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Australia GSE

G’dye Rotarians,

It is time to spread the word about this year’s GSE opportunity to SE Australia. As you know, Group Study Exchange is a service opportunity Rotary gives to young business and professional people – a vocational and cultural exchange, to learn in an international environment and stay with Rotarian family hosts.

We need your help to make this a successful year; and it will only take a few minutes. You are our best “eyes and ears” – please think about young business and professional people you know between 25 and 40 years old, and encourage them to apply.

Attached is a colorful flyer (PDF format), and two cover letters ready for you to use or adapt.
- one is worded for Rotarians you know (club, nearby area, or who you know from District functions)
- the other is designed to go to non-Rotarians:
? trade associations, professional organizations and occupational groups you are affiliated with, or which are in your area, so they can alert their members
? local governments, hospitals, and other institutions in your area
? Rotary Alumni (GSE, Ambassadorial Scholars, etc.)
? local media, newsletter writers, radio or TV talk shows, if you can; to pitch story ideas (Doug Porter, District 5100 Public Relations person, can send a news release to them, if you prefer. Contact him at 294-9795 or dougdom@hotmail.com.)

Please review the flyer, and be generous … share this program by sending several cover letters and flyers.Each may know of a perfect GSE candidate, if only we ask them.

Yours in Rotary Service

Stewart Martin
GSE Chair
503-368-7474
stewmartin@nehalemtel.net

District PR Grant Available

As part of the campaign to improve Rotary’s public image, the Board of Directors has allocated funds to assist clubs in their local media outreach efforts. With the funds, clubs are encouraged to promote Rotary by putting up Rotary billboards or placing Rotary ads, supplements, the RI prepared TV and Radio public service announcements in their local newspapers, TV and radio stations. Each club can apply for a grant up to US $3,000. Applications are due by 31 October 2006
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The grant program started last year. Thanks to your help, we had a very successful year. Rotary clubs from over 30 countries have taken advantage of the funds to promote Rotary in their communities. We hope to build on last year’s success, enlist your help and reach more Rotary clubs.

Attached is the PR Grant application. Please read the attached documents for details or please check for details.

RI Public Relations
Prgrants@rotary.org

Club Insurance Officer Don

Don has agreed to serve as our Club Insurance Officer. Give him a pat on the back when next you see him, and let’s hope we never need his help, eh? Thanks, Don!

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2007 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, 17-20 June

Join family, friends, and Rotarians from around the world at Rotary’s largest annual get-together!

Register online for the convention

If you sign up online in Member Access by 31 October 2006 for the 2007 RI Convention, you’ll receive a free, limited edition pin (right). If you’re not already registered for Member Access, have your district, club, and membership ID numbers handy, choose your password, and you’re ready. After you register, print out your receipt, and wait for your confirmation packet. Your Rotary family and your online registration pin will be waiting for you in Salt Lake City. In addition, while you’re in Member Access, get the latest news by subscribing to the Meetings and International Convention E-bulletin.

The Wild West is the setting for the 98th annual RI Convention, [more]

District 5100 WCS Newsletter July 2006

In this issue [click here-pdf]:
• Message from Bob Pool, WCS District 5100 Chair
• Partners in Service—Coming in September
• A Copenhagen Diary
• How to motivate your club to participate in WCS
• Uniendo America Pro-ject Fair 2007 update
• WCS Projects can start in the strangest places
• Transitions wins Guate-malan Wheelchair Bas-ketball championship
• WCS Photo Gallery

Family of Rotary Event

Click here for information and sign-up for a family of Rotary event to be held in the Seattle area on September 10, 2006. Events include a cruise, salmon bake and show. District Governor Tom and first lady Mary will be attending the Seattle event as well as Family of Rotary Chair 2006-07 Aaron Cooper and his wife Mary.

ASTORIA ROTARY August Programs: Our Heritage, Our People, Our Future

LOCATION: Elks BPOE Lodge 180 – 453 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Astoria, OR 97103
TIME: 12 – 1 PM every Monday

Monday, August 7: What’s The Buzz?
Bumble Bee Reunion & the Hanthorn Pier
Floyd Hocum

Monday, August 14: Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Steven Shane, Vice Chair | Lunch Guest is Diane Collier, Chair

Monday, August 21: Scenic Byways 101
Joint Program about Highway 101 with Neal Maine, North Coast Land Conservancy
Pete Field, Transportation Engineer

Monday, August 28: Oregon 150!
Barbara Allen, Executive Director

These programs could also be made available to our club. Contact Cyndi Mudge for more information: (503) 861-4403, director@DestinationThePacific.com

One Hip Club

WE have got to be the hippest, happeningist Rotary Club around. Can’t wait to see what happens.
-David

Thanks for the Blog

What a great idea, thank you.

Hey, Bob, lets talk about the road cleanup.

Keith