President Greg’s Report
Hi All,
Well the changeover went vey well, with everyone attending having a great time. (Well that’s what I heard.)
A big thank you, to Lyn and her out going Board, a great job done with great out comes.
We had Alan Sloggett dressed in what Ken called an idea for our new club “uniform” colours. Alan amazed us with his magician skills. I was standing next to him, and did not see or could work out how he managed to move various items around. Alan kept performing one new trick after another to our amazement.
I am looking forward in “my” year to take up the challenge, Ian Risely (President Rotary International) has set, especially the theme for Rotary in 2017-18.
“Rotary: Making a Difference.”
All Rotarians, each and every one of us is already making a difference to so many people locally and around the world.
Congratulations again to all our Paul Harris Award recipients, who as we all know are already “Making a Difference”
Rotary is not perfect, and we at Pakenham Rotary as well as other Rotary Clubs have a challenge ahead of us. We have to look at where our club will be at the end of “my” year, and also where it will be in 5 and 10 years. This will be a challenge for the whole club and not only for the Membership committee.
The main areas of my focus:-
1. To keep our existing projects happening.
2. To tackle Membership as a matter of urgency. Not a simple task but one I will start!
To Reverse the Trend
To make changes in areas, such as, our Gender imbalance and attracting younger members. More on this latter.
3. To inspire all members to look for new challenges
Thank you for reading this.
Photos from our changeover are on our web page
Best Regards,
Gregory Peck.
President
Pakenham Rotary Club 2017-18