Greetings my fellow Rotarians and Happy Rotary New Year. First, let me thank you for the opportunity to serve as your president in this, our club’s 99th year. Our program this week is special as we will recognize and thank our leadership stepping down for their fantastic contributions, and welcome your new leadership team. I’m very excited about this talented group of folks you have assembled to lead our club. We had a new board kickoff meeting a couple of weeks ago and I can assure you they are creative, spirited, motivated, and inspiring.

Our club traditionally looks upon the month of July as one of focus on what we, the Rotary Club of Salem, does and why. We will do so this month starting with this Wednesday’s launch of the new year and a program later in July to help you see and understand the many committees and activities within our club.

Once again, thank you for this opportunity, and I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you during our 2018-2019 Installation Program tomorrow.