October 10, 2024 • 16 mins
In this episode of On the Road with Paul Ward, we sit down with Margarida Eidson from the Rotary Club of Ventura East to explore her journey with Rotary and the impact the organization has worldwide. Margarida shares how she first got involved and the key initiatives her chapter is working on, including Rotary's global mission to eradicate polio. We also learn about the autonomous structure of Rotary clubs, the variety of projects they undertake, and the opportunities available for volunteers and donors. Margarida, set to become District Governor in 2026-2027, gives us insight into her future role and discusses the importance of keeping Rotary thriving for the next generation. She highlights Rotary programs for high school and college students and reflects on how she plans to manage the vast District 5240, which includes 70 clubs, while ensuring their positive impact in the community.
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0:00 Welcome to On the Road and introduction to guest, Margarida Eidson of Rotary Club of Ventura East
0:23 Margarida Eidson tells us how she first got involved in Rotary Club
1:34 We learn about what Margarida’s Chapter of Rotary does and is involved with, as well as Rotary as a whole’s main goal of eradicating Polio
4:52 Rotary is completely autonomous within each club and is supported by Rotary Districts and Zones
6:05 Some Rotary projects are annual, others are sporadic, and Margarida gives us examples
8:00 For someone wanting to get involved in the community, Rotary is a great starting place
9:12 You can be a Rotarian and Volunteer and/or donate
9:55 Margarida will be the District Governor in 2026-2027 and she shares what that entails
11:16 Keeping Rotary “alive and thriving” into the future, Margarida shares her thoughts on the topic
12:58 We learn that there is Rotary for High School and College Students
13:55 Margarida’s Rotary District, 5240, has 70 clubs, how will she handle such a large territory and how Rotary measures its impact
16:09 A special thank you to our sponsor, Opus Escrow
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(00:05):
Hi friends, it's Paul Ward here,and welcome to On the Road,
we have a special guest, MargaridaEidson, with Rotary Club Ventura East.
Welcome to On the Road.
Thank you. Thank you for inviting me.
Absolutely. So tell us, Margarida,how did you get involved in Rotary?
So, I have four boys,
(00:26):
and I was always very involvedwith everything they did. So,
they were involved in Boy Scouts,I was in Boy Scouts and Track.
I was on the board of Track and Music.I was in that involved with that.
Well,
they all grew up and went to collegeand suddenly I didn't have any
volunteer opportunities to do.
(00:49):
So, I started looking around to seewhere I could help the community.
And I came across Rotary.
I came across my littleclub the Ventura Rotary Club
East. So, I came to a meeting.It was a nice environment.
It's about 30 people. AndI thought, oh, this is,
(01:10):
this is interesting. Rotarydoes a variety of things. So,
there involves,
my rotary involves in so many differentthings that I thought I can easily,
I don't have to do all of it, but I canpick the things that I'm interested in,
in participating andhelping the community.
And a lot of the projects we doare also around the world. So,
(01:31):
to give you an idea of what we do,
every year we give about$125,000 in scholarships to
students of inter UnifiedCollege Scholarships, it's.
That's significant, $125,000.
So,
it's really interesting to readall the applications and we have
(01:51):
interviews with them personally.
So we really it's really interestingto get to know them and then to
really do a, a,
an easy pick of who's goingto get the the awards.
We also do $15,000 to nursesfor nurses scholarships,
and vocational as wellfor vocational schools.
(02:14):
And then we donate a lotof money to the family,
the Ronald McDonald Family Room, the YMCA,
where they have a programto teach kids how to swim,
underprivileged kids how toswim in their, in their pool.
We do we support theFamily Justice Center.
(02:35):
We support the city centerthe Autism Society. So,
we support a lot of different
nonprofits that help are directlyinto our com, our, our community.
Then we have a couple of thingsaround the world. We have,
we support a school ina country in Africa,
(02:55):
and they have a school for young women
that are some of them havebeen sold into marriage.
Some of them have beenorphaned by due to war.
So, we provide money forthem to have a school,
a home, and to teach them tobe members of their community,
(03:18):
be helpful members of their community. So,
and then of course rotary onthe bigger scale is polio,
eradicating polio. We're,we're almost there,
but we're probably about five tosix years away from a complete era,
era eradication of polio diseasein our world. And that's huge.
(03:39):
So,
when I so when I came to the Rotaryit was very interesting to see all
the things that we were doing. And,
and then they asked me to be the presidentof the club. And I thought, oh, yeah,
I can do this.
And I was sent to President-Electtraining down in LA
where the whole district has a trainingfor the presidents to learn what to do.
(04:02):
And that's when I realizedthat Rotary is huge.
Absolutely huge. Global Global. So,
my little club is doing somuch for this community,
and if this club didn't exist, all thesethings that we would, would be lost.
But then there's two other clubs inVentura and three clubs in Ojai and
(04:24):
one in Oxnard, and two in Santa Paula.And so when you put it all together,
it's just absolutely amazingwhat Rotary does around
the world.
And each club decides for itself what,
what fundraiser it wants to do and whatevents it wants to give to and how much
(04:45):
money it wants to raise.
Exactly. Right. Exactly.
There's a lot of autonomywithin the clubs.
It's completely autonomous andeverything starts in the club. So,
the next level from theclub is the district.
And our district isabout 70 clubs. And the,
the job of the district is just to supportthe club. So, the club has an idea.
(05:06):
We would like to do a workwith Nicaragua. Okay. So,
we'll find what club is inthe US, can we get them,
the two of them together tocommunicate, to come up with a project.
It's doing training to help leader.
There's a lot of leadership trainingto teach our Rotarians how to be
presidents, how to market,how to work on membership,
(05:29):
how to do socials. So, that'sthe, the next level is,
is district. And we have zone,again, more training, but it's,
it's very structured and veryfocused on leadership, teaching,
teaching our members leadership and,
and then facilitatinganything that related to
(05:50):
community service and world service.
So, when you came into your club,
were all of the events kindof predetermined or you said,
this is what I wanna do undermy leadership or kind of a
combination?
It was a combination. So, there'sthings that we do every year. Right now,
we're getting set up to doour Poinsettia sales. So,
(06:11):
every holiday season wedo our Poinsettia sales,
and we donate 20 cases to homes
retirement homes in our community. But,
so that's something that we do everyyear. The YMCA grant, we do that,
that every year,
but then there's different thingsthat we do that maybe just one year.
(06:34):
For example, this year we're lookingat the Ventura Football Network,
which is a soccer camp thathelps kids that have the
ability to become professionals,
but don't have the moneyto attend the different
auditions or the different campsand then put them in contact with
(06:56):
major soccer teams to have a job. So,
that was a very interesting program. So,
another one was the Messanonprofit that is now in Ojai
So, I know we're gonnaparticipate in that,
which is a location wherekids that are kicked out of
their home at age 18 and are, you know,
(07:19):
just in the streets, we, they cangrab them and have a home from,
for them to help them in thenext stage of their lives. So,
a lot of different things that wedo that we change from year to year,
but a lot of things stay the same.
So,
or folks that are watching or listeningout there who are not involved in
(07:39):
their community, but have thoughtabout it, but just haven't, you know,
acted on it did you think,
do you think that Rotary would be kindof a, it's one of several choices, right?
There's, there's Rotary,there's Lions, there's Kiwanis,
there's all kinds of serviceorganizations out there,
but chances are they could find a RotaryClub somewhere close by their house.
(08:03):
Yes. And all the Rotaryclubs are very welcoming.
It is just a matter of findingout when they're meeting.
Some of them are breakfast meetings,some of them are lunch meetings,
and there's some that aretwilight meetings. So,
it's just a matter of finding outand showing up. They'll welcome you.
And usually it's, you know,you're invited to a lunch,
you're invited to a breakfast just tosee if it's something that you'd like,
(08:26):
and it's not just about thecommunity service, the world service,
it becomes fellowship.
It becomes just a group offriends that we help each other,
we know about each other'slives. So, it's really a family.
And the other thing is, everywhere Igo around the world and I travel a lot,
and I always find a rotarymeeting that I can attend,
(08:49):
and then you become part ofthat family. If I have trouble,
if my car breaks down,if I have 0any situation,
I know I can find a Rotarian to help me.
Interesting. So, it's really a worldfamily, and you can be as active,
or I don't wanna say inactive,
but some people are more active thanothers because they have more time.
(09:11):
Correct. Absolutely. Some are busy, yeah.
Some of our members love tovolunteer and do a ton of stuff.
Other members like towrite a check and just say,
I would like to donate to thisor to this. So, it really,
there's an opportunityfor everyone. And like,
and there's so many differentprograms. 'Cause you can say,
I just wanna do work with a youth, orI just wanna do work with the homeless,
(09:34):
or I wanna do work with
a hospital or a nursing home. So,
there's so many things that you can getinvolved in that you can pick and choose
what you want.
And you're going on tobigger and better things.
Right.
You are the District Governor Elect.
I'm now the District Governor Nominee. So,
(09:57):
I'll be District Governor in '26-'27.
And what that means is I will be incharge of the 70 clubs that we have
in this district. And whatthe District Governor does is,
it visits every club and helps the club.At the board meetings, we help anything
that they need help with,
whether it's membership or budgeting or
(10:21):
education. So, anythingthat they need help with,
we can help. And then also promote Rotary.
We don't want; never want Rotary to die.
We want this to continue inperpetuity. So, it's important to,
you know, make a big entrance
(10:44):
and a big support speechto support the Rotary.
Speaking of keeping Rotary going intothe future, that is a big challenge,
right? To get people to volunteer andjust a little bit of their time. I mean,
we live in a busy world. It's much morechaotic than it used to be, it seems.
You know, and service organizationsare having a challenge keeping folks,
(11:06):
or getting new members.
What do you think the secret sauce is togetting folks to join Rotary Clubs and
other service organizations?
So, we have noticed a decreasein America all over the rest.
The rest of the world has anamazing increase in Rotary Service.
Oh really?
So,
(11:26):
I'm originally from Europe andvolunteering in Europe was not
very strong.
It was just very nobody reallycared to do it was a Red Cross and
that was it. But in America it's been,
volunteering has been a huge partof United States for decades,
for centuries,. So,
(11:48):
I think we are seeing a drop inthe United States. And the key, I,
believe the key is to be flexible,is to think outside the box.
It's no longer a men's groupthat meets every lunch.
It's bringing younger people. It'shaving flexibility in our meetings.
It might not be every weeka lunch. Maybe we can do,
(12:10):
I know one of the things we do is we doa social on the third Thursday of the
month, we go and support a restaurant.We bring our significant others,
and we just have a nice time
having appetizers and drinking a beer. So,
it's being flexibleabout how you go about,
(12:30):
it's more hands-on a lot ofyoung people like to do hands-on
and like to do thingsthat are visible now.
They don't wanna do something that they'regonna work on it for six months and
then in a year they see the results.
They want things that aregoing to have a direct impact
now to the community.
(12:51):
Interesting. And there isRotary for college kids and high schoolers too, right?
There's Rotaract and Interact.
Exactly. Interact is for thehigh schools. And right now,
in Ventura we have seven schools thathave Interact Clubs, which is fantastic.
Wow.
And we actually use, you know,have joint meetings with them.
We do a lot of projectstogether. Rotaract,
(13:13):
we have currently one in Ventura Countyand they are doing amazing things.
This year they're looking tobuild a school in Vietnam. So,
we used to do build a house
in one day in Mexico. So, it'svery interesting what they do.
But, like I said, with theyoung people, it's now results.
(13:35):
Right after they makethe decision..
Instant gratification.
. Yes. Instant gratification.
Interesting. So,
your new district of 5240 thatyou're gonna be leading with 70
clubs, that's a lot of clubs.What, is the territory?
How do you see yourself travelingaround and visiting all those clubs?
It's very interesting. So,
(13:57):
it's from Westlake toCambria and then Bakersfield
Tehachapi goes to in Inland a little bit.
And I was actually looking at mycalendar 'cause I have my business. So,
you know, I'm gonna have to make, keepmy business going while I'm governor. So,
it's probably gonna beone of those one week on,
(14:18):
one week off and go visit all the clubs.
Interesting. Well, someof those places sound
exciting and others shallremain nameless. Right..
. Right. But you know,
it's surprising 'cause some of the clubsthat we have in our district have 10,
12 members and they doa huge amount of work.
(14:41):
We just put a program together for thedistrict where each club puts inputs
the number of volunteer hours,
the amount of money theycontributed and they contribute,
and also how many lives and it impacts.And now we can have those numbers.
We see the numbers as adistrict, how much change,
how much good we do in thisdistrict. And it just blows my mind.
(15:06):
It's just amazing.
I bet its hundreds ofthousands of hours, and I mean,
tens of millions of dollars over time.
Oh yes, absolutely. And when you put itall the whole world together, it just,
oh my goodness.
A world without Rotary wouldnot be a nice world.
Well, it is definitely aworthy cause. And you know,
(15:29):
a lot of folks driving through,especially small towns,
they still have therotary wheel on the entry
sign, right? And a lot of people don'tknow what that is or what it means.
They've seen it,
but they just don't know what's behindit or who's behind it and you know,
all the good that it does. So,wanted to have you on and, you know,
(15:51):
share the good word.
Great. Thank you. Thankyou. I'm so glad you did.
Absolutely. Well, thank you.
As you can tell, I reallylike rotary.
Absolutely. We wanted tohave somebody passionate. So,
thank you for being our gueston this episode of On the Road.
Thank you so much, Paul.That was a pleasure.
Hi friends, it's Paul Ward here,and welcome to On the Road,
we have a special guest, MargaridaEidson, with Rotary Club Ventura East.
Welcome to On the Road.
Thank you. Thank you for inviting me.
Absolutely. So tell us, Margarida,how did you get involved in Rotary?
So, I have four boys,
(00:26):
and I was always very involvedwith everything they did. So,
they were involved in Boy Scouts,I was in Boy Scouts and Track.
I was on the board of Track and Music.I was in that involved with that.
Well,
they all grew up and went to collegeand suddenly I didn't have any
volunteer opportunities to do.
(00:49):
So, I started looking around to seewhere I could help the community.
And I came across Rotary.
I came across my littleclub the Ventura Rotary Club
East. So, I came to a meeting.It was a nice environment.
It's about 30 people. AndI thought, oh, this is,
(01:10):
this is interesting. Rotarydoes a variety of things. So,
there involves,
my rotary involves in so many differentthings that I thought I can easily,
I don't have to do all of it, but I canpick the things that I'm interested in,
in participating andhelping the community.
And a lot of the projects we doare also around the world. So,
(01:31):
to give you an idea of what we do,
every year we give about$125,000 in scholarships to
students of inter UnifiedCollege Scholarships, it's.
That's significant, $125,000.
So,
it's really interesting to readall the applications and we have
(01:51):
interviews with them personally.
So we really it's really interestingto get to know them and then to
really do a, a,
an easy pick of who's goingto get the the awards.
We also do $15,000 to nursesfor nurses scholarships,
and vocational as wellfor vocational schools.
(02:14):
And then we donate a lotof money to the family,
the Ronald McDonald Family Room, the YMCA,
where they have a programto teach kids how to swim,
underprivileged kids how toswim in their, in their pool.
We do we support theFamily Justice Center.
(02:35):
We support the city centerthe Autism Society. So,
we support a lot of different
nonprofits that help are directlyinto our com, our, our community.
Then we have a couple of thingsaround the world. We have,
we support a school ina country in Africa,
(02:55):
and they have a school for young women
that are some of them havebeen sold into marriage.
Some of them have beenorphaned by due to war.
So, we provide money forthem to have a school,
a home, and to teach them tobe members of their community,
(03:18):
be helpful members of their community. So,
and then of course rotary onthe bigger scale is polio,
eradicating polio. We're,we're almost there,
but we're probably about five tosix years away from a complete era,
era eradication of polio diseasein our world. And that's huge.
(03:39):
So,
when I so when I came to the Rotaryit was very interesting to see all
the things that we were doing. And,
and then they asked me to be the presidentof the club. And I thought, oh, yeah,
I can do this.
And I was sent to President-Electtraining down in LA
where the whole district has a trainingfor the presidents to learn what to do.
(04:02):
And that's when I realizedthat Rotary is huge.
Absolutely huge. Global Global. So,
my little club is doing somuch for this community,
and if this club didn't exist, all thesethings that we would, would be lost.
But then there's two other clubs inVentura and three clubs in Ojai and
(04:24):
one in Oxnard, and two in Santa Paula.And so when you put it all together,
it's just absolutely amazingwhat Rotary does around
the world.
And each club decides for itself what,
what fundraiser it wants to do and whatevents it wants to give to and how much
(04:45):
money it wants to raise.
Exactly. Right. Exactly.
There's a lot of autonomywithin the clubs.
It's completely autonomous andeverything starts in the club. So,
the next level from theclub is the district.
And our district isabout 70 clubs. And the,
the job of the district is just to supportthe club. So, the club has an idea.
(05:06):
We would like to do a workwith Nicaragua. Okay. So,
we'll find what club is inthe US, can we get them,
the two of them together tocommunicate, to come up with a project.
It's doing training to help leader.
There's a lot of leadership trainingto teach our Rotarians how to be
presidents, how to market,how to work on membership,
(05:29):
how to do socials. So, that'sthe, the next level is,
is district. And we have zone,again, more training, but it's,
it's very structured and veryfocused on leadership, teaching,
teaching our members leadership and,
and then facilitatinganything that related to
(05:50):
community service and world service.
So, when you came into your club,
were all of the events kindof predetermined or you said,
this is what I wanna do undermy leadership or kind of a
combination?
It was a combination. So, there'sthings that we do every year. Right now,
we're getting set up to doour Poinsettia sales. So,
(06:11):
every holiday season wedo our Poinsettia sales,
and we donate 20 cases to homes
retirement homes in our community. But,
so that's something that we do everyyear. The YMCA grant, we do that,
that every year,
but then there's different thingsthat we do that maybe just one year.
(06:34):
For example, this year we're lookingat the Ventura Football Network,
which is a soccer camp thathelps kids that have the
ability to become professionals,
but don't have the moneyto attend the different
auditions or the different campsand then put them in contact with
(06:56):
major soccer teams to have a job. So,
that was a very interesting program. So,
another one was the Messanonprofit that is now in Ojai
So, I know we're gonnaparticipate in that,
which is a location wherekids that are kicked out of
their home at age 18 and are, you know,
(07:19):
just in the streets, we, they cangrab them and have a home from,
for them to help them in thenext stage of their lives. So,
a lot of different things that wedo that we change from year to year,
but a lot of things stay the same.
So,
or folks that are watching or listeningout there who are not involved in
(07:39):
their community, but have thoughtabout it, but just haven't, you know,
acted on it did you think,
do you think that Rotary would be kindof a, it's one of several choices, right?
There's, there's Rotary,there's Lions, there's Kiwanis,
there's all kinds of serviceorganizations out there,
but chances are they could find a RotaryClub somewhere close by their house.
(08:03):
Yes. And all the Rotaryclubs are very welcoming.
It is just a matter of findingout when they're meeting.
Some of them are breakfast meetings,some of them are lunch meetings,
and there's some that aretwilight meetings. So,
it's just a matter of finding outand showing up. They'll welcome you.
And usually it's, you know,you're invited to a lunch,
you're invited to a breakfast just tosee if it's something that you'd like,
(08:26):
and it's not just about thecommunity service, the world service,
it becomes fellowship.
It becomes just a group offriends that we help each other,
we know about each other'slives. So, it's really a family.
And the other thing is, everywhere Igo around the world and I travel a lot,
and I always find a rotarymeeting that I can attend,
(08:49):
and then you become part ofthat family. If I have trouble,
if my car breaks down,if I have 0any situation,
I know I can find a Rotarian to help me.
Interesting. So, it's really a worldfamily, and you can be as active,
or I don't wanna say inactive,
but some people are more active thanothers because they have more time.
(09:11):
Correct. Absolutely. Some are busy, yeah.
Some of our members love tovolunteer and do a ton of stuff.
Other members like towrite a check and just say,
I would like to donate to thisor to this. So, it really,
there's an opportunityfor everyone. And like,
and there's so many differentprograms. 'Cause you can say,
I just wanna do work with a youth, orI just wanna do work with the homeless,
(09:34):
or I wanna do work with
a hospital or a nursing home. So,
there's so many things that you can getinvolved in that you can pick and choose
what you want.
And you're going on tobigger and better things.
Right.
You are the District Governor Elect.
I'm now the District Governor Nominee. So,
(09:57):
I'll be District Governor in '26-'27.
And what that means is I will be incharge of the 70 clubs that we have
in this district. And whatthe District Governor does is,
it visits every club and helps the club.At the board meetings, we help anything
that they need help with,
whether it's membership or budgeting or
(10:21):
education. So, anythingthat they need help with,
we can help. And then also promote Rotary.
We don't want; never want Rotary to die.
We want this to continue inperpetuity. So, it's important to,
you know, make a big entrance
(10:44):
and a big support speechto support the Rotary.
Speaking of keeping Rotary going intothe future, that is a big challenge,
right? To get people to volunteer andjust a little bit of their time. I mean,
we live in a busy world. It's much morechaotic than it used to be, it seems.
You know, and service organizationsare having a challenge keeping folks,
(11:06):
or getting new members.
What do you think the secret sauce is togetting folks to join Rotary Clubs and
other service organizations?
So, we have noticed a decreasein America all over the rest.
The rest of the world has anamazing increase in Rotary Service.
Oh really?
So,
(11:26):
I'm originally from Europe andvolunteering in Europe was not
very strong.
It was just very nobody reallycared to do it was a Red Cross and
that was it. But in America it's been,
volunteering has been a huge partof United States for decades,
for centuries,
(11:48):
I think we are seeing a drop inthe United States. And the key, I,
believe the key is to be flexible,is to think outside the box.
It's no longer a men's groupthat meets every lunch.
It's bringing younger people. It'shaving flexibility in our meetings.
It might not be every weeka lunch. Maybe we can do,
(12:10):
I know one of the things we do is we doa social on the third Thursday of the
month, we go and support a restaurant.We bring our significant others,
and we just have a nice time
having appetizers and drinking a beer. So,
it's being flexibleabout how you go about,
(12:30):
it's more hands-on a lot ofyoung people like to do hands-on
and like to do thingsthat are visible now.
They don't wanna do something that they'regonna work on it for six months and
then in a year they see the results.
They want things that aregoing to have a direct impact
now to the community.
(12:51):
Interesting. And there isRotary for college kids and high schoolers too, right?
There's Rotaract and Interact.
Exactly. Interact is for thehigh schools. And right now,
in Ventura we have seven schools thathave Interact Clubs, which is fantastic.
Wow.
And we actually use, you know,have joint meetings with them.
We do a lot of projectstogether. Rotaract,
(13:13):
we have currently one in Ventura Countyand they are doing amazing things.
This year they're looking tobuild a school in Vietnam. So,
we used to do build a house
in one day in Mexico. So, it'svery interesting what they do.
But, like I said, with theyoung people, it's now results.
(13:35):
Right after they makethe decision.
Instant gratification.
Interesting. So,
your new district of 5240 thatyou're gonna be leading with 70
clubs, that's a lot of clubs.What, is the territory?
How do you see yourself travelingaround and visiting all those clubs?
It's very interesting. So,
(13:57):
it's from Westlake toCambria and then Bakersfield
Tehachapi goes to in Inland a little bit.
And I was actually looking at mycalendar 'cause I have my business. So,
you know, I'm gonna have to make, keepmy business going while I'm governor. So,
it's probably gonna beone of those one week on,
(14:18):
one week off and go visit all the clubs.
Interesting. Well, someof those places sound
exciting and others shallremain nameless. Right.
it's surprising 'cause some of the clubsthat we have in our district have 10,
12 members and they doa huge amount of work.
(14:41):
We just put a program together for thedistrict where each club puts inputs
the number of volunteer hours,
the amount of money theycontributed and they contribute,
and also how many lives and it impacts.And now we can have those numbers.
We see the numbers as adistrict, how much change,
how much good we do in thisdistrict. And it just blows my mind.
(15:06):
It's just amazing.
I bet its hundreds ofthousands of hours, and I mean,
tens of millions of dollars over time.
Oh yes, absolutely. And when you put itall the whole world together, it just,
oh my goodness.
A world without Rotary wouldnot be a nice world
Well, it is definitely aworthy cause. And you know,
(15:29):
a lot of folks driving through,especially small towns,
they still have therotary wheel on the entry
sign, right? And a lot of people don'tknow what that is or what it means.
They've seen it,
but they just don't know what's behindit or who's behind it and you know,
all the good that it does. So,wanted to have you on and, you know,
(15:51):
share the good word.
Great. Thank you. Thankyou. I'm so glad you did.
Absolutely. Well, thank you.
As you can tell, I reallylike rotary
Absolutely. We wanted tohave somebody passionate. So,
thank you for being our gueston this episode of On the Road.
Thank you so much, Paul.That was a pleasure.
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