Recently the Salem Community celebrated with Gerry Frank his 93rd birthday, September 21. Gerry, as the unofficial “Ambassador for Oregon,” has a deep and long history of service to the Salem and Oregon community. What a great role model Gerry is for the state, city and our Rotary members alike. As a long-time member of […]

October 24th is World Polio Day. Like other Rotary clubs around the world we will be “refreshing” our commitment to seeing this world-changing medical issue to its goal-line. Eradication is so close – just two countries. But, as you know, with any substantial undertaking, it’s the last 5% that is the toughest to make stick, […]

Whether it’s setting up a Community Garden and Farm Training Center in Cape Flats, South Africa, cleaning up beaches in the Philippines, fighting to reduce domestic violence in Gainesville, Texas, or setting up a non-profit (SHE) that now engages 800 women in employment in India, Rotarians around the world are working hard to make our […]

This week’s note from your president will be brief. This is the one time of the year that we focus on our Salem Rotary Foundation. It is the charitable arm of the club and as such it needs, like our Membership Challenge, to be a strong and healthy part of our overall giving and life. I would ask […]

In the current issue of the Harvard Business Review there is a very enlightening article entitled NOISE. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman at Princeton and others highlighted how a variety of human judgments can influence and cloud the decision making process. This “noise” over time results in millions of dollars lost, inconsistent organizational direction and time wasted. This […]