Guest Speaker:  Arlene White

Arlene White, Executive Director of the Binational Tourism Alliance was the speaker this week. Binational Tourism Alliance is an incorporated, not-for-profit, membership-based tourism industry trade organization created to support tourism destination development in cross-border regions shared by Canada and the United States. It is the first tourism development organization of its kind in North America. They have more than 100 members from the Tourism, Hotels, Wine Industry and other key government and non governmental organizations related to tourism and economic developemnts matters. More information can be obtained from thier web site http://www.btapartners.com.

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New POD System

Starting June 1, the PODs will be in charge of the meetings including speakers, Door Duty, Fines and writing the Rotoscope. The POD leaders are responsible to assign duties to one or more of its members to perform duties listed. The PODS during President Debbies year are listed below.

September, December, March & June Edla(Captain),Jim,Mike,Bob,Pat.

July, October, January & April Jerry(Captain),Janice,Bill,Pravin, Norm & Suzanne

August, November, February & May Jorge(Captain) Shelly,Debbie, Ruth, Ted & Tom

TV Auction - Nov 17th

By now we hope that 99% of the items are alraedy with Edla. If you still have an item please contact immediately. We hope to have a "mini" flyer ready for the meeting on Tusday.

Also make sure Edla knows your availability on Saturday, Nov 17th evening.

Next Area 11 Mix & Mingle

The rotary club of Amherst East will be holding a Mix-N-Mingle on Thursday, Nov. 15. It will be at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center on North Forest Road in Amherst. Hors d’ureves at 6:00 with a cash bar. Carving station at 6:30. Presidents announcements at 7:00 PM & Wrap up and end by 8:00 PM.
It will be a very informal agenda, there will not be a guest speaker, but rather an opportunity to Mix-N-Mingle with fellow Rotarians from our 4 Clubs. They must have a head count for the Hotel by Thursday,November 08. The cost is $ 20.00 per person.

District Foundation Dinner

YOU ARE INVITED!!! District Foundation Committee invites you to share in the festivities of the 2007 District 7090 Foundation Dinner, which is being held on the evening of Friday November, 9th, 2007 at Americana Conference Resort and Spa, 8444 Lundy’s Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario, CANADA.

We are thrilled to welcome as our Guest Speaker, Dr. Robert S. Scott Trustee Chair, The Rotary Foundation 2007-2008, and Chair of the International Polio Plus Committee. Currently serving as Chair in two of the top three positions in Rotary, our speaker will bring insight into The Rotary Foundation, and help us understand how we as Rotarians can help to “do good in the world”. The September issue of the Rotarian magazine featured this stellar Rotarian, and it is indeed an honor for our District to enjoy the presence of his company for our Foundation evening. This unique opportunity is not to be missed, so we do hope that you are not disappointed, and we encourage everyone to complete your reservations NOW!

Contact Pravin for more information and dinner tickets which cost $60.00.

Group Study Exchange

As part of Rotary Internationals Group Study Exchange (GSE) program, District (7090) will be sending a team to Bulgaria in May 2008 and will be hosting a similar Bulgarian team at the same time. As part of Rotary Internationals Group Study Exchange (GSE) program, local Rotary District (7090) will be sending a team to Bulgaria in May 2008 and will be hosting a similar Bulgarian team at the same time. In addition to a Rotarian team leader, the team will be comprised of four businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers and interested in learning about the economic, social and cultural characteristics of Bulgaria. Please promote this in your companies, with your neighbors and your childrens friends.

All costs of the trip (travel and accommodation) will be paid by the host Rotary District and the Bulgarian Rotary counterparts. This is part of Rotarys mission which is the improvement of international understanding and fostering of world peace by enabling young people from different countries to learn about each other.

For more information and application, go to the distict wb site www.rotary7090.org and from the options on the left click on GSE

Eva Roll - First posting

Eva has been visiting our club for the past couple of weeks. Please get to know her better at our meetings.

Eva was born in Hungary, but has also lived in the Middle East and many other countries. She got married in 1966 and moved to Greenwech CT, where she and her husband resided for many years and raised their children. In 1996, she moved to Amherst, NY. She has been in love with Buffalo ever since and is always looking to be involved in community organizations (e.g., St. Gregorys Church, etc.).

RSVP REQUIREMENT

Please call Tom 633-9457 by Monday morning at 11:00am to cancel your dinner when not attending the meeting. By doing so you will avoid the Dinner surcharge.

To find out what else is going on, visit the website:
www.amherstnorthrotary.com