Passing the Gavel
Our last meeting was what outgoing President Ardin Wright called “President’s Day". It was a day to reflect on the past year, honor special members, and turn over the gavel to the incoming President, Susan Van Deren.
Both Ardin and Susan spoke of the Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles wherein 40,000 Rotarians from around the world gathered. Ardin said everything was first class and he was impressed with the grandeur and organization of it all. He cited for instance that 167 busses were needed to transport conventioneers to the Hollywood Bowl. Rotary International is especially proud (and rightly so) that it’s efforts along with the UN, CDC, and WHO have virtually eliminated polio worldwide. To date, Rotarians have contributed US$700 million and another US$200 million is expected to be expended within the next two to three years to completely eliminate polio.
Awards were given to Bob Penny for attendance, and to Jody Niswender for membership. Jody has brought a guest nearly every week and sponsored many of our new members. Thanks Jody.
Ardin refreshed our memories about what the club has accomplished in the last year:
A teraflop is the measure of operating speed of the new supercomputers—measured in trillions of floating point operations per second. Next question: What famous actor and director attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship?
Both Ardin and Susan spoke of the Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles wherein 40,000 Rotarians from around the world gathered. Ardin said everything was first class and he was impressed with the grandeur and organization of it all. He cited for instance that 167 busses were needed to transport conventioneers to the Hollywood Bowl. Rotary International is especially proud (and rightly so) that it’s efforts along with the UN, CDC, and WHO have virtually eliminated polio worldwide. To date, Rotarians have contributed US$700 million and another US$200 million is expected to be expended within the next two to three years to completely eliminate polio.
Awards were given to Bob Penny for attendance, and to Jody Niswender for membership. Jody has brought a guest nearly every week and sponsored many of our new members. Thanks Jody.
Ardin refreshed our memories about what the club has accomplished in the last year:
- Club picnic in Main Park
- Fund raiser at Harvest Fest
- Literacy Carnival at Skyview Elementary School
- Christmas gifts for “ranchers” at Triangle Cross Ranch
- Led the way for a District Matching Grant for the orphanage in Mulege Mexico
- Gave $500 to assist the Windsor High School International Relations Class drill a well in Haiti
- Initiated the Rotary Club of Windsor Foundation
- Put on the 9 Health Fair for which the club won the District Community Service Award
- Provided funds to build cabinets for the Triangle Cross Ranch
- Received both the Governor’s Citation and the Presidential Citation at the District Conference
A teraflop is the measure of operating speed of the new supercomputers—measured in trillions of floating point operations per second. Next question: What famous actor and director attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship?
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