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AUG 2016 Issue 06. 2016-17
RAINBOW NEWS
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
Two months have quickly gone by and as we wind up the month
of August, together with our Rotary International President
Germ, I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate your
membership and various contributions that you continue to
make towards our great club. To be the oldest yet most vibrant
club this side of the region takes a lot more than just attending
meetings and I am encouraged you, my fellow Rotarians who
participate actively in our club activities. RCN is because you are. To bring a close to this
Membership month, I welcome you all to join the Family of Rotary tomorrow Thursday,
25th August 2016 for lunch at Furusato Restaurant at 12.30 p.m. We shall not have our
usual lunch at Laico Regency. I thank Rtn. Mary Coulson for all the work that she is put-
ting in to make the Family of Rotary functional again.
I hope we have all been enjoying the line up of speakers that Rtn. Jessica has worked on
for the past 2 months. Jessica has promised to ensure we have great speakers including
you, our members and I hope you will offer yourself for a Job Talk when called upon. We
thank her for the good work. I would also like to recognize the efforts of Rtn. Ritesh
who despite being relatively new, has actively participated in the activities of the club and
more especially with his leadership in coordinating the activities of the PR Committee
that is enhancing the image of our club.
Dear members, join me in bidding our Club Secretary Irina farewell as she takes off to
pursue her further studies and will be away from us for two years. We wish her well and
look forward to her return.
Thank you friends for your continued support!
David Githanga
CLUB PRESIDENT 2016/17
NOTICES
FAMILY OF ROTARY
LUNCH
Thursday, 25th August 2016
Furusato Restaurant
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Charges: Kshs. 1,200.00
KENGEN FOUNDATION
Thursday, 1st Sept 2016
Laico Regency
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Speaker: Catherine Kwena
THE FILM INDUSTRY IN
KENYA
Thursday, 8th Sept 2016
Laico Regency
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Speaker: Rachel Keino
JOB TALK
Thursday, 15th Sept 2016
Laico Regency
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Manu Chandaria
Have you paid your Subscriptions?
Pay today! Cheques to: Rotary Club of Nairobi
Club of Nairobi
Celebrating Our Members
Club of Nairobi
BREXIT
DR. JOHN
MURTON
18/08/2016
“It is a man’s job
to be a good
Rotarian, and he
who lives up to the
precepts will be a
good neighbor, a
kind friend, a
loving husband, a
companionable
father, and an
asset to the
community in
which he lives.”
- Paul Harris
JOHN F. GERM
PRESIDENT 2016-17
AUGUST 2016
Forty years ago, a man named George Campbell,
the owner of the company I worked for, invited me
to join Rotary. Back then, that was a common prac-
tice in the United States. Your boss invited you to
join Rotary because he thought it would be good for
business and good for the community, and you said
yes. It’s not surprising that our membership surged
during that period.
George warned me not to use Rotary as an excuse to slack off at work. Even so, I always
had time to attend lunch meetings and serve on committees. I never had to worry that
taking a long lunch once a week would hurt my advancement, or what my boss would think
about the occasional Rotary phone call at work.
Today, things are different. Companies are less generous about time, and not every manag-
er looks favorably on community service. It’s hard to enjoy a Rotary meeting when you’ve
got emails piling up on your phone. It’s harder than ever to balance work with Rotary –
and the model that gave us so much growth a few decades ago is part of what’s holding
back our growth now.
That’s why the recent Council on Legislation adopted some innovative measures that allow
clubs to vary their meeting times and expand their pool of prospective members. Clubs
have more flexibility now to respond to the needs of their members and to clear away as
many barriers to membership as they can. But there’s one barrier to membership that only
you can remove, one thing that every prospective member needs to become a Rotarian: an
invitation to join a Rotary club.
Whenever I tell a group of Rotarians that we need more willing hands, more caring hearts,
and more bright minds to move our work forward, everyone applauds. But those hands,
hearts, and minds won’t magically appear in our clubs. We have to ask them to join. And an
invitation to Rotary is something that only you can give. An invitation is a gift. It’s saying to
someone, “I think you have the skills, the talent, and the character to make our community
better, and I want you to join me in doing that.”
I’m the president of Rotary International, but the only club I can invite someone to join is
the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tenn. I can’t make your club or your community strong-
er. Only you can do that – by inviting the qualified people you know to join you in Rotary
Serving Humanity.
Rotary Club of Nairobi is a member of
Rotary International.
Club no: 17261. Chartered 1930.
P.O. Box 41181-00100 - Nairobi.
www.rotarynairobi.org
“The Rotary way
works! But Rotary has
no patent on it, for it is
but the Golden Rule in
action. Any person, any
nation, can apply it by
displacing negative
hatred and fear with
goodwill based upon
understanding. Peace
among nations is not
impossible of
attainment; they can
find peace if they will.”
- Paul Harris
ATTENDANCE REPORT
AUGUST 25, 2016
MEMBERS PRESENT - 18
MAKE UPS - 8
72%
AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP
MONTH
FAMILY OF ROTARY LUNCHEON
THURSDAY, 25TH AUGUST 2016
FURUSATO RESTAURANT, WEST-
ALANDS
12.30 PM - 2.00 PM
CHARGES: KSHS. 1,200.00
RSVP: [email protected]
Tel: 0700 834 511
