Welcome
WELCOME TO THE PRESTON CENTER ROTARY CLUB
“The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands” is the theme for Rotary International this year. You, the individual Rotarian, are the most important person in Rotary because YOU make things happen, not the leadership. This coming year we are going to embark upon new initiatives as well as maintaining existing PCRC events and traditions. As incoming club president, I want to thank all of our club members for continuing to support our charitable events, our outgoing officers and directors for continuing to keep our club on track and our new officers and directors for accepting the challenges of leadership this new Rotary year.
This summer, the July board meeting will continue to be 7:15 a.m., the second Tuesday of the month at Kathleen’s Sky Diner. The new district governor, Dave McSpadden, will visit our club August 19th. The August board meeting will be at our home at 6:00 p.m. with the district governor in attendance, the evening before on Tuesday, August 18th. A cocktail reception will follow. Additionally, we need to ramp up our efforts to attract sponsors and golfers to the Westapher Golf Tournament, October 12th. The first Tournament of Champions will be held at 8:00 a.m. the morning of the 12th at our new venue, The Golf Club of Dallas. The afternoon round will continue to be a Florida scramble format. Sunday night, October 11th, the auction and dinner for the tournament will be held at the home of Kathy Donovan. We are going to advertise the tournament on the District 5810 website, our website and have our members visit the clubs of 5810 to issue a challenge to see which Rotary Club has the most stroke!
Finally, I want to express a special word of thanks and congratulations to Bud Bush for his leadership and direction last year. Bud and his team have left our club with a strong foundation on which to build. It is my hope that we will continue to focus on helping one another personally and professionally throughout the year, grow our membership by targeting specific individuals to be part of our team and to have fun.
I am looking forward to a fun and action packed year and thank each of you for your friendship and nd help because the Future of Rotary is in Your Hands.
Ban Bywaters
