Jim Roxlo (North River), chair of the district World Community Service Committee has announced that eight clubs have already completed the requirements to become Globe Clubs during the 2007-2008 Rotary year. In order achieved, the clubs are Rogersville, Morristown, Pigeon Forge, Oak Ridge Breakfast, Chattanooga,

Bradley Sunrise, North River and Sparta. A member of the WCS committee will present each club with its 2007-2008 globe at an upcoming club meeting.

 

Roxlo and his committee also reported that an additional 18 "sure thing" clubs are expected to complete the criteria by mid-December and that there are another five "probable" clubs.

 

See the district web site for the criteria to become a globe club and a list of the 2006-2007 globe clubs. Your club still has time to complete the criteria during 2007-2008 and the committee members will be glad to assist.

Tina Dalton is a senior at Carson-Newman College majoring in Public Relations/Advertising, which requires a semester as an intern. Bill Wadlington (Morristown) struck on the idea of hiring an intern to assist the Jefferson City, Morristown, Morristown AM and Rogersville Rotary Clubs in providing public relations assistance and developing web sites for the clubs. The pay she received ($150 for the semester) plus free meals when attending club meetings is more than many interns receive. She brought skills, youth and enthusiasm to the assignment. In addition to pay, Tina learned a lot about Rotary and had regular contact with Rotarians who may be hiring graduating seniors.

 

Wadlington says the four Rotary clubs want to continue using interns and he is willing to discuss with interested clubs how they might try a similar program in their area. Contact Bill at morristownrotary@hotmail.com.

How will Rotarians in your club and our district respond in the event a natural disaster leaves neighborhoods full of middle class houses looking like the one on the right? That picture was taken last January during the first North American Disaster Workshop. The house is one of many left in the wake of Katrina 18 months after the event. Even more houses were completely demolished. Has someone from your club registered to attend the meeting in Nashville on December 14-15? Come and work with other Rotarians to consider how your club and our district can respond in a coordinated way to disasters in our district and around the world. Click on this link to learn more about the event and register to attend.

 

Bobby Davis (Kingston) and Tom Kale (North River) of our district Disaster Services Committee and I hope to see you there!

Discounted registration for the Los Angeles Convention will end December 15. Register now and avoid an increase of $40 per person. Your are not going to want miss this terrific event! Click here to learn more about the convention and register. Contact On To Los Angeles Chair Henry Pate (Hamilton Place) at pateiii@comcast.net for additional information.

 

Rotary Shares -- Looking for a good program idea?

 

The Cookeville Rotary Club has established a relationship with a Rotary Club in Alexandria, Egypt, and is developing a Matching Grant proposal to make improvements to the Riad Preparatory School in Alexandria. If your club is interested in learning about how the relationship between the two clubs developed and the project itself, please contact Calvin Dickinson at CDickinson@tntech.edu.

 

DG Robin Textor
Rotary International District 6780