Welcome
January 1, 2010
Dear District 5150 Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors and Family of Rotary,
Best wishes for a Happy and a Healthy New Year! Bob and I enjoyed celebrating the Holiday Season with many of you. Thanks for your kind invitations. We enjoyed the good food, music and most of all the opportunity to relax and socialize with Rotarians throughout the District!
Time has gone by so quickly. Someone suggested to me recently that we're on the downhill slide, with the Rotary year half over and yet I find we still have a lot happening in the next six months. Please do not forget our commitment to The Rotary Foundation. Many of you have been generous in your giving but we have collectively committed to raise $300,000 and we are halfway there. Remember, these are the funds that we will get in DDF in three years - half to the District and half to the World Fund for our matching grants. We have to meet our commitment if our clubs are to have the opportunity to share in matching grant funds in the future. Each Rotarian who contributes $150 to the Annual Program Fund will still receive a certificate for a professional photographic portrait. We also have our polio challenge to meet - please keep collecting your pocket change weekly and send your figures for total money raised to PDG Russ Ketron!!
The District 5150 Ski Event is just around the corner - register now! Bob and I spent the holiday week at Kirkwood - the snow was plentiful and the mountains were beautiful. We are excited about our District Ski weekend - come up on Friday, February 26 and ski Saturday and Sunday (we get a discount on room rates and lift tickets). We'll do a no-host dinner Saturday evening and fellowship/karaoke to follow. Check the District Website for details and registration or contact Lisa Fish - jlisaann@aol.com or Peter Bretan -bretan.surgery@usa.net for more information.
Don't put off registering for the District Conference (it's easy on our District Website). Check for updates on speakers and panels. For those of you who don't want to commute the SF Chinatown Hilton is giving us great rates. Please register directly with the hotel (Hotel information will be on the District website soon). Make your reservations for the Conference at our website so you are assured a place, as we expect to sell out. Come CELEBRATE IN SAN FRANCISCO! If any Rotarian is feeling a financial pinch in this difficult economy we have a modest District Events Support Fund to subsidize Conference registration. Please contact me or DGN John Bottari confidentially - we want you to attend!!
Riki Intner, District Governor 2009-2010
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