Letters
to the editor
Making and Impact
1When Peter Offer was the Rotary Great Britain & Ireland President in 2006, he wanted us to support the Impact Foundation, whose aims are very much like Rotary's, though the emphasis is on helping to prevent disabilities, and for early intervention when those disabilities have occurred. I was volunteered to be that liaison person.
I have now been on the Board of Trustees of Impact representing Rotary in these islands, since then, but, as I get older and slower we are now looking for another Rotarian to represent the Rotarians from Great Britain & Ireland on their Board.
If anyone is interested, please contact me on kbeejay13@gmail.com.
Keith Barnard-Jones,
Island and Royal Manor of Portland Rotary Club, Dorset
North Star is essential
Under your editorship the magazine continues to go from strength to strength, but this edition scales new heights (Rotary magazine, Summer).
It should be essential reading for every Rotarian (and contacts) as we seek to implement change or rather as I prefer to call it, adapt to a changing environment. The word change is an emotional word which can create fear and uncertainty.
The articles are many and varied but encapsulate the simple message that we either recruit (and retain!) new members or permit this great movement to wither on the vine - not the legacy we wish to leave.
Thank you for making sure we are emboldened to move forward.
John Edwards,
Lytham Rotary Club, Lancashire
Presidential Shield is fitting honour
In his letter “Misperception over PHF award” (Rotary magazine, Summer), Tony Cook says that it is time for RI to consider a system of exceptional service recognition.
When in 1988-89 I had the honour of being President of my club, Felixstowe Landguard, of which I am also a founder member, one of our members at the age of 52 took his first and only parachute jump to raise money for charity. He raised several thousand pounds.
I thought that such service deserved more than just a verbal “Great, well done”. I therefore presented the club with a Presidential Shield for Exceptional Service. Attached to the shield are small metal shields on which is engraved the name of the receiver and the year. It is for the President to decide to whom to present it at the end of his presidential year. The recipient takes the shield home until presented to the next recipient. The shield has been awarded every year since.
I am now 95 years old and have greatly enjoyed my years in Rotary. It gave me a sense of purpose and I have met some wonderful people.
Antony Pittaccio,
Felixstowe Landguard Rotary Club, Suffolk
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