Teamwork is Contagious
Posted by DANIEL O'CONNELL
As I write this, it's only been 3 weeks since the new Rotary year began. Already people have stepped forward to help. Maybe because I look like I'm working hard (looks are deceiving), but I've been given some new ideas on how to get fun things done.
Like past president Doug Hausknecht coming up with the idea to offer a choice to winners of the weekly lottery to donating the "daily" winnings back to the Camp. If they do so, the winner doesn't have to remember to get to the luncheon meeting early to sell lottery tickets. You see, this now gets him/her off the hook, but it means Doug, Dan Reynolds, or their designee must sell the tickets the following week. A little extra work, but the lottery money goes to the Camp, and this way we have a lottery almost every week.
We may get singing back into our meetings. Gene Fiocca is looking into getting a piano from Tangiers. We'll see, but the ideas are being presented. That's important.
The good things our Club does for the Community was not the original purpose of Rotary, it was fellowship, but it wasn't long before the good men (only men back then) who started Rotary wanted to help others and that is what our Club is doing very well. Graham Reinke agreed to take over the Salvation Army Bell Ringers task again. It's great to see him back from his native Canada after tending to some personal business. Mark Krohn will again lead the Chili Open. He'll need a lot of help because he is also involved heavily with the Capital Campaign and President of the Camp Board. Whew! Pam Kiltau, whom you will hear a lot from soon, is continuing her leadership on the Poker Run. Dan Reynolds and his staff are acting as assistant treasurers for the Club and are running the Camp as well. Stew Buchannan is the District events liaison to the Club as well as District Governor elect. I saw past president Dick Farkas at the evening meeting organized by Bridget Garvin and he promised not to go into retirement. He has already helped with the transition and will help as needed. I hate to mention only these people, because many others are doing jobs to keep the Club interesting and fun.
I'm a bit concerned that we are not asking less active members what they want to do. So I'm asking now-see me or a trustee about a job. See us if you have a new idea or suggestion. An easy way to get involved is to sign up for an event like the upcoming Poker Run. Attending an outside event, rather than just the lunch meeting, is when you get the time to know your fellow members. A recently resigned member I called said at the end of nice conversation "You know, I'm really going to miss the (nice) people at Rotary." Isn't that the truth. I think we'll see him again at some of our events.
Quality new members are being inducted at a good pace and our job is to make them feel welcome and involved. Please don't be afraid to sit with somebody new at our lunch meeting. Remember when you didn't know anybody? Maybe you didn't come back for a while because you didn't feel welcome.
Thanks again for belonging to the largest and best Service Club in the world.
Yours in Rotary,
Dan O'Connell
We may get singing back into our meetings. Gene Fiocca is looking into getting a piano from Tangiers. We'll see, but the ideas are being presented. That's important.
The good things our Club does for the Community was not the original purpose of Rotary, it was fellowship, but it wasn't long before the good men (only men back then) who started Rotary wanted to help others and that is what our Club is doing very well. Graham Reinke agreed to take over the Salvation Army Bell Ringers task again. It's great to see him back from his native Canada after tending to some personal business. Mark Krohn will again lead the Chili Open. He'll need a lot of help because he is also involved heavily with the Capital Campaign and President of the Camp Board. Whew! Pam Kiltau, whom you will hear a lot from soon, is continuing her leadership on the Poker Run. Dan Reynolds and his staff are acting as assistant treasurers for the Club and are running the Camp as well. Stew Buchannan is the District events liaison to the Club as well as District Governor elect. I saw past president Dick Farkas at the evening meeting organized by Bridget Garvin and he promised not to go into retirement. He has already helped with the transition and will help as needed. I hate to mention only these people, because many others are doing jobs to keep the Club interesting and fun.
I'm a bit concerned that we are not asking less active members what they want to do. So I'm asking now-see me or a trustee about a job. See us if you have a new idea or suggestion. An easy way to get involved is to sign up for an event like the upcoming Poker Run. Attending an outside event, rather than just the lunch meeting, is when you get the time to know your fellow members. A recently resigned member I called said at the end of nice conversation "You know, I'm really going to miss the (nice) people at Rotary." Isn't that the truth. I think we'll see him again at some of our events.
Quality new members are being inducted at a good pace and our job is to make them feel welcome and involved. Please don't be afraid to sit with somebody new at our lunch meeting. Remember when you didn't know anybody? Maybe you didn't come back for a while because you didn't feel welcome.
Thanks again for belonging to the largest and best Service Club in the world.
Yours in Rotary,
Dan O'Connell
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