Al Storey Remembers 1973-74

  When I was asked to talk about my year as president of Rotary [1973-74], I think I had a "senior moment," because I couldn’t remember very much about that year.  The non-medical term for senior moment is mental glitch. The scientific name is literal paraphasia.  I'm not sure which term applies to me -- but I do remember a few things.

 

    I remember that our Directory shows two presidents for the year 73-74.  Peter Forsythe was elected president July 1, 1973 and I was named president-elect.  About 6 weeks later Peter left for a new opportunity on the east coast, and I began one of the shortest presidential terms in Rotary.

 

    I remember that our Club had about 225 members, all males, and, that we were nearly evenly divided as "Town and Gown.”  We retained that number and that division for a number of years.

 

    I remember that our Membership Committee held to a Rotary International classification requirement --"no more than two members in a club with the same vocational title."

 

    I remember that our purpose and activities centered around support for local youth groups, excellent programs, youth scholarships and 51% attendance.

 

    My intent today is to give a retiree's perspective of "then and now"--1973-74 and 2012.

 

    Including women in Rotary is a tremendous asset—having committees meet at 11 o'clock has greatly enhanced our member participation and increased our accomplishments-- our method of electing our officers has given us consistently great leadership--also, members of this club have shown great creativity and leadership--and all of this has been done with fun, good fellowship, good humor and a high sense of "Service Above Self."

 

    Most of you know how I will conclude my remarks.  Please look at your friends around you, and appreciate them, as I change a few pronouns and say:

 

        Your love to all those that you love.

        Your love to all those that love you.

        Your love to all those,

        Who love those that you love,