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Conference Report Sunday 1st October |
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Written by Malcolm Webb (Assistant District Editor)
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Sunday, 01 October 2006 |
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The second day of the conference proved equally as inspiring and entertaining as the first.Beginning with Thought for the Day, DAG Mohammad Ali (Rotary Club of Brigg) read “Life on the Train”. This was in place of the usual religious-type service and proved immensely popular and tear-jerking.RIBI representative this year was the RIBI Secretary Robin Freeman (Rotary Club of Henley in Arden) who brought greetings from RIBI President Peter Offer and gave us information about the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth. He highlighted the challenges which face Rotary in the future – falling membership, increasing average age, lack of awareness of Rotary amongst the public at large -- and challenged us to overcome the backslide and to put Rotary at the forefront of the public image. Timothy Bentinck was the keynote speaker for the Sunday, otherwise known as David Archer from BBC Radio’s series “The Archers” or the Earl of Portland. He was there to represent The Institute of Cancer Research and we all expected to see the Cancer Research DVD as we had been primed in advance that this would be the mainstay of his talk. How wrong we were – and how pleasantly surprised. He spoke about his life in acting and the varied roles he had played and the various roles he had failed to get. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 October 2006 )
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1st Day of Conference 2006 |
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Saturday, 30 September 2006 |
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The return to Scarborough for District 1270’s annual conference has proved to be very popular so much so attendance was the highest recorded for several years. The conference began with the RC Goole President, Robert Haigh, presenting of a new sash for the new District Sergeant at Arms, Graham Owen. District Governor Rolf had chosen Afric a to be the theme of his conference. Representatives of three Rotary projects – Freeplay Radios, Shelterbox and the Wheelchair Foundation, gave presentations with updates on how much both had achieved to date. Both had stands in the Hall of Friendship and in the mid morning coffee break the Wheelchair Foundation had received enough funds to purchase 17 wheelchairs! |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 October 2006 )
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District 1270 prepares Conference |
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Friday, 29 September 2006 |
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 Live from The Spa at 2.30pm.
Conference Chairman, Rex Tulley and his team are preparing for District Conference which started in brilliant sunshine with the Annual Golf Competition at the 18-hole golf course at Stableford. Unfortunately, it would appear that it will be concluding in a downpour. Meanwhile, the Hall of Friendship is currently filling up with exhibitors and the technical team are preparing for the formal sessions. The weekend will commence with Karl's Bavarian Brass Band at 9.15pm in The Spa Com plex - "Ve hav vays of making you happy!" Doors open at 9am for the Conference which commences at 9.15am. An exciting and enthralling programme has been planned with guests speakers including the Artist David Shepherd, Crista Ackroyd and Timothy Bentinck (from Archers fame) |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 October 2006 )
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