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Reminder about District Assembly

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If you have not registered already, please join us for District Assembly on 18th April, which is an evening event at the Royal National Hotel by Russell Square, followed by dinner.  The date also marks 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympics and you will find out the latest about how the District plans to celebrate and Clubs can get involved – as well as essential information for Clubs for the next Rotary year.  The evening starts at 5.30pm with a short session for everyone. The cost for this part of the evening is free – you just need to confirm who is coming – the registration form is attached.
You can also join us for dinner – we have an excellent speaker – my colleague from the BBC - TV Presenter Nicholas Owen.  The cost for dinner is £25. Again please confirm who is attending to Lucille Parker as soon as possible (her details are on the registration form).

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Rotary Foundation Grant Management Seminar 2012

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

GRANT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR 2012-13

THURSDAY 24th May 2012
6.00pm for 6.30pm
York Gate

Finger buffet with soft drink (available from 6.00pm)

The Rotary Foundation (TRF) require that all Clubs participating in Foundation
activities (Grant applications, hosting Foundation Scholars and nominating
participants for scholarships or Vocational Training Teams) attend a Grant
Management seminar and in due course complete a Memorandum of Understanding
relating to the obligations and responsibilities associated in using TRF monies.
This needs to be undertaken every Rotary year with the documentation completed by
the new Club officers.

This seminar will help everyone’s understanding of the operation of TRF and
increase awareness of opportunities available for Grants and Programmes

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION and PARTICIPATION
The Rotary Foundation Mission
• Essential requirements
D1130 achievements
o Club qualification
Outline of Grant programmes
• Example scenarios
Foundation Funding Model
• Fund Raising and Recognition
Grant procedures

COST only £5.00 per person

Please advise delegate numbers to ensure appropriate catering provision.

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Twin rooms at District Conference

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We are aware that the Sinah Warren has no more single rooms left.  If you are prepared to share a twin room, but do not have anyone to share with, please send an email to Charlotte Pragnell (details in the district directory) and she will put you in touch with people in a similar position to enable you to find someone to share with.

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Rotary Youth Exchange – Requests for Accomodation and Internships

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It seems to be open season for students who are the children of European Rotarians to write around to clubs in London asking for accommodation and help with finding internships. One such came from France recently and addressed nearly every club. I received it several times from different sources and my reply to the girl follows as a guide to how you deal with the next one:

 

“One of the exchange programmes which we offer is the New Generations Exchange for 18-25 year olds, where students can choose either a vocational or humanitarian project. Apart from the placement the student can expect Rotary involvement as well. All Rotary Youth Exchange students are expected to be ambassadors for their country and for Rotary, so the exchange is not just a one-sided benefit to the student.
If you are interested in such an exchange the protocol is to apply through your local Rotary club, to the District Youth Exchange Officer.

From my point of view I can say that I am a volunteer with a very small team of volunteer assistants. Finding hosting and a suitable ‘internship’ placement is a long process. Anyone interested in doing the NGE needs to think well ahead to give time to set up a suitable programme. Making such a request in mid February for a date in May is unrealistic as this is our busiest time for dealing with our own outbound students on four different programmes. On the whole we are not able to cope with arranging inbound exchanges before these students go out in the summer.


Unfortunately if you only want help finding an internship and accommodation without becoming an exchange student you would need to find an agency to help you because Rotary is unable to do so.”

With kind regards, Di King, DIstrict Youth Exchange Officer

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RIBI Conference 2012 – Bournemouth – Still time to register

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There is still time to reserve your place for the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth, which promises to be informative, inspiring and a real celebration of Rotary.

Meet up with fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors at the Bournemouth International Centre, 13th to 15th of April, and hear from special guest speakers as well as be inspired by the RIBI Young Citizen Awards, which will be broadcast live on the BBC News Channel. In an RIBI Conference first, the top finalists from the RIBI Young Musician competition will be performing live.

The RIBI Conference Committee is delighted to welcome Pam Rhodes, Songs of Praise presenter, author and journalist. Pam will be taking to the stage to represent the charity Rotarians Easing Problems of Dementia (REPoD), in place of John Suchet, Honorary President REPoD.

RIBI President Ray Burman will be welcoming President of Rotary International, Kalyan Banerjee, and his wife, Binota. Uniquely, RIBI is the only Rotary Conference at which all RI Presidents attend.

More information and registration advice can be found on the RIBI Conference pages.

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