1 April - The following News Item has been submitted by Porirua Sundown Rotary.
Alf
Porilo
Alf Porilo gave
up his valuable time to address Porirua Sundown with a talk that identified the
current problems with our Rotary Clubs’ diminishing memberships. He believes
that moving away from the past and looking towards our next generations is
costing us (Rotary) our members.
Alf was born at
a very early age in New York, of Italian American lineage, and moved to
Manchester, UK where he received his education in locally approved schools.
Having cemented a career in building, proficiently as a hod-carrier for Lego,
he then transferred his skills to addressing falling memberships in private
gentlemen clubs and turned their downward spiral around. He now believes that
he can also do the same for Rotary.
Alf realises
that the downturn has only taken place since the relaxation of the formalities’
of Rotary. Some clubs have moved away from displaying the Charter and even a
picture of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Rotary Grace has been removed from the weekly meeting
and some of our clubs no longer recite the four-way test.
He believes that
if we want to want to stop the leaking membership then we must all sing God
Save the Queen with gusto and recite the four-way test to bring back our
numbers.
Alf’s vision of
reducing the roles available to women as a way to increase membership was
difficult to comprehend but he argued the facts speak for themselves, do the
math he said.
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| Pictured – Alf Porilo with President Gordon at Porirua Sundown. |
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