This week we don't have a President's Report or any offerings of activity from the membership. That's ok, Rotary is a big picture organisation, and sometimes a Club has a slow news week, or they want to hang the bulletin guy out to dry. Who knows, but I am up for the challenge.
Since I am this year's bulletin editor, I should inform the readership of something substantial about Rotary. I do a bit of reading about what Rotary does around the world. I also have a broad network because, in Rotary, that's what you get when you step outside your club and into the wilderness. Some things in Rotary I am not so crazy about but Rotary and Rotarians command respect in what they imagine, what they can develop and what they can achieve. Some things can be very left field and that is one of the qualities I like about Rotary!
This year, our Rotary International President's Rotary theme is Imagine. Last year, it was about Opportunities. Our Presidential themes should inspire us to move ahead and develop a more robust and interconnected Rotary, but I would say we are listening but not hearing. No one can make Rotarians hear, imagine their Club's potential, a new project, a community alliance, a change in focus, a fresh approach and take action to bring new members to the Club to make missing links disappear and action happen. It is up to each member, you and me, to make the change and bring the doers into Rotary. We can only make a difference when we have the right people in the right places at the right time; that is not easy!
It takes belief that Rotary can do what it is says it can do and it takes an understanding of what Rotary is and the resources available to complete the job.