Having received my District Governor’s chain of office on the Sunday I wanted to share the occasion with my good friend and fellow Bradford West Rotarian, David Broadbent and his wife Sylvia, making this my first official visit.

David isn’t too well at the moment and they could not attend the Handover at the Cedar Court Hotel. I know he would have done so if he possibly could.

So, clutching my newly acquired DG chain of office, a menu card from the event on Sunday and a ‘get well soon’ card, it gave me great pleasure on Monday 3rd July to visit David and Sylvia.

Thank you both for your Kindness and Support. Get well soon David.

Personal ethos and insight I have been proud to be associated with Rotary since Oct. 1986, the old saying goes ‘that you don’t know what you are missing until it’s gone’ was certainly true of my experience during the five years I was unable to be a part it. I have many interests and hobbies but none so deep as my involvement with Rotary. Rotarians are often critical of the fact that ‘Rotary doesn’t mean anything’ to outsiders and that ‘it’s difficult to get our message across’ because we are such a diverse organisation. For me personally, it is that diversity that continues to make it interesting and simulating. Even after all this time there are aspects of Rotary that I never knew and I am constantly learning. Rotary, the organisation, is so diverse it attracts members of equal diversity, who have no other common interest. I am constantly surprised even in my club with the people who manage to get together, laugh and share a common goal, who would never normally meet or speak. Throughout my Rotary life I have been content to work at the ‘grass roots’, whether it was taking up office in my own club, stood in a supermarket with collection box or organising event for local people; making a difference in my own small way. In 2005/2006 I was proud to President of my own club and for the first and I got an insight into District activities as well as those of other clubs. I am the only member currently in our club to go through a full second full term in 2014/2015 and again I got involved with Rotary outside my own club. Everything that Rotary is, what Rotary stands for and what Rotary achieves is as a result of individual members making a difference and giving ‘Service above Self’. Recruiting new members both to replace existing ones and ultimately to increase our numbers, is in my opinion the most important objective we should have.

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