Thursday, April 28, 2011

Foundation centre stage at Wanganui

President Roger welcomes DG Howard
Lorna and Bill - at home in Wanganui
Last night Jenny and I attended a great event in Wanganui with PRIP Bill Boyd and Lorna.  An event which had a great number of Rotarians but also a number of non Rotarians.  The Cluster was well represented.  This was a night where people could hear first hand from Past RI President and Chair Elect of the Rotary Foundation.  In his unmistakable style Bill was able to clearly relate the focus of the Foundation - three main priorities being to complete the job of removing polio from our planet (we are so close to achieving this!), of making every Rotarian aware of the importance of supporting the Foundation through their personal giving and finally to embrace change and to implement the Future Vision plan across all 1.2 million Rotarians in 2013.
DG Howard with PDG Stewart Frame

I saw AG Judith taking some good notes and I am sure I will be able to provide a fuller report once Wanganui Daybreak's great bulletin is published.  In the meantime it was great to meet new and old friends and to once again have an opportunity to catch up with DGE Bob Smith and Margaret.  The next time we meet in Wanganui will be for the District Changeover on Sunday 19 June.