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NE PETS 2014 Registration is now Open

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A team of 60+ facilitators and district leaders from the 8 districts (7780, 7850, 7870, 7890, 7910, 7930, 7950 and 7980) that make up North East PETS braved the subzero temperatures to come together today in Framingham MA to prepare for NE PETS 2014.

With just about 60 days before NE PETS kicks off (March 6 – 8, 2014) final preparations are underway as the leadership team gets the facilitators ready to train the incoming Rotary Club Presidents (Presidents-elect) and Assistant Governors.

Northeast PETS (NE PETS)  is taking place March 6-8th this year with optional working sessions being held on Thursday afternoon (3/6), followed by a gala dinner highlighted by Anne L. Matthews (Rotary’s first female Vice President).  The plenaries and breakouts start first thing on Friday morning, and the program wraps up Saturday just after lunch.

NE PETS will draw just about 600 Rotarians including ; 440 Presidents-Elect, 80 Assistant Governors plus numerous Program Facilitators, Volunteers and Speakers from the eight Rotary International Districts from New England and southern Quebec.

The goal of NE PETS is to train incoming  Club Presidents (Presidents-elect) and New Assistant Governors for their new leadership positions in the upcoming Rotary year.

NE PETS will be held at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center, in Framingham, MA

Registrar Valerie Perry sent out registration invitations to attendees this afternoon – the direct registration link is: http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/index.cfm?EventID=77222493

Read Ealier Story:  http://bits.ws/2013/08/24/incoming-rotary-club-presidents-ne-pets-is-march-6-8-2014-in-framingham-ma/

Credit: Photo of Alan Hurst contributed by Laima Nori

Moore Oklahoma Update

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Moore Oklahoma

Moore Oklahoma – it is hard to know where to begin the rebuilding process

We have been in communication with the District leaders affected by the tornados in Oklahoma and they are working to determine a project (or multiple projects) which will satisfy the requirements of Global Grants under The Rotary Foundation rules.

They have had offers of support from around the world; including several districts in Italy and Australia. We are hopeful that one of these districts will take the lead on the global grant allowing us the ability to obtain maximum matching support for Oklahoma.

Jennifer and me are wrapping up at the RI Convention in Lisbon and we have spoken to a number of our colleagues in other districts which are interested in getting involved once a project is defined.

So far a number of clubs in our district (7980) have raised just about $5k for the project without even knowing the specific scope just because they want to help others in need. We all know that this will grow once we are able to determine the exact scope. We are also hoping to match the club’s efforts 1:1 with our districts TRF global funds if we successfully turn this into a global grant.

How Rotary Clubs can contribute:

Mail their contributions made out to: Rotary 7980 District Foundation

to

PDG Colin Gershon One Century Tower, Fifth Floor, 265 Church Street  New Haven, CT 06510-7000

Or by contacting via email at PDG Colin Gershon