August 8th District Governor Mike Ruby

The Grinnell Rotary Club met at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Westside Family Restaurant. Our speaker for the evening was Mr. Mike Ruby, District Governor for Rotary District 6000. He talked briefly about the history of the Grinnell Rotary Club which was chartered in 1938. This year’s theme for Rotary District 6000 is MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Mr. Ruby spent some time discussing how Grinnell Rotary has made a difference in Grinnell and offered some suggestions for increasing our “difference making” in the future…. Including using one meeting per month to go out into the community to do service projects. He stated that only ten percent of what happens in Rotary should take place at our weekly meetings. The other 90 percent should take place doing service projects.
 

The Grinnell Rotary Club met at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Westside Family Restaurant. Our speaker for the evening was Mr. Mike Ruby, District Governor for Rotary District 6000. He talked briefly about the history of the Grinnell Rotary Club which was chartered in 1938. This year’s theme for Rotary District 6000 is MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Mr. Ruby spent some time discussing how Grinnell Rotary has made a difference in Grinnell and offered some suggestions for increasing our “difference making” in the future…. Including using one meeting per month to go out into the community to do service projects. He stated that only ten percent of what happens in Rotary should take place at our weekly meetings. The other 90 percent should take place doing service projects.

Mr. Ruby also talked about what makes a good Rotary member. Gone are the days when we should be looking for the CEO of a company. Rather we should be looking at people who are thinkers and doers,  who can “kick the box aside” and come up with new ideas for growing community and Rotary. An example of this is Rotary’s involvement in World Bicycle Relief.  Many third world countries use Buffalo Bicycles to transport goods and services to people.  During July, Rotary sent 804 bikes to Zambia. Grinnell Rotary sent four with more to come.

Rotary Club of Grinnell meets at 6:00 PM every Tuesday at Westside Family Restaurant. We welcome visitors and hope to see you there. – Doug Cameron

 
 
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