According to our club’s bylaws, once a year we hold an Annual Meeting. While the meeting usually falls on the second Wednesday of April, this year the board approved moving the date ahead one week to accommodate an outstanding speaker. Thus, we will hold the Annual Meeting on April 7.

 

Our bylaws also state that we must have a quorum of the membership in order to conduct business such as voting for new leadership on the board, making any bylaws or other changes to the club’s governance, or voting on any special projects such as the Global Coalition. In Article V, Section 3 of the bylaws, a quorum is defined as “one-third of the membership.” Our official membership totals 63 at present, which means we require at least 21 members in attendance at the Annual Meeting in order to conduct business. Your presence is important, and I thank everyone for being there in person, or signing in via Zoom.

 

I know an Annual Meeting might sound kind of boring and one that you’d just as soon skip. We’ll make it as fun as we can! 

 

As Rotarians, we all accept an oath to support the club and strengthen it by serving in a leadership role, recruiting new members, bringing forth your ideas, helping with service projects, joining fellow members for social time, making sure weekly meetings are run smoothly and speakers are interesting, engaging youth in Rotary’s high ideals, assuring our club supports Rotary’s charitable programs and community/international organizations, and making new friends that last forever. 

 

That’s what Rotary is all about. None of that happens on its own. It takes all of us working together to accomplish our club’s goals.

 

Thank you for being an active Rotarian and making our community better as a result. See you at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday.