THANK YOU Diane
As we begin a new way of presenting club news via our website we must give a huge vote of thanks to Diane McGrath for her dedication in producing the Bulletin over the last 18 years.
Diane can’t remember who she replaced but after her first 8 years had 12 months of respite when Carol Castano took on the role after her year as President (2009-10) Carol was unable to continue, so Diane recommenced her role as editor and has done so until 2020. True “Service above Self”.
Diane estimates that each weekly Bulletin, took an average of 6 or 7 hours of her time, sourcing information and formatting the document.
Most of the information was obtained by browsing the internet and any story considered interesting would be included. However, it usually wasn't just a matter of 'copy and paste' because different formats could make adding a particular story a time consuming chore.
The best moment of preparing a Bulletin was the satisfaction of a completed edition, knowing that she had provided an interesting, entertaining and a newsworthy edition.
Conversely, being behind schedule, meant she was up until after midnight in order to finish on time, but fortunately this did not happen often.
Her Bulletin efforts were recognised with a District Award on one occasion.
On reflection Diane is extremely glad she had the role as Bulletin editor by getting positive satisfaction from creating, designing and providing newsy items for our members.
Thank you Diane for your dedication to producing the Bulletin which has always been appreciated by members and friends of the Rotary Club of Footscray.