ROTARY CLUB OF WYNBERG
Vol. 65 No.24
30th January, 2014
ss PRESIDENT Karen Overbosch (082) 574 5952
EDITORIAL By Are Hovstad
SECRETARY Stephen Bredenkamp (082) 570 4440
TREASURER
2014-Norway Celebrates 200 years since signing of the constitution.
Mike Schreiber (021) 689 4466
EDITORIAL BOARD Barry Cleveland (021) 788 6781 Biffy Danckwerts (082) 4687504 Mervyn Wetmore (084) 5856055
Denmark-Norway entered the Napoleanic Wars on France side in 1807. This had a devastating effect on the Norwegian economy as the Royal Navy hindered export by ship and import of food. Sweden invaded Norway the following year, but after several Norwegian victories a cease-fire was signed in 1809. After pressure from Norwegian merchants license trade was permitted with corn from Denmark to Eastern Norway in exchange for Norwegian timber export to the U.K. Following the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 the Treaty of Kiel signed on 14th January 1814 ceded Norway to Sweden. The heir to the Danish crown had since 1813 been Governor-General of Norway. He travelled to Trondheim to gain support for his person and assembled twenty one prominent citizens at Eidsvoll on 16th February 1814 where he had claim to the thrown. They rejected a new absolute Monarch and instead wanted a liberal constitution, therefore representatives from the entire country would be selected to create a constitution. The 112 members of the Constitution Assembly gathered and after six weeks of discussions concluded the work on the Constitution of Norway on 17th May 1814.
MEETING OF 23 JANUARY 2014
ATTENDANCE Membership: Present: Make Ups: Apologies: Attendance:
28 17 0 9 9 61%
Visitors: KeelaO’Driscol, Anne O’Driscol, Kathleen Hoeflich (guest speaker), Matthieu Snaith. Greetings from Paul & Trish Scarlett who could not attend but will join us shortly. Attendance to Biffy 0813259570 or [email protected]. SLOTS Jackie: Names on lists please for Opera in a Convent Garden and the Beer Tasting. Rotaract Kiddies Camp is on this weekend. All welcome to go and join any time but particularly invited to join them at the Spur in Fish Hoek on Sat at 12pm. MEETING MINUTES Justin needed little introduction of Kathleen as she had already been to the club to present to us on Refugees. Kathleen gave a very interesting talk on tsunami’s. Most common causes are Earthquakes – most common & destructive (Generally 7.0+ Richter scale & <70km depth), Underwater landslides or volcanoes & Cosmic event. Ocean-wide warning systems are found in the Pacific (most sophisticated), Indian Ocean (still not as good as it should be), Caribbean (in its infancy) & Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean & Adjacent Seas (barely there). The best advice for surviving a tsunami is run for higher ground or if in a boat head out to sea. Tsunami’s is SA? Most likely on KZN coast, but CT not immune and would be coming from the Indian Ocean (more likely). We would have several (10+) hours’ notice and these would be down to the minute.
AUSTIN HAS ARRIVED
Austin, most of your new family.
PROGRAMME February 2014
Committee: Barnard, Bird, Hovstad, Michalowsky, Wetmore, Jackson, Schonegevel
5 February
Wynberg Rotaract meeting
6 February
Business meeting
12 February
Retreat Rotaract meeting
13 February
Interact evening
14 February
Valentine’s Day
15 February
Valentine’s Day social
19 February
Wynberg Rotaract meeting
20 February
Wendy Dias “Anti-Counterfeiting and Security.”
23 February
Rotary International birthday (109 this year)
26 February
Retreat Rotaract meeting
27 February
Elizabeth Daly – Public knowledge and stormwater quality in Cape Town: implications for management.
March 2014
Committee: van Wyk, Gowdy, Overbosch, Todd, Murphy, Klotz-Gleave, van Niekerk
3 March
Board meeting
5 March
Wynberg Rotaract meeting
6 March
Business meeting
9 March 12 March
Argus Cycle Tour Retreat Rotaract meeting
13 March
Normal meeting /Rotaract Birthday – speaker TBA
15 & 16 March
Proms
19 March
Wynberg Rotaract meeting
20 March
Normal meeting – speaker TBA
21 March
Human Rights Day / Public holiday
26 March
Retreat Rotaract meeting
27 March
Normal meeting – speaker TBA
28 March
School holidays start
April 2014
Committee: Knight, Bredenkamp, Cleveland, Munday, Howard, van Eeden, Du Plessis
2-4 April
Rotary Family Health Days
7 April
School term starts
1-4 May
District conference
DUTY ROSTER
DUTY
6 February
Sergeant
Cleveland
Attendance Officer
13 February 20 February 27 February Van Wyk
Schreiber
Barnard
Danckwerts
Danckwerts
Danckwerts
Danckwerts
Wynpress Editorial
Hovstad
Howard
Jackson
James
Minutes for Wynpress
Cleveland
Danckwerts
Wetmore
Cleveland
Danckwerts
Cleveland
Danckwerts
Wetmore
Gowdy
Hovstad
Schonegevel
Du Plessis
Du Plessis
Gavin
Howard
Jackson
Loyal Toast
Bird
Bredenkamp
Gowdy
Hovstad
International Toast
James
Wetmore
Cleveland
Du Plessis
Speaker Introduction
TBA
James
TBA
TBA
Speaker Thanks
Vivian
Williams
Du Plessis
Gavin
Compilation of Wynpress Door Duty Grace
JACKPOT: The jackpot stood at R1 670.00. Keela drew Biffy’s name who only managed the 4♥. Biffy then drew her own name for attendance and walked away with R18 for her troubles. PRESIDENT’S QUOTE: Life was much easier when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation. John F Kennedy TAILPIECE