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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE
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End Date: 31/08/10
Rotary District 1230 (West of Scotland) is sending a Group Study Exchange team to Japan between 16 March and 15 April 2011 and we are seeking applications for this wonderful development opportunity to visit District 2820, Ibaraki, Japan.
The team of four members and a Rotarian Team Leader stay in the homes of Japanese families and experience the host country’s institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practised abroad, develop personal and professional relationships and exchange ideas.
The team will undertake visits to workplaces of relevance to their vocational interests, see sights of interest/attend events, attend rotary meetings and give presentations to clubs throughout the District and their District Conference.
Team Leader
Applicants must be Rotarians and will prepare and lead the team during the exchange. Enthusiasm and motivation are essential as is a good degree of physical fitness.
Team Members
Applicants require to be business/professional people aged between 25 and 40 years, employed in their chosen occupation for at least 2 years, be interested in and clearly enthusiastic about their chosen vocation and in possession of excellent vocational skills. Applicants require to be open-minded, tolerant, flexible and comfortable working as part of a team with a schedule that is physically and emotionally demanding. Team members cannot be Rotarians, spouses, sons or daughters of Rotarians or be a spouse of another team member. However, applicants can be friends or work colleagues of a Rotarian.
All travel to and from Japan will be paid for by Rotary International and local hosting and travel arrangements by District 2820.
Details of Group Study Exchange and an application form for team members is available from the Rotary Foundation website www.rotary.org/foundation/students & youth/education/group study exchange
Please complete the form and send it to Harry Marsh, GSE Chair, 11 Laighlands Road, Bothwell, Glasgow, G71 8AJ (e-mail: hmarshey@clara.co.uk).
Applicants must have their candidacy endorsed by a Rotary club, details of which can be obtained from either the District 1230 web-site or from the above noted. Endorsed applications are dealt with at District level.
Completed applications should be submitted by 31 July (Team Leader) and 31 August 2010 (Team Member).
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ROTARY GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE
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End Date: 01/01/11
Source: Alex Blair
On 24th February the District 1230 GSE Team for 2010 departed for New Zealand, where they will visit District 9940, whose area takes in most of the southern half of the North Island.
The team are; Alex Blair, Team Leader and Assistant Governor from the Rotary Club of Ardrossan and Saltcoats; Lindsay Eddleston, Human Resource Officer, sponsored by Bothwell and Uddingston; Lesley McLellan, Geotechnical Engineer, sponsored by Queen’s Park; Neil McDougall, Policeman, sponsored by Kirkintilloch and Marie Gannon, Senior Learning Development Officer for Youth Justice Services.
The team will start off in Wellington where the will be guests at a Parliamentary Reception and Dinner in the Banqueting Hall of the New Zealand Parliament. This is in lieu of a presentation at the 9940 District Conference, which has been scheduled for May this year.
The New Zealand hosts have arranged an extremely full and varied itinerary for the team as they travel northward through Palmerston North, Wanganui and on to New Plymouth. They will finish their tour in Auckland along with a wide range of vocational visits organised for the team they have also arranged some more energetic activities, including a nine-hour trek over the Tongariro Crossing and a jetboat ride into the upper reaches of the Waitotara River.
The program is so detailed they have published a 36-page booklet with all the information relative to the Exchange. It even includes a greeting from RI President John Kenny (Copy attached).
Baxterbear, who is fast becoming the most popular team member, will accompany the team on their travels.
The team have been very lucky with supporting sponsors. Slaters Menswear provided suits and polo shirts. Glasgow City Council donated a variety of gifts. Arran Distilleries gifted eight bottles of Malt Whisky and W Grant’s arranged to have a case of whisky waiting the teams’ arrival in Wellington. Both the Scottish Government and “Visit Scotland” have also shipped out promotional material and gifts. All of which should make for an extremely sociable and fun filled exchange.
Follow the team at: gse1230to9940.blogspot.com
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