Sunday 18 was spent in the excellent company of Stephen Chorley, District Foundation chair, Jim Mulreany, GSE Co-ordinator, AG Samantha Miler, a past GSE Team Leader, and Barry Davies, Team Leader for the outgoing team to District 5510 Arizone in the late spring of 2010, to select the team. We were totally spoiled for choice with a wonderful group of candidates. It is a pity that RI limits the numbers, as it would have been nice to send everyone. In the end, decisions had to be made to produce a team of varied interests, as we are required to do, and the successful candidates will be notified in the next few days. However, everyone should be delighted at how well they presented their own cases and I am enormously proud that this District can bring forward such superb young people. There are opportunities every year to apply for this really excellent scheme, so I hope that those not selected to go this year will consider a future application. I also hope that all District 1010 Clubs will strive to bring the scheme to the notice of as wide a group of young people as possible.. I can also say that I would be absolutely delighted to see everyone of the candidates joining a Rotary Club in this District. We really do have to find the means to get such fine young people involved in the Rotary movement, even if this means a change to long held traditions and procedures.