The Rotary Club of Kirkland held its regular weekly meeting online on June 29, 2020.  It is our annual Transition Meeting, usually Transition Dinner.

The meeting began about 6:19 p.m., as arranged by James Nevers, using his Zoom account. As usual, we waited a few minutes before starting, to give everyone a chance to ‘arrive’.

 

Rotary International's 2020-21 motto is Rotary Opens Opportunities; the opportunity to build fellowship, help others, and grow as a leader in your community.  Our first step is to get involved in our club through one of our many service committees.

 

Fellow Rotarians, if you haven't done so already, please consider your committee commitments for 2020-21.  Successful Rotary clubs do good works through their committee structures, and our Rotary Club of Kirkland is no exception.  Each active member of the club should have received the short committee service survey President James distributed just prior to the Transition Celebration.  If you have not completed the survey, please complete it as we enter this new Rotary year.  You can access the survey by answering the email James sent to our membership, or by clicking on this link: https://forms.gle/A545af97pdZo5VfK8.

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Seattle, the Rotary Club of Kirkland was chartered on August 23, 1937 with 41 members.  The Seattle club was the fourth club established by Rotary, and Kirkland was the 120th club to be chartered.  This coming August our club will celebrate its 83rd anniversary.  In just two more years, in August 2022, the Rotary Club of Kirkland will celebrate its 85th year of service to our community.
 
Our Monday evening meeting tradition started early in 1946.  At that time it became apparent that new clubs were needed on the east side of Lake Washington.  Conversations with Bothell business people resulted in the Northshore club being chartered on April 14, 1958.  Subsequent planning resulted in Bellevue Rotary being chartered on March 17, 1961.  The Kirkland club went on to establish Rotary clubs on Mercer Island, in Redmond, and in Issaquah. The club has a rich legacy of community building, a tradition that will contribute to a successful 85-year history of service in 2022.