DG's Travels Week 47

The first very clear indication of the beckoning year end for a District Governor is the District Assembly, where the team for the Rotary year ahead lays out its plans. These are then cascaded down to Club Assemblies for the benefit of all Rotarians. The topics covered this year included everything from PolioPlus to youth activities. I was impressed by both the detail and the enthusiasm for the year ahead, with the new strap line of Building Communities, Building Continents. It was also an opportunity for me to announce the successful Clubs for the Literacy Awards and Presidential Citations. In addition, it was the first occasion when any 1010 District Governor had been able to present the Connecticut Trophy for international achievement, which I in turn had received at the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth. Many Clubs and Rotarians have contributed to the District's success and it was a great pleasure to acknowledge this. The Assembly is also an occasion when the DG has the opportunity to hear about the latest fund-raising activities of Clubs and individual Rotarians, and an opportunity to get to know some of the more interesting characters involved, such as Fergus the Bear from the Rotary Club of Dunfermline Carnegie(photographs to follow).