Title: Rotary Meeting Florence Arizona

Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/rotary-meeting-florence-arizona|rotary-meeting-florence-arizona]]

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Created: 2023-01-19 23:17:43

Updated: 2023-01-23 22:34:59

Published: 2023-01-23 00:00:00

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{{https://dashboard.conventionofstates.com/admin/blog_posts/18763/edit}}By Pam Tittes, AZ VCD, SGC Team

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My local Rotary Club in Florence, AZ meets weekly, and the members are asked to provide short presentations on a rotating basis on whatever subject they feel might be interesting or beneficial to the rest of the membership. In the past I have considered presenting on Convention of States (COS); however, I have hesitated because I feared some attending might find the subject a bit too political. But sometimes you just have to go for it. This week I gave a short presentation on COS to my local Rotarians, and, in fact, received a very positive response.

I started out with a short summary of COS, and I followed by playing one of COS’ standard short videos (3+ min.). I finished by reading an excerpt from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s May 26, 1963, address to the graduates of Defiance College. It was an amazing speech on the application of Article V for a Convention of States, ending with:

==== “… Moreover, constitutional amendment is not to be lightly undertaken.  But if you and your generation, fortified by a superb education, with access to the knowledge and wisdom of the ages, and imbued with the spirit of our founders, decide that reformation of a radical kind becomes due – then I say, let nothing stop you! Study, examine, survey, think, consider, decide, and then – by all means – act!” ====

No matter what your political background, the average American can see spending by the Federal Government is not sustainable. Something must change! And that was the response I received from the Rotarians present.  Everyone there either signed our petition (“Passed State” version) or took one to return to me later. I guess the moral is to never assume anything.\\
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