DG Mark Williamson

13 November 2025: District Governor’s visit

Our District Govenror, Mark Williamson, joined us today, together wich his wife Liz. He described visits he paid to RIBI headquarters in Alcester and Rotary International in the United States.

He also mentioned the RIBI targets for the year. Although he encouraged us to adopt all of them, he reckoned that only one was compulsory. The was the membership target. Unfortunately the membership of the individual Clubs in the district was dropping, mainly due to the fact that many Rotary members in the UK are now elderly. A number had died and others were struggling to continue. Several Clubs were down to eight members.

Ours is not one of them. There was a practical example of this when, during the meeting, we welcomed new members Warwick Aldham. He has already taken part in many of the meetings since his arrival in Chelmsford from Australia, so he is no stranger to the Club and it was a pleasure to welcome him formally as a member.