Newsletter Nuggets
Paul Harris was more than just the founder of Rotary. If all he had
done was call a few business friends together and start a new club in
Chicago, we probably would never know his name. Moreover, Rotary
International as we know it would probably not exist, or at least not
exist in its present form.
Paul Harris had vision, and he shared his vision with others long
after that first Rotary meeting in 1905. In this Newsletter Nugget
section, I have pulled together brief samples of that vision. The idea
is to prepare material that you can easily cut and paste into your
club’s newsletter or bulletin to share with your members. As with all
material produced by the Rotary Global History, any Rotary
Club is free to use the material with proper attribution. To facilitate
the attribution, each section includes the attribution at the bottom.
Simply include it when you cut and paste.
I use the following conventions in these nuggets.
- Any direct quotation from Paul Harris is printed in italics.
- Any commentary designed to put the quotation into context is in
normal type. (Most of these nuggets include
substantial quotations from Paul Harris, although some are simply
summaries based on his writings.)
- The source of the quotation is in parentheses right after the
quotation. You can access the original source on the site
www.whatpaulharriswrote.org.
Mike Raulin
Rotary Club of Canfield, Ohio
Rotary Global History (RGHF)
