"All of you have been given so many gifts. And you have now been given this great gift: one year to take all your talents, all your gifts, everything that you are and can become -- and Be a Gift to the World"K.R. Ravindran
Welcome to the 2015-2016 Rotary Year! We are excited to take on this new year and embrace our new theme for the year, Be a Gift to the World.
This first week in July, will be a down week for the club. We will not be meeting on Friday July 3rd. Our regularly scheduled meetings will resume on Friday, July 10th with guest speakers Tracy Rickman and Annette Sipp.
As we wrap up this Rotary year (just two meetings left but, who is counting?), it’s appropriate to thank each and every one of you for your contributions to another successful year. Whether it was volunteering for a project, supporting the auction, bringing in a new member or serving the club, Perrysburg Rotary simply cannot exist without the involvement of each member. Whatever your unique role was within the club this year, thank you!
Speaking of involvement, at last week’s Club Assembly, President Elect Jennifer Fehnrich distributed a committee sign-up form that each member needs to complete. If you didn’t have a chance to complete that form, please take time at this week’s meeting or email Jennifer_fehnrich@owens.edu for an electronic copy. There are a variety of ways you can help and we need you!
Our speakers this week are the Wood County Commissioners. This annual visit is always insightful and provides greater understanding about what is happening within our county.
Here is what else you need to know about Perrysburg Rotary this week:
RSVP’s are due now for Charter Night (6/19) to Ashley Lopez at Ashley.lopez@perrysburgrotary.org. At this point, the mail won’t be fast enough to ensure your seat is saved so make sure to email or let her know at the meeting.
Our first Rotary Social @ Social Gastropub will be held on Monday, June 22 from 5-7 pm. Stop by after work for a beverage with fellow Rotarians. In addition to the awesome company, this also serves as a meeting make-up! This will be happening each month on the fourth Monday so mark your calendar!
Due to Charter Night, THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR MEETING ON 6/19.
Over the past year, we have become more organized about our classification roster. Our goal was both to streamline classifications as well as to make it easier to have a sense of those potential classifications that are unfilled so we might work to recruit qualified individuals from these vocations.
Step one is to make sure that each member is comfortable with their classification in the instances where it has been restated due to career changes. In Rotary, classifications are based both on what a person does as well as on where he or she works. A great example might be Tami Wise. Tami is a new Rotarian this year who works for Fifth Third Bank. The banking classification is very nearly full! (Remember, Rotary Clubs may not have more than 10% of it's membership in a single classification so it can retain vocational diversity.) Because Tami's position at Fifth Third is in Human Resources Management, you would see that her classification reflects what she does and not where she does it.
Please review the classification listing at this link and let Ken Robinson know if you have any questions or would like to adjust how your classification is reflected here. You can reach Ken at kenneth.robinson@redcross.org or by telephone at 419-389-3225.
This summer and throughout the coming Rotary year, the Membership Committee is going to share open classifications with you in the hopes that it might spark some ideas of who you can invite to consider Rotary in Perrysburg. Remember, the Membership Committee is here to help talk you through the process and will even help make the ask!
Are you a bike rider? Join the 11th Annual MESA Bike Tour around District 6600 from June 20-25th and raise money to send medical supplies to those who need them most. You can ride one day or the whole thing...part of the fun is the fellowship with other riders around the District.
Perrysburg Rotary has often supported this event by hosting riders on a food/water break but has not had a rider in the last few years. If you would like to ride and represent the club, be sure we will find a way to support you financially!
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