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District 5750 Group Study Exchange
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2008 GSE
Committee Chair:
Randy L. Goodman
Rotary District 5750 GSE Chairman
PO Box 1218
Nicoma Park, Okla. 73066
405-769-7990
fax 405-769-7970
cell 405-550-7701
rgoodman@coxinet.net
Outbound Chair is Randy Goodman
Inbound Co-chair is Jim Little
Click here to read Randy’s GSE article.
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GSE 2008 Team Info
Team Leader & Members, P. 1
Team Leader & Members, P. 2
About GSE Program
INBOUND TEAM
Team from Poland Set to Arrive in April, 2008
Poland-Ukraine Rotary District 2230 has selected its team leader and team members for its Group Study Exchange with District 5750. The team leader is physician Jacek Sklodowski. Team members include cardiologist Ms. Dagmara Stoly-Truszczynska, physician Ms. Karolina Lada, journalist Ms. Milena Rachid Chebab and English Teacher/Translator Malgorzata Rymsza.
The District 2230 team is scheduled to arrive in Oklahoma City April 5, 2008 and depart May 4, 2008. Rotary District 5750 host clubs include Edmond Summit, Cherokee, Ponca City, Cushing, Enid, NW Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Heartland, South Oklahoma City, Perry and Woodward.
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GSE 2009 INFORMATION
Bolivia District 4690 Rotary
2008-2009 GSE Scheduled With Bolivia District 4690
Rotary District Governor Elect Billy Bowden announced a Group Study Exchange with Rotary District 4690 in Bolivia for 2008-2009. The exchange will actually take place in the spring of 2009. There are 34 Rotary clubs in Bolivia and the district comprises the entire country. The different clubs are in Beni, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz and Tarija. The country of Bolivia has population of an estimated 9 million people.
For more information on Rotary District 4690, see the District website which is: http://www.rotaryd4690.netfirms.com
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GSE Article by Randy Goodman
District 5750 GSE Chair
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It was about ten years ago that I completed my tour of Turkey as a Rotary GSE team member. My team leader was the extraordinary past DG Mary Kalbert and she encouraged each of us to consider joining Rotary upon our return to the U.S. Two of us did, myself and Gene Benson, superintendent of Dover Schools. Since joining Rotary in 1997, I have remained active in GSE of District 5750 and believe in its mission of promoting world peace through a better understanding of world cultures. Then as now, I believe GSE to be an exceptional program.
But since that time and certainly during our exchange to Brazil, I have become more acquainted with the work of Rotary worldwide. It is even remotely possible that the vision or Paul Harris all those years ago included Rotary International as we know it today? If so, what a visionary he was. From assistance to the needy in the flavela´s of Rio, to the elimination of polio worldwide, to the education and assistance of children in Nova Iguacu and all around the world, to the funded exchanges of students, young professionals and the resulting expansion of ones cognitive appreciation for the many cultures of the world, the impact of Rotary is still unknown to many. Including Rotarians. But for many more around the world, the programs and assistance Rotary provides is received with heartfelt appreciation. We have seen it all over the state of Rio de Janeiro. We have seen statutes commemorating Paul Harris. We have seen Rotary schools with the name Paul Harris painted upon the wall. We have seen an impact of Rotary that is nothing less than extraordinary.
The Group Study Exchange of Oklahoma Rotary District 5750 to Brazil by Sarah Orton, Jennie Huntington, Matt Mickle, Robert Faulk and Randy Goodman has come to an end. We could not have been better received. We cannot imagine we could have been treated with any more kindness. We will miss our many new Brazilian amigo´s but none more than Rio GSE chair Sonia Assis and her husband Alcides Vierira, our ever present driver, host, photographer and now forever friend. Alcides has provided us all with more than our fair share of laughs and I do believe he received the same amount from us. Though Alcides speaks little English and we speak less Portuguese, there was a special connection that we will never forget. GSE has often been called a "life changing experience" and it is just that. What other opportunity does one have to receive an inside look of another countries culture and stay in the homes of gracious Rotarians?
May the worldside work of Rotary continue evermore. Until its final mission is realized and the complete vision of Paul Harris and those who have followed is fulfilled.
Randy Goodman
Rotary District 5750 GSE Chairman
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