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ARE YOU READY FOR A FREE TRIP TO SOUTHER CHILE?
We need five people for an all expense paid trip to Southern Chile in October/November 20120, more information.
 
BOTH GSE TEAMS ARRIVE SAFELY IN ITALY
The gentleman on the right is DG Romano Vicario, District 2120
 
Looks like all arrived safely and are enjoying their stay in Italy
 
GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TEAM OUTBOUND FROM DISTRICT 6360 TO ITALY FROM MAY 10 to JUNE 10, 2010 
GSE team photo

Amy Remmert, Alternate Team Leader; Katie Whittenberg, Alternate Team Member; Elisabeth Vorce, Team Member; DG Kathleen Tosco;   Nathan DiLucchio, Team Member; Fenner Brown II, Team Member; Alison Loveday, Team Member; seated is D. Terry Williams, Team Leader

 
 
Are you ready for a Group Study Exchange experience to Chile leaving October 25, 2010 and returning November 22, 2010, which is spring in Chile.  For more information click here.
 
MESSAGE TO ALL CLUBS IN THE DISTRICT

Group Study Exchange  

Are you an employer wanting global experience for one of your young professional employees?   Consider having one of your employees apply for the 2011 team.

Do you know a young professional or business person who would benefit from a month in a foreign country , living in the homes of Rotarians, experiencing the culture there and meeting with his/her vocational counterparts? 

The Rotary Foundation pays travel all expenses for a team of four young professionals from our district; The host Rotary district pays for all the other expenses (except passport and travel insurance). 

The District 6360 Team Leader this year is D. Terry Williams from the Kalamazoo Rotary.  He will lead the team iin 20 hours of training. The alternate team leader is Amy Remmert, also from the Kalamazoo  Rotary.

 

Applicants must be non-Rotarians, between the ages of 25 and 40 and employed full-time in their profession or skill.  Team members can come from corporations, small businesses, community organizations, medical and educational facilities including schools, government agencies and non-profit agencies. 

Applications and information about GSE can be obtained through www.Rotary.org,. In search box, enter Group Study Exchange. 

Also for applications and information, contact the District 6360 GSE chair:  Robert G. Small, rgsmall@ntelos.net.

 

What is Group Study Exchange (GSE)?

This is a vocational and cultural exchange experience funded by Rotary International Foundation. The team consists of one Rotarian team leader, and four non-Rotarians, aged 25-40. Team member candidates must be U.S. citizens and be employed full-time in a recognized business or profession. Knowledge of language of the country that we are sending a team to is helpful, but not required. They will have 20 hours of orientation and make presentations to area clubs. The exchange normally involves four weeks of very intense visits to the country our District sends a team to, usually in the Spring.

District 6360 exchanges GSE teams with a district in a different country each. Here is a recent history of the countries with whom we have had exchanges:

2007 - Korea

2006 - Belize, Honduras, & Guatemala

2005 - Peru

2004 - Germany

2008 - Philippines.

2009 - Argentina

2010 - Italy

Applications are available on the Rotary International website. Completed applications, signed by the sponsoring club president, should be sent directly to the GSE chair listed below:

 

Robert G. Small

Kalamazoo Rotary

338 Highland

Plainwell, MI 49080

H:  269-664-4694

rgsmall@ntelos.net