Rotary District 6440

DISTRICT CONFERENCE:  The 2010 District Conference is scheduled for the weekend of Thursday, 29 April thru Sunday, 2 May, 2010. Highlights include a Sundowner Dinner Cruise on Thursday evening, Foundation Awards Luncheon at noon on Friday with an address by former scholar Steven Hollingworth, COO, CARE USA, Ambassadorial Scholar & Brazil GSE teams presentations of Friday afternoon, International Buffet, Youth Exchange Entertainment and address by Past RI President Wilf Wilkinson. Satuday will begin with Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a presention by Susan Fignar entitled “Making a Memorable and Lasting First Impression, with a fashion show by Lauire Carver of CAbi clothiers. Our luncheon speaker on Saturday for the District Awards Luncheon is David Forward, renowned Leadership Trainer and Motivational Speaker and the author of A Century of Service: The Story of Rotary International. Saturday night will be the Great Gasby Black Tie Dinner (optional) and on Sunday we conclude with a Gospel Chior Brunch.…District Conference registration, agenda, etc. available at  www.rotary6440districtconference.com. 

BRAZIL OUTBOUND GSE TEAM SELECTIONS:    Donna Gulley, a retrie High School Counselor and a member of the Rotary Club of Northbrook will lead a team made up of: Ronnie Idowu, a Computer Engineer, sponsored by the RC of Lake Forest/lake Bluff; Scott Nadeau, a Park District Geneva and Cindy Huang, an Attorney, sponsored by the RC of Skokie Valley. Ada Kahn of the RC of Evanston is the Alternate Team Leader. The team will be in Brazil from May 3 - June 1, 2010…..The Alumni Association will host a farewell party in Chicago in early April.

AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARS SELECTED:  Four individuals were resently selected from sixteen candidates to receive the 2010-2011 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship Grants of $25,000.00 each. The recipients are Kim Karlin, sponsored by the Buffalo Grove club, who will be studying Second Language Aquisition; John Moore, sponsored by the Winnetka-Northfield club, who will study International Relations & Development Economics;  Melanie Quall sponsored by the Lake Forest - Lake Bluff club, who will study International Relations Public Policy & Development; and Irene Swanenburg, sponsored by Northbrook, who will study Public Health.

 NEW ZEALAND GSE FAREWELL:   There was great reception biding farewell to the D-6440 Outbound GSE team to New Zealand on Monday 13 April. The event was held at Buckley’s at Willow Glen Golf Course, Great Lakes. The families, friends and employers of the team members were present, as well as members of the sponsoring Rotary Clubs and other district digntaries.

JOINT DISTRICT GSE RECEPTION:  Districts 6440 & 6450 hosted the GSE team from Norway, at a reception on Tuesday evening, 28 April 2009, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The event was  held at CANS Bar & Canteen, 1640 N. Damen Avenue, Chicago. There were 35 persons in attendance.

WELCOME to the District 6440 Alumni Association Web site. We hope that this site will provide a means of communication between association members, Rotary International and the clubs of district 6440.

You will soon find information regarding alumni events, a data bank of past Ambassadorial Scholars and GSE Group Study Exchange Teams, plus many other useful tools to help you keep in touch with your Rotary experience.

ALUMNI ID CARDS: The association will be issuing D-6440 Alumni ID cards, which will identify you as a participant in a Foundation sponsored program and extend an invitation to you to visit a Rotary club in your area. In order to complete the ID we will need the following: name, program participated in, i.e. Ambassadorial Scholar, GSE, other, country and district visited. Please register, by going the the REGISTER BAR under META in the right column of this site, to provide us with this information.

DISTRICT 6440  SPRING CONFERENCE 2010:The 2009-2010 District Conference will tbe held at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Thursday, 29 April through Sunday, 2 May, 2010. On the agenda will be presentations by the Youth Exchange Students, Roteractors, Ambassadorial Scholars and the GSE team from Brazil, in addition to our team that went to Brazil…… Watch for further information and special Alumni activities  .

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TEAM APPLICATIONS:  Applications for the GSE Team going to Brazil next April (2010)will be available this summer. Contact Jim Runnfeldt for futher information Jswede@aol.com.    

AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR APPLICATIONS:  The Ambassadorial Scholar applications for the acdemic year 2010-2011 are available and due 1 July 2009, to the District Selection Committee.