I am currently involved in a significant number of school Board elections. The levels of voting are not high in many schools. Thats not a significant issue in that schools have oversight from the Education Review Office, work closely with the Ministry of Education, operate under a well understood set of rules and have trained and professional leaders - i.e they are well set up to continue to run smoothly. When it comes to our local body elections and our national elections the need for people to get engaged is much more important.
We have all become complacent about just how embedded and robust democracy in our system is, but recent events around the world show just how quickly things can change. Even in New Zealand we have a small but vocal group advocating making the country ungovernable something that goes directly against the values that Rotary holds dear.
A reminder to all members. I am looking for content. The Bulletin is a place where you can have included information about our club, our members or Rotary projects which that you think other Rotarians would be interested in. Also its great when members alert me to successful events that have been run in other local clubs. Obviously it's not a forum for advertising or politics.