DISTRICT 1230 CONFERENCE
GLASGOW 2 - 4 OCTOBER 2009
The 2009 District Conference will be held in Glasgow – at the Crowne Plaza , which will provide both the Conference venue and accommodation for those who wish to stay there. The hotel is situated on the Clydeside right in the heart of vibrant Glasgow .
All those who said that venues in the past were too far to travel to will have no excuses in 2009. Glasgow is close to the centre of our District and all roads and railways lead to this magnificent city. The Conference will be held in the Argyll Suite with the Rotary & Charity Showcase immediately adjacent in the Castle Suite.
The Conference Committee is already hard at work creating and developing a programme for the weekend which will feature the usual mix of entertaining and informative speakers representing Rotary – in our own District, RIBI and RI, and a wide range of other organisations as well as the chance to relax in pleasant surroundings .
Registration
Full Registration Fee (Adult) £75.00
Full Registration Fee (Children 16 yrs & under) £30.00
Business Session Registration (1 day including Tea/Coffee) £20.00
Business Session Registration (2 days including Tea/Coffee) £30.00
N.B. Full Registration includes all Conference Business sessions (including Tea/Coffee),
Friday Night Entertainment and Saturday Night's Fellowship Banquet & Ball
Registration forms will be with all clubs in the District by 1 st week in June
The registration form in PDF format can be downloaded from here.
Hotel ( Crowne Plaza )
Double / Twin Room including breakfast £110.00 per night per room
Single Room including Breakfast £100.00 per night per room
N.B. Discounted rates at the Hotel Spa all Week-end
Programme Outline
Friday Afternoon 2nd October – Golf Competition at Haggs Castle Golf Club
Friday Evening - informal evening with entertainment in the Castle Suite
Saturday Morning 3 rd October – Plenary Sessions 1 & 2, Partners Session
Saturday Afternoon - Visit & Guided Tour of Kelvingrove Art gallery & Museum
Ten Pin Bowling Competition
Saturday Evening - Presidents & First Timers Reception
Civic Reception followed by Fellowship Banquet & Ball with dancing to “Ceildh Minogue”
Sunday Morning 4 th October - Service of Celebration, Plenary Sessions 3 & 4
Speakers
Amongst our speakers over the weekend will be the following
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Natalie Hunter –Dollywood Foundation |
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Ian Thomson
RIBI President's Representative
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Further details will be published as speakers are confirmed
Information
For further information Email: d1230conf2009@btinternet.com
Join us in 2009 in what will be a memorable weekend and Let's Flourish in Glasgow
Photos from Let's Hear it for Maggie's
Renfrew Rotaract Charter Dinner
District Governor Catherine Stewart presents the charter to president Barry Wilson and vice-president Shone Stewart.
District Rotaract chairperson Mariela Gaitan addresses the assembled group.
Heather Gemmell, president of the Glasgow Rotaract club presents a gift from her club to the new club's president Barry Wilson.
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OPENING OF POLIO PHOTO EXHIBITION
A momentous week for District 1230 in Scotland came to a climax last night with the opening of the Full Circle Polio Photo Exhibition in Scotland. District Governor Catherine Stewart opened the exhibition with an inspiring speech on Rotary's work to eliminate polio over the past twenty years.
The Exhibition is taking place in the foyer of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. The Exhibition is open to the public from now until the 4th March.
Among those attending were members of the Pakistani and Indian Communities in Scotland. The exhibition was made possible by the kind donation of the Mitchell Library by the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow.
RI Director Gordon McInally attended accompanied by his wife Heather, RIBI President Nominee Jim Moulson, District Governor Catherine Stewart and her husband Jim and Past District Governor Drew Hughes.
More than one hundred invited Rotarians and guests attended the opening.
Within the last seven days this District started the "beaming" of the 'End Polio Now' campaign throughout the world by lighting up three sites in the West of Scotland, The City Chambers in Glasgow , Culzean Castle and the iconic Greenock Town Hall on the River Clyde.
Click here to read DGCatherine Stewart's speach.
ROTARY BEAMS ITS MESSAGE ACROSS SCOTLAND
Photograph by Alex Dorrens
Rotary International's campaign to eradicate polio was highlighted as buildings throughout Scotland were lit up with the Rotary wheel and the message ‘end polio now'. Rotary International has raised 800 million dollars since 1986 to eradicate the killer disease. In 1986 when Rotary International started its campaign there were more than 340,000 cases a year throughout the world. Because of Rotary's campaign with other agencies that number is now down to less than 2000. Polio can now only be found in four countries: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Rotary International have committed themselves to raising 130 million dollars which will take their contribution to over a billion dollars.
Photograph by
George Simpson
Two weeks ago Bill Gates donated 250 million dollars to Rotary's campaign. The British government donated 150 million dollars and the German government 130 million dollars. The District Governor of Rotary in the west of Scotland, Catherine Stewart, said last night: ‘Last year we lit up the Houses of Parliament. This year we'll be lighting up Sydney Opera House, the Coliseum in Rome and other important buildings throughout the world. We decided in Scotland that we would send out the message in our own country which is why we are lighting up the City Chambers in Glasgow, Culzean Castle in Ayrshire and the Municipal Buildings in Greenock. As Rotarians we are committed to ending polio now.'
Photograph by
Alex Dorrens
District Governor, Catherine Stewart,
with Charles Kennedy
