The booking form for the District Handover Lunch on 30th June 2013, 12:30pm start, is now available. Just click here to get your copy of the booking form.

The event takes place at the Porters Park Golf Club, Radlett, WD7 7AZ, and will be a carvery lunch with a vegetarian option. This venue has been used many times in the past by our District, and to welcome us back, we have been given a special price.

So enjoy the fabulous views of the Greens and the Fairways, and get the Rotary Year 2013-2014 off to a magical start with June and Dick.

After an extended period of evening sessions at the District Headquarters in York Gate, we have now completed the 9 Service Assembly Sessions and the President Elects’ Training Seminar.

The outcome was a series of sessions with some lasting nearly 3 hours, mostly because of extended discussion and breakout sessions.

The proof of the exercise will be the feedback (overwhelmingly in favour so far) and the level of service being undertaken in the Clubs. There were some issues raised however, and these will be addressed in the planning for next year.

Overall, we made a significant change to the organisation of the District Assembly and that change was well received. Well done to all the seminar leaders, and well done to Lucille and Sydney who organised all 10 evening’s catering.

You can find the sessions and their materials by Clicking Here.

Rotary in London celebrated International Women’s Day with a special breakfast networking even at City Hall in London.  District Governor Eve Conway-Ghazi hosted the event.  Among the speakers were the International Development Secretary Justine Greening, who is a Putney Rotarian, and Rebecca Stephens MBE, the first British woman to climb Mount Everest.
Rotary linked with UN Women for this Five Capitals event.  As well as London, other capitals holding breakfast events were Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and London.

From the District Governor Elect

This year we are separating the District Assembly Dinner from the District Assembly Training Sessions.

This will allow us to enjoy the great Fellowship that has always occurred at the dinner without having to rush or compress the training sessions that ensure that our District continues to deliver our special mix of new and old projects.

So, as we get ready for 2013-2014, please come along to the Dinner and listen to our principal speaker, Nan McCreadie, the first woman to serve as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, supported by our incoming District Governor Dick Nathan, for an evening of fun and fellowship.

For the first time, there are three ways that you can book places for your Club Teams:
1) Download the form (click on picture above), fill in the form and send it with a cheque to Events Chairman Lucille Parker (details on page 20 of the District Directory).
2) Download the form, fill it in, scan it and send the scan to events@rotaryinlondon.org and pay by Bank Transfer (details are on the form).
3) Visit the website http://d1130-dad13.eventbrite.co.uk where you can book the Club Team in and pay by Credit Card. You will receive a receipt by email and a ticket to the event for each name you register.

So come to the dinner, enjoy the fellowship, and take part in preparing Rotary in London for a great Rotary Year in 2013-2014. Tickets are £27.50.

9th April 2013, Royal National Hotel, London WC1H 0DG, 7.00 for 7.30pm.

Bill Gates presented the Richard Dimbleby Lecuture 2013 under the title The Impatient Optimist. His subject was the Eradication of Polio from the world. He examined the history of the disease, the discovery of the cause and the discovery of the means of eradication. During his lecture, he gave full credit to Rotary International for their determination and dedication over a period of three decades during which the number of cases per year has reduced from 350,000 (1985) to 222 (2012).

The team from Rotary in London with the London Borough of Harrow float

Supporting “Hats Off to Harrow”, a borough in the North West of London, they marched through Piccadilly, Regent Street, Pall Mall, and Whitehall finishing up in Parliament Square. The theme of “A Community United” sat very well with the Rotary Ethos.

The video shows the crowds and the interviews that took place along the way! Click on the picture above to go to the District Video Gallery page.

Vocational Service adds value to all areas of Rotary service by supporting the projects and work of the service committees. It will do this by identifying ways in which the knowledge, skills, and experience of Rotarians can be used to improve the outcomes of service projects. In support of this all clubs are being asked to complete a skills survey of their members giving 3 skills and 2 hobbies. The subject is outlined in more detail in the latest Rotary Today magazine on page 13. More detail is being sent to each club via the Community and Vocational officer, but can be obtained direct from

Scott Maclachlan, District 1130 Chair for Community & Vocational

Thanks to a Rotary International PR Grant we have produced a 6pp A6 handout for use when ‘selling’ Rotary. These handouts are free but numbers are limited to a maximum of 60 per club. Some clubs may want less in which case we can release more to others. There is space on the handout for you to print your club’s details either directly or onto a label.
The leaflets will be available at the next District Council meeting on 28 November,
only for those clubs that have not already ordered.
Please use the downloadable order form.
Download an order form HERE.

Jeremy Jessel, District Communications Committee Chairman

The Re-Districting debate at our District Council Meeting took place on 31 October 2012. At the Meeting, DGE Dick Nathan gave a PowerPoint presentation so that all the voting delegates understood the current situation. A video of that presentation can now be viewed on the Rotary in London Web Site in the Video Gallery. On the website, just click on About Rotary, Video Gallery. (If you find the print too small, click on the “YouTube” logo just below the video, and then you can expland the video to the full screen. The video runs for just over 18 minutes.)