February 2018 Newsletter
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Last year’s Club Leadership Academy received RAVE REVIEWS from attendees.
“I just wanted to let you all know that Club Leadership Academy was awesome! It was a one-day conference in every sense of the word! I wasn't expecting that at all. And the food was incredible. Thanks.” – Cheryl of Peoria North
“I just want to thank you for the fantastic CLA! It was the best! The facilitators were perfect and the interaction was wonderful.” – Polly from Mesa West
“What a fantastic conference! Wow! Incredible planning and effort was evident throughout.” – Jennette from Sedona
It is certainly true that the reasons for a person joining Rotary are varied and many. For some, it’s the personal and business networking that motivates them. For others, it’s fellowship and a sense of belonging to a world-wide organization of people. Still for others, it’s a status symbol. Whatever the reasons, everyone has one. Sadly, some of the reasons don’t fit Rotary’s primary purpose; a network of problem solvers living the mantra of Service Above Self.
Networking for professional and personal development is laudable, so is the quest for social recognition through association with entities that have an impact, and so is an opportunity to travel around the world to Rotary events. My fear is that the essence and core responsibility of being a Rotarian is being lost on many around the world, at least from my club.
On Friday, January 26, Phoenix Rotary 100 honored ASU President Dr. Michael Crow with its annual Career-Community Award of Merit. The award was established to honor someone who is not only stellar in their career, but also stellar in the community. The awardees should exhibit accomplishments similar to that of the late Mayor John Driggs, for whom the award was created. The past awardees have consisted of Sandra Day O’Connor and Jerry Colangelo, with Dr. Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, as our third honoree.
President Allister Adel introduced the award committee—Terry Gilberg, Past President Joe Prewitt, Adam Driggs and herself—who meets and decides on the awardee every year. Allister then handed over the mic to Terry Gilberg, who offered a little background on the award. PP Joe Prewitt handled the Q&A session with Dr. Crow.
Vocational Service was one of Rotary’s “original” 4 Avenues of Service, and as such, much of the basics of what makes Rotary vocational service what it is today came from the foundations set in place by early Rotarians.