Chatterbox 1010 - Rotary Club of Belper

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Meeting – 11th October GSE Team - District 3230, Chennai, India Rtn Dr. Anthony Ashokkumar – Team Leader Madan Kumar, Kanimozzi Mathi, Singaram Ramkumar and Dr Naganathan Ezhilan The four members of GSE Team from Chennai and their Rotarian Team Leader were in the District from 18th September for four weeks and they were each hosted by six Rotarians and their families including four nights with members from Belper and Duffield and Amber Valley. During this time the team visited the World Heritage site at The North Mill, toured facilities at Police Headquarters and toured Pride Park Stadium where Tom Glick spent some considerable time answering all their questions about football. They also had meals out at Carsington Water and the Sylet Spice Indian Restaurant in Ripley. Tonight, the team entertained Belper and Duffield members and their partners with a display of two Indian traditional dances as well as speaking briefly about themselves and where they were from. David Ashley introduced the evening by giving a short talk about the history of The Rotary Foundation and GSE Teams. Prior to their visit to the Club each member had spent the day working within their own vocations. The Lion Hotel and its sister, The Cathedral Quarter at Derby played host to the Team Leader giving him an insight into the running of two very different hotels owned by the same group. Madan Kumar spent the day with West House Dental Practice on Bridge Street, whilst Singaram Ramkumar was looked after royally by the journalists at the Derby Telegraph, in fact subsequently appearing on the front page of the Express and with a half page spread about his visit in the Telegraph itself. Kanimozhi Mathi learnt all about how we prosecute people in this country by spending the day with the Crown Prosecution Service at Derby, whilst Naganathan Ezhilan had a very long vocational day, starting at 8am in Mansfield with a medical practice, then going on to Kings Mill Hospital, before finally arriving at our meeting about 8.30pm. (Lucky that we had a delayed start !!) On a personal note Gail and I had the pleasure of hosting Kani for her stay. We found her to be really friendly and a pleasure to be with. We spent a couple of evenings (till the wee small hours) chatting to her about her life in India. She told us things about family life, the cultures and the customs of India that would never come out in a formal presentation. We also found out that despite being a non drinker at home she was more than happy to enjoy the odd glass (or two) of white wine, red wine, gin and tonic etc etc. If and when our club has the opportunity to host another GSE Team (probably in 2012) I would recommend any Rotarian who has not hosted before to give it a go. Provided you have a spare room and a warm heart that is all the qualifications you need for an unforgettable experience. Dave Ashley 12
Meeting – 18th October Graham Wright and his Pig When I discovered I was to be reporter who was to cover Graham Wright’s talk about his business life, I decided that at last I could get revenge for all the grief Graham and his demented pig had given me and fellow Rotarians over the past year. Short of kidnapping the animal I decided on reporting his talk on a used postage stamp instead of an A4 sheet of paper and taking frequent naps during his talk. When Graham commenced his talk I realized that not only would a sheet of A4 be required to record his most interesting talk but several sheets would be used. A Rotarian for eight years, in his early years he attended grammar school and later studied part-time the technicalities of textile manufacture whilst being employed at the labs of the knitting wool producers Lister & Co. From Listers he progressed to shift work at Glaxo during which he saw and successfully applied for a post with the company of Scraggs that took him to work in Switzerland and Italy and an offer to work in North Carolina which he turned down for personal reasons. Graham then arrived in Belper to take a post at a local textile company called Maystock where he stayed for a time before joining the newly formed electronic design company, Midelectron. Geoff Glossop, the founder, introduced Graham to the world of electronics and asked him to promote a piece of equipment developed by the company and allied to the textile trade. Midelectron became the agent for computer printers, then in their early days. So successful were sales the company thrived and moved to purpose built premises at the Pottery. Midelectron was eventually taken over by a Leicester company to which Graham transferred but in 1990 the recession took its toll of the company making Graham a victim until he formed the Mitel company and worked successfully supplying equipment to the NHS. In 2000 the opportunity arose to purchase the well-known local outfitters – Ball and Stillman. Graham took the gamble and became a gent’s outfitter for three years before again returning to the business he knows so well i.e. the world of ICT. The talk, it was agreed by everyone, was one of great interest showing that Graham was greatly experienced in his field of computers. Unfortunately, that damn pig is still around to blight our pleasant Monday evenings. I would like to suggest we approach the chef and ask him to create a dish using bacon preferably from that ruddy pig. 13 Peter Davies
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