Paul Baessler
Greetings Risers!
As we begin the new Rotary year I am excited and humbled to lead our club as your Club President. We had a very successful 2021-22 under the capable leadership of Beth Sherden and her enthusiasm for Rotary was contagious. Thank you Beth for your service to our club.
I am excited to begin working with all of you continuing to impact our community and world and look forward to working with the rest of our club leadership in the coming year. The Rochester Rotary Risers have had many great club presidents and I stand on their shoulders.
Over the past several months I have been preparing for the upcoming Rotary year. It began with attending Presidents-Elect training sessions in March, April and May. This training, known as NCPETS, was a great opportunity to help prepare to begin leading the club. Also during the training club goals were developed that I would like to see us achieve this year. Finally, I worked to put together our leadership roster and although we still need to fill our President-Elect Nominee position, the club has a great team of members serving the club who have stepped-up as People of Action. Several members are new serving our club in various positions as team leaders. They include Community Service - April Sutor, Public Image - Erin O'Brien Bussian and Social - Jeff Leland. We look forward to their contributions as well as the continued contributions from all those who continue in their various roles.
At the officer installation event last week Tuesday, I reflected on our club's vision statement which was developed this past year and how well it sums up our club in 25 words. Each of our 38 members are unique, generous with their time and talents as well as financial gifts which help us continue the good work of Rotary. Our club is known for our actions, most recently recognized by D5960 as Club of the Year for Vocational Service (a/k/a Talent Exchange) as well as awards for Club Service, International Service and Youth Service. We are People of Action. In this next year we will continue our action. I call it "staying in our lane". We will however, continue to build on our club legacy impacting our community and world with our activities and financial grants.
Lastly, I am asking each of you to imagine how you can make a difference to our club, community and the world. I take to heart this year's presidential theme, Imagine Rotary. Our Rotary International (RI) President - Jennifer Jones imagines a Rotary where members act to make their dreams become reality and they make the most of their club experiences. She urges us to engage more with each other and use these connections to build partnerships that change the world.
2022-23 is also an important year for Rotary International (RI) with Jennifer Jones, serving as the first female president in our 115 year history. I have included information to learn more about her in an accompanying article. RI has had an interesting gender equity journey and this is another important step. Our club has been more forward thinking with Gail Baker serving as our fourth Club President in 1991 and over our 34 year history, by my count, 13 women have lead our club. Just as important, our club membership has full gender equity with an equal number of females and males. This is also reflected in our club leadership.
Haji, Habibo A. (Habiba), M.S.N., R.N., RN-BC
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 AM
Life story of living in Sudan, becoming nurse at Mayo
Doing Good In The World
My Book Day
Rotary International Conference
3 Club Making a Difference Award
Presidential Installation
Young Risers Playday
Holiday Decorating at Samaritan Bethany
Rotary Presidents (with Spouces)
Paul Harris Fellows
Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.
The Rochester Rotary Risers were recently recognized by District 5960 in several areas of service!
Congratulations to the July 2022 raffle winners and thank you for supporting Rotary and our efforts in childhood literacy!
Congratulations to the June 2022 raffle winners and thank you for supporting Rotary and our efforts in childhood literacy!
Rochester Riser Rotarian Erin O'Brien Bussian recently graduated from the Rochester Area Chamber's Leadership Greater Rochester class of 2021-2022.
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