Week 7 – Meeting up with Old Friends week

Club Visits since July 1                                                  21

Rotary Engagements since July 1                                   60

Official Club Visits with Chicken since July 1                  1 !!

A somewhat quieter week this week – only 1 club official visit, but still a clutch (if 8 counts as a clutch) of things Rotary.

Started the week at RIBI Headquarters in Alcester for Day 2 of the first meeting of the General Council of the Association.  Interesting stuff – very pleased to see that our group of 29 District Governors and Officers are determined to make change happen within our organisation despite the setbacks earlier in the calendar year.  Really positive vibes and terrific to meet up as a group for the first time in what seems like ages (actually not that long but you know what I mean.  Stayed in a very reasonably priced place for the night on Sunday.

Tuesday evening (as you can see), our conference committee were hard at work finalising the arrangements for registration to open (which it now has) – looking forward to lots of bookings from all the eager beavers in Rotary District 1090. (Can you tell who’s in charge?).

Wednesday took me to my own club as normal and on Thursday we had a meeting of our Succession line – that’s me, our Governor Elect Tim Cowling, Governor Nominee Fred King and Secretary Greg Wilkinson – helps if we all talk about what’s coming up and parcel stuff out between us.

Saturday Joan & I popped up to Norwich for lunch (as you do – just a 230 mile round trip) to see a friend of 40 years standing.  Graham was the vicar who took our elder daughter Jo’s christening and is godfather to our younger daughter Emma.  He’s coming down to Torquay with us to lead our multi-faith service on the Sunday morning which will be great.

We have one club in our District that meets on Sundays.  Our newest club, Maidenhead Bridge, have their meetings in Costa Coffee at 10:30 on a Sunday so Joan & I went for the Official visit. Super-lively people with a real driving commitment to improving their community through Rotary service – loved it!

 

And then we were off to Cowley for Oxford Isis’ Classic Car Show – some terrific examples of (mostly British) car history, with a worringly large number of cars I have previously owned now appearing.

Couldn’t work our which end was which of this one though…… but I got there eventually, have you? A great example of a really great fun afternon's entertainment for a community all courtesy of their local Rotary club