Our Program on Tuesday, October 4th was our District 5950 Governor Lloyd Campbell. Dr. Don Draayer was our Opening Marshal focused his remarks on the meaning of Rotary. Tiffany Frazier and Linda Gustafson announced the Highway Cleanup on Tuesday, November 11th and had fun presenting Governor Campbell with one of our Community Service vests and also announced the Winter Warm Wear coat drive to members.
Our Guest Speaker Governor Lloyd Campbell was introduced by President Frazier as the most ambitious and having the best communications of any governor in the last 14 years. The Governor started by letting us know that he was a member of the Glenwood Rotary Club and was originally attracted to Rotary because of all the great things Rotary does all over the World. He talked about some of the initiatives going on currently and included the “Two Minute Governor Updates”; District 5950’s Signature Project – Preschool for Success (link -https://f.io/YP0-j4y2 ); Honorable Justice Alan Page Talks Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the Law at Old Log on Oct.6th; the new Flip 5950 magazine (link - https://online.fliphtml5.com/
Then Governor Lloyd changed up the meeting by asking our club members questions and did it in a fun and informative manner. He asked why we joined Rotary in the first place and what had attracted us to become Rotarians. Lloyd focused on membership and that we need to tell our Rotary Story to our community and the stereotype that Rotary is just and old white men’s club and that needs to change to attract new members. He had great fun asking members what the 5 Core Values of Rotary and it took a bit of work until Nick and Marianne looked it up on the phones! By the way they were: Service, Fellowship, Diversity, Integrity and leadership. He explained the implications of each core value. Governor Lloyd Campbell did a great job of energizing and motivating our club members. Also during Happy Bucks most members gave their reason for joining the Excelsior Rotary!