Verslag bijeenkomst d.d. 12 januari 2012

Rotary-Club Hillegom Lisse http://www.rotary.nl/hillegomlisse

Attendance: 60%, er zijn 27 leden aanwezig en 1 gast: Catherine Harwood.

Borrel: Arina omdat zij jarig is geweest.

Bedankbrief: van Tea van Herwaarden voor de bonbons.

Kerstgroet: van Cees van der Voort

Een intekenlijst voor het bedrijfsbezoek aan De Ree gaat rond.

Op 2 januari is (ook) in Hillegom de Kanjerprijs uitgereikt. Dit heeft onze club publiciteit opgeleverd. Aart en Chel zorgen ervoor dat dit gebeurt. Enige uitbreiding van dit tweetal is gewenst.

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Catherine spreekt in zeer rap maar duidelijk Engels enthousiast over haar studie en idealen. In het onderstaande zijn dus vast wel hiaten.

My vision for a better world. Thank you very much for having me. I share a few things with you I love about New Zealand. I grew up north of Wellington, the nearest city with a university where I studied law. I am interested in human rights. I was drawn back to the Pacific with the beautiful locations. It is not all happy holidays, there are issues and political volatility. Tensions, challenges, threats, abuses, neocolonialism.

I want to assist in community development by effective dispute resolution and human rights. For that reason I am studying at the Leiden University regional dispute resolution process.

Rotary offered me a scholarship, it really focussed me on: why do I want to do this? I made a comprehensive application where they also asked me: what do you intend to do after your scholarship?

International law is a good tool for conflict resolution.

I live on the Rapenburg in a house from 1540.

The study is one thing, it changed my life. Rotary forms a wide community to help me, that is much much more than a scholarship, it gives me chances for contact. I am part of a public international community.

I take international law home. You have a rich history about that. I stay in contact with the Rotarians in New Zealand. I want to be a great ambassador for Rotary and New Zealand.

After my study I give presentations to my sponsor districts and want to work for some kind of governmental or international organization.

There are so many extraordinary people here that I want to come back to Europe, where I love Holland especially.

Nieuw-Zeelandse specialiteiten: de hoofdstad Wellington, ukelele, kiwi's, nucleairvrij, eerste land met vrouwenstemrecht in 1893, 8-urige werkdag, gevoelig voor humor, mooie natuur, rugby, Haka ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGCsEQ15L4 ), Maoricultuur, stijlvolle schoenen, Marmite, Hobbits en 1,4 miljoen schapen.

Hierna overhandigt Catherine ons het vaantje van de RC Mount Victoria Inc http://www.mountvictoriarotary.org.nz/

Remy overhandigt haar het onze.