Welcome to this week’s meeting of the eClub of the State of Jefferson.
Morning Rotary Friends! Thank you for joining us today for this week's State of Jefferson Weekly Meeting.
Sorry I haven't contributed my own updates since starting my quarter as president, but I have been traveling around for the last few months and managed to have some type of internet wherever I was staying, but once I arrived in Mesa with my trailer at a 55 and older RV/Golf Park, I found getting internet has been a problem. It took over 3 weeks to get it hooked up, and now that I have it, I have lots to catch up on.
I would like to thank Bruce Garrett for filling in for me these past few weeks, and I really appreciate what he posted for me last week, especially the story about "Whose Job Is It Anyway?", which is ironic, in that a group of us met a week or so ago on ZOOM (I was the one on the phone) with PDG Cindi to discuss future visioning for our club, and the discussion came up about the ongoing problem we have to get our members involved in participating in as Board Members and Directors.
Not to bore you with my past, but when I was invited to join this club, I said to myself, "If I am going to join this club, then I am going to participate, not only by attending the weekly meetings, but also get involved". I think I had been a member for about 6 months when I was asked if I would be interested in being Treasurer, and I said, "Yes!" Not only did I get the club's books on QuickBooks, which made it easier to track membership dues, and other items, but it made it easier in sending out annual Dues Invoices.
After my three years as Treasurer, I was asked if I would be interested in being President for a year, so I said, "Yes!" During my term as President, I assisted John Cox in his role as Treasurer, and filled in for the next Treasurer after his term was up. I also took on the role as Foundation Treasure after my term as President was over, something I have been doing now for over four years, because the person that was to take over as Foundation Treasurer is not well, and low and behold, nobody wants to take over the position, which is a very easy job!
This article that Bruce posted last week in the President's Corner was an inspiration to me, but hopefully to you too. So, do not be surprised if a Board member or someone from the Membership Committee contacts you to step up to the plate, and volunteer to be a Board or Director member.
Just to remind you of the story Bruce posted last week, I have attached it to this message:
Whose Job Is It, Anyway?”
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
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Please welcome our newest member Jonathan Bilden! Johnathan is from the Crater Lake Academy, and his membership was approved at the January Board Meeting. Welcome Jonathan!
Hope you enjoy this week's program, and thank you again Bruce for making our weekly meetings so entertaining!
At the July 15 Board of Directors meeting it was agreed that past presidents would fill the vacated President’s position.
January, February, and March – Past President - Jackie Oakley
April, May and June – President-Elect DeVere Wolsey