“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” Arthur Ashe
Outgoing Prez gets a video hug
And so today, we arrive at President Bob’s final day in office after a two-year journey. Looking buoyant and slightly frayed at the edges, Bob has reached the end and his journey, and the Club has hereby declared it an unmitigated success.
During his term of office, Bob took a club that was somewhat demoralized over its dwindling membership and re-invigorated it to the point that we now see positive signs of growth and increased confidence that we can continue our journey of ninety-three years providing service to the East Hartford community.
Bob’s style was to be super prepared for each meeting, to lead our projects with a hands-on, first to volunteer attitude, and to display a consistent commitment to open communications and a premium on listening to all the club had to say. His success is that he leaves his successors a club that is stronger than it was at the outset of his service as President and one poised to grow and expand. No small achievement.
We celebrated Bob’s service today with a “video hug” put together by in-coming President Sue Klock which featured a dozen or so club members’ video taped messages congratulating Bob for his tenure. It was a sincere and uplifting tribute that successfully captured the Club’s admiration and affection for Bob and Sandy. You can access it by “control + click” on this link:
We had a total of 17 Rotarians, and two guests present for today’s somewhat relaxed and meandering meeting. Assistant District Governor Randi Soboski and prospective new member, Diedre Stolte were our guests.
In Caring Moments, the report was that Bob Wood continues his treatments, Ruth Sheehan successfully survived her needed treatment and was on the Zoom call today, as was Dick McCarthy who continues to rehab from home. Dick wryly mentioned he was fine on top and hurting on the bottom and unlikely to be playing much football in the immediate future. (I am old enough to remember when Dick was a standout performer on Hank Giardi’s Hornet football team more than 65 years ago.)
Good news is that Charlotte Bradbury has returned to her home after some rehab from a fall at Manchester Manor. Joining her in rehab is Jan Sayre, suffering minor injuries in a fall of her own. Jack, no doubt, is waiting on her hand and foot and devoting all his waking hours to her comfort and care. As well he should.
Important: New Zoom numbers next week!
Just a few announcements today. The Golf Committee is meeting at Evergreen Crossing on July 8th at noon. (Lunch for $8.00, not mandatory).
With the changing of the guard, we are changing our Zoom meeting ID number and our Password. Starting next week, you can join the meeting by entering the following on the meeting access screen:
Meeting ID: 846 6293 9383
Password: 574672
The Club Board meetings are set for the next Rotary year. They will be held on the First Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. These meetings will be on the Zoom format until further notice. All members are welcome to attend. Here is sign in info for board meetings:
Meeting ID: 812 0155 9659
Password: 783751
These new Zoom Meeting IDs and Passwords can be found on our Clubrunner Website as well.
So, the Buettner reign comes to a close and the Klock era begins. As the British might have phrased it: “The King is dead: long live the Queen.”
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