Friday will start with our traditional Celebration of Life for the Rotarians we have lost in the last year.  We will have our annual district business meeting between the Celebration and lunch.  Our speaker at lunch will be Scott Simon, author of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life.  Scott will talk about conquering anxiety by planfully facing your fears on a daily basis.  On Friday afternoon, we will have learning assembly sessions on subjects including mental health and anxiety, growing Rotary and our impact, and public image.  On Friday evening we will have social time and informal buffet stations with a magician moving from group to group through the evening performing magic just for you!  The Geauga West Club will be hosting a hospitality suite to continue the fellowship to close the night.

 

Saturday morning will open with a buffet breakfast followed by learning sessions on growth, companion clubs, youth exchange and a very fun Rotary 101 Jeopardy-style game.  Our lunch will be our Celebration of Youth with Interact, Youth Exchange and Four Way Test Speech Contest winners.  On Saturday afternoon we will have President-Elect Leadership 6630 sessions.  In parallel with those sessions, a representative from Clubrunner will be in a breakout room to answer your questions about Clubrunner and the new version known as Nova.  In another breakout area, members of our Youth Protection Committee will be addressing  your questions on youth protection and training.

 

At dinner on Saturday, we will have a panel discussion during which we discuss how our various organizations can work together to make Northeast Ohio an even better place to live. Our 1630+ members in Northeast Ohio recognize the power of partnerships.  This panel is the beginning of a conversation about creating strong partnerships between service and philanthropic organizations in Northeast Ohio.  Participants in the panel are:  Karen Hrdlicka, Director, The Center for Family Philanthropy at the Akron Community Foundation, Brenda Cummins, Director, Philanthropic Services at the Cleveland Foundation, Penny Forster, Director, Community Impact, Cleveland Guardians and Britta Latz, Executive Director, MedWish MEdworks.

 

Following dinner, the Mentor Club will be hosting a hospitality suite to continue the discussion and fellowship!

 

I hope to see each and every one of you there!  I promise you will have fun, learn something and be inspired to grow Rotary and make Northeast Ohio and the world a better place to live!