Rotary Club of Owego, NY
ROTATELLER
Gary Williams, Editor
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Rotary Club of Owego, NY |
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Gary Williams, Editor |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Faye
Wilma led us in "R-O-T-A-R-Y"
The exchange students told about their weeks. Andres and Miguel spoke at the O-A Middle School about the experience of being an exchange student and the importance of knowing another language.
There will be a meeting this Thursday at 7:30 AM. Next week will be the final voting for the members of the Board.
Carolyn Galatzan reminded us that the dinner will be on May 20 and that we will paint railings on May 21.
Bill Moon mentioned the "Walk Through Time" on Hiawatha Island. We have done that a number of times and had a good experience every time.
Richard introduced Marv Fisher who was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by our Club in 2001. He remembers discussions in his house from 1942 when the concern was that the country would soon become bankrupt. He feels that the current system, while in need of improvement, is basically sound. Marv talked about his father and grandfather who were Rotarians. He also found a piece in which Paul Harris was invited to Ithaca in 1941. The first gas credit card in this country dates back to 1924. Marv brought some beautiful coins for us to see.
The following are some excerpts from The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber.
Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.
The problem with most failing businesses I've encountered is not that their owners don't know enough about finance, marketing, management, and operations --- they don't, but those things are easy enough to learn --- but they spend their time and energy defending what they think they know. The greatest businesspeople I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.
They know that a business doesn't miss the mark by failing to achieve greatness in some lofty, principled way, but in the stuff that goes on in every nook and cranny of the business --- on the telephone, on the shipping dock, at the cash register.
Those mundane and tedious little tings that, when done exactly right, with the right kind of distinctive essence, an evanescent quality that distinguishes every great business you've ever done business with from its ore mediocre counterparts whose owners are satisfied to simply get through the day.
So, this book is not about endings, but about beginnings, about the never-ending game, the delightful and exhilarating process, the continuous evolution of our senses, of our consciousness --- of our humanness --- which only comes from being present in the moment, from being attentive to what's going on.
That Fatal Assumption is: If you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that does technical work.
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R. I. President: Glenn Estess, Sr. District 7170 Governor: Peter Brellochs |
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President: Judy Kip President-elect: Orv Wright Vice-President: Al Bingley Secretary: Orv/Carolyn Wright Treasurer: Jan Nolis Past President: Carl Betcher |
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Sgt. At Arms: Paul Stear Pianist: Wilma Betcher |
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Board of Directors: 2003-2005: Kay Murray, John Spencer, Ed Kuhlman 2004-2006: Laura Costello, Matt Adler, Priscilla Hoag |
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Exchange Students: Andrés Tejada - inbound from Bolivia José Rojas Bojalil - inbound from Mexico Leslie-Morgan Frederick - outbound to Japan Chloë Lind - outbound to Mexico Joleen Butterfield - outbound to Brazil Staci Schaffer - outbound to Bolivia |