FMD, University of Waikato
Issue No: 54 – September 2007
TEFMA/OPUS Management
The Great Race Ball
Development Scholarship - Karleen Smith A picture taken by Laurie Drummond,
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Recently I was lucky enough to have been who attended the Great Race Ball on 8
awarded the TEFMA/OPUS Management September. If you don’t recognise the
Development Scholarship. This meant that I person in the picture, it’s Alister Mitchell.
had the opportunity to participate in this year's
Leadership Program held at the Mt Eliza Centre
for Executive Education in Melbourne.
While a little apprehensive of what to expect, I
thoroughly enjoyed my week away and gained
many skills that I can carry throughout my
career. There were 25 of us on the program and
only 2 Kiwi’s. Thankfully I wasn’t the only one
getting all the sheep jokes. And do you think I
could think of any Aussie jokes – not one.
Anyway, it was a fantastic experience and I
would recommend it to anyone who is given
the opportunity to attend. I would like to say a
big thank you to John and Tony for their
encouragement and support and thanks to Judy
for organising all of my travel arrangements.
FMD Social Club update
End of Year Xmas Social --- now
Saturday 1st December: ‘Hangi’ to be
held in the FMD courtyard. There
will be a small charge. Partners are
invited. Live band. Further
information will be provided,
meantime please reserve this date in
your diary.
Bus Trip – Feb/Mar 2008: (this
was advertised in the last issue of
Facilitation) - Don’t forget to put your
name on the noticeboard in the FMD
tearoom if you are interested in a
ride on the ‘Rain Forest Express’
through the Waitakere Ranges. A 2.5
hour train ride that goes through
tunnels with glow worms, the Upper
Nihotupu Dam and rain forest. Cost
will be approx $25 and bus trip cost.
The Hayward family travelled to the Manfield Race track late Thursday night for the track day practise day on Friday 31st before
Club racing on the 1st. This was to be the first round of the NZ Classic Racing Registers championship for the 2007/08 season. The
track day gave us the added bonus of running in Matt’s brand new pre ’63 Triumph engine that had only been started twice
before.
This year we had the added excitement as we thought this was to be the first time father (Ray) and son (Matt) would be in the
same race. Unfortunately the grid positions displayed at the track on early Saturday morning indicated that the officials had
moved Matt (aged 15yrs) into a junior race with some smaller bikes (250cc). Matt was further horrified with this decision when he
looked into the programme to see Ginger Malloy was entered in the same race on his factory 250cc Bultaco. Fortunately Ginger
did not show up.
It was disappointment all round although I realised then I was able to help
Matt prepare and get the bike running for each session plus watch him race,
so really it worked out for the better. Rain threatened all day and there was a
strong south west wind (I suppose that’s why they have those wind
turbines there) but it was a very exciting day at the track.
Final results for Matt:
Race 1, DNF when he was in second place on the last lap and the bike
stopped due to a faulty oil pressure switch (blame dad for that).
Race 2, second place finish and Race 3 also a second place finish after a real
good dice with a guy on a pre war girder fork Manx.
These were really good results for the young fella out in his first race
meeting he was in front of some pretty experienced racers.
Final results for Ray were second place in all three of his races, again very
pleasing for round 1.
The good points are we have very little work (no accident damage) to do
before Round 2 which is three weeks away at Taupo. We are all looking forward to that.
Ray Hayward
Blair McDonnell’s a Granddad: Proud Grandparent, (Blair) with Lucie Olivia McDonnell
born (parents Duncan and Rachel on 2nd
September (Father’s Day) here in Hamilton.
Her Great-Grandparents in Australia are also very proud as Lucie is
their first Great-Grandchild as Lucie is
Blair’s first Grandchild.
(Pictured left-right Matt & Ray Hayward)
Something from John Badham
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and wellpreserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
"WOO HOO what a ride!"
Driving Us to Vegetarianism: Animal-rights groups say meat-eating worse for climate than driving: With which instrument do you cause more
greenhouse-gas emissions: your car key or your fork? It's a question asked in an advertising campaign by the Humane Society, which, along with
other big animal-rights groups, is striving to open consumers' eyes to an often-overlooked connection: the climatic impact of eating meat. Bolstered
by a recent United Nations report stating that the livestock business spews more greenhouse gases than all forms of transportation combined,
animal-rights groups say greens aren't stressing the point enough. "Environmentalists are still pointing their fingers at Hummers and SUVs when
they should be pointing at the dinner plate," says a campaigner for PETA. "You just cannot be a meat-eating environmentalist."
From Robin
Destination Vietnam – A Snapshot (Article/pictures from Paul Blair following his recent trip to Vietnam)
The borders opened to the West in 1989. Since this time Vietnamese society has evolved to be somewhat of a contradiction with a
communist government and a capitalist market place. There is the freedom to make money but not the basic freedom to voice a
political opinion. How tenable this paradox remains is any ones guess as the Vietnamese increasingly engage the outside world
through business and tourism.
Geographically Vietnam is located on the eastern seaboard of the Indochina peninsular. This physically long and narrow nation is
bordered by Cambodia and Laos to the west, by the dominating Chinese to the north, and by 3450 km of South China Sea coastline
to the south and west. It is a landscape of white sandy beaches, heavily wooded highlands, and blankets of emerald green rice
paddies worked by buffalo and conical hat farmers.
The cities bustle with sights, sounds and smells. The humble bicycle has given way to the motorbike as the main mode of transport.
Crossing the road is an exercise for the brave or stupid. A kitchen sideboard or a family of four on the one bike is a common sight.
The roadside pavements are the factory floor, the shop front show room, and the communal dining area. It is from here that you can
buy anything from a roasted bird with its head still on, to a fake “Gucci” purse, to a personally etched head stone.
The construction industry is booming throughout the cities due to the economic tiger continuing to roar. The new found wealth and
prosperity of the nation has the government pouring money into infrastructure. Off shore investment is funding resorts along the
coast. Workmanship is best appreciated by the blind.
Vietnam as a country has been invaded many times over the centuries. The Chinese occupied for a thousand years in the early days
and the French occupied the north as a colonial power until the 2nd world war. The paranoia of the spread of communism by the US
Administration led to American forces joining the southern based Republic of Vietnam in combat against the northern based
communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Viet Cong). After needless civilian massacres, Agent Orange defoliant spraying, and
being outwitted by the enemy and their tunnels, the Americans left like all prior invaders with their tails between their legs. The
defeat of the Americans brought the re-unification of the North and the South under Ho Chi Minh.
After travelling from the Mekong Delta in the south to the capital city of Hanoi in the north the lasting impressions for me are sea
kayaking around the lime stone islands of Halong Bay, the war museums of Ho Chi Minh City, the French colonial architecture of
Hanoi, and the bodily deformities of those born in the generations since the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Freight
Vietnam Nhg Trang Fisherman
Vietnam Rice Paddies
Vietnam Halong Bay
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