District Conference 2010

District Conference

Elizabeth Lyons and her team are doing a great job organizing the District Conference. It will be at the Westin Poinsett, Greenville, SC, April 30th – May 1st. Highlights include:

Friday, April 30

• Arts Walk along the Reedy River organized by the Metropolitan Arts Council
• Dinner catered by Falls Park Cafe
• Concert in the park by the cast of Rock and Roll Heaven

 
Saturday, May 1

Morning

• District Foundation activities
• Australian GSE Team (assuming recovery from Friday night)
• Gillaine Warne (founder of Zanmi Agrikol and featured this week in a Wall Street Journal story)
• Dacre Stoker (author of Dracula, the Undead). Great grand nephew of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula. A percentage of the profits from this novel will go to End Polio Now.)
• Youth exchange video

Afternoon

• Kenducky Derby in Falls Park
• Tours of other Greenville Venues

Evening

• Reception with Video of District Fundraising and Service Activities
• Presidential Rep Address
• International Buffet (Italian, Viennese, Chinese, Southern Low Country)
• Party with Multiple Entertainment Groups
• Silent Auction and Live Auction

Sunday, May 2nd

• Memorial Service
• Ecumenical Church Service with renowned violinist Eun-Sun Lee and pianist Stan Starnes
• CART Executive Director Bill Shilito
• Billy Campbell, former Ambassadorial Scholar, former CEO of the Discovery Channel, and passenger on the US Air Flight that landed in the Hudson

Governor’s Cup

I am announcing the first annual Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament. Again, this will be held at the same time as District Conference, but is considered a separate event. We are asking for two man teams from each club who will compete in a legitimate golf tournament. They will need official handicaps. The winning team will be sent in 2011 to play the Rotary International Golf Tournament in St. Andrews Scotland. They will have the chance to play the old course, and two others nearby. It should be a trip of a lifetime. Entry fee is $100, which includes $25 to the Rotary Foundation for a golf ball and a chance to play St. Andrews. Sign up your teams on line at www.rotary7750.org.

Awards Luncheon

We have asked all of the Greenville Metro Clubs to make April 30th their regular meeting for that week. The luncheon will be at the Embassy Suites. We will recognize Presidential Citations, Governor Citations, Foundation Giving, CART, Polio, etc. There will be entertainment by Café and Then Some and the Governor’s School. This is a separate event from the Conference. Cost is $25, to be offset by the regular charge from clubs.

My theme for the year has been Make it Memorable, and this conference will be no exception. You can register online at, yep, www.rotary7750.org.

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District Governor George Fletcher
Rotary Club of Greenville

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