Members and guests of The Rotary Club of Rochester will meet this Thursday for Rotary After Hours, 5:30 - 7:00 pm in The Sticks (a small room off the main dining room) at Twigs Tavern and Grille. There will be no midday gathering. Rotary After Hours take place the first Thursday of each month and provide an opportunity to socialize, network, and introduce guests to Rotary. Attendees are encouraged to order beverages and food from the Twigs menu and will pay their bills individually. There will be an 18% gratuity automatically added to checks. Thank you to Rotarian Kristine Ihrke and Twigs for their hospitality hosting us in this location.
Rotarians from five districts will gather in Rochester March 12-14 for NCPETS - North Central President-Elect Training Seminar. Local Rotarians are needed to help staff the registration table, provide directions within the Mayo Civic Center, check for badges at meal times, and support the break-out sessions. Shifts range from 1-1/2 to 3 hours. If you are available, please click here to sign up. Forty-four volunteers are still needed to help our visiting Rotarians feel welcome in Rochester! Thank you!
Come and be inspired by motivating speakers; make new friends and reconnect with old ones; 2020 Club Awards; enjoy Prior Lake's Home Hospitality; and of course, have fun!
Full registration fee of $210 (Early-bird Price. Must be booked prior to March 15, 2020) includes Prior Lake's Home Hospitality and all Friday events and meals.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words: The District 5960 Public Image team agrees and the 2nd Annual People of Action Photo Contest will prove it.
Rotarians are people of action and photos of Rotarians in action are a great way to spark awareness and conversation about Rotary.
PLUS there is are CASH PRIZEs totaling $600 for the winning entries!
It’s as easy as 1,2,3!
Snap a picture of your Club member(s) engaging in volunteer work, enjoying fellowship and/or projects both locally and abroad.
Edit your photo with the handy POA Photo Editor app to add the People of Action graphics.
Post on your Club Facebook page with a description. Tag District 5960 by adding @rotary5960 and use #peopleofaction
Winners: First, Second and Third place winners will be announced at the Conference of Clubs May 1st and awarded $300, $200 and $100 prizes, respectively.
Deadline: Submit your photo on or before March 13th, 2020.
In our contentious society, I see friends who are members of Rotary use The Four-Way Test to support opposing political and social arguments and to criticize the thoughts, statements, and actions of others. I see members with completely opposing viewpoints use the same Four-Way Test to both support their argument and demean others. Rotarians and others are using all forms of social media to share their opinions about perceived violations of The Four-Way Test, causing others to pile on additional comments and insults, all with little thought to how this affects our public image.
Which leads me to this basic premise:
The Four-Way Test is a mirror, not a window
Rotary members should not use The Four-Way Test to look at others but rather to look at themselves in considering the ramifications of a thought, statement, or action. It should not be a window through which we look to judge others. It is a mirror at which we look to judge ourselves.
Members and guests of The Rotary Club of Rochester will meet this Thursday for Rotary After Hours, 5:30 - 7:00 pm in The Sticks (a small room off the main dining room) at Twigs Tavern and Grille. There will be no midday gathering. Rotary After Hours take place the first Thursday of each month and provide an opportunity to socialize, network, and introduce guests to Rotary. Attendees are encouraged to order beverages and food from the Twigs menu and will pay their bills individually. There will be an 18% gratuity automatically added to checks. Thank you to Rotarian Kristine Ihrke and Twigs for their hospitality hosting us in this location.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words: The District 5960 Public Image team agrees and the 2nd Annual People of Action Photo Contest will prove it.