Group Study Exchange
2009-10 District GSE Applications to be sent in July 2008
2009-10 District Governors will receive a 2009-10 District Application for participation in Group Study Exchange during the month of July 2008. Both a hard copy and an electronic version will be sent. In addition, this application will be available for download on the Rotary website. If your district is interested in receiving contact information for counterparts as you seek a 2009-10 GSE partner district, please contact your GSE coordinators at TRF. Districts interested in sending a second GSE team in 2009-10 will need to submit an additional, separate, district application to TRF. All completed 2008-09 District applications must be submitted to TRF no later than
1 October 2008; however, districts are encouraged to submit applications as soon as they are completed.
2008-09 GSE Materials Mailing
The GSE department is currently preparing its annual program materials mailing. In order to ensure that your district receive the box of mailed materials, please confirm with the GSE department, the name and mailing address of your district’s 2008-09 GSE Chair. All updates can be submitted to
Hysan.Gearring@rotary.org.
The GSE department is moving to reduce the amount of paper materials sent to each district, and districts will note that there is an increased number of program CDs. We would like to encourage all districts to distribute the GSE CDs to interested applicants. Should your district require additional CDs, these can be requested from the Rotary website at no charge. Please contact your GSE Coordinator at TRF if you have any questions about requesting GSE materials online.
DRFC Chair Appointments
As of 1 July 2008, all DRFC chair appointments will need to be submitted on the attached form by fax, scanned and emailed, or mailed to:
The Rotary Foundation
Attn: Administration Department
Fax: 1-847-491-9364
Emil: TRF.Administration@rotary.org
Click here to download DRFC appointment form
Kimberly Evon will be preparing letters that RRFCs will be asked to distribute to the DGEs at GETS. These letters will include information regarding this new form. Please inform the 2008-09 DGs so they are aware of this change. In the case of resignations, policy questions, or requests for removal of cause, please encourage DGs to email
TRF.Administration@rotary.org. Please visit the RRFC Forum for the most updated list of DRFC chairs under the
Contact Information download category.
SHARE Tip of the Month
A total of 200 districts have returned the2009-10 SHARE Package Receipt Form. Lists of the districts that have not responded are being compiled by zone and will be sent to you shortly. If you do not receive an email, then all of your districts have submitted the form.
A SHARE Transaction Detail report, Tagged DDF report, and DDF donation form are being sent via email to every district before the end of May. This annual mailing is to advise districts of how much DDF remains unidentified in 2007-08. Please consider donating any uncommitted funds by 30 June. The materials are being sent to the DG, DGE, DRFCC, and the subcommittee chairs for Grants, PolioPlus, Peace Fellows, and Scholarships.
Questions about SHARE? Contact Steve Lyons, 847-866-3362;
steve.lyons@rotary.org.
Scholarships Fund Pool for Low-Income Countries
All districts - both high and low-income - are encouraged to donate any amount of DDF to the fund pool as they plan their DDF spending for program year 2008-09. All districts and low-income countries within a district may submit scholarship applications to compete for up to
32 Ambassadorial Scholarships awarded annually through the fund pool. All applications are considered on a world-competitive basis by a Trustee-appointed committee. The deadline to submit applications is the same as for all 2009-10 Ambassadorial Scholarship applications:
1 October 2008. Contact: Renée Stephenson, Resource Development Senior Supervisor, tel: +1-847-866-3314; fax: +1-847-556-2144; email:
Renee.Stephenson@rotary.org 
