For those of you who read our eBlast from time to time or regularly, thank you. I have tried to make them both interesting and informative. It was my plan (2016-17) to spend a fair amount of time looking inward. It is so easy to get caught up in the bigger picture of Rotary with all its “bells and sirens” and forget to take care of business at home – our Rotary Club of Salem membership. I believe, to a certain extent, we have done that this year (and now hopefully a little stronger). It is a good time for us to move back to a more balanced approach in 2017-18. Bruce and Renee can lead us there with your commitment, support and energy.
Rotary is a complicated organization that produces “unbelievable good” in the world. Understanding how to make it work at the local and international level to produce that good is a balancing act of focusing on both the club’s members to make them strong and motivated, and targeting and scaling the projects we take on. You all have done a great job of doing just that this year. Thank you for letting me go on this journey with you.