Rotary Central’s Installation of New Officers

Key elements of the evening included celebrating the accomplishments of Rotary Central over the past year under the leadership of outgoing President Naude Dreyer. Rotary Central was awarded the Best Club in District 7020 as well as Platinum Club of the month winner. Truly a tremendous accomplishment to win both major district awards given that there are 84 clubs in district 7020. Furthermore, 4 new Rotarians were inducted; there were Presidential Remarks by 2013-2014 President, Naude Dreyer and incoming President, Larry Tibbetts, as well as the Installation of New Officers.

 

This year’s officers are: President Larry Tibbetts; President Elect Sandy Cram; Vice President Mike Pratt; Secretary Trudy-Ann Scott; Treasurer Paul Arbo. Directors include Susie Bodden, Nickii Sonnenberg, Katie Dilbert, Sue Holmes, Colin Fawkes, William Inniss,  Richard Lewis and Sergeant At Arms  Mike Donnelly.

 

The Rotary International’s theme for the 2014-2015 Rotary Year is; “Light up Rotary”.  Rotary International President-elect Gary C.K. Huang chose Light Up Rotary as his theme for 2014-15. Huang was inspired by the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius who said: "It is better to light a single candle, than to sit and curse the darkness." "The Rotary way is the Confucius way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one, you light one, 1.2 million Rotarians light one. Together, we light up the world," said Huang. In keeping with this year’s theme President Larry has chosen as the Club’s motto; “Our Projects, Our Rotarians” will focus on highlighting our Projects and engaging and recognizing our Rotarians.