Speaker @ Lunch – 24 March 2016

Day

Reception & Welcome

MC

Grace

Fines Sergeant

4 Way Test & Thought for Day

31/3 Lunch

Liezel Haarhoff Julia Gooden

Linsley Pudney Roy Snyman Tony Moors Chanté Wright

7/4 Lunch

Hlubi H-Coleman Bayanda Mbambisa

Liezel Haarhoff Bayanda Mbambisa

Kas Kasongo Bertie Kommel

DUTIES FOR 31 MARCH / 7 APRIL 2016

INSIDE ISSUE

Speaker @ Lunch 1

Thought for the Day 2

Save the Dates 2

Change in Meeting times 2

Members’ Matters 2

BULLETIN 24 MARCH

GUEST SPEAKER ON:

BIRTHDAYS IN APRIL

31/3 Table Topics 7/4 Lisa Tailor - The Forest School in Madagascar.

12 Terry Jooste

4

29/3 Wynand & Leigh Deyzel

None in April

9 Mazoe Nopece

PARTNER BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES - MARCH

Our speaker today, Bob Kernohan, spoke about Newspapers – the Past, the Present & the Future.

Bob has been associated with the media industry in SA for the past 46 years, after working as a ‘copy boy’ at a newspaper in Glasgow, Scotland, as a youngster. Bob’s first job in South Africa was on the Diamond Fields Advertiser in Kimberley, before he moved to the Eastern Province Herald in PE.

He then joined the Ford Motor company and worked for them and for VW before returning to his first love, journalism. Bob has held almost every position available in the Herald, the former Evening Post,

and the Weekend Post, so he knows what he is talking about!

Bob told us about the ‘Golden Age’ of newspapers, when circulation and employment were high, and the advertising revenue was great.

The Eastern Province Herald started in 1845, and has flourished, seen depressions, wars, industrial and political revolutions over the past 150 years, selling thousands of copies per day telling about personalities, crime, sport and historic events. The type of news has not changed much since the beginning, but with the emergence of technology the number of people required to get the paper off the ground and into the streets has dwindled by hundreds. From dozens of people in each department - setting the type, making sure all is right, putting the pages together, and having to cut and compile it all once printed in long lines of newsprint - now it’s all done on computer, till somebody just presses a button, which sends things to Johannesburg, where they press another button to send the pages to be printed at a press in Hunter’s Retreat.

Nowadays PC’s, laptops, cell phones, ipads and facebook all give the news way before the printed press can do so. This has created a much smaller circulation, with the resulting loss of advertising revenue and further job losses.

What are the answers? One option would be to combine the multimedia operations with print. The second option would be to combine both electronic and print in a single package, backed by a broad and affordable subscription base. But most importantly, the content of the newspaper must be relevant, topical, and have something unique. In a city like PE there is a lot of local content, and our papers have to specialize in that. However, the survival of the newspaper industry as we have known it for centuries, is doubtful.

Venue: PE St Georges Club, 12 Bird Street. Tel: 041 585 1919 Day: Thursday - Time: 13.00 — 14.00 Website: www.rotaryportelizabeth.co.za

Bank Name: Standard Bank Account Name: PE Rotary Club Account Number: 080 280 870 Branch Code: 050417 Branch Name: Rink Street Reference:Your name + what for.

Bank Details

In Partnership with Rotary Club of Port Elizabeth Meetings

Rotary Club of Port Elizabeth Details

Issue 574 Page 2

Save the Date

President: Denise Pudney: denisepudneyproperties@gmail.com Secretary: Linsley Pudney: ldpudney@hinet.co.za Editors: Jill v d Marwitz & Denise Pudney: denisepudneyproperties@gmail.com General Enquiries: info@rotaryportelizabeth.co.za Website: www.rotaryportelizabeth.co.za Twin Club: Rotary Club of Singer Island, Florida, USA www.singerislandrotary.org

Members’ Matters

Phil Gutsche reminded us that: “Easter is the time to restore oneself, and to be

thankful for the gifts of life, love and joy.”

Thought for the Day

We always need the Nal’ibali, the insert to the Herald on some Thursday’s, for Sally Potgieter who uses them to help learners at certain schools. Please continue to bring them to lunch when you can.

We look forward to our Rotary Club’s 91st

CHARTER DINNER

on Tuesday, the 26th April

Please put this new date into your diaries.

Prof Derrick Swartz, the VC of NMMU will be our guest speaker.

ooOoo

The Rotary Convention will be in Seoul, Korea,

this year, and judging by the publicity it looks like it will be a great event.

28th May to1st June.

Who is going to represent us from our club?

Those who have attended Conventions know that it is a huge experience, offering lots of fun & culture.

ooOoo

Our District’s Conference - DisCon 2016 - will be taking place in Potchefstroom on the

10 & 11th June 2016.

The Rotary Club of Potch Mooi will be hosting this conference, to be known as

“Potch Goes Scotch”

in honour of DG Tom McGhee. By all accounts there will be lots of fun and many great speakers!

Google ‘DisCon 2016 District 9370’ to book.

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Attendance at Rotary is a problem at most clubs. At POETS it was said that involvement in Rotary is as important as attendance. Some members are very involved, even though they cannot attend as often as they would like to. Others not so. The Board has decided to try something new from April. We will have lunch meetings as normal on the 1, 3 and 5th Thursdays of each month. On the 2nd Thursday we will have an evening meeting at the PE St George’s club at 5:30pm till 6:30. Meeting first for 30 minutes, then snacks and drinks afterwards in the bar area. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will have an evening family social occasion somewhere.

Change in Meeting Times