First Council Meeting

Good attendance at my house albeit somewhat cramped- we had 10 out of 12 council members plus Harry B who joined us to discuss attendance issues. Some lively debate over the new ByLaws. It's great that members are taking an interest but it does highlight one of the problems with Rotary. To be a Rotarian means you have an opinion and that opinion will be voiced whatever anyone else thinks! But that's what makes it fun even though we have the occasional tiff. Still, no damage done, all shake hands and move on. Some good decisions made and hopefully I might even have the ByLaws agreed and in place in the not too distant future. Watch this space. Bottom line is that we are going to apply the new flexible attendance rules and hopefully it will be fairer to everyone and will be helpful to prospective new members. Meeting finished at 9.30pm- not bad considering we had a few big issues to sort out. Must remember a few few more nibbles next time- I'll speak to the catering staff.