President-Elect Chatter

 

 

I'm back from my President-Elect Training (PETS) which was 50% intense information and 50% attempted inspiration.  PETS was well run and a seemingly ceaseless bombardment of information.  I came away with some good ideas and a renewed sense of impending doom.

 

            As my predecessors have observed, our club is in good shape organizationally.  Quite frankly, our club is large by comparison, in that most clubs have less than 30 members.  Most clubs have 50% attendance at best and most do not have our kind of money, our successful fundraisers or anything like our house project.  We have a lot to be proud of.

 

            Based on Rotary-speak, we would be characterized as more of a check-writing club than a service club.  That is not a negative observation but is simply a description.  It is, however, an indication that perhaps one or more additional hands-on service projects may be in order.

 

            Our incoming District Governor is a dynamo whose strengths will be more inspirational than organizational.

 

            As soon as the auction is completed, I will be reaching out to all of you to ascertain your wishes for next year, and I will be reaching out to the club to set the club's goals for next year.

 

            I will promise not to break anything if you promise not to insist on doing things simply because it is the way we have always done it.

 

            We should all be proud of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club, because, by comparison, we have a lot to be proud of.