Our club had more members and partners at last weekend's
District Conference than any other club, including
the big clubs in Reno! We had 21 attend, including
two members of our Interact Club. As your President,
I was very proud of our club -- "The Original Nevada City Rotary
Club."
We walked away Sunday with more awards than any other
medium sized club. Best of all, we were named the Club of Excellence
in our class.
The photo shows our group, less our two interacters,
poised in front of our outstanding display. These happy people include
.... ( please list I don't have the photo before me). They just came
from the awards ceremony and are showing off the six awards for: Membership
Gain, Club Attendance, International
Project of the Year, Foundation Annual Giving,
International Service and Club of Excellence.
Amid cries of "We Wuz Robbed", our club display won a Second
Place ribbon. I have asked Ed Townsend to
bring the banners that were part of our display. Ed and his designer,
Amy, took a handful of photos and created a great story of our club's
many projects last year. I really thought, unbiased as I am, that we
won. But as the 49ers say, " Wait until next year." The Kidd
already is making plans to bring home the blue ribbon next May.
Again, I want to thank our secretary, Kim Stewart,
for preparing the booklet submitted to the Awards Committee. I am hoping
that she may accept the title "Awards Chairperson for Life".
Her presentation had a lot to do with the awards we won.
And while I am thanking folks, I have special kudos
for soon-to-be President-Elect Nancy Kemp. This week,
I heard people at the district level talking about the great job she
is doing with our Interact Club, RYLA
and RYE. I know that her husband, Steve Allen,
was hoping to get his wife back when Nancy retired. But Rotary needs
her energy right now to keep our focus on the youth in our community.
Our club is winning the respect of Rotarians throughout
the district. But more importantly, the competition im roves all the
clubs and the Rotary projects in all of the clubs. [Editor's
Note: I have no idea what Don was trying to say here!]
I thank each of you for being part of this winning
team.
fultzee
