Philip Skaff

Friendship, family like ties between members and implementation of projects to help our community through a 50 members Rotary Club. Yes, this is the challenge we have promised ourselves to achieve.

By we, I mean the Charter members of RC Beirut Cedars who will receive his chart tonight. We are 27 members that are here to enjoy fellowship with one another and get the personal satisfaction as a result of serving others.

Our club is dedicated to membership development as we believe that the more members in the Club, the more we can serve while of course keeping an eye on the quality of members joining the Club. Each one in our Club will be assigned a job.

We are also planning to change misleading rotary conceptions, we are sometimes witnessing around us and give priority to objectives and targets through friendship and close cooperation between members and with other Clubs locally and internationally.

Thank you to all of you with us tonight. A special thanks for those who had to travel to attend this event, especially our DG Nijad Al Atassi, and his charming wife Jamila. Thank you also to the sponsor of this Charter Night, my friend and cousin Henri Chalhoub and Isis. Thank you to my friend George Habchi who came especially from Egypt to sing for you tonight.

Thank you for your support in our efforts to serve.

Gandhi said: “The future depends on what we do in the present”.

This is why the future of Rotary is in your hands today.

Enjoy your evening

Philippe Skaff

Special Representative

President 2010/2011

Rotary Club Beirut Cedars