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With the new calendar year getting underway again after this hot summer, it’s time to think about RYLA 2020 and generating a good field of applicants;

The timeline of events is:

30 April 2020                   Applications close

7 May 2020                      Rotary clubs advised of successful applicants names

14 May 2020                    Candidates notified of their acceptance

27 June to 4 July              RYLA 2020

Could you please identify your candidates and get them to complete the online application  RYLA 2020 Application Form as soon as possible.

• Liaise with the programme organiser (currently the Club Development Director) who would have emailed speaker (and you) with details of location, meeting format, allotted time for address and your name etc.
• Contact the speaker a week prior to the meeting to confirm attendance, and ensure any equipment required such as screens, projectors etc. will be available. 
• Host at breakfast and give a brief introduction of the speaker.
• Thank the speaker at conclusion of the address, (be brief) and present a small gift in appreciation (collect from under the podium before the meeting commences).

• Record attendance on a sheet provided by the Secretary.
• Collect money for breakfasts paid by guests. Full instructions are provided with the attendance list.
• Hand attendance sheet to the President before the meeting starts so that visitors and guests can be acknowledged. 
• Count meal money and hand to the raffle duty person for recording on the Raffle/Meal money record slip to be found in the cash box.

• Arrive no later than 6.30 am
• Equipment is stored under the stairs in the foyer. The combination lock number is C138. You will need Podium, pull-up Rotary and 4 Way Test banners, wooden sign for outside, power point projector, laptop (brief case and silver box), microphone (in kitchen cupboard between food prep area and pub)

• Place the Rotary wooden sandwich outside the front entrance of the Club building visible to all passers by
• Set up Members’ badge board on the table immediately through the double doors and open, place the lectern top next to it
• Wheel the podium to the front of our meeting area, open the front doors, hang the "Year Slogan" banner on front and hang the 4 Way Test banner behind the podium on the wall
• Remove the bell and gavel from the cupboard and place on the table next to the podium
• Remove a pen (boxed) from the bottom of the cupboard and place on the top of the podium ready for presentation to speaker
• Retrieve the microphone from the cupboard in the kitchen (between kitchen and bar), ensure amp is switched on, switch on the repeater outside in the meeting area (between kitchen and bar) and place in holder on the podium
• If you feel comfortable set up lap top and projector, if not coralle Martin, Charles, Ian T or Andrew Laing
• Discuss with President whether to erect pull up banners to block the sun at the North East window, clear days in Autumn and Spring
• At meetings end put equipment away in reverse order to the above, and return all tables and chairs to their original positions. Hall take down is part of the duty

• Collect $30 from the raffle takings the week before your duty
• On the way to the meeting collect the meat pack from Fresh Choice, pay $30
• Obtain cash box, ball bucket and yellow ticket dispenser from under the podium.
• Load tickets into the yellow dispenser and sell to members as they enter.
• Pay $30 from the raffle takings to the following week duty holder or the sergeant. 
• 0n completion, cash is to be counted and handed to the treasurer with a receipt for the cost of the prize (usually sourced from Fresh Choice), and a signed slip (to be found in the cash box), indicating the amount collected for raffles and visitor meals (ex- attendance desk).
• A float of $20 is to remain in the cash box.
• On the call of the President, have the bucket of balls ready for the speaker to draw.

• Return the cash box, yellow ticket dispenser and ball bucket to the podium.

At times like now when the polar blasts move across the country, when there is ice on the windscreen nearly every morning and power is a limited resource, staying warm and healthy is a real challenge for far too many families. Cold homes can lead to many debilitating conditions including high blood pressure, pneumonia, and bronchitis. People already suffering from health issues, the elderly and children are especially vulnerable to the cold.

The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay, which meets weekly at the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club on Wednesdays, has teamed up with the Anglican Trust for Women & Children and the Warehouse in Pakuranga to bring some warmth into homes that are desperately cold and for whom, some respite from the shivers is welcome indeed.

Dipping into their resources Rotary purchased a load of blankets for local families, and the Warehouse generously topped the quantity up as part of their support to the local community. Together with volunteers from the Anglican Trust for Women & Children the blankets have been distributed to many families in South and East Auckland, making a huge difference to folk who normally dread the onset of winter. This was a great team effort from three organisations, charitable and commercial, working together to deliver good outcomes to their community.

Stand Children’s Services is both a valued neighbour and key partner in developing the Half Moon Bay and national community.

Stand works to transform the lives of children and young people who are at significant risk of harm to their wellbeing as a consequence of the environment in which they are being raised and their own complex needs. Stand’s services include home and school based social work services, a nationwide therapeutic care and education service for children and families, child and family mentoring, and respite services for caregivers, including grandparents and foster parents.

Together we find ways to support this mission and the resultant programmes, providing reading support, a dictionary for every pupil attending Stand and regular work teams.

“Rotarians from the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club, continue to be much appreciated supporters and contributors to the everyday work at Stand Children's Services – Auckland.  It takes very little to give hope and opportunity to children and the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club members offer their service and assistance throughout the year; sponsoring illustrated dictionaries for every child, providing funds for a much appreciated children’s reward scheme and practical assistance by way of working bees.

Their contribution and championing of  our service truly makes a difference”. - Pene Frost, Regional Manager