Fredericksburg Rotary - A Message from the Club President

As I mentioned at the Installation Banquet, it was a privilege to be asked to serve first as President Elect, and subsequently as President. Mike Elvir did a wonderful job; it will be a challenge to live up to the accomplishments of Mike, his Board and all of the club members who volunteered to serve on various committees throughout the year.

I have seen first hand the good work that we do in the community, and I have personally been the recipient of much goodwill, encouragement and fellowship since I joined the club. In my situation, one quickly becomes aware of the need for assistance in overcoming mental or physical setbacks in order to move on with life. The club has certainly been very helpful to me in that regard. That is one reason that I would like to see all of us work that much harder to address both our community needs and RI’s global programs. We can do it, and we can have a lot of fun at the same time……..it’s up to us!

You will see from the Plan that the focus continues to be on all of the projects that we have done so well for so long. I believe our big challenge this fiscal year will be in gearing up for, and growing, Wings Over the Hills. We started out well, better than expected, and I see no reason not to expand as we move from year to year. The other new item on the agenda involves a collaboration between Fredericksburg Salutes Our Wounded Warriors and the two Fredericksburg Rotary clubs. This effort will allow all of our members to participate, at least twice yearly, and will provide a good measure of publicity for the club as well.

As we did this past fiscal year, we will judge our success at the end of the year in the following ways:

Did we grow our membership?
Did we bring in younger members? Improve diversity?
Did we improve our new member orientation/retainage/participation?
Did we improve attendance?
Did we increase participation in Club functions?
Did we broaden our community support and increase our support for RI?
Did we all have a good time doing all of these things?

I thank you once again for your confidence in me and your support for all that we do together.

Sincerely,

Hugh Fuller, President 2011 - 2012