On Wednesday October 14th we heard from District Governor Ed Marek. Ed has been a member of the St. Paul Sunrise Club since 2001. His list of accomplishments in Rotary is a mile long and includes: Paul Harris Fellow, Fast for Hope, Assistant District Governor, the Ethics Committee/Team, and the list goes on and on. Ed is an Outdoor enthusiast in his free time.
His visit was a great re-cap of his goals and plans for his term as District Governor. His number one goal is that Rotary remain relevant. He gave us a Pandemic recap, some clubs in the area are meeting in person, although that is not the recommendation of Rotary at this time. Ed commented, that is one thing he loves about the organization is that each club can decide what is best for them and they have the power to make happen.
NCPETS and the Conference of Clubs will both be virtual this year, and as we are all finding out – this might make it easier for more people to attend. He gave our club praise for our 6 new members, and the start of some diversity that represents our great city. We are leading area clubs with the number of women members. We have increased our number of members who are 40 and under and that is an accomplishment as well.
Ed challenged our club to strive towards these 4 goals: 1. Create new club models, 2. Host 1 strategic meeting annually, and have a champion to keep the club looking forward, 3. Select our new members very carefully, and 4. Continue to fight to end polio.
Ed has been a regular visitor to our club events and we look forward to seeing him again in the future. Virtually is great, but in person would be even better!
