Bay of Plenty Sun Club Newsletter January 2012

From the Editor

According to NIWA we are supposed to have a long hot summer. Nowhere do they mention that it is also supposed to be wet. The rain we have had over the last few weeks has been more than expected and has not made our lifestyle very comfortable. I can feel a definite lack of vitamin D. I hope it improves soon. Please note that there will be no newsletter in February as I will be in Australia for most of the month, trying to get some of their vitamin D.

Coming events

January 28 - 30 Oranui Games at AONC

February 3 - 6 WOS Mini-rally

February 12 Committee meeting 9:00 am.

February 18 Pot luck dinner – BBQ and salads

March 11 Committee meeting 10:30 am.

March 17 Pot luck dinner – Irish night (St Patrick’s Day)

April 6 - 9 Easter weekend. Why not relax at the club. Visitors most welcome

April 21 Pot luck dinner – theme to be advised

April 22 Committee meeting 10:30 am

May 19 Pot luck dinner – theme to be advised

May 20 Committee meeting 10:30 am

May 20 AGM 1:00 pm

Social Report.

Our pot luck BBQ on Saturday evening was enjoyed by nine members and one visitor. A better attendance would have been nice but I guess most members have had enough of partying or are busy again getting back to work after their Xmas break. It was also nice to have Barry and Bev come to visit on Saturday afternoon and a couple of visitors looking at possibly joining the club.

February’s function will be a repeat of this month’s pot luck BBQ, hopefully with a few more attending. I really loved those vege-burgers Sam cooked for us.

A few of us stayed at the club earlier in the month when two couples from Australia visited for a couple of nights. As they were from NSW it was fortuitous for us as we were able to get contact email addresses for several naturist venues to visit on our trip next month. We also look forward to meeting a couple from England who are visiting the club on 1 February. It would be nice to have some more of our members on the grounds that night but being mid-week I think it will be difficult for most to get there.

NZNF Rally Update

The NZNF Rally was held at AONC this year. It was nice to meet up with many old friends, some of whom were past members of our club. Some of the “older” members may remember Graham who comes from Wellington, and Peter and Rodney who now live in Matamata. And of course Brent who is still a country member of our club but is also president of AONC. There were also a lot of members of other clubs who have visited us over the years and it was good to catch up with them. Much of the first day of the rally was taken up with the AGM. One of the outcomes of this was that Nick Lowe is now North Island Vice-President. We will no doubt see him at the club occasionally in this capacity and Col has invited him to attend our own club AGM which will be held on May 20 (this date to be confirmed by the committee). Glenne has given up her role as publicity officer. This is now held by Donna from AONC. Glenne and Col picked up a few awards for articles and photos published in Gonatural and in New Idea magazine at the official opening. The sports were scheduled to take place over the next few days, with rain threatening to put a dampener on the whole event. As it turned out most of the outdoor games were able to be played between downpours and the indoor games were played throughout. New Year’s Eve was celebrated in grand style with a fireworks display starting at 11:45pm and culminating with huge explosions right on midnight as sky rockets filled the sky. We joined in with the clean up next morning. We decided not to participate in the clown competition and variety concert but did attend the Moulin Rouge night where everybody dressed in red.

From the Committee

It is with deepest sympathy that we have to report the passing away of Malcolm’s brother just before Xmas and Elwyn just after Xmas. Our thoughts are with Malcolm and Pat.

A few fallen trees and slips across our bush tracks has not deterred a couple of members who have been very busy trying to get them back in order.

And finally,

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to major crossroad. The stop light was red, but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself "I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light."

After a few more minutes, they came to another major junction and the light was red again. Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous. At the next junction, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, "Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!."

Mildred turned to her and said, "Oh! Am I driving?"