Rotary District 6200 Newsletter

Governor's Update

February – the month in 1905 of Rotary’s first meeting – is appropriately designated as World Understanding Month. Rotary promotes world understanding in so many ways. Ambassadorial Scholarship interviews, a Group Study Exchange Team visit from Istanbul, a Rotary Friendship Exchange Team visit from Nova Scotia – these are all happening in District 6200 soon. Other ready examples are PolioPlus, TRF Matching Grants, Youth Exchange, International Conventions – see why our great organization is known as Rotary International! Let’s celebrate this emphasis in our clubs this month.

We certainly celebrated at the recent “Krewe of Rotary” Foundation Gala. What a wonderful evening! TRF Chair Bob Scott and his wife Ann said they had a memorable visit. Many thanks to everyone – especially Gala Chair PDG Richard Dunn and Krewe Captain PDG Lance Linscombe – who made it such fun. Read all about it, and see some great photos, in this issue’s Feature Presentation.

An upcoming opportunity for more great fun together as the Family of Rotary is the District Conference in early May in Baton Rouge. As you will read, a huge discount on the registration fee is being offered for a short while. Take advantage of it while there’s still time!

A different type of opportunity is a photo contest that RI is holding for illustrations of Service Above Self. We should have a District full of winners. Get details on the home page at www.rotary.org and make sure entries are in by the March 1 deadline. Another opportunity is RI’s Significant Achievement Award for outstanding club service projects. Please contact me immediately if you have one to be nominated – RI must receive our District’s nomination by March 15.

This month’s Newsletter is chock full of interesting information and photos about many great topics, including EarlyAct, YouthAct and Interact Clubs; literacy projects ongoing throughout the District; our District Family of Rotary Committee goals; bulletproof vests in Westlake; and much more. Read on!

	Yours in Rotary,
	Charles L. Spencer
	District Governor, 2007-2008

Feature Presentation

District 6200 welcomes The Rotary Foundation Chairman Bob Scott with a South Louisiana-style Mardi Gras party.....Click here to see photos and read about all the fun at the 2008 District 6200 Foundation Gala ...

The Rotary Foundation

"I shall see you in heaven." A quote from a Swazi prince to help that arrived from the Sulphur Sunrise Rotary Club.

Click here to read more and to see a heart-changing video about how these simple ShelterBoxes from Louisiana are literally changing lives in Africa....PLUS a MATCHING GRANT PROJECT that sends an ultrasound machine to Nigeria.

District Currents

Our Group Study Exchange Team is obtaining passports, visas, filling out insurance forms and brushing up on Turkish customs for their upcoming trip to Turkey....

PLUS...Look Who's Sponsoring EarlyAct, YouthAct &

Interact Clubs in our District...Click here to read more.

Membership Matters

Closing in on 200....Click here to see which District 6200 clubs have grown in membership this year...and how to help grow YOUR club even more!

Literacy is King in District 6200 this Rotary year....

Click here to read the incredible line-up of some of the many literacy efforts going on RIGHT NOW in District 6200.

Announcing the District Conference

A great way to celebrate the conclusion of an outstanding year, have fun while learning more
and socialize with old friends and meet new ones is to attend the 2008 District Conference.

Swing for the greens in the Celebrity Golf Tournament ... enjoy the keynote speaker at the Louisiana Literacy Luncheon ... feast to your heart's content at the tantalizing Food Fest ... laugh and dine at the Governor's Banquet ... and lots more. And to make it affordable for everyone, a time-limited fire sale on the registration fee is going on now!

Check it out here...

Action Clubs

Crowley Rotary Club "HOPS" on the Literacy Train....Click here to read more about its year-long literacy focus at Ross Elementary School, where it's the students doing the reading.

Do you know the MISSION of the Family of Rotary? Read more about it and the GOALS of our District Family of Rotary Committee here.

Lagniappe

Read Why Westlake Rotarians are "Going Bulletproof"...PLUS the A-Z's of District 6200 Dictionary Project Supporters...Click here to find out more.