Copy of The District Governor's visit
Posted by Gayle Roth on Aug 13, 2016
Pictured left to right Jennifer Turner President, Marlee Diehl District 7090 Governor. Alice Klamer Past-President
Jennifer Turner enthusiastically introduced our special Rotarian,Margaret Andrews, one of 19 Assistant District Governors, who has responsibility for Area Five. Margaret Andrews then warmly introduced our District Governor Marlee Diehl who is Governor to the 19 areas in District 7090, each of which encompass 3-5 clubs. Marlee has been a Rotarian for 20 years. She was president of the Hamilton Club when she met Bill Diehl at a President's Training Conference .Bill and Marlee are from the Rotary Club of Albion.
Marlee grew up in Caledonia and worked in recruiting and job placement. When she married Bill she moved to Albion, N.Y. where she is a ruling elder of her church and loves sailing and biking.
She began her speech by referring to Rotary President John Germ from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The theme for his term is " Serving Humanity". She asked us to imagine an upside down triangle and reminded us that each club is a grassroots organization. She said that we must be able to grow our clubs and include others in our projects. We should use the strengths we have and encouraged us to take advantage of Rotary7090.org webinars.
John Germ's goal is to get new members and grow our clubs. He acknowledges that a club cannot be all things to all people, and therefore encourages satellite clubs which meet when they can. It takes 20 people to make a new club.
Rotary International
Next year we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Foundation. The Foundation started with one president who said " I have a surplus". The surplus was earmarked for an endowment for the Foundation. That surplus was $26.50. Since that time 3 billion dollars have gone to the world for the good work of Rotary. This year our district is asking that each member give an extra $26.50.
An example of a project which is planned is a photo album with 100 pages. Each page will celebrate a Foundation Event. eg a club's cheques spread out on a table and photographed.
District Conference: "Educate, Engage, Enjoy" October 21-23 at Batavia Downs Casino, Batavia, N.Y. .A fancy hats event will happen on the Saturday night when all pretend they are at the Kentucky Derby.
International Convention June 10-14 Atlanta, Georgia. Theme: "100 years of doing good" Marlee encouraged everyone to attend the International Convention and was pleased to hear four persons were already registered from our club.
Marlee also told us : " Rotary ignites me and excites me"