Rotary Zones-Hartford October 17 to 21, 2017

Rotary Zones was a great learning experience.

Above are pictures of Larry Gardner and his wife for the marching in of the governor Elects. Below is Rick Benson receiving our award for the largest District gift to the Rotary Foundation. Some of the things I learned are below.

Governor

            Leave District administratively sound

            Motivate members

Do not do

            me,my, I

            language barrier

            too many e-mails

            not react to  Pres problems

            failure to delegate

            publicly embarass people

Do do/Good

            ask questions

            acknowledge others achievements

            be energetic

            good listener

            tell stories

            newletter

            have courage to do things differently

            get PDG to help and support

            brief report after club visit

            personalize speech for each club

            catch somebody doing something good

            fun

Friend Facebook page for every club in District

Sit with AGs 1 on 1

Talk about Foundation

Every year start a new club or satellite club

Go to other population groups, different demographic

North Branford Rotary Club October 4

At a meeting of the North Branford Rotary Club on October 4. They discussed their Spooktacular event on October 28 which is a dinner, auction and other events all in one.

There is a picture of Paul Burns PDG . In the picture of the club at the table is PDG Mukund Nori.

RYLA Planning Sept 23-24

Before each RYLA the Chair(Kristen Foster) the student directors and the facilitators get together and put together the final plans for the RYLA. They did this on Laurel Island Sept 23 and 24 for the RYLA at Camp Hazen on October 27 to 29.

Above is a view of the whole group 16 facilitators, 3 student directors and 3 RYLA chairs and cochairs.
Below is the three student directors Maya, Nick and Lili all seniors at schools in our District.

Groton Rotary Club at the Mystic Marriott September 19

The Groton Rotary Club has a Service Member of the month award. It is given to a Service member who does Community Service but also serves in the military. The local Chamber of Commerce handles the choosing of the award. Here two employees of the Chamber are describing the achievements of the awardee. He is a part of the cryptogrtaphy unit at the Groton Submarine base. He's been involved with numerous local sports and charitable activities.

And here's the President of the Groton Rotary Club(Gary Dean Weale ) giving him the award check.

Interact and Rotaract Conferences-September 16

The purpose of these conferences is to kick off the Interact and Rotaract years' and provide the incoming leaders and members some leadership experience.

Here is Governor Trish talking with some of the attendees. The Governor gave a kick off talk.

Here is a view of some of the attendees. There were about 80 attending the Interact conference and about 15 attending the Rotaract conference

Our District Interact students have two student directors(outside) here givning an award to Nick from Westport.

Hailey Cruz has started an Interact Club at Hamden HS, been a key contributor at RYLA for four years and restarted a Rotaract club at Quinnipiac. Here is Governor Trish awarding her a Paul Harris Fellow Award.

and here's a complete album of photos

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Sept 11 at Mystic Rotary Club

Mystic Rotary Club meets for lunch at the Mystic Hilton, which is actually in Stonington but right near Mystic Seaport. Here is David Cruthers the President Elect getting some practice running a meeting. He's doing a great job. It was sad to meet on September 11 but the group still had some Happy things to say.

The Speaker discussed Governor Trish's project at the school in Ghana. The club is very supportive and interested.

Monroe Rotary Club Sept 7-Early AM at the Sand Trap Bar and Grill on Whitney Golf Course

The Monroe Rotary Club meets for breakfast and I was there September 7. The speaker was a candidate for Selectman and many local issues were discussed. The club also knows very well his principle opponent for First Selectman.This club is highly involved with local issues in a very positive way.

The President, Ashish Verma, seen below, runs a tight ship. Their upcoming project and fundraiser are moving along.