done differently this year. Instead of visiting each club individually, We have also experienced a ramped-up growth in numbers in the
I will be making each visit to a cluster of clubs centered around an
past month with clubs around the District actively inducting new
Assistant Governor or maybe two together. These will be fellowship
members. My earnest desire is to grow our numbers in the District by
visits and the more the merrier. I will also visit a project or two that
50% by the end of this Rotary year. I also hope we can increase all
each group of clubs will select based on the value that my visit to the
clubs to a minimum of 25 members in the next few months.
project (s) will add.
The District Governor’s PHF challenge is coming up well. We have over 30 Rotarians who have fully paid for the challenge and many others who are actively paying up in installments. The challenge is open to the first-time contributors, those seeking to be multiple Paul Harris Fellows and Rotaractors. The challenge is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and up to a maximum of 100 Rotarians. I will award a Paul Harris Fellow to the club president with the highest number of PHF challenge uptakes. If such a club has more than twelve PHFs during the year, I will award the president with an additional PHF. Should the second-ranking club exceed nine PHFs, the president shall receive a PHF award.
I visited the Coast and spent the first day with the Rotary Clubs of Voi and Taveta who arranged that we all meet at Mwatate to celebrate
I encourage clubs to take up the challenge as it ends on 30th
the RC Mwatate charter ceremony as the key event. The event was
November 2020 for Rotarians and 31st January for Rotaractors.
followed by a joint meeting the next day in Watamu. The Rotary Clubs of Malindi and Kilifi came together to work with the host club
Zoom! Zoom!
Watamu to invigorate its membership drive.
In working with the new norm of digital meetings, I have now lost
The third day was a whirlwind of three engagements starting with a
count on the number of hours I have spent on Rotary digital (or
breakfast meeting with the Rotary Clubs of Mombasa North Coast
Zoom) meetings. I am well on the way to concluding the individual
and Mtwapa immediately followed by a fitness fellowship to work
club “visits’ to meet the boards and discuss their progress on their
off the breakfast. I then had a wonderful lunch with the Rotary
annual plans and also attend the club assemblies. Despite being
Clubs of Bahari, Bamburi, Kilindini, and Nyali where we discussed
digital, the meetings have been intimate as we listen and help clubs
the structure of the District and what opportunities this offered for
on a personalized basis.
the clubs. The day ended with the ‘Super Duper” induction of 25 members into the Rotary Club of Mombasa – the second oldest club
In a big departure from the norm, this virtual meeting opportunity has
in Kenya and the third oldest in Africa.
made it possible for me to have various District Exco members attend and who can answer or challenge club boards on specific areas in
This was the jewel of a phenomenal induction of 54 new members
their specialization.
during the Coast visit.
It has also been great having the District Governor-Elect Alex Nyaga
Many thanks to all the clubs I visited last month for your efforts in
and District Governor Nominee Azeb Asrat (who with me are jointly
preparing for the visits. I was invigorated by the positive energy from
known as the Troika) attend as it ensures seamless leadership in the
clubs and their leaderships, and as a District Governor, I cannot ask
District.
for more!
I started my physical visits in the last month. These are also being
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