RIBI President’s visit

Pictured left to right: Matlock President Peter Wigglesworth, RIBI President John Minhinick, DG Dave Ashley 

Rotarian John Minhinick, the President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and his wife Sheila, left our District yesterday after three days with us. Before leaving, President John asked me to thank everyone who had been involved in either the arrangements for or attendance at all of the different parts of the visit. He and Sheila have had a wonderful time in District 1220 and were most complementary about everything they saw and heard and the activities they took part in during their visit. Brief details of the visit can be found on my blog on the District website.

On a personal level I would wish to echo those sentiments. Everyone involved has clearly worked very hard to ensure that their part of the visit went off without a hitch. There was no part of the visit that did not present Rotary in this District in the most positive light to him.

The arrangements for the visit were particularly intended to highlight the range of work we are doing in our local communities, with schools, the sick and the elderly, our forward planning in respect of membership retention and recruitment and the help we provide to local charitable causes in our communities and in this regard it was extremely successful. We also tried to give him just a very small glimpse of the natural beauty, history, culture and lifestyle within the District. Once again John gave great praise to this element of the visit.

Unfortunately as with any three day visit, it is not possible to include all clubs in the arrangements but Pres. John was exposed to almost one third of the Clubs in the District, giving him a fair picture of the health of the District.

Thanks once again

Yours in Rotary

Dave Ashley