Monday Morning - April 17
April 16th, 2006 in Monday Morning“All Quality Clubs, Everyone Involved”
Group Study Exchange to Japan
The application deadline of April 26th for GSE Team members to Japan is fast approaching. If you have qualified applicants from the health care professions, please get those applications and essays in as soon as you can. The District GSE committee meets on Sunday, April 30th to choose the GSE team members and alternates.
District Conference
Our District Conference in Kinston, NC, is just around the corner – April 21-23. Join us, meet fellow Rotarians from across the district, exchange ideas, and have fun! Find the registration form on www.rotary7730.org. Hope to see you there!
Inbound Scholar from Bangladesh - Mohammad Aminul Karim
This fall, Mohammad Aminul Karim will be coming to our district from Bangladesh as an Inbound Ambassadorial Scholar to study at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke working toward an MBA.
Sandy Waterkotte of the Rotary Club of Lumberton and Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke has stepped up to serve as Mohammad’s host counselor. Thank you to Sandy for Leading the Way! Many thanks also go to District Scholar Chair Magda Baggett for your dedicated service to our Ambassadorial Scholars and to our district.
For the past four years, Mohammad Aminul Karim has been an Assistant Professor and Lecturer for the Department of Finance and Banking at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Mohammad is 30 years old and is married. He earned a Bachelors of Business Administration and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chittagong.
Mohammad has an excellent command of the English language and is an excellent presenter. He possesses great compassion for the poor and illiterate, a strong will to work toward better world understanding and peace, and respect for cultural differences.
We encourage you to invite Mohammad to speak to your Rotary club. You can arrange a program by contacting Sandy Waterkotte at 910-521-6252 or sandy.waterkotte@uncp.edu . Your contributions to the Rotary Foundation make this opportunity possible for Mohammad and for us.
The Rotary Foundation application deadline for donor (inbound) scholarships is always very early. For me it was March 2005, while I was getting started in my training as Governor Nominee. Special thanks to Governor Phil Crawford who gave me an early heads-up on this opportunity and who authorized the necessary Rotary Foundation “District Designated Funds” from the 2005-06 Rotary year to make this happen.
Spring Training
Special Recognition to the following Rotary Clubs for having the best turn-out at Spring Training:
· Rotary Club of Morehead City Noon – 8 Rotary leaders
· Rotary Club of Wilmington West – 8 Rotary leaders
· Rotary Club of South Brunswick Islands – 6 Rotary leaders
· Rotary Club of Garland – highest percentage – 25% of club
Thank you, Rotary leaders, for your commitment to a quality year for your clubs!
Rotary Foundation Fund Development Club Goal Reports
To those presidents-elect who have not yet sent in your TRF Fund Development Club Goal Reports, please send them ASAP. The final deadline is approaching. The Rotary Foundation needs to know your plans. Fax to 910-791-2203.
Lee and I just returned from four days in Atlanta to be with our two children and our 6 month old grandson who is growing up before our eyes. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!
Looking forward to seeing you all this week at District Conference.
Lead the Way!