"A New Start: Meeting Tuesday 01/01/2013"

 
    We were lucky enough that our weekly meeting fell on the 1st of January, 2013. It was supposed to be an Origami Session but on New Year's Eve the instructor called and apologized asking to postpone it to the next week.

    As the Club's President i was in big trouble; i had not prepared any agenda and i had to send them an agenda as soon as possible. After some thinking i had this thought in mind; The meeting will be on the very first day of the year and since probably most of us are going to write our resolutions then why dont we share them together and help each other keep them ?!

    So here we were: The agenda of the first meeting of the year was this (This is exactly what i sent them):

Dokkiweya;
>
>   Its a new year, a new beginning. Im glad we'll start this year 
> together.
> So what about a new and fresh start ???
>
> Our agenda for tomorrow's meeting is very simple. You only have to 
> think
> of an answer to one question
>
> "What are your resolutions for the new year on the personal and 
> Rotaract
> level?"
>
> We are one family now, we can help each other keep these resolutions 
> and
> promises.
>
> So tomorrow we will be sharing each others' resolutions and putting a 
> plan
> on how to help each other.
>
> Sit with yourselves and think and write down your list. Its a 
> chance
> to open a new page and determine what do you want to change or what 
> do you
> want do.
>
>
> Love you guys and Happy New year :)
>
> Rotaract Love <3
>
> Shaymaa Hamouda
> Charter President
> Rotaract Club of Dokki Garden-City
> Egypt, D2450
> "Be the missing piece"

    On Tuesday we met on time and before starting we discovered that our lovely Club Service Director Shaimaa Hatem has prepared us a format and gave each one of us a copy. We had to write 10 goals we want to accomplish, 8 words we want to live by, Places we want to visit and faces we want to meet during the year.

    After all members were done we started reading our resolutions out loud, with each member's turn we figured out we have a lot in common more than we thought. We were so happy to discover this common ground and goals that we can accomplish together.  

    Yesterday, Shaimaa sent all the members the format so that they can fill a copy and send it back to her. She'll be working on them with the help other directors in order to come up with a plan to fulfill these resolutions during the year.

    Also during the meeting i gladly announced the names of those who are willing to run for next year's High Board Elections. I preferred they take the decision of running early so that they can have enough time to be prepared and get ready for the big posts next year isA :)

    Thats all fellows in service; this meeting was one of the best so far. I was proud of the Dokkiweya sharing their resolutions and hopes for the new year and i was more proud they finally decided to step up and take the lead and continue the journey of this wonderful club during the next year <3

   Before i leave: "Hope, Faith & Love" are the three words that were common between the words most of the members chose to live by during this year. Thus i hope you a splendid year full of happiness and joy and community service. I had faith this year will be better than the last and that the Rotaract family generally and the Egyptian specifically will give even more care and will help the community in better ways. And finally lots and lots of Rotaract love <3

Rotaractly yours

Shaymaa Hamouda

President

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