assist our cause. Please send photosand stories to include in the following issue which will feature a longer article about the earthquake and after ef-fects.

Our thoughts are with you allArohanui

Margaret and Brian

Governor District 9970

Earthquake - New Zeland

Good morning everyone,

This report arrived from DG Margaret andis self-explanatory.

I need someone to coordinate a roster ofthose people within District 9930 who areprepared to offer homes etc. for families tohave a holiday to help relieve the stresswhich many are under. This person will alsobe the contact person and liaise with theD9970 person who is appointed by DGMargaret to work at the Christchurch end.This will be a long term project to help fa-milies identified by D9970. The stress fromthe disaster will be around for a long timeand any help that can be forthcoming willbe appreciated.

Kind regards,

Peter Signal

District Governor 2010/2011

D9930, New Zealand.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION…..EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS D9920

R o n S e e t oT h e R o t a r y F o u n d a t i o nD i s t r i c t 9 9 2 0P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s

This September’s New Generations month is different…Council of Legislation April 2010approved for this to be the 5th Avenue of Service..thus underlining the value of Youthprograms as well as recognising their impact on the future of Rotary.Rotary Foundation Educational Programs promote international understanding by bringingtogether people from different countries and cultures. These include AmbassadorialScholarships, Rotary Peace centres, Rotary grants for University Teachers. Learn morehttp://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Pages/ridefault.aspxMore than 500 university students from 29 countries have been selected to study abroad inthe 2010-2011 year. A compelling illustration comes in the form of a guest vignette from oneAmbassadorial Scholar hosted by the Rotary Club of Newmarket Inc……..ERIK TOMSENwho in his year undoubtedly went about…. Building Communities-Bridging Continents

VIGNETTE from ERIK TOMSEN Rotary Foundation ambassadorial Scholar 2009‐2010

Greeting District 9920!Over the past Rotary year I had the unique honor toserve as the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar fromDistrict 5010 (Alaska, Yukon, and Siberia) to District9920. During this time I was sponsored by the RotaryClub of Newmarket and completed my MSc in

Geography (thesis on mass‐evacuation planning) at

the University of Auckland. I had a fabulous yearinvolving trips all around New Zealand (kiwi spottingon Steward Island, kayaking the West Coast, andtramping over the Routeburn, just to name a few) andmeeting so many wonderful people.Particularly enjoyable for me was interacting with hundreds of Rotarians at the 20 different clubs Ipresented to and working with Rotarians on various community service projects. Thank you forthefantastic year! I sincerely look forward to my continued involvement with Rotary in the years tocome. Visit his KIWI blog http://alaskan-kiwiland.blogspot.com/.

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