About a year and a half after I joined my Rotary club, I terminated my membership because I missed four consecutive meetings.  That was the rule at the time. I’ll freely admit – I didn’t care much for the food or the weekly meetings.  I didn’t think they were the best use of my time.  But the real issue was that I wasn’t engaged.  I had no role, I had no reason to be a member, and I didn’t need to go to a luncheon meeting every week that appeared to offer me absolutely nothing. 

 

But then my incoming club president asked me to chair ...