Monday, 11 November 2013

Week 19 – Looking towards the Future!!


Club Visits since July 1                                                         57
Rotary Engagements since July 1                                          137
Official Club Visits with Chicken dinner since July 1                 9 !!

Just the one club visit this week, but more than that to report……

A rare engagement-free day on Monday was followed on Tuesday by a visit to the now 61 year old RC Beaconsfield.  Very pleasant evening led by President Henry who declined the club’s suggestion of applying to be District Governor in 2016-2017!  Valuable discussion on productive use of the internet as a tool for publicity and recruitment.

Another rare event on Wednesday – a visit to my own club!  Extremely glad to be back with my fellow club members for the evening.  Paul Desai spoke to us about his work with educationally disadvantaged young people around the Hammersmith area.  Nice to have someone else doing the talking!

Friday, Saturday & Sunday were spent at Horwood House, near Milton Keynes, for the Rotary Foundation Seminar & Institute for Great Britain & Ireland.  Good to spend time with some of my fellow District Governors in these islands and those who will succeed us, together with an impressively committed group of enthusiastic Rotarians dedicated to making the lives of others better – a great way to spend a few days.  Much of the discussion was about how we make Rotary more relevant to ensure that we can attract those who will take the movement forward through our second century.



We were also delighted to hear UK Secretary of State for International Justine Greening (no relation!) say that as a fellow Rotarian (RC Putney) she was proud to announce the immediate release of £100 million to help with the eradciation of Polio.

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