Our Vision

Posted by Bill Lawrie on Aug 23, 2018

President Ian starts the meeting each week with a quote:

Visitors: Jaymee Lynn (Tri Cities Rotoract Club) and Twayson Laird (Scotia Bank Port Moody) it is Twayson’s 2nd meeting with us and is interested in possibly joining.

Announcements: Ryan’s Birthday. Dave Stone’s 17th anniversary with our Rotary Club (about 30 years total in Rotary)

Visioning Process:

Our last Vision statement was crafted about 7 years ago during President Nick’s term. Vision statements should be considered as a “short phrase describing the future you (we) are ultimately working towards” – Where are we going? What do we aspire to achieve?

Mike sent out a series of 4 questions for Club Member input and to start the thinking process for each of us. Our Mission needs to be desireable and achievable. Rotary International has its’ Vision which is the Backbone of all Rotary Clubs but each Club needs to determine why They exist? what They do? who They serve?

Question 1—What Qualities Do Our Club Members have? Most answers could be grouped into 4-6 main groups

  1. Fun, friendly, inviting, not judgmental
  2. Dedicated, committed, “doers”, goal oriented
  3. Compassionate, giving, caring
  4. United, diverse,
  5. Energetic, youthful outlook
  6. Integrity, accountable

Question 2—What are 5 words that define our Club (Note many will be the same as in question 1)

  1. Doers, motivated, driven, impactful
  2. Inclusive, welcoming
  3. Fun, friendly
  4. Caring, giving, positive
  5. Courageous, can do, lead with yes, never give up

Question 3—Who do we serve

  1. Our community
  2. Our Region
  3. World/International

As PP Mike recapped, most of us came up with very similar words and phrases to describe our members and our Club. Mike read out a number of Vision Statements from other Rotary Clubs and big corporations as examples. There were a number we thought were good but we do want ours to be unique to us. He gave a short 5 word possibility—“Serving Humanity Locally and Globally”.

Now we are under way it would be a good thing to “strike while the iron is hot”. Once the juices start to flow there will be new ideas we will all come up with so it was decided we would hold another meeting on Monday August 27th at the ARIA II (Suter Brook) at 7pm. 

Once again the card goes unclaimed—too bad Peter!