Incoming President Ilan Heller. Back from P.E.T.S.
Ilan Heller was on fire today with enthusiasm.
Back from President elect training seminar.
He described the event as –Like drinking from a fire hose. Information coming at him from all directions. Very inspirational as well.
There were over 800 attendees. 740 incoming Presidents.
There was fellowship, speeches about Rotary like he never heard before.
Richard King former International President spoke for an hour and it seemed like 5 minutes. The room was spellbound.
He was both humorous and serious at the same time.
A Rotarian from India who had Polio as a child spoke. He was unable to walk unassisted spoke of his personal journey and how important it is to get rid of this crippling disease and how near to victory we are.
He was passionate.
Jennifer Jones spoke of how the Rotary board is changing our Public Image for North America. In 2010 we added a fifth object of Rotary.
On April 19th we are hosting a public event with the Kerrisdale Business association
It will be held at Ilan’s office and it will be a card swap event.
We will provide refreshments and put out our club events calendar.
It will be Thursday April 19th from 5.30 to 7.00 pm.
More events to come if this one is a success.
We raised out goal setting for new members from 17 to 25.
Harreson thanked the speaker.