Today was Don Wentz’s last meeting as president of our Rotary Club of Livermore<\/a>. The night before was my last board meeting as president of the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At today’s meeting I was taking photographs for our club newsletter. Don recognized and thanked many of our members. I was surprised and delighted when he recognized me as Rotarian of the Year for 2016-2017.<\/p>\n

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As a club board member, I saw the nominations and someone wrote the following (in words way too kind I thought). I voted for another candidate.<\/p>\n

Patrick Coyle exemplifies the ideals of the Rotary Four-Way Test, exhibits a true spirit of volunteerism, and demonstrates community leadership through: (a) his leadership to the club in general; (b) his multiple volunteer-service contributions to our club\u2019s local and regional community; and (c) his service contributions to the greater international community. Patrick has demonstrated substantial leadership through the coordination of District 5170 Area 4 Global Grant activities in Nicaragua with the San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua Rotary Club and Masaya Rotary Club, where Global Grants support local community involvement in the building of composting toilets and the development of water supply systems. In addition, Patrick is actively involved with the Coaniquem Burned Children Foundation in Chile. Patrick\u2019s volunteerism and other contributions significantly support Rotary\u2019s six areas of focus.<\/p>\n

I am honored to be recognized and hope to fulfill the intent of the nominating text. My experience with Rotary reminds me there is no end of opportunities for service.<\/p>\n

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