Thursday, August 7, 2008

Back from Holiday

After a well deserved break after two weeks as President! I am back for a couple more weeks before whizzing off to Spain for 10 days. Best to get hols out the way in the quiet time I say.

I came back to club night to greet our new DG John Wilton who gave us a good presentation on what he sees for the year. Very concise with full of passion. He has already visited 28 clubs in his first month and is very determined to be an "up front" leader. Interestingly John doesn't drive so he has a team of 7 Rotarians to drive him ( only one at a time though!), so we had a PP from Beachy Head RC to add to the guest list. The evening was enhanced by an unexpected visit by husband and wife Rotarians from Darwin, Australia who were passing through on holiday. Along with a visit also from PDG Tony Hodges we were well represented by guests.

I visited the new Rotary Club of Minster-on-Sea last night to present their cheque for their work at County Show. They are a very lively club comprising mainly ex- Tablers so there was a lot of time spent on Sargent at Arms. However I was pleased to tell them that their gate manning contribution was one of the best of all clubs and they are really keen to be there in force next year so that is good news.

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