Hello Club members.
January has been vocational month in the Rotary calendar. I was impressed to hear last week that our new member Mark Schmeling has enjoyed a rich and varied work history, and it reminds me that each of us have unique work histories. As for myself, early in my life I decided, if that is the word, to follow in my father’s footsteps as an engineer. This did not work out, and in 1972 I decided to get a degree in political science and become a lawyer. I started lawyering in 1978 and stayed on this course until I retired last year.
I heard that one of our members has just made a complete change of course after 20 years in one industry (I won’t be a spoiler because I am sure he will let us know his news).
I like it when our vocational chair Mike Zahare dons his “roving reporter” hat and interviews our members about what they do in their work lives, and other matters. We get to know each other better when we know more details about how each of us spends a goodly portion of our lives.
Our members bring to Rotary different perspectives of the world that we develop in the world of work. It enriches our lives to hear these perspectives from others. Rotary in its constitution and other documents prescribes that a variety of professions and vocations be represented in each club. Perhaps in that way it helps us Be The Inspiration to other Rotarians to show them the different choices there are in the world.