President Peter's Perspective

It is humbling to have the support of so many great Rotarians - especially for someone who is so used to doing most everything myself.  When Rick Davis agreed to be Sgt. At Arms, he immediately began building his committee of lieutenants and did not flinch when I included meeting room set-up & greeters under his command. On Monday, the riser under head table was “spongy” to the point of a wobbly lectern.  Art Breuer got on the floor, surveyed the weak components and proceeded to find materials to prop it up.  When it became obvious that we would run out of wine early, Kaitlyn (Cindy’s granddaughter who is helping the office for the summer) ran back to the office for reinforcements.  Might be why the room was so lively!
It is difficult to mention a few, knowing so many are not being mentioned - so just know I am grateful to all of you for your support.

A couple of other points -

We all know that the work of Rotary is what we do in our community and in the world. 
All of the value we create starts with one of our (+/-) 80 committees.
Next week, during the conversation time, I will ask each of you to turn your discussions to the committee(s) you are on and enlist the people at your table who are not on a committee - or on one that has a limited time of focus -  to join a committee.  100% committee participation is our goal.  Please assist us in recruiting every member to a focus outside our lunch meetings. Appoint a table captain and take notes.
The largest reason people leave Rotary is not financial, not because they move or lose their job or transfer to another club. . . it is because they did not see the value.  This means their Service Above Self was not engaged and that is sad.  Let’s work together to ensure this stops happening to the Rotary Club of Sacramento.

Brown Bag is fast approaching - Please consider offering your place of business as a meeting site.  It does not need to be large or fancy or even particularly interesting.  It is the fellowship at Brown Bag that makes them memorable.

We have been in contact recently with two of our sister city Rotary Clubs -   The Rotary Club of Kottarakkara, India and the Rotary Club of Makati North - Philippines.
Attached is a sample of that correspondence.

For the Oneness of All People -

President Peter