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From the Editor:

Hi everyone   

Hope this bulletin finds everyone safe, well and doing ok in their bubble(s).

Just incase anyone has lost count of our days in lockdown - today - Thursday 16th April is our 22nd day in lockdown since Wednesday 25th March 11.59am.  There is some suggestion that today we may get more clarity on when and how lockdown may end.

Zoom meetings are on the way to becoming a new 'normal' for Rotary during this time.  Our Club's first 'zoom' social meeting, Friday 3rd April, was attended by 12 members, DG Tania popped in for a chat, we had an 'unexpected' appearance by a scantily clad lad, as well as a lot of laughs.  The District are having 'Zoom' chats Monday to Thursday night each week during lockdown where you can pop into chat for 5 mins or stay for the hour - details of meeting times below.  

In this bulletin

-   more of your Club Directors in lockdown isolation

-  we hear from 3 of our Exchange students how lockdown is going where they are

-  did you know Covid19 is keeping lexicographers busy?

Thanks to the members who sent in a photo of what they have been doing in lockdown.    

If you would like to contribute an article, a photo or something else that is in the spirit of Rotary, that our Club members might enjoy, please email to me: lmfkjs@xtra.co.nz.

Kia Kaha - Take care out there                                                                                 Lisa-Maree                                                             

                                                        Working from home continues to have challenges! 

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Who has been up to what during lockdown?

Here are some more snaps of your Club Directors during Alert Level 4. 

           

Ross & Raewyn out biking         Peter has been building       Stephen & Jodie - quality time

We would love to share more pictures of club members and what you have been doing in your 'bubble(s)' - please send your photos by email to: lmfkjs@xtra.co.nz or via FB Messenger or via text to 027 2304 611.

Not just NZ under lockdown

Covid19 Lockdowns are happening all over the world.  The Club and our members have many connections across the world, in this edition, we have an update on how Covid19 is for 3 of our Exchange Students.  Thanks to Stephen O'Connor for the photos and updates.

           

      Signe & Anders                      Fena (right) &  family                          Camille 

Signe - Paris

"Anders and I decided to stay here in Paris as we have our apartment here and all our things. We both work from home and that’s working well for both of us - we are lucky as neither one of our jobs are largely impacted by the corona crisis, and we both have the same amount of work as usual but that is most likely because we both work in healthcare. On the other hand, we do all meetings virtually with our respective teams - even Friday drinks are virtual now
We have been in quarantine for more than two weeks now and France have decided to extend it until Easter. It’s pretty strict as we are only allowed out for grocery shopping or to do exercise such as going for a run. And when we do leave the house we need to bring a certificate with our signature, today’s date and time of when we left the house. But luckily we have our backyard so we can sit outside if we need some air. So it’s indeed strange times and hard to accept and get used to. But we’re safe and have a strong mindset so we manage.
Anders’ parents just moved to Greenland. Egon (his dad) got a new job opportunity as the accounting director for the Greenlandic autonomy and his mother succeeded getting a position as a nurse there too so they are very happy and it’s a big dream of theirs that’s finally coming true. They arrived just before the borders and flight companies closed all freight forth and back so that’s really lucky. They are in quarantine as well but there has only been two cases before the borders got closed so it seems they managed to close down everything before it spread too wide.
My parents are doing well too under the circumstances. The ministers of health has ordered all dentists to close down their practice for 3,5 months(!) so my mother is frustrated that she has nothing to do for that long time but they’re financially stable so it shouldn’t have that big of an impact on their economy. Maybe she can take this time to take care of herself and do some nice things for herself.
Indeed all travel plans have been cancelled for a while. Let’s see how it all goes.
Hopefully we can go home and visit our family and friends in Denmark this summer. But even that isn’t certain yet. It’s really interesting to see how we have all become reliant on a globalized world. It’s great with some new perspective to it all.
Love and hugs from Paris to you all"

Signe was hosted by our Club in 2008 / 2009.