On the other hand

Or should I say "other side?"

In the Philippines theTeam Leader is Jenny R. Salud

The Team Members are:
1.  Charmie Grace Quipit
2.  Jocelyn Bartolata
3.  Maria Christine Cabrera
4.  Mary Rose Joy Sagabay
5. Jerome Castanos

Looking forward to getting rveryone together!

All Aboard

Katie Hughes

Mary Farragher

Toni Fry

Introducing The Rotary District 6650 GSE team to the Philippines!

Four Out of Three

Of the four scheduled interviews, we conducted three. Our second scheduled was MIA. Our Committee chair did reach her eventually - TG for cell phone technology - she was 3 hours away bedside her ailing father. She's rescheduled.

This is what lead time is for.

All three very different but with overlapping similarities (frankness being one). I'm going to reserve choosing until the fourth equation is added to the personality mix.

Visiting Team

The Philippine team has been chosen - 6 - team leader Jenny and I are trading geographic and weather information. She tells me that their district conference will take place in one of the World's Most Beautiful resorts - why is it again that we had a scant few apply to go on this exchange?? And they with 28 wanting to come to Ohio. Hard to wrap my brain around that one!

We will be conducting team interviews this Sunday. Here we go! I'm hoping we have four good candidates. Now might be the time to send in my paperwork to update my passport.

Promises promises ...

We've got one essay coming down the pike! Due date Monday.

GSE update

Last Wednesday, it was announced at the Rotary Club of Youngstown's annual steak fry that I had been selected to lead a team of young non-Rotarian professionals (Age25-40) to the Philippines from March 17, 2011 to April 18, 2011. Our Rotary Intenational District 6650 is paired with RI District 3820 in the Philippines.

This Rotary International Foundation program, launched in 1965, is designed to develop professional and leadership skills among young adults in order to prepare them to better address the needs of their communities in an increasingly global workplace. It's quite an honor to have been selected.

Since the announcement, I have been soliciting for team members through the organizations with which I am involved and other networks. We've had to postpone the interview date until mid October. We have one application from the Youngstown, Ohio that my club will sponsor, and possibly two more from the Canton area.

I had an opportunity to speak with our Governors about the progress being made to collect a Philippines team. So far we had three candidates in the mix -- with incomplete applications. The goal is to have four with a backup. This is a 4-6 week exchange. That seems to be the biggest challenge. How many young professionals can take that much time off with the blessing of a supervisor?

One the other side ... of the ocean ... there are 28 candidates chomping at the bit to come to NE Ohio!