Sunday, August 3, 2008

Governor's Message

The Rotary year is in full swing already. I'm enjoying my visits to your clubs and look forward to seeing many of you at our fellowship event at Ravinia on August 17th. You have until August 9th to sign up for that fun evening (Rotary District 6440 Governor's Newsletter: Evening at Ravinia August 17th). It's an ideal event to which you may want to invite a prospective member.

Deadlines for applications for our group study exchange team to New Zealand are coming up on August 11th (Rotary District 6440 Governor's Newsletter: GSE Team Members and Leader to New Zealand Needed Rotary and
Rotary District 6440 Governor's Newsletter: GSE Application Deadline August 11th). We need your help recruiting candidates so that we can field our district's usual strong team. In addition to a Rotarian team leader, we need good non-Rotarian young professionals to round out the team.

August is Membership and Extension Month on the Rotary calendar. I hope your club is making a special effort to recruit new members. They will add vitality and great resources to your group. We will observe the extension part of the month when our district's newest club is chartered on August 22nd. More information about that celebration will be forthcoming.

The school year starting always feels a little like the beginning of a new year. Please use this time to energize your club and continue working to enrich the world through Rotary.
Each of you is a tremendous asset to our district and I thank you for your time and dedication.

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