After our successful candidates' forum we return to the delightful atmosphere
of the Wellesley for our first Friday drinks of 2012.
https://www.wellesleyboutiquehotel.co.nz/
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Date:
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Friday 27 January
2012
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Time:
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from 5.00 PM
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Location:
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Wellesley Boutique Hotel, 2-8
Maginnity Street
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Drinks:
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Cash Bar
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We return to a venue which has previously proved very popular.
http://www.wellingtonnz.com/bars_restaurants/library
The Lounge Bar is situated in what was once part of Chow Restaurant on Tory
Street.
It can be entered through Chow but more conveniently from Courtenay Place south
side a few metres from the junction with Tory Street going towards Kent
Terrace. There's a doorway and some stairs marked by a small sign, just
next to Burger King. Go up the stairs and through a plainly marked door
on the first floor and you are there.
Date: Friday 2 March
Time: from 5.00 PM
Location: The Lounge Bar, Level 1, 53 Courtenay Place
Drinks: Cash Bar
Bookings: Not required
Booking Deadline: N/A
We return to our corporate member The Fringe.
Date: Friday 30 March 2011
Time: from 5.00 PM
Location: The Fringe Bar, 191 Cuba Street
Cash bar as usual.
This is a
preliminary notice that the Rainbow Wellington AGM has been arranged for Wednesday
4th April, at 6 pm. As before it will take place in
the Council Chambers of Wellington Town Hall, courtesy of our Patron, Celia
Wade-Brown, Mayor of Wellington.
A more detailed
agenda will follow. The AGM is of course the occasion when we elect and
re-elect Board members. We are always on the lookout for new Board members, to
bring new ideas as to how we can function better, so please consider this.
Over the last few
months the Board has been considering the role of RW and what we should be
doing as an organisation. In particular our new status as a registered charity
has caused us to look anew at our objectives. We are also aware that we need to
clarify what we are and what we stand for, in order to build up a larger
membership.
The objects of the
organisation as listed in our constitution at:
http://www.rainbowwellington.org.nz/aboutus.aspevents.asp#constitution have been little changed over the years, and therefore mostly date back to the
early years of GAP, when the group had a rather different emphasis from the one
it has now. We have therefore been considering revising these objects. As this
is a part of our constitution, any change has to be approved by a General
Meeting, and we intend to achieve this at the AGM on April 4th. But before we
do this, we thought it best to circulate our proposals in draft form first,
which we now do. Any questions or suggestions would be very useful for us
before we send out the final proposed constitutional amendment nearer the date
of the AGM. So please read our draft objects below, and send any comments to rainbowwellington@gmail.com .
Proposed new Objects clause
Rainbow Wellington is a non-profit association that
aims to communicate with and educate the community at large on lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and intersex (lgbti) issues by:
- Promoting a strong and
positive sense of community for members of lgbti communities, in
particular but not exclusively for those who are members of Rainbow
Wellington, by encouraging social interaction and co-ordinating events of
interest to them.
- Offering support and
encouragement to members of lgbti communities affected by discrimination
and prejudice, and pursuing redress of discriminatory issues by engaging
in public debate on such issues so that all those in lgbti communities
enjoy the human rights available to all New Zealand citizens.
- Providing financial
assistance through grants and donations for individuals and groups
undertaking specific activities that advance the causes of lgbti people.
- Affiliating with and
offering support to any other organisation pursuing objectives consistent
with those of Rainbow Wellington.
