Rotary District 5550 Group Study Exchange 2011

We've made it to the Regina airport and are waiting for the plane to take us away.  Our GSE gear came in too!  Check it out.

See you soon, England!

Hey everybody.  Just 3 days to go. Are we ready?  I phoned England yesterday, just to make sure it was there, I guess. Not really. Thought I'd best make sure we had all the correct international codes for our families to make calls to there. I spoke to John Sayer. He sounds as interesting and organized as his emails have indicated. They are ready for us. And a bonus he says the weather has come up beaut. I knew it would. Now if we can get there before it changes.
Dave.

              GSE Team from 5550.     Shaunna, Alicia, Jody, Brennan and Dave.
              Taken after their first presentation to Neepawa Rotarians and Guests.

The flight tickets have arrived and the excitement mounts.  We leave at Sept. 30, 10:20 in the morning from Regina via Toronto (1.5 hour layover) and 7.5 hours and a few more time zone changes later into Dusseldorf, Germany Saturday at 6 AM. Just 40 minutes to change planes and another 1.5 hours flying and a reversal of a time zone lands us in Manchester at 7:15 AM where our English adventure will begin. The finalized itinerary which we received a few days ago is so detailed and complete. Many thanks to GSE Chair John Sayer and his District 1210 cohorts.
      I received the 1210 DG's Newsletter describing the keynote speakers for the Oct. 14-16 Conference. I am looking forward to hearing and possibly meeting Tom Henderson, Shelterbox's founder. Our District 5550 is heavily involved in the Canadian arm of the Shelterbox effort.
     It will be a great 4 weeks.    Team Leader,  Dave.

The team had a great weekend in Neepawa August 12 - 14. We prepped our presentation and thanks to Ivan the TV Guy we have our first run of it on DVD with professional green screen technology. The pressure was on for us to do a good job and the Team came through with flying colours. This morning we will make the presentation to the Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs of Neepawa.  I will try to upload a picture of us after the presentation.

Captain Dave.

Hey everyone!
The time is getting closer just over 2 months until our flight to the UK! I'm getting excited with all the prep work lately. I'm looking forward to our weekend here coming up soon. This weekend is the big Lily Festival here, and the town has a LOT of extra visitors. It rained yesterday so that put a bit of a slowdown on things here for a while, but you should see all the Lily's everywhere! The summer seems to have flown by so fast already.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks!
Jody

Hello GSE Team to England in 2011! I'm so proud of all of you for your great prep work. You are going to be such wonderful ambassadors for Rotary, GSE, and for Canada. And you are going to have so much fun! I'll be following you on your journey.


Gailmarie (GSE Finland 2009)