President's Message

YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

With the start of a new year we all make well intentioned plans of "more" and "less."  More exercise and less calories.  More time for family and friends and less time to worry about things I can't control.  Read more books and watch less TV.  I don't know exactly what is on your New Years "more" and "less" list, but I bet I am close on a couple of these items.

I am going to suggest one more for your list...more invitations and less regrets.  That is, this year I will invite more of my friends, colleagues and business associates to Rotary and then I will have less regrets on Monday afternoon when I realize what my friend has just missed. Think about the programs from the last two weeks...what inspiration to hear Dr. Capozzi share the story of Rotaplast and to learn of the thousands of people whose lives have been changed for the better.  And this past Monday to hear Sacramento's own Joe Genshlea share wonderful stories of Sacramento past, present and future.  On Monday afternoon did you not say to yourself, "I wish Mary or Carl or (fill in the blank) was here?  They would have really enjoyed this."

We all know how important membership is to our Rotary Club of Sacramento.  But membership is not about numbers. It is about people.  It is about people who like you and me want to serve our community and world and who desire to make and keep new friends.

I have invited three friends to come to our next meeting on Monday, January 24.  (Remember, we are dark as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.)  So I have begun this year with "more" invitations.  Consider who will be on your "more" invitation list.  That way we all can make 2011 a year with a whole lot "less" when it comes to regrets.

See you on January 24.

President Scot