New Rotary president values service
Rob Williamson, the newly-elected president of the Rotary Club of Polokwane hopes the club will be even better at the end of his term as president.
POLOKWANE – Rob Williamson, the newly-elected president of the Rotary Club of Polokwane hopes the club will be even better at the end of his term as president.
He says his role is to lead the club and to ensure it functions effectively.
Rotary was founded in Chicago in 1905 by a group of volunteers with the main objective of encouraging and fostering the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. The rotary motto is Service above Self.
Rob works at Ndlovu Fencing trading as Stafix Electric Fence and Security Centres. He is married to Avril Mueller and has two stepchildren and three step-grandchildren.
“The children and grandchildren all live in Germany,” he says.
Rob has been a member of Rotary for eight years. He served four years with the Capricorn Rotary Club and has been with the Rotary Club of Polokwane for the last four years.
Rotary membership is open to businesspeople and professionals, both active and retired, who apply their time and talent to the promotion of world understanding and peace. In Rob’s free time he busies himself with Rotary projects.
“Joining Rotary was a natural progression of service club membership after Round Table. I especially enjoy the fellowship and social interactions with my fellow Rotarians, which accompanies the satisfaction of providing service to the community.”
He says what surprised him most about working with other Rotarians was the amount of time, money and effort Rotarians spent on the needy.
“I enjoy the fellowship the most, and there is nothing I do not enjoy.”
Club members meet for a weekly fellowship and to discuss local and global topics, while seeking solutions to the problems faced by the less fortunate in the community. They are non-religious and non-governmental, and individuals of every race, culture and creed are invited to join.
Rotarians measure themselves with the four-way test in which the following questions are asked:
• Is it the truth?
• Is it fair to all concerned?
• Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Rob says his message to others in the community who want to help the less fortunate is to come and join a service club like the Rotary Club of Polokwane.
