May 2010
May 25, 2010 7:30 PM
A very warm reception was waiting for Ambassadorial Scholar Asca Tsushima and her support team - myself and the two Rotarians who she referred to as her "cheerleaders" or her "English Dad's" - David Briggs and Colin Harris from the Nuneaton Rotary Club. Still, Asca referred to me as a "very very very very young Rotarian", which has to be 4 "verys" too many!
The idea of a speaker's host is a nice tradition and a role played very well by Len Leibling at...
May 11, 2010 7:15 PM
It is always interesting to see how Rotary Clubs and their venue arrangements vary over time. While the formal part of the meeting was in the same room as I remembered from my first visit around 15 years ago, the food situation has improved massively for the Rotary Club of Lichfield St Chad. The carvery arrangement in the main restaurant works really well, although I did think the 'ladies first' approach gave Ryoko a challenge. One of the other Scholars told me two or three years ago that...
May 10, 2010 6:00 PM
Navigating during rush hour always make trying to get to a twilight meeting a bit of a challenge, but we just about made it to Drayton Manor Park in time to setup before the Tamworth Rotary meeting kicked off. There were a lot of apologies, making the turnout quite small, but this actually matched well with Asca's interactive style of presentation. Despite my seeing her talk three days earlier, it had changed yet again. This time Asca had incorporated her experience of a recent visit to a...
May 7, 2010 7:15 AM
The general election was still in full swing as the Coventry Breakfast Rotary meeting began on the 7th May and those present had either had very little sleep, or had given up watching the election coverage at an early stage. Those that did make it were in for a treat though as Asca gave another of her excellent talks. Asca is constantly tweaking, changing and improving her presentation, which makes it a delight to watch. The audience participation was at the usual level, both with the...
