Thursday, July 08, 2010

Henry Pick Presents Past District Governor's Pin


At today’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe, I was presented with my Past District Governor’s pin by PDG Henry Pick. It was wonderful having Henry make the presentation as Henry had conducted my installation a little over a year ago. He is the most senior of District 5520’s PDGs, having served in 1981-1982. Henry has been a mentor and strong supporter of my Rotary career. I will use him as a measure of my service as a Past District Governor.

This is the last blog I will be writing in this forum. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the District’s 2009-2010 Leadership Team for their support throughout our year of service. Without them we would not have been able to realize the accomplishments we did. And again, a special thank you to Pat Murray and her outstanding District Conference Committee for making the 2010 District Conference the best ever. I also want to thank the Clubs of District 5520 for making each and every club visit a memorable and enjoyable event. They provided me the opportunity to learning how Rotarians across the District are serving their communities. Those visits were truly the highlight of my year as District Governor.

And finally, I want to thank Lorraine for her continued support and love. I couldn’t have done it without her.

Thank you, District 5520 for giving me this incredible experience!
Dick Jones
District 5520 Governor
2009 - 2010

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Rotary Club of Santa Fe is 100% Paul Harris Club


Last week, I had the honor of presenting the three newest members of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe with Paul Harris Fellow awards. The awarding of these Paul Harris Fellowships continues the Rotary Club of Santa Fe’s status as a “100% Paul Harris Fellow Club.” The Club first attained this honor last year in recognition of my year of service as District 5520’s Governor for 2009-2010.

I have requested that The Rotary Foundation certify the Club as a “100% Paul Harris Fellow Club,” provide them with the recognition banner, and include the Club on the Rotary Foundation’s list of “100% Paul Harris Fellow Clubs”.

During last week’s Paul Harris presentation, I also presented Tim Butler 2009-2010 Club President and Pat Murray with a District 5520 certificate recognizing this outstanding accomplishment.

Pictured above with me during the presentation are Pat Murray, Tim Butler, and the Rotary Club of Santa Fe’s newest Paul Harris Fellows Diana Ronquillo, Zella Cox, and Ralph Stengren.