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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE

GSE Vocational Exchange with District 5440 [Wyoming, part Colorado, Nebraska & Idaho U.S.A]

Incoming

  • The District 5440 team will be in our district from 8 February 2010 through to 15 March 2010

Itinerary:
8 Feb                Arrive Port Macquarie
9/12 Feb           Gloucester [Manning Great Lakes cluster]
13/16 Feb          Armidale [Northern Tablelands cluster]
17/20 Feb          Tamworth [Tamworth regional cluster]
21/23 Feb          Narrabri [Namoi cluster]
24/26 Feb          Moree [Moree Gwydir cluster]
27 Feb/2 Mar     Inverell [Moree Gwydir cluster]
3/6 Mar             Coffs Harbour [Coffs Coast cluster]
7/10 Mar           Macksville [Nambucca-Macleay cluster]
11/14 Mar          Port Macquarie [Port Macquarie Hastings cluster]
15 Mar              Depart Port Macquarie

District 5440 GSE Team Web Site - Keep up to date with our teams activities
  • The incoming team will comprise
Team Leader :  
Michael Forney, CMB (Certified Mortgage Banker) Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Mike provides professional business counseling services through Management Dynamics, a Steamboat Springs company he formed in 2005. Mike is the immediate past president of Steamboat Springs Rotary Club; District Rotarian of the Year 2009;
District PR Chair; District Visioning Team Member; District Rotary Leadership Institute.
 
Team members:  
Sarah Kostin, 29, the Youth Services Librarian at Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Kostin has a Masters Degree in library and information from the University of Illinois. (She is a skilled “story teller” who was introduced to Australia through a local Australian who is renowned for his stories of Aborigine myths and tales.)
   
Tiffany Lehman, 31, has her own life coaching business in Fort Collins. She is a graduate of the University of Wyoming with a Master’s Degree in community counseling.   (She is actively engaged in running a “re-entry” program for people who have been jailed for non-felony offenses.)
   
Joshua Mallonee, 26, is the International and Service Program Coordinator at Wilderness Adventures in Jackson, Wyoming. Originally from Athens, Georgia, Mallonee graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in biology and psychology. (Josh creates social awareness and work-study trips internationally for high school students.
   
Leslie Sampson, 33, is the Senior Vice President –Human Resources for Home State Bank in Loveland, Colorado. She is a Colorado State University graduate with a degree in business administration.  (She is highly experienced in personnel issues involving mergers with an amazing amount of banking experience.)
   
Matthew Weisman, 35, is a resident of Driggs, Idaho and Director of Information Technology for the Town of Jackson, Wyoming. He is working on his degree in business and technology management from Western Governor’s University in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Matt is a very experienced IT “Techie” who will be creating the team’s “blog” and website.)


Outgoing

Our GSE team’s visit to D5440 will commence on 3 May 2010 and conclude 7 June 2010. The team has been selected and comprises:

Team Leader :  
Wendy Mulligan
General Manager
Tablelands Cluster, Hunter New England Health Service
Past President Rotary Club of Guyra
Rotary Club of Guyra
   
Team Members:  
Andrew Bailey 31 [Degree Nursing]

Nurse Manager – Deputy Director Nursing
Macksville Health Campus
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Macksville
 

   
Toni Laurie 32 [Degree Natural Resources]

Environment Officer
AGL Energy
Gloucester, NSW
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Gloucester

   
Kristy Reading 26 [Degree Communication]

Community Relations Co-ordinator
North West office Cancer Council NSW
Tamworth NSW
Sponsored by Tamworth 1st Light
 
   
Ben Spence [Degree Arts/Psychology; Degree Law cont.]

Coordinator, Housing Strategy
Housing NSW
NSW Department of Human Services
Narrabri NSW
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Narrabri
   
Chris Stace 28 [Degree Business cont.]

Branch Manager
New England Credit Union Ltd
Armidale NSW
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Armidale North

GSE Information
1. Team Leader Application Form
2. Team Member Application form
3. GSE Brochure
4. Sample Press Kit
5. Syllabus of Study for Team Members and Team Leaders.
These can all be downloaded from the above

Information Sources
www.rotary9650.org.au
www.rotary.org  [enter “GSE” in search engine box on top right hand of web site]
www.rotary5440.org Use this temporary link for now: http://www.clubrunner.ca/dprg/dxhome/_home.aspx?did=5440
Past GSE Team Leaders and members
District GSE Chair or other committee members listed
Chair
Alan St Clair [Liz]
443 Toms Gully Road Black Mountain NSW 2365
6775 0165 or 0410437915 Email

Committee
Neville Parsons DG Wauchope
11 Oak Ridge Rd
Wauchope NSW 2446
6583158 [h], 65808226 [w], 65852863 [f] 0418653945 [m]
nparsons@hccu.com.au

Jo Wilkins DGE Coonabarabran
Ulalah
Maranoa Rd
Coonabarabran NSW 2357
jo.wilkin@gmail.com

Adam Sherwell Coffs Harbour
4 Lighthouse Crescent
Emerald Beach NSW 2456
66562731 [h] 66525829 [w] 66509784 [f] 0427 525829
stibnite@bigpond.net.au

Jodie Shelley South West Rocks
PO Box 2
Smithtown NSW 2440
65674989 [h] 0412 187940
Jodie.shelley@tsn.cc

Aznive Beesley Gloucester
PO Box 295
Gloucester NSW 2422
6558 9232 [h] 0414 769566
aznive@tareefurnitureone.com.au

 

Robin Archer  Inverell
Inverell Station
Inverell NSW 2360
6722 3081 [h] 6722 5016 [f] 0418 131678
ra@inverellstation.com.au

 Steve Widders Armidale AM
18 Centura Crescent
PO Box 1472
Armidale 2350
6771 2585 [h] 6770 3865 [w] 0411 609041
swidders@armidale.nsw.gov.au

Please post applications to:
Alan St Clair
Chairman
District 9650 GSE Committee 2009 - 2010
443 Toms Gully Road
Black Mountain NSW 2365
 

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