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LUNCH SETUP UPDATE
President Alex's Message


Dear Roswell Rotary-

This week we have the honor of hosting District Governor André Marria. I hope that we can have a full house to welcome her. She is an amazing woman with great compassion, humor, and vision. Her message will not disappoint and I expect that it will be an energetic meeting.

I want to address our LUNCH SETUP. As I said in my introductory remarks, “It’s a cinch by the inch, it’s hard by the yard.” I believe that we are making progress, and I ask that you stay encouraging to the board and the caterer. 

•  One of the setbacks has been that our warmers in the kitchen have been out of commission. 

        -We have placed a service order and are awaiting repairs. 

        -We have also purchased a warmer that will arrive prior to our Thursday meeting - this should greatly help to ensure that we have hot chicken. 

•  We will have sweet tea, regular iced tea, and water on the tables this week (in the same containers that the water was in last week) as well as in the back (along with coffee and tea). 

•  We are addressing increased main courses and side choices.

•   It will be helpful that when you sit, you sit at a table with at least one other person. 

      -The servers have been instructed not to serve a table until at least two people are seated. 

     -The servers have also been instructed to serve food from 12 to 12:15. 

•  Rolls (and butter) and desserts will be placed on the tables ahead of time as well as salad dressing (which will be in bowls rather than packets) and salt/pepper. 

•  We will have ample serving utensils on the table. 

Please give family style a chance - a few more weeks - until we can get it to where we believe it should be and befitting our club. As you may have noticed, we are seated and more respectful to our speakers, we are reconnecting with our fellow Rotarians in a more intimate setting, and we have been ending our meetings earlier. The purpose of this elevated experience is, in part, to improve the dining experience for both our members and our guests, as well as to hopefully make our lunch meeting more inclusive feeling in order to attract and keep new members. In short, it is to be beneficial for all concerned. 

Thank you for your patience. There are a lot of exciting things ahead for Roswell Rotary!

President Alex

Posted by Alex Kaufman
July 25, 2023

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