BUY? SELL? or HOLD? These may be some of the thoughts going through your head this morning while listening to our guest speaker Chris Anderson, Chief Marketing Officer of Barfoot & Thompson. Chris shared with us some historical data on property market trends in New Zealand and Auckland and his perspective on future home prices after factoring in the impact of steady low interest rates and immigration policy changes. While Chris did mention a disclaimer about viewing into a crystal ball, he personally felt there would be little change in property prices in Auckland as demand exceeds supply.
We also had a visit from Gea & Mia from Auckland Girls Grammar School (AGGS). They belong to one of the AGGS Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) business plan competition teams and are being mentored by members Gill Johnston and David Graham. As part of their business plan, they are selling Kiwi-themed coloring books for $14.99. Please show your support by purchasing one for your family or friends.
Next week we have an important visit from District Governor Ingrid Waugh. DG Ingrid has visited 28 out of the 52 Clubs in our district (and is in Suva this week visiting more!). In meeting with her last week, I told Ingrid how proud I am of our club’s vibrancy and energy. It would be wonderful for her to directly experience our Club’s good heart. Ingrid has a lot of stories to share about what other clubs are doing in the District and what Rotary is doing internationally. This is a great opportunity to benchmark and to learn from others. Please come and be part of the conversation.
Finally a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Peter Wilson (Aug 13), Pam Deal (Aug 14), David Graham (Aug 10) and Sheila McCabe (Aug 25).
I will leave it to you all to find out what they wished for on their special day.
Downtown Auckland Rotary Club working alongside PWC, KPMG, Deloittes, Kotahi and ASB sent 19 young people to this years RYLA programme. Along with young people from their own companies, they also sponsored applicants from CureKids, World Vision, Ronald McDonald House, Leukemia & Blood Cancer, Auckland Girls Grammar School and the Graeme Dingle Foundation. Downtown member Pam Deal along with husband Alan were this years camp Mum and Dad. Caroline Ash was the recipient of the Graeme Campbell Scholarship, she receives $1000 to use towards further Leadership education.
We would love to hear your story!! If you have not done a 5-minute speaker session before, please contact James Hook (5-min speaker program lead). This is a great way to share some information about your profession/hobby and for members to get to know one another better.
Club members Ray Stonelake, Gareth Juddery, Kat Trevor, Jan Malcolm, Keiko Murakami all pitched in at Greg Moyle's farm. Looks like they had their hands full and it was a productive day. Catch up with one of them to hear more stories about the farm.
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a grassroots, multi-district leadership program that offers a great way to "up" your knowledge about Rotary while making new connections and friendships with Rotarians across different clubs and districts.
It is open to all new and existing Rotarians and will be held on 22-23 September at Glendowie College. Please contact Byran Theunisen if you are interested to learn more or if you'd like to register to attend.
Do you have a bach, boat, or bookkeeping services that you can donate for a worthy cause? Look no further- Downtown Auckland needs you!
Please contact David Graham or Leah LaHood if you are able to donate items for the upcoming Fundraising Dinners (25 Sept- Michelle A’Court, and 21 Nov- Nadia Lim).
Tickets to Michelle A'Court are limited to 70 so get them now to avoid disappointment. Funds raised will go towards Child & Adolescent Mental Health and Edmund Hilary Primary School. Tickets are available via Clubrunner website or Paperplus events page.
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