Club Administration 2020-2021
I am pleased to be serving as the Director of Club Administration for the second consecutive year. How could I, or any of us, say no to our distinguished President Mary when asked to serve on her board? Making it even easier to say yes, is my good fortune to be working with an established team of leaders heading up the committees that fall under Club Administration.
As Director of Club Administration, I get the honor of collecting your Happy Bucks at our weekly Wednesday lunch meetings. A job I am more than “happy” to do. When we get back to our live in-person lunch meetings, your Happy Bucks will be supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (formerly Polio Plus). What’s even cooler is that your happiness will be TRIPLED by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. So, don’t worry, be happy! 😊
Under the umbrella of Club Administration is 1) Public Image Committee led by Per Treven. This committee, formerly known as PR/Webmaster, is taking on even more responsibilities to spread the word of RERC and the awesome things we do, keeping the bulletin informative, website up-to-date, Club Runner information current (which each of us plays a role in keeping our own profiles current) and a host of other PR support for the many things we do. 2) Program Committee spearheaded by “D” Schieferstein, who is off to a great start scheduling informative guest speakers for our lunch meetings, including this week’s program on the Ark House with Kathryn Alexander (Woody’s better half) and 3) Strategic Planning led by Karen Ellis, who has taken on the role of helping us to facilitate what our club’s goals will be for the next 3 to 5 years. Her job also includes helping us to identify what our next Signature Project will be. These are no small tasks for any of the Club Administrative chairs I get to work with this year, whom I know will deliver in ways we can’t begin to imagine.
Lastly, as Director of Club Administration, I get to handle the logistics for our annual Installation Banquet held each June. Always an event in which we celebrate the achievements of the past year while opening the door to our next President and Board’s visions for the next Rotary year. Having been a member of RERC since 2010, I continue to enjoy and admire the work that we collectively do that makes our community and the world so much better. Rotary does open us to opportunities!
Bruce C. MacPherson