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The following are excerpts from the July 2020 President’s Message in The Rotarian. Every great challenge is an opportunity for renewal and growth. The COVID 19 crisis has forced all of us to adapt. This is is good, and our new Action Plan specifically call on us to improve our ability to adapt. But adaptation is not enough. We need to change, and change dramatically, if we are to face the challenges of this new age and provide the Rotary that the world so desperately needs. This is our great challenge, not just in the next year but into the future. It is up to us to remake Rotary for these new times— to wholeheartedly embrace the ideas, energy, and commitment of young people eager to find an outlet for idealism. We must become an organization fully enmeshed in the digital age, not one that simply looks for on line ways to keep doing what we have always done. I think the above is a good challenge for all of us, however, it would have been better if he suggested that we should be embracing people of all ages not just young people. Some of us old farts are also eager to find an outlet for our idealism and our experiences can be invaluable in helping to maintain Rotary on the right track. |
