ROTARY INTERNATIONAL Group Study Exchange 2010
GSE 2010
EXCHANGE PLAN In the Rotarian year 2009/2010 the Governors of District 2060 and District 5150 decided to join together for the GSE. From 1st to 29th of April the Italian Team was hosted by District 5150 and from 15th of May to 15th of June the American Team will be hosted by District 2160. The Rotary Foundation provides the most economical round-trip air ticket between the home and host countries. Local Rotarians in the host area provide for meals, lodging, and
group travel in their district.
GSE IN NUMBERS Attended 14 Rotary meetings; Holded 720 minutes of presentation; Hosted by 8 families; Visited 13 cities, 7 hi-tech companies; 300 handshakes; Traveled a lot of kilometers;
Received 40 pins; Ate 12 burritos, 7 cheesburgers, 2 crab chowder, 3 hot-dogs; Lived with 5 dogs and 1 cat; Sung That’s Amore for 6 days. Followed 1 luteran mass (on Easter); Said “ya” 100000 times; Try to learn the Pledge of Allegiance every time; Received 44 business cards; Donated 56 USD to End Polio Now RY International Service.
ITALIAN GSE TEAM
PRESENTATION The Italian Team was coordinate by Alessandro Lolli, a Rotarian of RY Villafranca di Verona and The Team Leader was Diego Vianello, Rotary Member of RY Venezia. The Team Members were 4 people, 3 women and 1 man, choiced from 20 candidates. 3 of them are also Rotaractors. The average age of the Team Members is 26. All of them work in different fields, from economical to humanistical background.
PRESENTATION Before leaving the Team Members met each others several times to participate in orientation sessions and group meetings, to
obtain the necessary documents for traveling. They also designed by their own the presentation documents (PowerPoint slide-show, brochure, business cards).
EXCHANGE PROGRAM
ROTARY CLUBS MEETINGS The Italian Team had to present, from a turistic point of view, the District 2010 at the Rotary Clubs in which the Team was invited. The Team spoke about 40 minutes per Club, telling about the cities, the monuments, the typical food&beverages, the sport and activities of the District 2010, that is, the regions of Trentino AltoAdige, Friuli Venezia-Giulia and, in particular, Veneto. The meetings usually took place during lunch at noon, but sometimes they were breakfasts in the early morning. The team visited 14 RY Clubs and partecipated to the District 5150 Conference, speaking in front of 1000 people circa.
ROTARY CLUBS MEETINGS
RY of Belmond
RY of San Carlos
RY of Burlingame
RY of Foster
RY of Ignacio
ROTARY CLUBS MEETINGS
RY of San Rafael
RY of Terra Linda
RY of Novato
RY of Menlo Park
RY of West Marine
ROTARY CLUBS MEETINGS Typical RY Meeting 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
The meeting usually starts with the Pledge of Allegiance; The RY Members presents their guests. They could be relatives, Members of other RY Clubs, friends. One Member usually reads funny stories about social life (political, rotarian, ...) or things that happened in the world. One Member often quotes a sentence either of another important Rotarian or a famous person. Sometimes the Members give money for the services proportionally to a beautiful thing that happened to them during the week. They have a marble related with the extraction of the lunch ticket in which they could win some gifts or money. The money are usually donated for services.
Tips: • Every Member has its plate, which specifies the name and job. • The lunch or breakfast are usually simple (but rich) buffet. • They like to gift and collect pins!
VOCATIONAL VISITS
Disney ImageMovers
Pixar
Intel
Italian Consulate
EDUCATIONAL VISITS
Ano Nuevo Reserve
Redwood Forest
USGS Earthquake Center
Fireman Department
Kron4 TV Station
Tesla Motors
DAILY LIFE – EVENTS
SFO Cruise
Bocce Ball barbeque
Italian Songs Nite Rotaractors Party
Giants match
DAILY LIFE – EVENTS
La Mariana Party
Big Sausalito Ice-Cream
Dolly’s Farm
Italian Food Nite
Country Music Moment
DAILY LIFE – PLACES
Twin Peaks
Little Japan
Hilton 21° Floor
Union Square SFO
Golden Gate Bridge
West Marine County
DAILY LIFE - FOOD
Crab Chowder
Pizza!
Burrito
Big Fatty cake
Shrimps
Barbeque
THANK YOU ROTARY INTERNATIONAL